Theories and Laws

Question 1

Needs Theory

Answer 1

David McClelland – All people have 3 types of motivation: the need for achievement, the need for affiliation, the need for power

Question 2

Attribution Theory

Answer 2

Seeks to understand how people explain events through cause and effect relationships

Question 3

Self Determination Theory

Answer 3

Intrinsic Motivation does not happen in Isolation.
3 psychological needs must be met: Competence, relatedness, autonomy

Question 4

Behaviorist Learning Theories

Answer 4

BF Skinner, John Watson – behavior is a result to response to an environmental stimulus

Question 5

Cognitive Theory

Answer 5

Piaget – Both biological maturation and a child’s own interaction with the environment determine overall development (stages: Sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational, formal operational)

Question 6

Maturational Theory

Answer 6

Gisell – all children go through the same sequential stages of development but at different rates (idea of “natural” maturation)