• ISBN13: 9788126935109
• Binding: Hardcover
• Subject: Education & Psychology
• Publisher: Atlantic Publishers & Distributors (P) Ltd
• Publisher Imprint: Atlantic
• Publication Date: July 28, 2022
• Pages: 488
• Original Price: INR 1495.0
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 590 grams

Readings in Educational Psychology provides a panoramic view of modern-day research in educational psychology for the advanced students planning to specialize in psychology and research. It aims at students in training colleges and university departments of education, who are always inclined to and are capable of studying basic theories and important experimental findings. It is rich in its material, and the topics included have been chosen for their relevance to child growth and development, and to classroom learning. The historical perspectives of psychology are presented so as to clarify the various current approaches to educational psychology, including that of the so called “third force” or humanistic psychology, cognitive psychology, and Piaget’s theory. The articles included in this volume emphasize current and varied developments in the field and clearly show the intimate relationship of theory and fact. The purpose is to help the reader assimilate the experimental and research-oriented developments. Theoretical concepts are presented through empirical data from which they have emerged, thus conveying how systematic ideas evolved from data and data from ideas. There are eleven divisions in the book and in each division, there are five to ten articles that lie in a specific field, each article describing the study of a particular topic in the format of a formal research paper, giving a complete account of design, analysis, interpretation, results, etc. In most cases the material has been given in its entirety including diagrams and tables to help students realize the significance and the implications of what they have read. The realistic approach of this book makes it useful for teachers. In its total structure, this is a significant book for any student or teacher who is keen to understand the nature of man, his capacities, his motives, and his value systems.

S.B. Kakkar, a well-known psychologist and educationist, was formerly Head, Department of Psychology, Government College of Education, Patiala; Principal, Government College, Sangrur; Head, Department of Education, Correspondence Courses, Punjabi University, Patiala. He has also worked as Psychologist on Government of India’s Service Selection Board, Psychologist in Government of India’s Merit Scholarship Scheme, and in Pre-Selection Centre for Defence Officers. He conducted and guided research at post-graduate, doctoral, and post-doctoral levels and produced several Ph.Ds. He has also constructed and standardized various tests. His tests—Self-Acceptance Inventory (KSAI), Interest in Teaching Scale (KITS), and Fitness in Teaching Scale (KFTS)—have been published and are widely used. He has published several articles/papers in reputed national and international journals. He won national acclaim for his research work on Evaluation and Scholastic Performance for which he was awarded Role of Honour by the Ministry of Education, Government of India.

• I. Early Childhood
• 1. Behaviour Problems Among School Children
• 2. Aspiration Levels of Children
• 3. Altruistic Interests of School Children
• 4. Experimental Extinction of Tantrum Behaviour
• 5. Behaviour Problems of Children as Viewed by Fathers
• 6. A Psychological Study of Common Aversions
• II. The Adolescence
• 7. Interests and Problems of Adolescents
• 8. A Study of Problems of Youth
• 9. A Search into Adjustment Problems of Students
• 10. Problems of High School Boys
• 11. A Study of Adolescents’ Happiness
• 12. A Study of Delinquent Behaviour
• 13. Need of Educational Guidance - A Study
• III. Learning and its Phenomena
• 14. Learning Experiences in Classrooms
• 15. Overlearning and Retention
• 16. Interruption and Recall
• 17. A Study of Retroactive Inhibition
• 18. A Study of Students’ Poor Progress in School Work
• 19. A Probe into Different Methods of Study
• 20. The Effect of Privacy in Taking Dictation Tests
• 21. Sex Differences in Retaining Quantitative Material
• IV. Intelligence and its Correlates
• 22. The Value of Intelligence Tests
• 23. Stability of IQ Scores
• 24. Some Correlates of Raven Progressive Matrices
• 25. Linguistic Background and Intelligence
• 26. Can IQ Predict Academic Success
• 27. IQ and Academic Achievement
• 28. Intelligence, Curiosity and Achievement
• 29. Intelligence and Teaching Skill
• 30. A Popularity, Intelligence, Economic Status and Academic Achievement
• V. Achievement and its Correlates
• 31. Reading Ability and Scholastic Achievement
• 32. Influence of Preparation on Achievement
• 33. Problems and Achievement
• 34. Family Conflicts and Scholastic Achievement
• 35. Relationship between Achievement Scores and Self-Estimates
• 36. Comparative Achievement of Two Sub-standard Groups of High School Students
• VI. Personality and Adjustment
• 37. Personality Structures of College and School Students
• 38. A Diagnosis of Abnormal Personality Patterns
• 39. Personality Differences Among Most Popular and Least Popular Graduates
• 40. Adjustment and Self-Acceptance
• 41. Effectiveness of Motives
• VII. Attitudes and Interests
• 42. Student Attitudes Towards College vis-a-vis University
• 43. Student Attitudes and Scholastic Performance
• 44. Social Acceptance as Related to Scholastic Tenure
• 45. Social Acceptance and School Success
• 46. Students’ Attitudes Towards School Life
• 47. Recreational Interests of High and Low IQ Students
• 48. An Experimental Study of Nationality Preference
• 49. Teaching About Religion in Schools
• VIII. Measurement and Evaluation
• 50. My Concept of a Good Evaluation Programme in a Secondary School
• 51. Evaluating an Orientation Course
• 52. Measurement of Teaching Skill
• 53. Examinations: An Opinion Study
• 54. Mass Failures at Higher Secondary Level
• 55. Effects of Different Teaching Methods on Learning
• 56. Measuring Teacher Trainees’ Teaching Skill
• 57. Standard of English in Secondary Schools
• IX. Values, Their Origin and Development
• 58. Value Scores of Teacher Trainees and College Teachers
• 59. Impact of Training on Values
• 60. The Interpersonal Values of Indian Teacher Trainees
• 61. A Cross-Cultural Study of Teachers’ Values
• 62. Teacher Attitude Change and Value Structure
• 63. A Cross-Cultural Study of Indian and American Interpersonal Values
• 64. A Cross-Cultural Study of Response Sets
• 65. Bureaucratic Orientation of Indian Students
• 66. Correlates of Bureaucratic Orientation
• X. Teachers, Their Characteristics and Problems
• 67. A Study of Teachers’ Worries
• 68. Professor Qualities as Viewed by Students
• 69. Exuberance for Teaching
• 70. Problems of Teacher Trainees
• 71. Teacher Behaviour and Student Characteristics
• 72. Worries of Teacher Trainees
• 73. An Analysis of Subject Preferences of Teacher Education Students
• 74. Influence of Teacher Training on Trainees’ Attitudes
• 75. A Survey of Teacher Trainees’ Successes and Failures
• 76. Teacher Trainees’ Attitude to the Use of Corporal Punishment
• 77. Attitude of Student Teachers Towards Increasing Participation of Women in Economic, Political and Social Spheres
• 78. Attitude of Teacher Trainees and Their Parents Towards Teaching
• XL Teaching Skill and Techniques
• 79. A Critique of Teaching Techniques
• 80. Teaching Performance of Men and Women Teachers
• 81. Influence of Educational Psychology on Teaching Skill
• 82. Some Correlates of n-Achievement
• 83. Teacher Education in India : American Influence