DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY


Preamble:
Psychology is the scientific study of behavior and mental processes. A good deal of human behavior however familiar is still puzzling and mysterious to us .Therefore a course in psychology will help to understand the complexities of human behavior and answer the why’s and how’s of behavior.

Objectives:
· To understand the basic content of psychology
· To demonstrate the ability to think critically and analytically and to reason logically about the issues in child development
· To create awareness and bring about personal and social change
· To expose the students to the various manifestations of psychopathology and health enhancing behaviors.


Syllabus under Autonomy

PSYCHOLOGY
PROGRAMME FOR B.A. PSYCHOLOGY

Semester Paper Hrs/week Credits Marks Total

I Foundations 4 2 70theory/30
of Behaviour I 150
Practicals 2 1 40 Prac/10

II Foundations of 4 2 70theory/30 Behaviour II 150
Practicals 2 1 40 Prac/10


III Child Development I 4 2 70theory/30
Practicals 2 1 40 Prac/10 150



IV Child Development II 4 2 70theory/30
Practicals 2 1 40 Prac/10 150


V Social Psychology 4 2 70theory/30
Abnormal Psychology 4 2 70theory/30

Practicals 3 1 80 Prac/20 300

VI Health psychology 4 2 70theory/30
Industrial &Organizational
Psychology 4 2 70theory/30
Practicals 3 1 80 Prac/20 300













Draft syllabus under Autonomy

PSYCHOLOGY

FIRST YEAR
I SEMESTER

FOUNDATIONS OF BEHAVIOUR I

OBJECTIVES:
· On completion of this course, students should know and understand the major theoretical aspects and methods of psychology
· Have knowledge of the basic content of General psychology
· And are able to apply what they know of psychology to their everyday lives.

UNIT 1: PSYCHOLOGY AND ITS PERSPECTIVE: (12 hrs)
Definitions – Soul, Mind, Consciousness, Behavior
Work of psychologists - clinical, counseling, developmental, educational, experimental, cognitive, Industrial and organizational, psychobiological, evolutionary and social psychologists.
Systems of psychology - structuralism, functionalism, behaviorism, gestalt
Contemporary approaches- behaviorist, cognitive, humanistic and positive, psychodynamic, evolutionary , socio cultural and transpersonal approach
Types of psychological research – Descriptive research-observation, surveys and interviews, standardized tests and case study, Correlational research and Experimental research.

UNIT II – BIOLOGICAL BASES OF BEHAVIOUR (14 hrs)
· Hereditary determinants of behavior.
· Nervous system-Neuron -Structure and functions.
· Synaptic transmission and neurotransmitters.
· Division of the Nervous system. The Central Nervous system. Brain and spinal cord. The peripheral Nervous system. Somatic, autonomic SNS and PNS.
· Brain – structure and functions, hindbrain, midbrain and forebrain, thalamus, hypothalamus and limbic system, cerebral cortex – lobes and hemispheres.
· Endocrine system- pituitary, adrenal islets, gonads, thyroid, and pineal glands.

UNIT III – LEARNING (12 hrs)
· Definition, Classical conditioning processes- extinction, spontaneous recovery, generalization, discrimination. Application of classical conditioning.
· Operant conditioning processes- Reinforcement schedules, punishment, dangers and effective punishment. Application of operant conditioning
· Cognitive learning – latent, Insight observational learning- Bandura.

UNIT IV MEMORY (10 hrs)
· Definition –. Three processes of memory- Encoding, Storage and retrieval
· Three stages of memory with reference to Atkinson & shiffrin model – sensory, short term, long term- semantic ,procedural, flashbulb,TOT,
· Forgetting – Causes.
· Techniques for improving memory-mnemonics.

BOOKS FOR REFERENCE:
1. BARON, Robert A (2002) Psychology – 5th edn. Prentice Hall India.
2. Feldman, Robert, Introduction to Psychology
3. Wayne Weiten (1995) Themes and Variations, 3rd Edn Brooks / Cole.
4. Coon Dennis, Introduction to Psychology
5. Parameshwar and Bina. Introduction to Psychology, Neelkamal
Publications.
6. Gazzaniga and Heatherington, Psychological Science of Mind, Brain and
Behaviour. Norton Publishers.
7. Passer and Smith, Psychology the science of mind and behaviour. 3rd edn Tata McGraw Hill.
8. Santrock John W, Psychology Essentials 2, 2nd edn, Tata McGraw Hill.
9. Atkinson and Hilgard’s, Introduction to Psychology, Thomson Wadsworth.

