Volume 29, Issue 2
DOI: 10.24205/03276716.2020.396
EFFECT OF PSYCHOLOGICAL COUNSELING ON IDEOLOGICAL AND POLITICAL EDUCATION: AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS BASED ON COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY
Abstract
Ideological and political (I&P) education is an important subject in Chinese colleges that facilitates the moral education of college students. From the perspective of cognitive psychology, this paper explores the influence of psychological counseling on the I&P education in colleges. A total of 462 students were selected and divided into a survey group (232) and a control group (230). The survey group received both psychological counseling and the I&P education, while the control group only received the I&P education. Finally, the two groups were compared based on the examination scores of the I&P education. The results show that gender and age have little influence on the effectiveness of the I&P education, while major has no significant influence on this issue; the examination scores of the I&P education of engineering students are the most dispersed, while those of liberal arts students are the most concentrated; the survey group have much higher examination scores than the control group, revealing the promoting effect of psychological counseling on the I&P education. The research results contribute to the improvement of ideological and political education and moral education of college students.
Keywords
Cognitive Psychology, Ideological and Political (I&P) Education, Psychological Counseling, Moral Education.