EDUCATION (CBSE/UGC NET)

EDUCATION UGC NET

CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND PEDAGOGY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Educational psychology is concerned with the scientific study of
A
education
B
human learning
C
teaching methods
D
philosophy of education
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Educational psychology is a partly experimental and partly applied branch of psychology, concerned with the optimization of learning. It differs from school psychology, which is an applied field that deals largely with problems in elementary and secondary school systems.

Detailed explanation-2: -Educational Psychology Applied Psychologists working in education study the social, emotional and cognitive processes involved in learning and apply their findings to improve the learning process.

Detailed explanation-3: -Educational psychology is the study of how people learn, including teaching methods, instructional processes, and individual differences in learning. It explores the cognitive, behavioral, emotional, and social influences on the learning process.

Detailed explanation-4: -It largely deals with the problems of the students and of the teachers in their respective situations of learning and teaching.

Detailed explanation-5: -B.F. Skinner: “Educational psychology is the branch of psychology that deals with teaching and learning."

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