Foundation Of Education chapter 4 solved short questions

1. What Is the meaning of psychology?

The word psychology 1s derived from the Greek word psycho & logos psycho means "soul and logos' means Study. So the term means the study of the soul.

2. Define Psychology?

Psychology 1s the Study of human behaviour and its subject matter is what people do and how and why they do.

3. Define Educational Psychology?
In other words, educational psychology is the study of the experience and behaviour of the learner about the educational environment. Crow and Crow put it as:
"Educational Psychology describes and explains the learning experience of an individual from birth through old age.

4. What is the scope of educational psychology?

The following are included in the Scope of Educational Psychology

i. It studies human behaviour in educational situations Psychology is the study of behavior and education
deals with the modification of behaviour and hence, educational psychology saturates in the whole field of education.

ii.lt studies the growth and development of the child.
How a child passes through various stages of growth and what are the characteristics of each stage are included in the study of Educational Psychology.
iii.It studies the law of learning: learning is a major phenomenon in education. It studies how learning can take place most effectively and economically.

5. Describe the role of psychology in the curriculum?

psychology attempts to describe explain and predict human behavior. Psychology gives us insight info child development and learning and provides various techniques of inquiry for use in the curriculum area. Application of psychological
principles, concepts, processes, and value to curriculum development is gradually increasing.

6. Describe the role of psychology in pedagogy/teaching?

Psychology plays an important role in the selection of contents and the way of teaching in the classroom. Understanding of Psychology is necessary for curriculum developers while devising learning experiences and conditions for learning.

7. Describe the role of psychology in evaluation?

Psychology can provide direction in the evaluation of students and teachers. Educational psychologists have developed a variety of techniques for measuring student's. learning. attitude, etc. These techniques are tests, observation.
interviews, questionnaires, rating scales, checklists, etc.