ADVANCED EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY

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This revised and expanded edition is a sequel to the first edition which was warmly received by the student and teaching community for its indepth analysis and refreshing approach to the subject. Psychology of Individual differences Transfer of Learning or Training Emotional Development and Emotional Intelligence Learning Disabilities and Learning Disabled Children Beginning with an introduction to the nature and scope, and the various schools of psychology, the book dis-cusses the systems propounded by Freud, Adler, Jung and Piaget, taking into account their critical importance to the subject. It then focuses on the psychology of growth and development, psychology of individual differences, motivation, attention and personality, with an emphasis on the individual's attitude towards learning, and the factors influencing learning. The text also elaborates the nature and theories of learning and the aspects of memory such as remembering and forgetting. The cognitive aspect, i.e. intelligence, and vital topics like creativity and the psychology of thinking, reasoning and problem-solving have been accorded due promi-nence. A detailed discussion on exceptional children and learning disabled children together with the educational measures for overcoming such disabilities is also included. The text concludes with an important aspect of human behaviour, namely, adjustment. Interspersed with examples, illustrations and tables, this text is ideally suited for postgraduate students of education and psychology. It can also be profitably used by teachers, teacher-educators, guidance and counselling personnel, and administrators of educational institutions. Front Hardcover Front Cover Front Page Copyright and Publication Preface Preface Preface to the First Edition Contents 1. Psychology-Meaning, Nature and Scope 2. Educational Psychology- Meaning, Nature and Scope 3. Methods of Educational Psychology 4. Systems or Schools of Psychology and Thir Bearing on Education 5. Psychoanalysis- Freud's System of Psychology 6. Adler's System of Individual Psychology 7. Analytical Psychology- Jung's System of Psychology 8. Piaget's Developmental Psychology and Its Bearing on Education 9. Psychology of Growth and Development 10. Psychology of Individual Differences 11. Psychology of Motivation 12. Attention 13. Nature and Theories of Learning 14. Transfer of Learning or Training 15. Memory- Remembering and Forgetting 16. Intelligence 17. Emotions and Emotional Intelligence 18. Creativity 19. Psychology of Thinking Reasoning and Problem Solving 20. Aptitude 21. Personality 22. Educating Exceptional Children 23. Learning Disabilities and Learning of Disabled Children 24. Psychology of Adjustment INDEX Author Index Subject Index Hard Backcover