PRACTICALS:
Nature of questions and accuracy of report.
Recall and recognition.
Effect of chunking on memory.
Assessment of Study habits using study habits inventory. – Palsane and Sharma.
Stroop Effect

STATISTICS IN PSYCHOLOGY:
Meaning and Importance of Statistics in Psychology, concepts of population, sample, variables. Scales of measurement – nominal, ordinal, interval and ration. Organization of data – statistical tables and frequency distribution, Graphical representation. Measures of Central Tendency.

COURSE REQUIREMENT

GROUP WRITTEN ASSIGNMENTS
At the end of each chapter assignments on various topics covered in the chapter will be assigned to groups. To be submitted within a week after its announcement on the class notice board.

PROJECT
Students are required to take one of the experiments from the practical paper and do a pilot study on a small sample. Apply basic statistical measures and submit the project in A P A style

PAPER PRESENTATION
Students can present papers on any of the topics mentioned below
Psychology in India
Ethics in psychological research and practice
Genetic engineering
Methods of studying the functions of brain
Effects of media violence
Childhood amnesia
Anterograde and retrograde amnesia
Concept learning

PRACTICE TEST
Students are expected to take practice test at the end of every chapter.




II SEMESTER
FOUNDATIONS OF BEHAVIOUR II

UNIT I ATTENTION AND PERCEPTION (10 hrs)
Sensation – attention- perception meaning and factors affecting attention.
sensation centers in the brain
Basic concepts in sensation and perception. Absolute threshold, differential threshold, signal – detection theory, sensory adaptation –– Subliminal perception.
Visual Illusions and causes – perceptual organization, depth perception - Monocular and Binocular cues.
Extra sensory perception

UNIT II MOTIVATION AND EMOTION (14 hrs)
Definition – Motives, needs , drives and incentives
Theories of motivation- Instinct theory, drive reduction and humanistic theory
physiological drives – Hunger, thirst.
Social motives – affiliation and power.
Emotions-nature of emotions –physiological, cognitive and behavioral components of emotion.
Expressions of emotions – External , Internal and psychological changes.

UNIT III PERSONALITY (12 hrs)
Definition – Trait approach -Cattell
Type approach- Eysenck,Carl Jung
psychodynamic- Freud- levels of Consciousness, structure, psychosexual stages of development -
Humanistic- Rogers .
Type A and B
Big Five Factor (Costa and Maccrae

UNIT IV INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES (12 hrs)
· Intelligence - Definition – theories of intelligence-Spearman, Sternberg and Howard gardener
· Normal Probability Curve
· Classification of MR- NIMH – Medical, psychological and educational.
· psychological tests-types of tests-ability tests-achievement, aptitude and intelligence, personality tests-objective- Questionnaire and Inventories – MMPI , projective - TAT, Rorschach Ink blot test

BOOKS FOR REFERENCE:
1. BARON, Robert A (2002) Psychology – 5th edn. Prentice Hall India.
2. Feldman , Robert, Introduction to Psychology
3. Wayne Weiten (1995) Themes and Variations , 3rd Edn Brooks / Cole.
4. Coon Dennis, Introduction to Psychology
5. Parameshwar and Bina. Introduction to Psychology, Neelkamal
Publications.
6. Gazzaniga and Heatherington, Psychological Science of Mind, Brain and
Behaviour. Norton Publishers.
7. Passer and Smith, Psychology the science of mind and behaviour. 3rd edn Tata McGraw Hill.
8. Santrock John W, Psychology Essentials 2, 2nd edn, Tata McGraw Hill.
9. Atkinson and Hilgard’s, Introduction to Psychology, Thomson Wadsworth.

PRACTICALS(any five)
Span of attention.
Muller Lyer Illusion.
Type A B personality
Intelligence Test – Otis test of mental ability.
Emotional Quotient.
Achievement motive test

STATISTICS IN PSYCHOLOGY:
Measures of Variability - range, quartile deviation and mean deviation.

