Topic outline

  • General

  • Lecture One

  • Lecture Two

    • An overview on behaviorism with a focus on classical and operant conditioning

  • Lecture Three

    • An overview on constructivism with a focus on social and psychological constructivism and their implications in language learning

  • Lecture Four

    • This lecture is an introduction to developmental psychology

  • Lecture Five

    • This lecture describes the stages of human physical development and their impact on the learning process.

  • Lecture Six

    • Jean Piaget, a Swiss psychologist, developed one of the most widely known theories which gave insights about cognitive development which he called the cognitive stage theory. 

  • Lecture Seven

    • This is an introduction to Erikson's and Maslow's theories of social development.
  • Lecture Eight

    • This chapter deals with Kohlberg's morality of Justice and Gilligan's morality of care.

  • Lecture Nine

    • This chapter deals with Intelligence as a psychological variable and its impact on learning.

  • Lecture Ten

    • This chapter deals with motivation as a psychological variable in learning.