UCSF – Facultad de Psicología – Lic. Psicopedagogía – Inglés – Prof.

Eduardo Quintana

BLOQUE ORGANIZADOR UNO – CLASE 01 – Actividad 02

EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY
Task a) Completa los párrafos rellenando los espacios en blanco utilizando las
palabras de las siguientes listas:

Complete the paragraphs by filling in the blanks using the words from the following lists:

needs schooling discipline broader studying

Psychology is the scientific study of the mental
processes and the behavior of human beings.
It is a _________________ that covers a wide
range of sub-disciplines such as clinical psychology,
the psychology of organizations, social psychology,
etc. Educational Psychology also known as
Psychopedagogy, studies everything related to human
learning.

Educational psychologists are interested in

_________________ how humans learn and
retain knowledge, primarily in educational settings
like classrooms.
Apart from the cognitive learning processes, they also consider the emotional,
social, educational problems and _______________ of children and young
people of _______________ age.

The main difference between Psychology and

Psychopedagogy derives from the fact that, although
Psychology has a ________________ vision that
involves all aspects of human life, Psychopedagogy pays
specific attention to the learning process of individuals
throughout their life cycle.
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Educational psychology informs a wide range of
specialties _________________ educational studies,
including instructional design, educational technology,
curriculum development, organizational learning,
special education, classroom management, and student
motivation. Educational psychology both draws from
and _________________ to cognitive science and
the learning sciences. Educational psychology has seen
rapid _________________ and development as a
profession in the last twenty years.
Educational psychologists are working side by side with psychiatrists, social
workers, teachers, speech and language ________________, and counselors in
an attempt to _______________ the questions being raised when combining
behavioral, cognitive, and social psychology in the classroom setting.

Task b) Indica a qué se refieren las palabras resaltadas (en negrita) de las
siguientes oraciones:

Say what the highlighted words (in bold) of the following sentences refer (make
reference) to:

Educational psychology can in part be understood through its relationship

with other disciplines. School psychology began with the concept of intelligence
testing leading to provisions for special education students, who could not follow
the regular classroom curriculum in the early part of the 20th century.

1.) 1st sentence, line 1, its refers to : __________________________

2.) 2nd sentence, line 4, who refers to : _________________________