The relationship between psychology and christian education
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Education and Psychology are correlated subjects. Psychology is a broader area in which education searches to give a practical shape of the psychology findings in the teaching-learning situation. For a detail study of both the subject, we first know the meaning of psychology and education.
The word ‘psychology’ has been derived from two Greek words ‘psyche’ and ‘logos’ which means study of soul. But this meaning was changed into mind, consciousness and behavior.
J. B. Watson, the father of behaviouristic school of psychology, termed psychology as the science of behavior. The meaning of education is modification of behavior for one’s adjustment. When we study the behavior of the child and teacher in the educational situations, for solving educational problems, we take the help of educational psychology.
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Psychology gives education the theory of individual differences that every child has different mental ability and learns with different pace. ... Psychology is the study of human behavior while Education is the process of modifying human behavior so both deal with human behavior in different ways.