Doctoral Candidacy ExamArea: Psychological Foundations Table of Specifications |
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TOPIC AREA
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Development & Learning |
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Piagetian Theory: language and cognition (Vygotsky) Social and Moral Dev. |
10 |
Learning and Motivation |
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Classical conditioning (Pavlov): Law of effect (Thorndike): Operant conditioning (Skinner): Principles and schedules of reinforcement: Neo-Behavioral theories: Social learning: Memory: Levels of processing theory: Attribution theory (Rotter, Weiner): Achievement theory (McClelland, Atkinson): Intrinsic vs. extrinsic motivation |
10 |
History & Systems |
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Fundamental Theories: Founders of Psychology |
8 |
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Physiological |
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Functions of the brain |
6 |
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Social Psychology |
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Social Psychological theories |
4 |
Psychopathology and Dev. Disorders |
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Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Neuroses, Fears and Phobias, Depression |
7 |