Which of the following statement is not related to the nature of educational psychology?

Psychology:

• The word, ‘Psychology’ is derived from two Greek words, ‘Psyche’ and ‘Logos’. Psyche means ‘soul’ and ‘Logos’ means ‘science’.
• Thus psychology was first defined as the ‘science of the soul”.

Educational Psychology:

• Educational psychology is a branch of psychology in which the findings of psychology are applied in the field of education.

Nature of Education Psychology: Its nature is scientific as it has been accepted that it is a Science of Education. We can summarize the nature of Educational Psychology in the following ways:

 1. Educational psychology is a behavioural science: 

• It is the scientific study of human behaviour in an educational setting.
• According to Charles. E. Skinner, “Educational psychology deals with the behaviour of human beings in educational situations”.
• Thus educational psychology is a behavioural science with two main references– human behaviour and education.

 2. Educational psychology is a social science.

•  Like the sociologist, anthropologist, economist or political scientist, the educational psychologist studies human beings and their sociability.

 3. Educational psychology is a positive science. 

• Normative science like Logic or Ethics deals with facts as they ought to be.
• A positive science deals with facts as they are or as they operate.
• Educational psychology studies the child’s behaviour as it is, not, as it ought to be. So it is a positive science.

 4. Educational psychology is an applied science. 

• It is the application of psychological principles in the field of education.
• By applying the principles and techniques of psychology, it tries to study the behaviour and experiences of the pupils. As a branch of psychology, it is parallel to any other applied psychology.
• For example, educational psychology draws heavily facts from such areas as developmental psychology, clinical psychology, abnormal psychology and social psychology.

Therefore from the above explanation, Normative science is not related to educational psychology.