Educational Psychology Part-1

Just as Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) is an important test for employment in the great profession of teaching, Child Psychology & Development is an important subject among the subjects included in TET exam. The subject is also an important subject in Teachers Training like B.Ed. and D.El.Ed. This is our special effort to help the students of Teachers Training & TET, where one topic will be discussed. Now the topic of discussion is the important topic of CDP Educational Psychology Part-1.

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1. What is Psychology?
A: Psychology is the science and study of mental processes and behavior. In other words, Psychology is the science and study of the mind, thoughts, emotions, and behavior. This branch of science conducts scientific research on mental processes and behaviors. Various scientists have defined psychology as the “science of human and animal behavior”. Many scientists have defined it as the “science of behavior and mental processes”.
A satisfactory definition of psychology is: ‘Psychology is the subjective science of the behavior of living organisms, which analyzes, classifies, characterizes, determines, and explains mental processes based on the behavior of living organisms, and describes the physiological processes associated with mental processes.
The English synonym for psychology is “Psychology”, which is a combination of the two Greek words ‘Psyche’ (mind or soul) and ‘Logos’ (science). The branches of psychology can be divided into two main functional areas: basic and applied

2. What is the purpose of basic psychology?
A: The purpose of basic psychology is to discover the principles and theories of behavior through scientific analysis and explanation of human behavior.

3. What are the branches of basic psychology?
A: – The branches of basic psychology are: i) General Psychology, ii) Abnormal Psychology, iii) Developmental Psychology, iv) Experimental Psychology and v) Social Psychology.

4. What is the purpose of applied psychology?
A: The main purpose of applied psychology is to apply the principles of psychology to solve various problems in people’s daily lives.

5. What are the branches of applied psychology?
A: The branches of applied psychology are: i) Educational Psychology, ii) Clinical Psychology, iii) Industrial Psychology, iv) Forensic Psychology, v) Health Psychology, vi) Personality Psychology etc.

6. How many stages can the evolution of psychology be divided into?
A: The evolution of psychology is divided into four stages based on definition, namely: i) First stage:- At this stage, psychology is discussed as the ‘study of the soul’. ii) Second stage:- At this stage, psychology is discussed as the ‘study of the mind’. iii) Third stage:- At this stage, psychology is discussed as the ‘study of consciousness’ by William James in 1890. iv) Fourth stage:- At this stage, psychology is discussed as the ‘study of behavior’.

7. Who was the first to declare the need for psychology in education?
A. Rousseau (Jean Jaques Rousscau) was the first to declare the need for psychology in education. Rousseau’s contribution to establishing education on human nature is well known.

8. What is meant by Educational Psychology?
A. The branch of psychology through which one can gain an idea about the teaching-learning process or the knowledge acquired in psychology is applied in the classroom to manage teaching-learning activities properly is called Educational Psychology. Educational Psychology is an applied branch of psychology.
According to Crow and Crow (Lester Donald Crow & Alice Von Bauer Crow – 1973), “Educational psychology describe and explain the learning experience of an individual from birth through old age.”
According to Peel (Edwin Arthur Peel – 1956), “Educational psychology is the science of education.”

9. Why is Educational Psychology called Applied Psychology?
A: Educational psychology is called applied psychology because it is used to create an ideal learning environment by observing, testing and re-examining various problems that arise in the classroom through the application of various theories and methods of psychology in the learning-teaching process and to achieve balanced development of the student.

10. What are the main topics within the scope of educational psychology?
A: The main topics within the scope of educational psychology are: i) Learner, ii) Learning Process and iii) Learning Situation.

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11. What are the topics discussed in educational psychology?
A: The program of educational psychology has developed around the problem of teaching. The topics discussed in educational psychology are therefore closely related to the problem of teaching, these are: i) Relevant discussion of the child’s mind. ii) Determination of the relationship between the child’s innate and experienced characteristics and other mental reactions. iii) Development of specific teaching methods. iv) Discuss the nature of direct knowledge obtained through senses and how to apply sense perception in education. v) Discuss the determination of the content of education in accordance with the child’s developmental stage and its application, etc.

12. What is meant by learner in educational psychology?
A: A person who is ready or capable of receiving education is called a learner. In educational psychology, learner refers to the individual or group position of a student in a classroom or group. Among the three elements of educational psychology, the learner is the most important. According to educational psychologist John Dewey – ‘If there is no learner in the field of education, no education is possible, just as sales are not possible without buyers.’

