Educational Psychology


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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......

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