Behavior Theorists

Which psychologist is known for his social cognitive theory ( or social learning theory) "People learn from each other, via observation, imitation, and modeling" He used a BoBo doll to test the theory.

• Piaget

• Erikson

• Bandura

• Kohlberg

This theory explained how an individual’s personality developed through eight stages of life from infancy to old age.

• Operant Conditioning - BF Skinner

• Classical Conditioning - Ivan Pavlov

• Psychosocial Development - Erik Erikson

• Moral Development - Lawrence Kohlberg

Kohlberg's theory of moral development states that

• people are motivated by basic needs for survival and safety before higher needs like love and self-actualization

• there are three levels of development of the reasoning process people use in deciding what is right or wrong

• the brain forms memories or learns new tasks; neural communication takes place when electrochemical signals are transmitted down the axon of one neuron, across a synapse, and to the dendrite of a second neuron

• humans’ progress through four intellectual or cognitive developmental stages (sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational, and formal operational)

The theory that states that people tend to repeat behaviors that have a positive result or are reinforced is called

• operant conditioning.

• classical conditioning.

• metacognition.

• cognitive development.

the way people change and improve in their ability to think and learn throughout life

• conservation

• cognitive development:

• egocentrism:

• metacognition:

operant conditioning: the theory that states that people tend to repeat behaviors that have a positive result or are reinforced was fathered by...

• Jean Piaget

• Lev Vygotsky

• B F Skinner

• Abraham Maslow

when body parts grow at the different rates

• autonomy

• behaviorism

• asynchrony

• classification

Soviet psychologist who believed that children are social beings and develop their minds through interactions with parents, teachers and other students; he developed the sociocultural theory (social interaction is critical to cognitive development) and the Zone of Proximal Development (where optimal learning occurs)

• Piaget

• Vygotsky

• Kohlberg

• Maslow

the ability to match body movements to coordinate with what is seen

• transitivity

• Bandura, Albert

• visual-motor coordination

• behaviorism