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428 BCE
Plato
Born circa 428 B.C.E
Plato's Theory of Knowledge: Knowledge is a justified, true belief -
John Locke
He defended the claim that men are by nature free and equal against claims that God had made all people naturally subject to a monarch. -
Jean Rousseau
Believed that children are born naturally good. -
Sigmund Freud
He was considered the father of psychology. -
Maria Montessori
Theory: Children develop at their own pace and gain knowledge by actively using their senses. -
Arnold Gesell
Est. the normative theory. Children are who they are when they're born -
Jean Piaget
Children's intellectual development proceeds through stages as they adapt to physical enviorment. -
Erik Erikson
Personality develops according to how a person responds to psychology crises at certain stages of life. -
B.F Skinner
Studied behavior modification using positive and negative reinforcement. -
Benjamin Bloom
Studied mystery-learning. -
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President Obama
called on Congress to expand access to high-quality preschool to every child in America, called The Preschool for All initiative.