Which of the following statements is NOT true for the nature of Educational…

Concept

Sciences are classified as either normative or positive. A normative science lays down standards of what ought to be and judges phenomena against an ideal — Ethics and Logic are classic examples. A positive science, in contrast, observes, describes, and explains what actually occurs, relying on systematic evidence rather than prescribing values or ideals.

Application

Educational Psychology studies how learners actually learn, develop, and behave, building its theories from observation, experimentation, and empirical evidence rather than prescribing how a learner ought to behave. This places it among the positive sciences, not the normative ones. So the statement claiming it is a normative science rather than a positive science reverses its actual classification, making it the one statement that is NOT true about its nature.

Cross-check

Checking the remaining three statements against the known characteristics of Educational Psychology confirms they all hold true:

• A systematic, organized body of facts: decades of empirical research have organized Educational Psychology’s findings into coherent theories of learning, development, and motivation.

• Employs scientific method: it gathers evidence through observation, controlled experimentation, testing, and statistical analysis, like other empirical sciences.

• Constantly in search of truth: as an evolving empirical science, it keeps testing and refining its theories whenever new evidence emerges.

Because these three statements hold true while the claim that Educational Psychology is a normative science reverses its actual classification as a positive science, the statement "It is normative science rather than a positive science" is the one that is NOT true about its nature.