METHODS OF EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY:- INTROSPECTION METHOD OBSERVATION METHOD EXPERIMENTAL METHOD CASE STUDY METHOD SUBMITTED TO SUBMITTED BY MS. SUSHILA SHARMA JYOTI TEACHER ASSISTANT 14060284 B.ED
INTROSPECTION METHOD WHEN A PERSON OR ‘SUBJECT’ HIMSELF OBSERVES HIS OWN MENTAL STATES AND BEHAVIOUR,IT IS INTROSPECTION OR SUBJECTIVE OBSERVATION. IT IS ONE OF THE OLDEST METHOD OF PSYCHOLOGY, WHICH IS DERIVED FROM TWO WORDS ( 1) INTRO , AND (2)SPECTION . INTRO MEANS ‘WITHIN ’ AND SPECTION MEANS ‘LOOKING’ OR’ ‘ OBSERVING’. HENCE, INTROSPECTION MEANS LOOKING OR OBSERVING WITHIN. WOODWORTH HAS CALLED IT ‘SELF OBSERVATION’
VALUE OF INTROSPECTION METHOD
LIMITATIONS OF INTROSPECTION METHOD
OBSERVATION METHOD IN THE WORDS OF SAMUEL SMITH , ‘OBSERVATION IS A VISUAL METHOD OF EXAMINING, DESCRIBING, AND INTERPRETING THE REACTIONS OF INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS IN LABORATORY, CLASS ROOM, OR OUT OF SCHOOL SITUATION’. HERE, WE OBSERVE THE MENTAL PROCESSES AND BEHAVIOUR OF OTHERS.
TYPES OF OBSERVATION DIRECT INDIRECT INDIVIDUAL GROUP PARTICIPANT NON-PARTICIPANT
HOW TO OBSERVE?
ADVANTAGES OF OBSERVATION
LIMITATIONS OF OBSERVATION METHOD
EXPERIMENTAL METHOD EXPERIMENTAL METHOD IS HIGHLY DEVELOPED,FORMALIZED AND ACCURATE OF ALL SCIENTIFIC METHODS. THE WORD EXPERIMENT DERIVE FROM THE LATTIN WORD ‘ EXPERIMENTUM ’. FIRST EXPERIMENTAL LAB ESTABLISHED BY WILHULM WUNDT (LIP ZING) GERMANY.
VALUE OF THE EXPERIMENTAL METHOD
TYPES OF EXPERIMENTAL METHOD
LIMITATIONS OF EXPERIMENTAL METHOD
CASE STUDY METHOD THE CASE STUDY METHOD IS THAT METHOD OF BEHAVIOUR INVESTIGATION IN WHICH WE TRY TO STUDY THE BEHAVIOUR OF AN INDIVIDUAL IN ALL THE ESSENTIAL ASPECTS BY ANALYSING THE PAST RECORD, PRESENT POSITION AND FUTURE POSSIBLITIES REGARDING HIS FELT PROBLEM OR OTHERWISE GUIDANCE FUNCTIONS.