COURSE REQUIREMENT
GROUP WRITTEN ASSIGNMENTS
At the end of each chapter assignments on various topics covered in the chapter will be assigned to groups. To be submitted within a week after its announcement on the class notice board.
PROJECT
Students are required to take one of the experiments from the practical paper and do a pilot study on a small sample. Apply basic statistical measures and submit the project in A P A style
PAPER PRESENTATION
Students can present papers on any of the topics mentioned below
Psychological dimensions of colors
Color blindness
Altered states of consciousness
Stages of sleep
Sleep and dreams
creativity
gender differences in emotion

PRACTICE TEST Students are expected to take practice tests at the end of every chapter.







SECOND YEAR
III SEMESTER
CHILD DEVELOPMENT

OBJECTIVES:
On completion of this course on child Development
Students will demonstrate the ability to think critically and analytically and to reason logically about issues in Child Development.
Understand the physical, Cognitive, emotional changes during the childhood period.
Understand the complex factors which affect development – genetic and prenatal factor to child’s early environment.

UNIT I INTRODUCTION AND FOUNDATION TO CHILD DEVELOPMENT
(10 hrs)
· Research Design: Longitudinal, Cross- sectional.
· Methods: Case study, Biographical Method.
· Theories of Child Development – Piaget, Erickson, Vyogotsky, Freud.

UNIT II BEGINNING OF LIFE 12 hrs)
· Sex cells and their differences
· preparatory processes: Maturation, Ovulation and Fertilization – its importance
· Multiple offspring’s : Identical twins and fraternal twins.
· Chromosomal abnormalities : Downs syndrome.
· Abnormalities of the sex chromosomes : XXY syndrome, Triple X syndrome, Klinefelter syndrome (XXY), Turners syndrome (XO), Fragile X Syndrome.

UNIT III PRE NATAL DEVELOPMENT 13HRS
· Germinal period – embryo, ovum, fetus – development and Hazards.
· Pre-natal Environmental influences.
· Stages of labour and delivery.
· Types of Birth – Natural or prepared childbirth, caesarian section, Breech birth, Transverse presentation, Instrumental Birth.
· Reproductive choices: Genetic counseling, prenatal diagnostic choices, umbilical cord blood.

UNIT IV INFANCY (13hrs)
Sub divisions of infancy
Assessment of the new born-APGAR scale
Physical growth and development-cephalocaudal and proximodistal pattern, height and weight, brain development, states of consciousness, SIDS, Nutrition, and New born Reflexes- eye blinking, sucking, swimming, palmar grasp and babinski, gross and fine motor skills
Cognitive development-language development-how language develops
Emotional development and personality dev- emotional dev -crying, smiling, stranger anxiety, social referencing, temperament-classification. Personality developing-trust, developing sense of self, independence

PRACTICALS: ( any five)
Seguin form Board test.
Coloured Progressive Matrices.
Social Maturity Scale.
Parenting Scale by R.L. Bharadwaj.
Early school Personality Questionnaire by Catell.
Battle's self esteem Inventory by Anand Kumar

STATISTICS:
Standard Deviation,



BOOKS FOR STUDY:1 Santrock J.M., Child Development, Mcgraw Hill company
Ltd
2 Berk, Laura, Child Development, 6th edition


BOOKS FOR READING:
1.Berk, Laura, Child Development, 6th edition.
2.Hurlock Elizabeth, (1997), Child Development 6th edition, New Delhi: Tata McGraw Hill Company Ltd.
3. Santrock J.M., Human Development , ew York Wiley.
4. Papalia Diane, Olds Sally, Human Development, 7th International Edn. Tata McGraw Hill.
5. Hetherington EM and Ross (1994), Child Psychology, 3rd edition.
6. Hoffman Lois, Paris Scot, Hall Elizabeth and Scheld (1998) Developmental Psychology Today, 5th edition, McGraw Inc.
7. Berger Kathleen S, (1983), The Developing Person Through The Life Span, New York: Worth Publishers. Inc.
8.Charlesworth, Rosalind, Understanding Child Development, 6th edition, Thomas Learning .
9. Bee Helen and Boyd Denise, The Developing Child, Pearson Education.
10. Lindon Jennie and Arnold Hodder, Understanding Child Development.

COURSE REQUIREMENT
GROUP DISCUSSION
Over the course of the semester at the end of each chapter a topic appropriate to the chapter will be discussed in small groups. You may be then asked to write and turn in your reflections or conclusions regarding the topic.




