test 1 Flashcards
(24 cards)
understanding learning means understanding how to educate
education
psychological change only occurs through…
maturation and learning
Maturation is controlled by…
genetics
Ideas are the only (or most) real things, and the
material world is fully (or at least partly) doubtful.
Idealism
The material world is the only real thing, and
ideas are more or less doubtful reflections of the material
Materialism
Plato was what type of philosopher
believed in idealism
Aristotle was what type of philosopher
believed in materialism
descartes was what type of philosopher
believed in dualism
John Locke was what tyoe of philosopher
believed in materialism
Who said learning was performance
watson and Skinner
a collection of related statements that summarize and explain a set of observations
theory
what we see when we look at the world
observations
If-then like statements that are usually (but not
always) accurate
Principle
Statements that people privately hold to be true
Beliefs
human capacity to explain and predict the behavior and mental state of other people.
folk psychology
1) Make an observation
2) Develop a theory that explains the observation
3) Make a hypothesis that will test the theory in a new way
4) Test the hypothesis
scientific method
People who know they are being tested may act differently than they usually would.
Subject bias
scientific psycholoy is based on….
materialism
why was Pavlov’s theory called classical
it was the first well-researched theory
Nature vs. Nurture was from who…
Watson’s theory
What is Guthrie’s theory
learning is one shot not gradual
What are the three methods of breaking habits?
fatigue, threshold, and incompatible stimuli
Which theorist talked about ‘insight’
Thorndike
What kind of theorist was Thorndike
contiguity theoriest