13. What is meant by learning process in educational psychology?
A: In educational psychology, learning process refers to how a student receives education. Behavior changes through the learning process by improving the student’s skills, expanding thinking, and developing the ability to collect new information. The learning process is the second important element of educational psychology.

14. What is meant by learning situation in educational psychology?
A: According to educational psychology, learning situation indicates the environment in which the student learns and where he/she is located. The various elements of learning situation are: school, classroom, library, teacher. According to most educational psychologists, the main role of the teacher is the learning situation.

15. What is the reason for the emergence of educational psychology?
A: Educational psychology emerged to help teach by applying the principles of psychology in the field of education and to invent effective methods to solve various problems arising from teaching.

16. What is the need for psychology in education?
A: Education is not only the expression or transmission of scholarly knowledge. In order to change the behavior of an individual through education, the teacher has to be aware of the reasons for the behavior of the student and the related physical, mental and environmental factors and to provide education according to specific rules and regulations according to the nature, ability, mental structure, etc. of the student. And these specific rules or regulations come through the application of various theories and methods of psychology. Which makes the need for psychology in education clear.

17. What are the main considerations of education?
A: The main considerations of education are: i) Aim of Education, ii) Subject-matter of Education and iii) Methods of Education.

18. What are the main focuses of educational psychology?
A: American educational psychologist Henry Clay Lindgren mentioned three main focuses of educational psychology, namely: i) The Learner, ii) The Learning Process and iii) The Learning Situation.

19. What are the subjects currently included in the scope of educational psychology?
A: The subjects currently included in the scope of educational psychology are: i) Study of heredity and environment, ii) Study of exceptional children, iii) Study of guidance and counseling, iv) Study of expectation, v) Study of group dynamics, vi) Study of measurement, evaluation and statistics etc.

20. What are the natures of educational psychology?
A: The nature of educational psychology is: i) Educational psychology is an applied branch of psychology and it uses various scientific methods to change the behavior of the student. ii) Educational psychology determines the relationship between the behavior of the student and the learning environment. iii) Educational psychology is able to determine the interrelationship of various subjects of education. iv) Educational psychology is a rapidly growing and developing science. v) Educational psychology primarily helps in solving various questions related to education such as how, what and when etc.

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21. Who are called the grandfathers of educational psychology?
A: American psychologists William James (1842-1910), G. Stanley Hall (1844-1924) and John Dewey (1859-1952) were called the grandfathers of educational psychology by E. L. Thorndike.

22. Who is called the father of educational psychology?
A: American psychologist Edward Lee Thorndike is called the father of educational psychology. His book “Educational psychology”, published in three volumes in 1913, played an important role in educational psychology.

23. Who is the founder of modern scientific pedagogy?
A: German educator Johann Friedrich Herbart is considered the founder of modern scientific pedagogy. B. R. Hergenhahn mentioned this in his book “An Introduction to the History of Psychology”, published in 1986.

24. Who started educational psychology?
A: R.E Grinder mentioned in his book “Educational Psychology: the master science”, published in 1989, that Plato and his disciple Aristotle started educational psychology. Educational Psychology Part-1

25. What is the brief history of educational psychology?
A: In the brief history of educational psychology, after Plato and Aristotle, John Locke, famous for “Empiricism” in the latter half of the 1600s, was the first person to recognize age differences in children’s learning ability, John Comenius (1592-1670), the French educational scientist known as “Emile” (1762) in the eighteenth century, Jean Jacques Rousseau, the first applied educational psychologist, Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi (1746-1827), the psychologist who helped transform feelings about educational matters into a systematic and methodical way by emphasizing the scientific study of the training process, Herbert Spencer, the father of modern scientific pedagogy (Grinder, 1989), Johann Friedrich Herbart, the pioneer of the laboratory through Herbertian psychology (in 1879), Wilhelm Wundt, the proponent of “Functionalism”, John Dewey, the proponent of the “Law of Effect”, Edward L. Thorndike (1874-1949) played an important role in enriching educational psychology. ➣ Next Part Educational Psychology Part-1 Educational Psychology Part-1 Educational Psychology Part-1

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