Detail discussion on psychology .educational Psychology and its scope

1. UNDERSTANDING
EDUCATIONAL
PSYCHOLOGY
DR. RITU TRIPATHI
CHAKRAVARTY

2. UNDERSTANDIN
G PSYCHOLOGY
 Psychology is the study of the mind and behavior. The discipline
embraces all aspects of the human experience — from the
functions of the brain to the actions of nations, from child
development to care for the aged. In every conceivable setting
from scientific research centers to mental health care services,
“the understanding of behavior” is the enterprise of
psychologists.

3. UNDERSTANDING THE WORD
 The word Psychology has its origin from two Greek words ‘Psyche’ and
‘Logos’, ‘psyche’ means ‘soul’ and ‘logos’ means ‘study’. Thus literally,
Psychology means ‘the study of soul’ or ‘science of soul’

4. GENESIS OF
PSYCHOLOGY
The first definition of the Psychology
was the study of the soul
In terms of the study of the mind
In terms of the study of
consciousness

5. THE MOST
MODERN AND
WIDELY
ACCEPTED
DEFINITION OF
PSYCHOLOGY
EVEN TODAY, IS
THE STUDY OF
BEHAVIOUR,
BOTH HUMANS
AND ANIMALS
 In terms of the study of behaviour
 William McDougall:
 In his book An Outline of Psychology, “Psychology is a science which
aims to give us better understanding and control of the behaviour of
the organism as a whole
 NL Munn:
 “Psychology is the science and the properly trained psychologist is a
scientist, or at least a practitioner who uses scientific methods and
information resulting from scientific investigations”

6. SCOPE OF
PSYCHOLOGY
 Physiological Psychology
 Developmental Psychology
 Personality Psychology
 Health Psychology
 Clinical Psychology
 Counselling Psychology
 Social Psychology
 Industrial and Organizational
Psychology
 Educational Psychology

7. MEANING OF
EDUCATIONAL
PSYCHOLOGY
Skinner
“Educational
psychology is the
branch of psychology
which deals with
teaching and learning”
Crow and Crow:
“Educational
psychology describes
and explains learning
experience of an
individual from birth
old age

8. THE FOLLOWING
POINTS FURTHER
CONFIRM THE
NATURE OF
EDUCATIONAL
PSYCHOLOGY AS
SCIENTIFIC
Laws of educational psychology are universal
Scientific methods
Constant search of the truth
Reliability
Positive science
Applied behavioural science
Developing positive science

9. OBJECTIVES OF
EDUCATIONAL
PSYCHOLOGY
To provide a body of facts and methods which
can be used in solving teaching problems
To develop positive and scientific outlook and
problem-solving attitude
To train in thinking psychologically about
educational problems

10. TEACHING
OBJECTIVES OF
EDUCATIONAL
PSYCHOLOGY
To develop an understanding and appreciation of the dietary and environ-
mental factors which underline learning ability.
To provide base for understanding the nature and principles of learning and
to supply the techniques for its improvement.
To understand and appreciated factors influencing individual ability to learn.
To provide understanding of the external factors like training aids, libraries,
classrooms which are largely within the control of the teacher and the
institution.
To evaluate teaching efficiency.

11. SCOPE OF EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY
Scope of educational psychology tells us the areas of application. In other words, it can be called the subject matter of
educational psychology
Learner
Learning process
Evaluation of learning process