Sikshar Manobidyagato Vitti (Psychological Foundation of Education) Major & Minor

Vidyasagar University (2nd Semester)
4-Year Major 1: EDCHMJ102 & Minor (Disc.-II): EDCMI02
3-Year Multidisciplinary Course: Minor (Disc.-C2) EDCMI02
EDCHMJ102: Psychological Foundation of Education
EDCMI02: Educational Psychology
Unit-I: Relation between Psychology and Education
(a) Meaning and Definition of Education and Psychology, and their
relationship.
(b) Relation between Education and Psychology.
(c) Nature and Scope of educational Psychology.
(d) Methods of Educational Psychology.
Unit-II: Stages and Types of Human Development and their
Educational Significance
(a) Piaget’s cognitive development theory.
(b) Erikson’s psycho-social development theory.
(c) Kohlberg’s moral development theory.
(d) Personality: Concept, Types and development.
Unit-III: Intelligence and Creativity
(a) Intelligence: Concept and Nature .
(b) Theories of Intelligence and their implications—Spearman,
Thurstone, Guilford and Gardner. Measurement of Intelligence—
verbal, non-verbal, and performance tests.
(c) Emotional Intelligence: Concept and Nature.
(d) Creativity: Meaning, nature, factors, and nurturing.
Unit-IV: Learning and Memorization
(a) Definition and characteristics of Learning; Factors influencing
learning.
(b) Theories of learning and their implications: Classical and Operant
conditioning, Trial and Error, Insightful Learning.
(c) Transfer of Learning: Concept, Types, and Strategies for Promoting
transfer.
(d) Memorization: Definition, factors, LTM, STM, Strategies for
effective memorization. Forgetting—meaning and causes.