Importance of educational psychology in agricultural extension 1)introduction, 2)body, 3)evaluation, 4)conclusion
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Educational psychology is the systematic study of development of individual within
the educational setting. Human behaviour can be understood, predicted, and directed towards
desired goals by applying the principles of educational psychology. Educational psychology
studies the individual through the life stages as he acquires new knowledge. As educational
psychology is concerned with educational process from birth to death of an individual.Its
scope is very wide concerned in the areas of the learner's developmental characteristics,
individual differences, intelligence, personality and mental health.
Increasing use of psychology is noticed in various spheres of life and extension
education is no exception to it. In extension education, the development workers deal with
rural people to teach the rural people about innovations to be adopted in their farm, home and
village. In as much as the extension worker is involved in educating rural people most of the
concepts discussed in this chapter are applicable to extension educational psychology. The
only difference between them is that the learners are children in the subject of educational
psychology and the learners are rural adults in extension educational psychology.
The main aim of extension education is utilising the research findings in solving the
problems of rural people and they must attain desirable changes in the values and attitudes.
Bringing this change is one of the major concerns of extension educational psychology. Thus,
the main job of the extension worker is to teach the rural people. The learning experience is
given in the areas in which rural people are interested. Thus, one could see the importance of
educational psychology in extension education.
To understand the educational psychology and social psychology the knowledge on
psychology is essential. Therefore, the derivation, definition and other details of psychology
are discussed in this chapter.
Derivation of the term
The term psychology was derived from Greek; 'psyche' meaning is soul or Atman
'logus' means Science. Hence about 2500 years back it was referred to a 'science of soul'. In
olden days, it was believed that soul was responsible for various activities of man such as
thinking, imagining, reasoning etc.
In the Middle Ages psychology became a 'science of mind'. Then after sometime, it
became the 'science of conscience'. This definition was criticised from 'abnormal psychology'
which brought the study of unconscious part of the mind. Then in 20th century psychology
assumed scientific look and it became the 'science of mental behaviour'. By observing one's
behaviour we can have a knowledge of one's conscious and unconscious minds.
Definition of psychology
a) Psychology is the science of human and animal behaviour.
b) Psychology is the positive science of human experience and behaviour.
c) Psychology is a field of study which seeks scientific methods to describe, understand,
predict and control the behaviour of living organisms. Literally psychology means the
science of mind.