Term Papers on Educational Psychology

Term Paper Title	Educational Psychology
# of Words	566
# of Pages (250 words per page double spaced)	2.26

Educational Psychology

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     Mr. ?
     Psychology
     16 Oct. 1996

     The field of psychology that deals with the ability to solve educational
problems and to improve educational situations is the field of educational
psychology.  Educational psychology is sometimes referred to as an applied field,
meaning, one in which the objective is to solve immediate practical problems
(James 29).
     The beginnings of educational psychology were initiated by Aristotle in
his formulation of the laws of association.  These laws: similarity, contrast,
and contiguity, supplemented by frequency, are the beginnings to an experimental
science (Piaget 9).  As the science began to develop, the educational
psychologists did little more than administer mental tests, which started with
the Stanford-Binet test (IQ test).  Today, the science has been expanded to
include counseling students, teachers, administrators, and parents, in an effort
to help make the school environment one which is most effective in promoting
learning.  As an example,  if a student in school commits a disciplinary action,
instead of being indiscriminately punished, that student would be sent to see
the school psychologist to find out the causes of the students misbehavior and
deal with them accordingly (Frandsen 92).
     Though studies of educational surveys, there were nine major factors
that increased learning.  These nine factors can be placed into three groups:
student aptitude, instruction, and psychological environments.  Student aptitude
includes (1) ability or prior achievement as measured by score on educational
test; (2) development as indexed by chronological age or stage of maturation;
and (3) motivation or self-concept as shown by personality tests and students'
perseverance on learning tasks.  Instruction can be thought of as (4) the amount
of time students engage in learning and (5) the quality of the instructional
experience.  Psychological environments include: (6) the "curriculum of the
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