Education Atlas

How Knowledge Is Built
Sign In
Text size
100%
Theme
Browse By

Developed By

This dimension names the theorist credited with developing a specific learning theory. Wikipedia notes that "educators who embrace cognitive theory believe that the definition of learning as a change in behaviour is too narrow," a belief that in every named theory traces back to one particular thinker. Browsing this way collects every theory credited to the same developer.

Facts
Comparison
Era of Emergence
1900 1
Developed By
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Behaviorism
Wikimedia FoundationBehaviorism, lead section
Quote, Behaviorism, lead section
Behaviorism emerged in the early 1900s as a reaction to depth psychology and other traditional forms of psychology, which often had difficulty making predictions that could be tested experimentally.
View the Source
Comments (0)
No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.
Reader Challenges (0)
No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.