Weekly Journal 1

1. After reading Ormrod, Chapter 1 and the blog by John Parankimalil entitled Meaning, Nature, Scope and Relevance of Educational Psychology describewhat educational psychology is and how it differs from the field of psychology?
2. In Parankimalil’s blog he describes several ways that educational psychology helps teachers. Describe two applications that resonate with you and explain why they do.
3. Take Ormrod’s Psychological Survey on page 4 of Chapter 1. Did any of the answers contradict your beliefs? If so, which ones? Which of the answers did you find most interesting and why?

Ormrod, J. E. (2017). Educational Psychology: Developing Learners, 9th edition. New York, NY: Pearson Publishing Company.