Despite the fact there are so many educational theorists, there are three labels that they all fall under. Behaviourism, Cognitivism, and Constructivism.
Educational Psychology Theorists & Philosophers
- Mary Ainsworth (1913-1999)- Developmental
- Solomon Asch (1907-1996)
- John Bowlby (1907-1990) - Developmental
- Donald Broadbent (1926-1993)
- Urie Bronfenbrenner (1917-2005) - Ecological Systems Theory
- Jerome Bruner (1915-2016)
- John B Carroll (1916 – 2003 )
- Marie Clay (1926-2007)
- Fergus Craik (1935- )
- John Dewey (1859-1952)
- Nancy Eisenberg (1950- ) - Developmental
- Albert Ellis (1913-2007)
- Erik Erikson (1929-1974) - Psychosocial Theory
- Leon Festinger (1919-1989)
- Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) - Psychoanalytic Theory
- Ellen Galinsky (1942- ) - Brain Development
- Howard Gardner (1943- ) - Multiple Intelligences Theory
- Arnold Gesell (1880-1961) - Maturation THeory
- Carol Gilligan (1936-) - Developmental
- Carl Jung (1875-1961)
- Lawrence Kohlberg (1927- ) - Developmental
- David Kolb (1939- )
- Richard Atkinson (1929- )
- Alan Baddeley (1934- )
- Albert Bandura (1925- ) - Behaviorist Theory
- Aaron Beck (1921-)
- Gloria J. Ladson-Billings (1947 - ) - Culturally Relevant Pedagogy (CRP)
- Elizabeth Loftus (1944- )
- Eleanor Maccoby (1917-2018) - Developmental
- James Marcia ( - ) - Identity Status Theory
- Abraham Maslow (1908-1970) - Humanist Theory
- Stanley Milgram (1933-1984)
- Maria Montessori (1870-1952)
- Serge Moscovici (1925-2014)
- Ivan Pavlov (1849-1936) - Classical Conditioning Theory
- Bruce Perry (1955- ) - Brain Development
- Jean Piaget (1896-1980) - Cognitive Theory
- Carl Rogers (1902-1987)
- Daniel Siegel (1957- ) - Brain Development
- B.F. Skinner (1904-1990) - Behaviorist Theory
- Henri Tajfel (1919-1982)
- Edward Thorndike (1874-1949) - Behaviorist Theory
- Edward Tolman (1886-1959)
- Anne Treisman (1935-2018)
- Lev Vygostksy (1898-1934) - Sociocultural Theory
- John Watson (1878-1958) - Behaviorist Theory
- Wilhelm Wundt (1832-1920)
- Philip Zimbardo (1933- )