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Contents of Childhood and Growing Up:

UNIT – I EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY – GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT

♦ Introduction
♦ Objectives
♦ Meaning of Psychology
♦ Branches of Psychology
♦ Educational Psychology
♦ Purpose and principles of teaching and learning
♦ Meaning of growth and development
♦ Differences between growth and development
♦ Importance of growth and development
♦ Human development process
♦ Concept of individual differences
–  Biological
–  Psycho- analytical
–  Cognitive implications
♦ Cognitive development
♦ Attention factors
– Span of attention
–  Inattention and distraction
–  Concept formation types

UNIT – II UNDERSTANDING ADOLESCENT LEARNER

♦ Introduction
♦ Objectives
♦ Adolescent learner
♦ Growth and development
–  Physical Development
–  Cognitive Development
–  Social Development
–  Emotional Development
–  Moral Development
♦ Adolescent Period
–  Nature and Peer Factor influencing development
–  Behavioral pattern in terms of motivation
–  Attitude and Development of self-concept
♦ Method of studying learner’s behavior at the adolescent stage
–  Observation
–  Interview
–  Experimentation
–  Case study

UNIT – III LEARNING

♦ Introduction
♦ Objectives
♦ Learning
♦ Types of learning
–  Trial and error learning
–  Classical conditioning
–  Operant conditioning
–  Gestalt theory
♦ Theories of development
–  Cognitive theory of development
–  Psycho-social theory of development
–  Theory of moral development
–  Theory of psycho-sexual development
–  Theory of emotional development
♦ Factors affecting learning
–  Learning problems
–  Enhance learning skills
♦ Transfer of learning
♦ Remembering and forgetting
–  Curve of forgetting
–  Individual differences in learning

UNIT – IV MOTIVATION

♦ Introduction
♦ Objectives
♦ Motivation
♦ Kinds of motives
♦ Theories of motivation
–  Hulls drive reduction
–  Maslow’s need hierarchy
♦ Mc Clelland’s achievement motivation
♦ Fear of failure and hope of success
♦ Motivation in the classroom context
♦ Praise and blame rewards and punishment
♦ Level of Aspiration

UNIT V – INTELLIGENCE

♦ Introduction
♦ Objectives
♦ Nature of Intelligence
♦ Theories of intelligence
–  Single factor theory
–  Two factor theory
–  Multifactor theory
–  Guilford structure of intellect
♦ Individual differences in intelligence
♦ Distribution of intelligence
♦ Intelligence test & uses

UNIT – VI CREATIVITY

♦ Introduction
♦ Objective
♦ Concept of creativity
♦ Identification of creative pupils
♦ Difference between intelligence and creativity
♦ Convergent & divergent thinking
♦ Latent thinking
♦ Process of creativity
♦ Fostering creativity

UNIT – VII PERSONALITY

♦ Introduction
♦ Objective
♦ Meaning and definition of personality
♦ Major determinants of personality
♦ Theories of personality
♦ Psycho analysis theory
♦ Assessment of personality
♦ Projective techniques
♦ Integrated personality

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