visit to the Old Aged Home by iii years.

Visit to Olavina halli by the final year students

The final year students of the Department of Psychology visited the old age home at Olavina halli, Ullal on 10 October 2007. They arrived at the old age home at 10.15 am and had interactive sessions with the inmates there. Olavinahalli was started as a rehabilitation home for the lepper patients by Sr. Amelia Cimolino from Italy. It presently houses about 92 people which include bed-ridden and convalescing leppers.
The inmates are housed in four different sectors in a beautiful, lush area with vast area for cultivation and gardening. The students spent a lot of time talking and singing with the aged people there. They bede farewell at about 1.30pm.

PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE FOR THE PSYCHOLOGY BLOG

It is good to know that Psychology department of Aloysius College has a blog in order to keep in touch with the students of the department, and also for the rest of the student community to know as to what is happening in this particular department. Psychology as a subject of study is becoming very popular among the students. It has a lot of practical applications to ones life and in the development of ones personality. Knowledge about ones own behaviour builds confidence in a person and makes him or her creative in thinking.I appreciate the department of Psychology for such a creative idea in this world of Information Technology. Through this means of communication may lot of students benefit in their educational endeavours.

Fr. Swebert D’Silva, SJ

Principal

Psychodrama competition

12 September 2007- The Psychology department conducted ‘Psychodrama’, a drama competition for the Psychology students. The students were put into 4 groups and they each presented a 10 minute drama. The topics of the dramas were Vision School 2020, Understanding the Psychology of relationships is the need of the hour and Importance of removing the stigma attached to the mentally ill.Ms. Shalini Aiyappa and Ms. Wilma Vaz, Dept. of Psychology were the judges for the competition.

First semester Assignments to be submitted by 28th September ,2007

Group I – Definition of learning
Classical conditioning –experiment –process

Group II – Application of classical conditioning

Group III- Operant conditioning – experiment - process

Group IV – Reinforcers- Reinforcement –types – positive and negative reinforcement-types of negative reinforcement - schedules of reinforcement- punishment- dangers of punishment –uses and how to make it effective

Group V – application of operant conditioning

Group VI – cognitive learning – latent learning( Tolman )

Group VII- Insight learning(Kohler)

Group VIII- Observational learning ( Bandura)

12 August 2007- The final year psychology students had an enjoyable weekend as they spent their day at Little Sisters of the Poor, an old age home in Bajjodi. The visit was a part of their final year course in psychology.
The students arrived at the home at 10 am. After a brief talk with the sisters of the institution the students plunged themselves in helping the sisters by cleaning the floors, corridors, chairs etc. “Doing these jobs at home has always been a burden, but we really enjoyed doing it here. It was very satisfying”, says Sindhu M.V. The students regained their vigour after a short tea break at 10:45. They continued their work and left the place sparkling clean by afternoon. They were then provided with a delicious lunch after which they were given time for relaxation till 3:15.At 3:30, the students came forward with an entertaining session of cultural programs consisting of foot tapping songs and exhilarating dance performances. A few games were also conducted which enlivened the audience. Rayappa, who was the M.C. for the program generated laughter in the audience with his simple yet light hearted jokes. The program came to an end at 4:45 after which the old and the young joined hands and tapped their feet to the music played.All in all it was a day of realization in togetherness. The students were able to explore the realms of fun and work unfettered by the barriers of age and language!!!

Final year Assignments to be submitted by 13th September

Group I – somatoform disorders – somatization –hypochodriasis -symptoms and causes

Group II- conversion disorder-motor .sensory and visceral symptoms and causes

Group III- amnesia- fugue

Group Iv- dissociative disorders - symptoms and causes

III semester -Assignments to be submitted by 13th September 2007

Group I – divisions of infancy –physical hazards of infancy

Group II – psychological hazards of infancy

Group III- reflexes

Group IV – APGAR scale

Group V – SIDS

Group VII- motor development fine and gross motor skills

TALK BY DR RAVISH THUNGA

talk on “The role of mental health professionals in the 21st century” was held for the final year students of psychology on 23 August 24, 2007. The resource person was Dr.Ravish Thunga, Professor at KMC, Mangalore. Dr. Thunga is also a consultant psychiatrist at Manasvini Counselling Centre.He spoke to the ‘budding psychologists’ about the various mental disorders prevalent in the 21 century and emphasized upon the importance of the role played by mental health professionals. The talk was relevant to the academic interests of the students and proved to be very informative and enlightening

assignments for the first semester

Assignments to be submitted by 3rd September

Group I – Basic structure of the nervous system, neuron and its functions , synaptic transmission, neurotransmitters and its influence on its behavior.

Group II- Division of the nervous system , spinal cord-its structure and functions

Group III- central nervous system –the brain stem –pons medulla ,cerebellum structure and functions

Group III- midbrain, reticular formation-structure and functions

Group IV – forebrain- thalamus, hypothalamus , limbic system

Group V – cerebrum- left and right hemisphere, lobes ,association areas, Wernick’s area and Broca’s area

Group VI – endocrine system –the various glands and its influence on behavior

Group VII – hereditary determinants of behavior