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Synopsis The significance of the strength and depth of the intellectual make-up of a learner, a youth, a student, can never be underestimated. In the following pages, the educationist, the academician, the student of psychology, the researcher and the social scientist-all will find a cogent and relevant analysis of the essential components of the vital area of the educational process. Beginning with the definitions, concepts and approaches of psychology, the publication moves across a wide range of relevant aspects-educational psychology, significance of childhood, the process of learning, the factor of maturation, the various theories of learning, motivation and the individual, the process of learning in various situation, the process of transfer of learning, attention and interest, intelligence and the various aspects of its development and measurement, and the significance of individual differences. The book will hold particular interest for those concerned with educational psychology, councellors, students of education and aspiring teachers and academicians. The insight provides in the following pages will complement the experiential work of the interested reader. It will also make for recommended reading in all teacher training institutes.