Child Psychology &

Corporal Punishment

Sequence

• Child Psychology and Related Issues

• Objectives of Education

• Corporal Punishment and Its Effects on

Child’s Personality

Part I – Child Psychology

& Related Issues

PERSONALITY???

Personality

• For psychologists, personality is a set of

relatively enduring behavioral characteristics

and internal predispositions that describe how

a personality reacts to the environment.

Psychologists recognize that an individual’s

behavior is not consistent all the time or in

every situation.

Heredity

Gender

Physical Conditions

Environment

Cultural Factors

Social Factors

Situational Factors

Personality

Environment

• Family

• Education

• Religion

• Health System

• Political & Economic System

• Legal System

• Adaptability to new Technologies

• Sports Facilities

• Perception is the process by which people interpret the input from their senses to give meaning and order to the world around them.

• Accurate perceptions are necessary to make good decisions and to motivate workers to perform at a high level, to be fair and equitable, and to be ethical.

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• The process of combining, integrating

and interpreting information about

others to gain an accurate

understanding of them.

• Personal identity

• Social Identity

Social Perception

Cognitive frameworks that represent organized

knowledge about a given concept or stimulus

developed through experience.

Schemas effect :

Information Interpretation

Decision Making

Attitude

BEHAVIORS

Schemas 11

Attitude

• An attitude is a mental stage of readiness, learned

and organized through experience, exerting a

specific influence on a person’s response to

people, objects, and situations with which it is

related.

• Attitudes are evaluative statements that are either

favorable or unfavorable concerning

objects, people, or events.

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Relationship with

Behavior 13

Behavior

Attitude

Personality

Perception

The UnconsciousThe conscious. The small

amount of mental activity we know about.

The preconscious. Things

we could be aware of if we wanted or tried.

The unconscious. Things

we are unaware of and can not become aware of.

Thoughts

Perceptions

Memories

Stored knowledge

Fears

Unacceptable sexual desires

Violent motives

Irrational wishes

Immoral urges

Selfish needs

Shameful experiences

Traumatic experiences

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PART II-

WHAT ARE THE OBJECTIVES OF

EDUCATION?

To create law abiding and

patriotic citizens

To produce a workforce

which could think

globally and act locally.

Personality Development

• Increase the need for achievement of a child

• Improve the perception of a child about the society. Improved

perception will create a better attitude which will result in

cultured behavior.

• Provide sports and extra curricular activities where a child can

polish his/her hidden talents.

• Allow the child an open culture where he/she can develop their

creativity.

Social Change in the

Society

CYCLE OF POVERTY

Low Income Households

Stress Related Diseases

Problem child comes

to school

Creates poor Human Capital

Parenting Styles

Responsibility of Teachers

• Learn Empathy.

• Provide a Model to the child to improve his/her social

identity.

• Improve your communication style. Be an active listener.

• Understand the motivation process of a child. Provide

encouragement to improve his/her self confidence.

• Provide counseling to difficult parents and children.

Motivation Process

• Negative Reinforcement.

• Positive Reinforcement

• Extinction

• Punishment

PART III –

CORPORAL PUNISHMENT AND

ITS EFFECTS

WHAT IS CORPORAL

PUNISHMENT ??

Effects of Corporal

Punishment

• It lowers their self-esteem.

• It interferes with the learning process and with their

intellectual, sensory and emotional development.

• It discourages the use of reasoning.

• It makes children feel lonely, sad and abandoned.

• Impede teacher-child communication.

Effects of Corporal

Punishment

• Lowers the need for achievement.

• Violence begets violence.

• Children become critical of authority.

How can we develop a

motivation system for a

mischievous child ?

Educate, do not Punish

Thank you