EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGYTasciana Daley
Educational PsychologyField that studies and applies theories and concepts
from all of psychology in an educational setting
An educational setting may be schools ranging from
Elementary Middle school High School University
Or anywhere people may learn
Any examples anyone?
The goal of Educational Psychology
To make any student teacher relationship as positive as it can be. So that students may learn to the best of their potential
Theoretical Perspectives of Educational Psychology are:
• Cognitive perspective
• Behavioral perspective
Cognitive perspectiveStudies how people acquire, perceive, remember and communicate
information
Behavioral perspectiveStudies the tendency to modify our behavior due to consequences
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Rewards Punishments
Just like how
To motivate students in good and bad ways
Developmental TheoryStudies how people change during the
course of their lives from infancy to older adulthood
Applying Psychology in the classroom
Just like School Psychologists:
• Concerned with helping students learn
But they…
• Generally focusses on course planning
• Instructional methods for an entire school system
(They don’t focus on the individual child, but wider system.)
Factors that affect learning…
Psychological Factors:
Motivation Emotions
Creativity Intelligence
Cultural Factors:
Religious Beliefs
Language
Economic Factors
Level of income earned by a
person’s family
Some educational psychologists help prepare standardized tests such as:
• Scholastic Aptitude test (SATs)
• ACTs
• EOCs
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