EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY AND HUMAN GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
Unit-1 Psychology: Meaning and Definition-Educational Psychology: Meaning, Scope and
Significance –Dimensions of human growth and development: physical, cognitive, emotional, social, moral
and language-Phases of developmental and developmental tasks-infancy, childhood and adolescence.
ATTENTION, PERCEPTION AND MEMORY
Attention: Meaning, nature and determinants of attention – Sensation and perception – Laws
of perception - Errors in perception: Illusion and hallucination - Memory: Meaning, types of
memory and Strategies for improving memory.
Motivation :Meaning and definitions-Maslow’s theory of motivation and its educational
implications – Level of aspiration – Learning: Theories of learning and its educational
implications –Cognitive Theory:Jean Piajet, - Behaviourist Theory- Pavlov’s Classical,
Conditioning, Skinner’s Operant Conditioning and Thorndike Connectionism –
Constructivist Theory: John Dewey – Humanistic Theory – Carl Rogers.
INTELLIGENCE AND CREATIVITY
Intelligence: Meaning, definitions and types - Theories of Intelligence: Two factor,
Thurston’s Group factor, Thorndike’s Multi-factor, Guilford’s Structure of Intellect, and
Gardner’s Multiple Intelligence - Intelligence Quotient (IQ) - Assessment of Intelligence –
Creativity: Concept, factors and process - Strategies for fostering creativity.
Personality: Meaning, definitions, and determinants of personality - Theories of Personality:
Type, trait, and psychoanalytic - Assessment of personality: Projective and non-projective
techniques
Reference Book:
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3. Schunk, D.H. (2007) (5thed.). Learning theories: An educational perspective. New
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4. Skinner, C.E. (2003) (4thed.). Educational psychology. New Delhi: Prentice Hall of
India.
5. Sprint Hall Norman, A, & Sprint Hall, Richard, C. (1990) (5thed.). Educational
psychology: A developmental approaches. New Delhi: McGraw Hill
Text Book:
1.Bert Laura, E. (2014). Child development. New Delhi: PHI Learning.
2. Chauhan, S.S. (2002). Advanced educational psychology. New Delhi: Vikas
Publishing House.
Tamil Nadu Teachers Education University
19 TNTEU - B.Ed. (CBCS ) Syllabus - Semester -I
3. Hurlock, Elizabeth, B. (2015). Child development. New Delhi: McGraw Hill
Education
4. Mangal, S.K. (2002). Advanced educational psychology. New Delhi: Prentice Hall of
India.
Bert Laura, E. (2014). Child development. New Delhi: PHI Learning.
2. Chauhan, S.S. (2002). Advanced educational psychology. New Delhi: Vikas
Publishing House.
Tamil Nadu Teachers Education University
19 TNTEU - B.Ed. (CBCS ) Syllabus - Semester -I
3. Hurlock, Elizabeth, B. (2015). Child development. New Delhi: McGraw Hill
Education
4. Mangal, S.K. (2002). Advanced educational psychology. New Delhi: Prentice Hall of
India.
5. Matthews. G.,Deary, L. J.,& Whiteman, M.C. (2009). (2nd ed.). Personality: Theory
and research. New York: Guilford Publications5. Matthews. G.,Deary, L. J.,& Whiteman, M.C. (2009). (2nd ed.). Personality: Theory
and research. New York: Guilford Publications.
