1. EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY
Tasciana Daley

2. Educational Psychology
Field that studies and applies theories and concepts from all of psychology in an educational setting

3. An educational setting may be schools ranging from
Elementary
Middle school
High School
University

4. Or anywhere people may learn
Any examples anyone?

5. The goal of Educational Psychology
To make any student teacher relationship as positive as it can be. So that students may learn to the best of their potential

6. Cognitive perspective Behavioral perspective
Theoretical Perspectives of Educational Psychology are:
Cognitive perspective
Behavioral perspective

7. Cognitive perspective
Studies how people acquire, perceive, remember and communicate information

8. Behavioral perspective
Studies the tendency to modify our behavior due to consequences

9. To motivate students in good and bad ways
Just like how
Rewards
Punishments
To motivate students in good and bad ways

10. Developmental Theory
Studies how people change during the course of their lives from infancy to older adulthood

11. Applying Psychology in the classroom

12. Just like School Psychologists:
Concerned with helping students learn

13. But they… Instructional methods for an entire school system
Generally focusses on course planning
Instructional methods for an entire school system
(They don’t focus on the individual child, but wider system.)

14. Factors that affect learning…

15. Psychological Factors:
Motivation
Emotions
Creativity
Intelligence

16. Cultural Factors:
Religious Beliefs
Language

17. Level of income earned by a person’s family
Economic Factors
Level of income earned by a person’s family

18. Some educational psychologists help prepare standardized tests such as:
Scholastic Aptitude test (SATs)
ACTs
EOCs

19. That’s the end of my presentation, and thank you for your participation