From my understanding, overall educational psychology is the study of how people learn and retain knowledge. I would imagine that these studies would in turn help improve the processes that students learn which yields higher educational success for students and teachers. The most evident benefactor would be students, but I included teachers as well because educational psychology can highlight areas of opportunity and improvement regarding: curricula, lesson planning, and standardized testing.

Beyond instruction educational psychology also affects classroom management. If we go back and considered SEL or the social mind vs the individual mind it is all based in educational psychology. Students are more conducive to assimilation and accommodation in a social learning setting; students will imitate those behaviors that receive positive reinforcement.