1. EDU. 102. PSYCHOLOGY OF THE LEARNER
SEMESTER I
UNIT 1 : Introduction to Educational Psychology
UNIT 2 : Learners Development
UNIT 3 : Learners Intelligence and creativity
UNIT 4 : Understanding Learner Diversities
UNIT 5 : Learners Personality And Adjustment

2. Origin or Evolution of Psychology
Study of Soul –psyche+logos=soul+study/science
Plato and Aristotle
Study of Mind
Study of Consciousness
William James and Wilhelm Wundt
‘Introspection’
Science of Behaviour
William mc Dougall in 1905 and J.B Watson in 1913
“First psychology lost its soul, then its mind, then it lost its consciousness, it still has behaviour of a sort”
- Woodworth (1948)

3. Definitions of Psychology
“Psychology is a Science which aims to give us better understanding and control of the behaviour of the organism as a whole”
- William Mc Dougall (1908)
“Psychology is the Science of behaviour”
- J. B. Watson (1913)

4. Nature of Psychology
Psychology is a positive science which describes what is
It is a behavioural science which deals with the behaviour of an organism

5. Approaches to Psychology
Psycho- Analytical Approach (Freud)
Behaviourism (John. B. Watzon)
Humanistic Approach
Constructivist Approach

6. Branches of Psychology
PURE PSYCHOLOGY
APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY
General Psychology
Abnormal Psychology
Social Psychology
Experimental Psychology
Physiological Psychology.
Developmental Psychology
Industry Medicine Criminology Defence Education.

7. Educational Psychology
Its an applied psychology
Application of psychology in the field of education
Application of theories, principles, techniques, researches, approaches of psychology in the field of education

8. Definitions
“Educational psychology is that branch of psychology which deals with teaching and learning”
- B. F. Skinner (1958)
“Educational psychology is the science of education”
- Peel (1956)

9. Relationship between Education and Psychology
“A teacher want to teach French to Shyam, should want to know both Shyam and French”
To know the child
To know the potentialities and capacities
To control the learning environment
To shape the learning experience

10. Scope of Educational Psychology
It concern the learner or Pupil
Innate abilities or capacities
Individual differences
Conscious or unconscious behaviour
Characteristics of growth and development

11. Scope of Educational Psychology
It concern the Learning experience
Techniques
Deciding the kind of learning experiences
Conscious or unconscious behaviour
Characteristics of growth and development

12. Scope of Educational Psychology
It concern Learning process
Nature of the Learning process
Principles and theories of learning
Remembering and forgetting
Thinking and reasoning

13. Scope of Educational Psychology
It concern Learning situation or environment
Classroom climate
Group dynamics
Usage of teaching learning aids
Guidance and counselling

14. Scope of Educational Psychology
It concern the teacher
To know himself
Conflict, anger, motivation, adjustment, level of aspiration etc
Personality of the teacher

15. Methods of Educational Psychology
Experimental Method:an experiment is a question put to nature-it is a systamatic study-a kind of controlled observation .experimenter,subject
“Can attention be divided or not?”
Survey Method /field investigation-sample
Case Study Method

16. How to conduct a Case Study
Give due recognition and respect to his individuality
Establish a good rapport (connection)
Know his personal identity, past history, behaviour, relationship, problems, feelings etc
Deep investigation in a comprehensive way
Can use a pre prepared format for data collection
Collect all relevant data about the person from him and others related to him
Find the probable causes of his behaviour
Remediation and suggestions

17. Data in Case Study
Personal data including problems (emotional, social and education)
Birth information
Health record
Family data
Socio-economic status
Level of intelligence and creativity (opinion from teachers and parents)

18. Data in Case Study Educational record Areas of interest Adjustment
Behaviour in the classroom
Personality traits
Educational and vocational ambitions etc
Follow up work

19. Merits of Case Study Can get a more detailed picture of the individual
This method uses observation, interviews and tests etc for data collection
Solves deep rooted problems of an individual
Helps to solve personality, behavioural and adjustment problems
It has a wide and comprehensive scope
The study is more subjective, reliable and valid

20. Demerits of Case Study Need special training and efficiency
Generalisation is not possible
Some times the collected data may be fake
It has limited scope
We can’t ensure the objectivity, reliability & validity
Time consuming

21. 2 Marks Questions
Limitations of experimental method in Education Psychology
What is meant by behaviourist approach in Psychology
Define educational psychology
What you know about Freud’s Psycho- Analytical Approach
Write a brief note on Humanistic Approach
What is Constructivist Approach
What is Survey Method

22. 4 Marks Questions Advantages and disadvantages of experimental method
Explain the merits and demerits of case study method
First psychology lost its soul, then its mind, then it lost its consciousness, it still has behaviour of a sort”- Comment
Briefly explain the nature of psychology
Psychology is a positive science. Explain
Write a short note on different approaches to psychology
Differentiate between Humanistic and Constructivist Approaches to education
Prepare short note on Experimental Method, Survey Method and Case Study Method
Suppose you identify a case in your class. How to conduct a case study for that case

23. 10 Mark Questions
Explain the scope of educational psychology in the teaching learning process

24. Different methods of psychology
1-EXPERIMENTAL METHOD: An experiment is a question put to nature. -Experimenter -subject Independent &Dependent variables -Indipendent/experiment/stimulus/cause:The aspect of environment which is experimentally studied. -Dependent/response/effect:The resulting change in behaviour is called dependent variable. “Can attention be divided or not”?

25. Merits &Demerits Most scientific and objective
Helps to solve problems in education
Special skills needed
Mood of the subject will reflect the result
Not to be more accurate like pure sciences
Prolonged experiments negate the cooperation from the subject
Experiments conducted in animals cant be extrapolated to humans.

26. 2-Introspection Reflection of one’s own experience
Introspect means”look within”
E.B Tichener –student of wilhelm wundt-
Wilhelm wundt-leipzig –Germany-psychological lab
It is not applicable for animals,child and abnormal people.
This method used to find out psycho-somatic case(Doctors).

27. 3-Observation It is a systematic goal directed method.
Unlike introspection “it is looking outside oneself”
---natural observation.
without their awareness of being observed.
Playground,library,class room etc

28. --participant observation
observer become a part of the group which he wants to observe.
-perfect “rapport”is needed.
-necessary to prepare a detailed shedule-for systamatic observation.

29. 4- Survey method-Field investigation
For to extend the boundaries of investigation to wider field.
Observations are under natural conditions
Selection of sample-from population.
Random sample
Stratified sample