ABSTRACT
The objective of educational psychology is to discover, explain, and apply knowledge to the educative process. Educational psychology began during the latter half of the nineteenth century as a part of the expanding field of psychology itself. Psychoanalytic theory contributed to educational psychology by casting new and penetrating light on the nature of the child's internal forces, the role of fear in learning, and the diagnosis and control of deviant behavior. The behavioral scientist begins the process of developing theories by making first-hand observations, studying achievement-test results or responses made to items on a questionnaire, or examining the results of any other way of measuring human or animal behavior. Many teachers have an ever expanding array of alternatives from which to choose the learning activities, resources, and spaces required to accomplish defined learning outcomes. According to the perceptualist, the most appropriate methodology for the study of the child, therefore, begins with a look at child's own inner world of experience.
