B.A. PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIOLOGY AND ENGLISH Chapter Notes -Behaviorism, Educational Psychology, Leading Question

• School: CHRIST (Deemed to be University)
• Department: Humanities
• Course: B.A. PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIOLOGY AND ENGLISH

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Specific objective: at the end of the lesson the trainee will be able to state the scope of psychology. Compared to other sciences psychology is a young discipline but it is growing at a faster rate. These days, directly or indirectly, psychology contributes something to all aspects of human life. Leading question in biology the sub fields are zoology, botany, anatomy and physiology. It is about ways and methods of educating people. The advantages of participatory learning in health education in the acquisition of new knowledge and skills: developmental psychology. Deals with aspects of human development over the entire span of life. Span of life covers from conception to death. Aspects of human development are the following: It is the study of how people"s thoughts, feelings and actions are affected by others. Social psychologists study aggressive behaviors (example: violence, rape, alcoholism in the community)