CHILD DEVELOPMENT JOURNAL
A child development journal to be maintained and submitted at the end of the semester. A printed list of activities will be given at the beginning of the semester. Reports of the neonatal intensive care unit visit and other visits to be included in the journal. Along with inputs in theory and practical you are expected to submit a child development journal. It is a record of your activities and reactions regarding children and your role with them. Record your observations, interactions, activities and your reactions. To begin with think about your past experiences as a child and with other children and write down whatever seems important. A part of the journal will be submitted at the end of the third semester and the other part at the end of the fourth semester.
The journal consists of
Reflections of topics given for group discussion at the end of every chapter
Summary of papers presented
Results and discussions of field activities
Report of the visit to neo natal intensive care unit
Your reactions to articles

Field activities for the third semester
Case study report
Your name Dates of study
Child’s name location of study
Child’s age /date of birth
A) reason for choosing the child. Describe how you happened to select the child(physical appearance, convenience)
B) a brief description of the child’s outstanding characteristics
C) history and background about the child’s family, health history, birth and prenatal period
D) depending on the age of the child assess his growth and development
E) in what ways the child has changed since you began your study
F) in what aspects of development is the child most advanced for his or her age
G) in which areas does he show slowest development
your report should include checklists, child’s drawings, paintings, writing samples, anecdotes, interview reports etc
since you are studying a small time period in the child’s life span use qualifiers like it seems, the evidence suggests, it may be etc in your summary report. you could also take samples of child study methods like diary method, parent interview(frame questions to ask parents), interview the child(frame questions)



Visit a preschool or kindergarten and
Categorize the environments-social, physical, emotional and intellectual aspects and decide whether it promotes children’s learning
Write a description of the room you visited
A summary of everything you saw
Summary of what you learnt
Whether it is play /child centered or academic centered
Use the learning environment checklist adapted from Harms
Here you can use the child study method of naturalistic observation and write down all your observations




GROUP WRITTEN ASSIGNMENTS
At the end of each chapter assignments on the various topics covered in the chapter will be assigned to groups. To be submitted within a week after its announcement on the class notice board.

PRACTICE TEST
Students are expected to take practice test at the end of every chapter.











IV SEMESTER
CHILD DEVELOPMENT II

OBJECTIVES:
Students will demonstrate the ability to think critically and analytically and to reason logically about issues in Child Development.
Understand the physical, Cognitive, emotional changes during early childhood, middle and late childhood period.
Understand the changes that occur during puberty and adolescence
Understand the problems and disorders of childhood and adolescence.

UNIT I-EARLY CHILDHOOD (13hrs)
Body growth and change-height and weight
Brain development
Motor development-gross and fine motor skills, handedness
Cognitive development-information processing-attention, memory, task analysis, language development-brown’s stages and rule systems
Emotional and personality development-the self and self understanding,
Moral development , moral behavior, moral feelings
Gender-biological influences and social influences-parental ,peer, school teacher, media and cognitive influences
Development in the social context-parenting styles, sibling relationships and birth order, working mothers, peer relations, play –functions and types of play, television.
Early childhood education-types of preschools and transition to kindergarten

UNIT II – MIDDLE AND LATE CHILDHOOD 14hrs
Physical development-Growth, Nutrition, obesity and body image
Cognitive development- Piagetian approach-concrete operational child, moral reasoning, information processing and intelligence-basic processes and capacities, metamemory, mnemonics, selective attention
Language development-vocabulary ,grammar, syntax, pragmatics, identifying words, comprehension, writing
The child in school-entering first grade, influences on school achievement with reference to Bronfenbrenner’s bio ecological theory-the child ,parenting, socioeconomic status, teacher expectations, the educational system, second language education.
Psychosocial development-the developing self -self esteem and emotional growth .
The child in the family-family atmosphere
The child in the peer group-popularity, friendship, aggression and bullying.

UNITI1I PUBERTY AND ADOLESCENCE 10hrs
The end of childhood- how puberty begins-Causes of puberty changes,
Major physical changes at puberty,
Variations in the age of puberty and consequences of puberty changes.
Adolescent sexuality and sexual orientation.

