TNTEU · B.Ed · Educational Psychology (BD1EP)

Exam Readiness Pack & Memory Hooks

Everything still worth doing before July 2026 — beyond the essays you already have — plus tasty short-forms to lock in Maslow, Freud, Pavlov and Guilford.

Pattern & strategy Definitions Other names Facts & formula Differences Diagrams to draw Answer-writing Memory hooks
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Know the pattern & manage time

  • External written exam is 70 marks; internal assessment is 30 marks (class tests, assignments, seminar, attendance). Passing minimum is 50% aggregate with at least 45% in the external.
  • The paper usually has a Part A (short objective / one-mark items), then essay-type questions (the 5- and 10-markers, often "either/or"). Confirm the exact split with your college.
  • Budget your time by marks — roughly a minute per mark, and never leave the easy Part A items blank.
  • Attempt all questions. A half-answered question still earns marks; a blank earns zero.
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Definitions to memorise (with the author)

  • Educational Psychology — Skinner: the branch of psychology that deals with teaching and learning.
  • Learning — a relatively permanent change in behaviour due to experience or practice.
  • Attention — Ross: the process of getting an object of thought clearly before the mind.
  • Memory — the retention and reproduction of past experience.
  • Motivation — an inner state that initiates, directs and sustains behaviour.
  • Intelligence — the ability to learn, adapt, reason and solve problems (Stern, Wechsler).
  • Personality — Allport: the dynamic organisation within the individual of those psychophysical systems that determine his unique adjustment to his environment.
  • Creativity — the ability to produce novel, original and useful ideas.
Why it matters: starting an essay with a named definition is the easiest way to secure the first 2–3 marks. Learn one definition + author per topic.
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"Other names" — the favourite MCQ trap

TheoryAlso called / who
Trial & ErrorConnectionism / S–R Bond theory — Thorndike
Classical conditioningRespondent / Pavlovian conditioning — Pavlov
Operant conditioningInstrumental conditioning — Skinner
Insight learningGestalt theory — Köhler
Two-factor theory'g' and 's' factor theory — Spearman
Group-factor theoryPrimary Mental Abilities (PMA) — Thurstone
SOI modelStructure of Intellect — Guilford
Self theoryPerson-centred theory — Rogers
Iceberg / psychoanalysisPsychoanalytic theory — Freud
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Key facts & the one formula

  • IQ = (Mental Age ÷ Chronological Age) × 100  —  the single formula you must know.
  • Rough IQ bands: below 70 = intellectually deficient; 90–110 = average; 120–140 = superior/gifted; above 140 = genius.
  • The "magic numbers": Maslow = 5 needs · Piaget = 4 stages · Gardner = 8 intelligences · Thurstone = 7 PMA · Wallas = 4 creativity stages · Guilford = 5 × 4 × 6 = 120.
  • Founders to never mix up: Binet & Simon (first test) · Terman (IQ formula, Stanford–Binet) · Stern (coined "IQ") · Wechsler (WAIS, deviation IQ).
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"Difference between…" — tabulate these

  • Growth vs Development
  • Classical conditioning vs Operant conditioning
  • Deficiency needs vs Growth needs
  • Intrinsic vs Extrinsic motivation
  • Convergent vs Divergent thinking
  • Illusion vs Hallucination
Tip: answer every "difference" question as a two-column table — it is faster to write and easier for the examiner to award marks.
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Diagrams to practise drawing

  • Maslow's pyramid — 5 labelled tiers (you have the interactive one).
  • Freud's iceberg — waterline + conscious/preconscious/unconscious + id/ego/superego.
  • Pavlov's setup — bell, food, dog, salivation; label UCS/CS/UCR/CR.
  • Guilford's cube — three axes (operations × contents × products).
  • Also keep ready: Piaget's 4 stages ladder, Gardner's 8 intelligences wheel, and the IQ bell curve.
A labelled diagram in a 10-mark answer earns 2–3 marks on its own and saves writing time — always draw one where the topic allows.
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How to write the answer

  • Open with a named definition, then the theorist and experiment.
  • Write in points, not long paragraphs; underline keywords and theorist names.
  • Add a labelled diagram wherever possible.
  • Always close a 10-marker with educational implications (what the teacher should do).
  • For Part A, give a precise one-line answer — no padding.
  • Leave a line between answers; number them exactly as in the question paper.
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Memory hooks (the tasty part)

The four theorists in order →  "MASS FRIEND'S POOR GUT"  =  Maslow · Friend→Freud · Poor→Pavlov · Gut→Guilford.
Maslow · hierarchy of needs
The thali — eat from the bottom up

You can't enjoy the sweet until your stomach is full. Read the plate from base to top:

Paratha · Physiological Sambar · Safety Lassi · Love & belonging Elaichi · Esteem Sweet · Self-actualisation
P-S-L-E-S — lower needs (the staples) must be filled before the higher ones (the dessert).
Freud · psychoanalytic theory
"I Eat Samosa" — Id · Ego · Superego

Picture craving a hot samosa:

Id — "I want it NOW" (pleasure) Ego — finds a real way to get it (reality) Superego — "fried food again? think of health" (morality)
The samosa itself = the mind: crispy crust you see = Conscious, just inside = Preconscious, hidden filling = Unconscious (the biggest part).
Pavlov · classical conditioning
The kulfiwala's bell

When the ice-cream seller rings his bell, your mouth waters before you even see the kulfi:

Kulfi (food) = UCS Mouth waters at kulfi = UCR Bell = CS Mouth waters at bell = CR
U before C: Unconditioned = natural (comes first), Conditioned = learned (comes later).
Guilford · structure of intellect
"Onion · Curry · Paneer" = O × C × P

Cooking a dish has three parts — so does Guilford's cube. 5 × 4 × 6 = 120 abilities.

Onion → Operations (5) · what the mind DOES Curry → Contents (4) · the material Paneer → Products (6) · the result
Operations = "Cook My Dal Curry Everyday" (Cognition, Memory, Divergent, Convergent, Evaluation). Numbers: O-C-P = 5-4-6.