Contents

UNIT 01: PSYCHOLOGY AND EDUCATION                                           9
Meaning and nature of Psychology.
Relation between Education and Psychology
Educational Methods of Psychology-nature and scope
Importance of Educational psychology in teaching-learning process
Unit 02: Learning and Motivation                                                       43
Learning: Meaning and Nature
Theories of Learning - Connectionism, Classical conditioning, Operant Conditioning, Theory of Insightful learning
Laws of Learning-Law of Readiness, Law of Exercise, Law of Effect
Factors affecting Learning
Efficiency in Leaming
Motivation-Meaning, Role of Motivation in learning
Unit 03: MEMORY, ATTENTION, INTEREST                                      103
Memory-Meaning, Nature and Types
Economy in Memorization
Forgetting-Meaning and Causes
Attention-Concept, Characteristics, Determinants and Types
Interest-Meaning, Relation between Attention and Interest

Role of attention and interest in learning
Unit 04: INTELLIGENCE, CREATIVITY, PERSONALITY                   147
Intelligence-Meaning, nature and theories: Two-factor theory, Group factor theory
Multifactor Theory
Creativity-concept, characteristics
Creativity and Innovation
Personality - Meaning and nature
Theories of Personality - Type and trait theory
.Factors of Personality
Personality and Adjustment
Unit 05: EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCE   193
Concept of Exceptional Children and their types
Identification and Characteristics of Gifted, Intellectually Challenged and Children with Learning disabilities
Education of exceptional children
Individual Difference-meaning and nature; Psychological Implications of individual differences in classroom and role of teacher