UNIT IV -DISORDERS And Problems OF CHILDHOOD AND ADOLESCENCE
11hrs
· Symptom disorders: Enuresis- Encopresis, sleep walking and tics.
· Child abuse and sex abuse.
· Learning disabilities-
· Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
· Pervasive developmental disorder :Autism
· Eating disorders-anorexia and bulimia ,
· Sexually transmitted infections
· premenstrual syndrome
· suicide


BOOKS FOR STUDY:
1 Papalia Diane, Olds Sally, Human Development, 7th International
Edn. Tata McGraw Hill.
2 Hurlock Elizabeth, (1997), Life span Development 6th edition,
New Delhi: Tata McGraw Hill Company Ltd.
3 Carson R C Butcher JN and Mineka Susan (2005) Abnormal Psychology and
Modern Life. (10th Ed) Harper – Collins, New York.

BOOKS FOR READING:
1.Berk, Laura, Child Development, 6th edition.
2.Hurlock Elizabeth, (1997), Child Development 6th edition, New Delhi: Tata McGraw Hill Company Ltd.
3. Santrock J.M., Human Development , ew York Wiley.
4. Papalia Diane, Olds Sally, Human Development, 7th International Edn. Tata McGraw Hill.
5. Hetherington EM and Ross (1994), Child Psychology, 3rd edition.
6. Hoffman Lois, Paris Scot, Hall Elizabeth and Scheld (1998) Developmental Psychology Today, 5th edition, McGraw Inc.
7. Berger Kathleen S, (1983), The Developing Person Through The Life Span, New York: Worth Publishers. Inc.
8.. Bee Helen and Boyd Denise, The Developing Child, Pearson Education.
10. Lindon Jennie and Arnold Hodder, Understanding Child Development.
PRACTICALS: (any five)
Parent Child Relationship.
Problem Behavior Check List.
Bell’s Adjustment Inventory – student form
Guidance Needs Inventory.
Bhatia’s Battery of Performance Test.
Adolescent psychopathology scale.
STATISTICS: Correlation
COURSE REQUIREMENT
CHILD DEVELOPMENT JOURNAL
A child development journal to be maintained and submitted at the end of the semester. A printed list of activities will be given at the beginning of the semester. Reports of the neonatal intensive care unit visit and other visits to be included in the journal. Along with inputs in theory and practical you are expected to submit a child development journal. It is a record of your activities and reactions regarding children and your role with them. Record your observations, interactions, activities and your reactions. To begin with think about your past experiences as a child and with other children and write down whatever seems important. The journal to be submitted at the end of the fourth semester.
The journal consists of
Reflections of topics given for group discussion at the end of every chapter
Summary of papers presented
Results and discussions of field activities
Report of the visit to neo natal intensive care unit
Your reactions to articles
Field activities for fourth semester
A survey of children’s T V viewing habit
Contact two families with at least one child between ages three and eight. Provide the chart and ask parents to keep a one week record of the child’s viewing habit
One week TV record

Childs name sex

Date of birth

Date Program length

Then evaluate the child’s viewing habits. Suggest any improvements that could be made.

Survey of television programmes designed for children
Watch one or many television programs designed for children and list out how many of the following kinds of behavior are depicted,.
Violence, aggression or anti social behavior
Positive social acts or moral lessons
Cognitive concepts
Types of products advertised
Sex role stereotypes
Report data and your recommendations

Visit to neo natal intensive care unit
Observe each infant
Report the differences in their appearance and movements
Equipments used
Your response to this experience


GROUP DISCUSSION
Over the course of the semester at the end of each chapter a topic appropriate to the chapter will be discussed in small groups. You may be then asked to write and turn in your reflections or conclusions regarding the topic

GROUP WRITTEN ASSIGNMENTS
At the end of each chapter assignments on the various topics covered in the chapter will be assigned to groups. To be submitted within a week after its announcement on the class notice board.

PRACTICE TEST
Students are expected to take practice test at the end of every chapter.



V SEMESTER

SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY

OBJECTIVES:
· On completion of this course students should understand oneself, others and social behaviour.
· Understand the formation of attitudes and its effect on social behavior and methods to counter act them.
· To create awareness about the factors that influence social behaviour

UNIT I: INTRODUCTION TO SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY & SOCIAL PERCEPTION (14hrs)
· Definition, Historical roots of Social Psychology
· Theories in social Psychology- brief mention of all. Interdependence and Socio cultural - in detail
· Methods in social Psychology -
· Forming impressions of others: what information do we use integrating impressions, motivated person perception.
· Attribution: Understanding the causes of Behaviour.
· Theories: Jones and Davis’s Correspondent Inference theory, Kelley’s covariation theory, other dimensions of causal attribution, Augmenting and Discounting, Regulatory focus theory.

