本教材为英语专业和翻译专业本科生三四年级教育方向的学生和英语专业研究生编写。该书集西方教育心理学领域的传统经验和近两个世纪西方教育心理学领域的教育实践，以及近现代我国高等教育教学实践中所积累的教学经验。本书为教师提供教育心理学方面的知识，其他专业英语水平较高的学习者也可以把它作为学习材料，既提高英语知识，也增进教育心理学知识。本教材主要涵盖了维果斯基认知心理学思想、皮亚杰发展心理学思想、埃里克森发展心理学思想、智商，加德纳多元智能论、丹尼尔戈尔曼情商理论、格式塔心理学等。

Unit 1 Teaching and Educational Psychology
Chapter 1 Overview of Teaching
Chapter 2 Overview of Educational Psychology
Unit 2 Developmental Psychology
Chapter 1 Overview on Developmental Psychology
Chapter 2 Jean Piaget's Cognitive Development Theory
Chapter 3 Erikson's Stage Theory of Psychosocial Development
Chapter 4 Sociocultural Theory of Lev Vygotsky
Unit 3 Individuals and Society
Chapter 1 Personality
Chapter 2 Society
Unit 4 Psychology and Culture
Chapter 1 Social Psychology and Social Culture
Chapter 2 Hofstede's View of Culture
Unit 5 Intelligence and Education
Chapter 1 Intelligence
Chapter 2 Howard Gardner's Theory of Multiple Intelligences
Unit 6 Emotional Intelligence and Education
Chapter 1 Emotional Intelligence
Chapter 2 Daniel Goleman's Theory on Emotional Intelligence
Unit 7 Gestalt Psychology and Education
Chapter 1 Gestalt Psychology
Chapter 2 Laws of Gestalt Psychology and Its Use in Education
Unit 8 Motivation and Education
Chapter 1 Theories of Motivation
Chapter 2 Maslow’s Theories of Needs
Unit 9 Self-efficacy and Education
Chapter 1 Self-efficacy
Chapter 2 Bandura’s Theory of Self-efficacy
Unit 10 Classroom Management
Chapter 1 Teachers
Chapter 2 Pygmalion Effect and Education
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