Wgu D307 Educational Psychology And Human Development 2024

WGU D307 Educational Psychology and Human Development (2023 - 2024) Maslow - Humanist psychologist who developed a pyramid representing heirarchy of human needs Piaget - theorist that developed a series of stages in which an individual passes during cognitive development; associated with constructivism Vygotsky - theorist focused on the social world of people when explaining cognitive development; associated with constructivism Erikson - theorist who studied psychosocial development across the lifespan Bandura - Theorist who focused on observational learning; famous for the Bobo doll experiment; active in social-cognitive theory Kohlberg - theorist who claimed individuals went through a series of stages in the process of moral development. Gilligan - theorist who examined moral differences between boys and girls based on social rules and on ethic of caring and responsibility; critical of Kohlberg Skinner - theorist who developed the theory of operant conditioning; associated with behaviorism Chomsky - theorist who formed the Universal Grammar theory; associated with language development Spearman - theorist who proposed a theory of general intelligence (IQ) measured by 'g factor')Gardner - theorist who wanted to broaden definition of intelligence; created 8 types of intelligence Thurnstone - theorist who proposed multiple primary mental abilities as a way to define