UNIT 2: PRO-SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR: (12hrs)
· Responding to an emergency, providing help,
· Decision to help in an emergency – Five steps
· Situational factors – Attraction, Attribution and Pro-social models
· Helping as a function of emotion state
· Why do people help: empathy-altruism, negative state relief, empathic joy and genetic determinism


UNIT 3: ATTITUDE, PREJUDICE AND DISCRIMINATION (12hrs)
· Defining attitude, Attitude formation, the attitude- behaviour link, attitude change overtime, when attitude change fails.
· The origin of prejudice, techniques for countering its effects.
· Prejudice based on Gender

UNIT 4: BEHAVIOUR IN GROUPS (10hrs)
· Meaning and definitions of groups,
· Behaviour in the presence of others- social facilitation, social loafing, social impact theory, de individuation, crowding.
· Basic features of groups
· Group performance
· Group interaction: competition versus cooperation


BOOKS FOR REFERENCE:
Taylor, Shelly E, Peplau, Letitia A and Sears, David O (2006), Social Psychology, 12th edn, Pearson Prentice Hall.
Baron, Robert and Byrne, Donn (2004) Social Psychology, 10th edn, Pearson Eucation.
Myers, David Exploring Social Psychology









V SEMESTER
ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY
OBJECTIVES:
· To introduce students to the different perspectives and models regarding the causation of mental illness
· To acquaint students with various manifestations of psychopathology.

UNIT I : INTRODUCTION (10hrs)
· Defining abnormality, critical analysis of criteria of abnormality, statistical, social, personal discomfort,
· Classification of abnormal behaviour – DSM IV classification and its limitations, mention of ICD 10 classification,
· Psychological models of abnormality – biological , psychodynamic, behaviorist, cognitive, humanistic and interpersonal models.

UNIT II: ANXIETY BASED DISORDERS (12hrs)
· Anxiety based response pattern,
· Phobic disorders, obsessive compulsive disorders, generalized anxiety disorders,
· Somatoform disorders- somatization disorder, hypochondriasis
· Conversion disorder – sensory, motor
· Dissociate disorders – psychogenic amnesia, fugue, multiple personality disorder
· Causes- biological, psychosocial, socio-cultural factors.

UNIT III: SCHIZOPHRENIA AND DELUSIONAL DISORDER (13hrs)
· General symptoms, subtypes and causes of schizophrenia,
· Delusional disorder -clinical picture and causes.



UNIT IV: PERSONALITY AND MOOD DISORDER (13hrs)
· Anti social, histrionic and narcissistic.-causes
· Unipolar and Bipolar mood disorder – clinical picture and causes.


BOOK FOR STUDY:
Carson R C Butcher JN and Mineka Susan (2005) –
Abnormal Psychology and Modern Life. (10th Ed) Harper –
Collins, New York.

BOOKS FOR READING
Carson R C Butcher JN and Mineka Susan (2005) – Abnormal Psychology and Modern Life. (10th Ed) Harper – Collins, New York.
John M. Neale and Geralf C. Davidson – Abnormal Psychology ( Revised 7th ed), John Wiley and Sons.
WHO (1992) ICD 10 classification of mental and behavioural disorders, clinical descriptions and diagnostic guidelines. Geneva, WHO.
4. Ronald J Comer Abnormal Psychology (2nd ed.) WH Freeman and Co. New York.
Kaplan HI Sadock BJ Grebb JA (1994) – synopsis of Pychiatry (7th Ed), BI Waverly Pvt.LTD, New Delhi.
Barlow, David H and Durand Mark V (1999) – Abnormal Psychology, 2nd edn, New York, Brooks/Cole publishing company.
Alloy,Riskind,Manos-abnormal psychology (9th ed),Tata Mcgraw Hill







PRACTICALS –
1 Stereotype
2 Competition/co-operation
3 Bogardus social distance scale .
4 Progressive Weights.
5 Assessment of Social motives using Social Motives Scale.
6 Assessment of anxiety using Sinha’s Anxiety Scale.
7 Personal stress source inventory – A.K. Singh
8 Assessment of psychopathology using Multiphasic Questionnaire – H N
Murthy.
STATISTICS:
Chi square

