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Psychology

PAPER-II

Perceptual Processes

• Approaches to the Study of Perception : Gestalt and physiological approaches
• Perceptual Organization : Gestalt, Figure and Ground, Laws of Organization
• Perceptual Constancy : Size, Shape and Brightness, Illusion; Perception of Depth and Movements.
• Role of motivation and learning in perception

Learning Process

• Classical conditioning: Procedure, Phenomena and related issues
• Instrumental learning: Phenomena, Paradigms and theoretical issues
• Reinforcement: Basic variables and schedules
• Verbal learning : Methods and materials, organizational processes

Memory and forgetting

• Memory processes: Encoding, Storage, Retrieval
• Stages of memory: Sensory memory, Short-term Memory (STM) and Long-term Memory (LTM)
• Episodic and Semantic memory
• Theories of Forgetting : Interference, decay, retrieval

Thinking and Problem Solving

• Theories of thought processes: Associations, Gestalt, Information processing
• Concept formation : Rules and strategies
• Reasoning : Deductive and inductive
• Problem-solving : Type and strategies
• Role of concepts in thinking

Motivation and Emotion

• Basic motivational concepts : Instincts, needs, drives, incentives, motivational cycle
• Approaches to the study of motivation : Psychoanalytical, ethological, S-R Cognitive, humanistic
• Biological Motives : Hunger, thirst, sleep and sex
• Social Motives : Achievement, affiliation, approval Exploratory behaviour and curiosity Physiological correlates of emotions
• Theories of emotions : James-Lange, Canon-Bard, Schachter and Singer
• Conflicts : Sources and types

Human Abilities

• Intelligence: Biological, Social, Eco-cultural determinants
• Theories of intelligence : Spearman, Thurston, Guilford
• Individual and group differences : Extent and causes
• Measurement of human abilities

Personality

• Determinants of personality: Biological and socio-cultural
• Approaches to the study of personality: Psychoanalytic, neo-Freudian, social learning, trait and type, cognitive
• Personality assessment : Psychometric and projective tests Self-concept: Origin and development

Research Methodology

• Research problems, hypothesis, variables and their Operationalization
• Types of psychological research
• Methods of psychological research: Experimental, Quasi-experimental, case studies, field studies and cross-cultural studies-
• Methods of data collection: Observation, interview, questionnaire, tests and scales. Non- parametric tests

Measurement and testing

• Test construction: Item writing, item analysis
• test standardization: Reliability, validity and norms
• Types of tests: Intelligence, aptitude, personality– characteristics and important examples
• Attitude scales and interest inventories
• Educational measurement and evaluation

Biological Basis of Behavior

• Receptors, effectors and adjuster mechanisms
• Neural impulse : Origin, conduction and measurement
• Sensory system : Vision and Audition
• Human nervous system : Structure and functions

PAPER-III (A)[Core group]

PAPER III A Core Unit- I

• Signal detection theory, subliminal perception and related factors, information processing approach to perception, culture and perception, perceptual styles. Ecological perspective on perception.

Unit- II

• Learning theories : Hull, Tolman, Skinner
• Cognitive approaches in learning: Latent learning, observational learning
• Experimental analysis of behaviour : Behaviour modification, shaping Discrimination learning
• Neurophysiology of learning

Unit- III

• Models of memory : Atkinson and Shiffrin, Craik and Lockhart, Tulving
• Semantic memory : Episodic, trace model and network model
• Long-term memory: Retrieval cues, flashbulb memory, constructive processes in memory, eyewitness testimony, autobiographical memory
• Biological basis of memory : The search for the engram, PET scan, and biochemical factors in memory
• Improving memory : Strategies

Unit- IV

• Cognitive strategies : Algorhythms and heuristics
• Convergent and divergent thinking
• Decision-making; impediments to problem – solving
• Creative thinking and problem-solving
• Language and thought

Unit- V

• Historical antecedents of motivation from Mechanism to Cognition
• Cognitive bases of motivation : Intrinsic motivation, Attribution, Competence
• Measurement of motives : Issues and techniques
• Cross-cultural perspectives of motivation : Achievement, Aggression
• Components of emotion: Physiological, expressive and cognitive
• Neural mechanism of emotion : Central and peripheral
• Measurent of emotions : Physiological, expressive and cognitive measures
• Current theories of emotions and facial feedback hypothesis
• Stress and coping : Reactions to stress, outcomes of stress

Unit- VI

• Theories of intelligence : Cattell, Jensen, Sternberg Goleman
• Creativity : Views of Torrance, Getzels, Guilford
• Intelligence and creativity : Relationship
• Abilities and achievement : Concept and role of emotional intelligence

Unit- VII

• Clinical and growth approaches to personality
• Existential and humanistic theories of personality : Frankl, Rollo May, Maslow, Rogers
• Personality assessment : Projective, psychometric and behavioural measures
• Psychology of self : Western and Eastern perspectives, measurement of self

Unit- VIII

• Research designs : Correlational, factorial, randomized block, matched group, quasi-experimental, time series design
• ANOVA : Randomized and repeated
• Correlation analysis : Partial, multiple and regression analysis
• Factor analysis : Assumptions, methods, rotation and interpretation

Unit- IX

• Psychological scaling : Purpose and methods
• Sources of bias in psychological testing
• Ethical issues in psychological testing
• Application of factor analysis in standardization of tests-with Important illustrations

Unit- X

• Methods of Physiological psychology : Lesion and Brain Stimulation
• Sleep and waking : Stages of sleep, Disorders of sleep and Physiological mechanisms of sleep and waking
• Ingestive Behaviour : Drinking and its neural mechanism; hunger and its neural mechanism
• Endocrine system : Chemical and glandular

PAPER-III (B) [ELECTIVE / OPTIONAL]

PAPER IIIB Optional Elective- I

• Current trends in Social Psychology
• Social cognition
• Social influence
• Prosocialbehaviour
• Applied social psychology : Health, Environment and Law

Elective- II

• Development processes : Nature, Principles and related
• concepts – maturity, experience factors in development: Biogenic, Psychogenic and Sociogenic
• Stages of Development : Theories of Development: Psychoanalytic, Behaviouristic and cognitive
• Various aspects of development : Sensory-motor, cognitive, language, emotional, social and moral

Elective- III

• Human development and individual differences
• Motivation and learning
• Factors in educational achievement
• Social psychology of education
• Teacher effectiveness
• Guidance in schools : Needs, organizational set up and techniques
• Counseling : Process and areas

Elective- IV

• Development of industrial and organizational psychology
• Selection processes in organization
• Organizational training
• Performance appraisal
• Motivation and work
• Leadership
• Work environment
• Organizational behaviour : Theories, socialization, effectiveness

Elective- V

• Psychopathology : Concepts, classification and causes : clinical diagnostics
• Common clinical disorders
• Mental retardation
• Mental Health : Intervention models and psychotherapies