Correct Answer - Option 4 : Educational psychology
Educational psychology is-
- the application of psychological finding in the field of education i.e, pedagogy (means the art and science of educating children)
- educational psychology is the systematic study of the development of the individual within the educational setting.
- It helps the teacher to foster the harmonious overall development of the student.
- it deals with the transmission of knowledge, nurturance of social and personal development and enhancement of motor and artistic skills
- the specific areas where educational psychology has very important applications, namely-
- Learner
- Learning Process, and
- Evaluation of learning performance
- The main aim of educational psychology is to develop necessary skills and competencies in the prospective teacher to enable him to understand, control and predict the behaviour of learners in the educative process at different levels
- methods used in the study of educational psychology are observation, clinical and case study method and experimental method
Thus from above-mentioned points, it is clear that Educational psychology lies at the intersection of psychology and Pedagogy.
| Positive psychology |
Positive psychology emphasizes well-being, satisfaction, happiness, interpersonal skills, perseverance, talent, wisdom, and personal responsibility |
| Industrial psychology |
application or extension of psychological facts and principles to the problems concerning human beings operating within the context of business and industry |
| Organizational psychology |
“the study of the structure of an organisation and of the ways in which the people in it interact, usually undertaken in order to improve the organisation |