COURSE REQUIREMENTS
In addition to the theory and practical classes you are required to submit a REFLECTIVE JOURNAL at the end of the semester. The journal consists of
Reports of visit to old age homes/Correction homes
Report of visit to psychiatric ward
Reading analysis
Social psychology project
Group discussion reflections to be recorded
Chapter summary
SENSITIZATION AND COMMUNITY EXPERIENCE: students in groups will visit old age homes/cancer ward/correction homes/institution for the HIV infected over the course of two terms . Reports to be submitted within a week after the visit in the following format
Date/place/time
Objective of visit
About the institution
Psychological analysis
Conclusion
READING ANALYSIS (INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT):Books will be given to you. Each one in the group will take about a week to finish and pass it on to the next member of the group. After reading the book, the book analysis will be done in the following format.
Apply what you have learnt in abnormal psychology
The presentation should have four sections
1 title of the book/author/publication/no of pages
2 Summary
3 Main character
4 Abnormal behavior-describe actions ,thoughts, feelings of the main character that might be considered abnormal.
5. Possible diagnosis-a detailed discussion of how these actions, thoughts and feelings fit and do not fit into possible diagnosis of mental disorders as covered in the course.

SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY PROJECT (GROUP ASSIGNMENT): projects on prejudice, attitude etc will be given to groups. Data to be collected during weekends or holidays. The final project to be submitted in the following format
Acknowledgement
Index
Introduction to the topic
Problem under study
Methodology
Results
Discussion
Conclusion



CHAPTER SUMMARY: Certain topics which you need to know as psychology graduates but is not covered in the syllabus will be assigned to groups( ABNORMAL AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY). Each member in the group will choose and read a topic from the chapter and present it before the class. Presentations will be made once the entire group is ready. The group will be given one month for preparation. Presentations to be made using power point.


VI SEMESTER
INDUTRIAL AND ORGANISATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY

OBJECTIVES:
To understand the scope and application of industrial and organizational psychology
provide information regarding the structure of organizations.
To sensitize the students to problems related to human relations and human activities in organizations.

UNIT I: THE PRACTICE OF INDUSTRIAL AND ORGANISATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY (12hrs)
· The scope and historical development of Industrial and Organizational Psychology
· Challenges for Industrial and Organizational Psychology
· Industrial and Organizational Psychology as a career
· Training and employment problems of Industrial and Organizational Psychology
· Research methods in Industrial and Organizational Psychology – the experimental method, the naturalistic observation, surveys and opinion polls

UNIT II: THE DEVELOPMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCE (12hrs)
· Employee selection principles and techniques
· Performance appraisal
· Training and development

UNIT III: ORGANIZATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY (12hrs)
· Leadership – theories, styles of leadership
· Motivation – theories of motivation- content and process theories
· Job satisfaction – the quality of life at work
· Job satisfaction and effect on the job behaviour
· Characteristics of the workplace – physical, psychological and social.

UNIT IV: CONSUMER PSYCHOLOGY (12hrs)
· Scope of consumer psychology
· Research methods – surveys and public opinion polls, projective techniques, observations
· The nature and scope of advertising
· Consumer behaviour and motivation

BOOK FOR STUDY:
1. Schultz Duane and Schultz Sydney Ellen, (2004), Psychology and Work Today, 8th Edn, Delhi: Pearson Education.

BOOKS FOR REFERENCE:
1. Luthans Fred, Organizationala Behaviour, Newyork: Mcgraw Hill.
2. Ghosh P.K and Ghorpade M.B. Industrial Psychology, Mumbai: Himalaya Publishing house.
3. M.N. Mishra (2001) – Organizational Behaviour, Vikas Publication House, New Delhi.
4. K.K.Ahuja - Organizational Behaviour,Vikas Publication House, New Delhi.
5. J.T. Chandan (1997) - Organizational Behaviour, 4th revised ed. Himalya Publication house, Mumbai.
6. S.S. Khanka (2002) Organizational Behaviour, 2nd revised ed. S. Chand and Co. New Delhi.
7. Michal R. Caseell, DanielJ, Jennings and Christina Heavrid (1997), Fundamentals of Organizational Behaviour, Prentice Hall, Inc. New Jersy.


VI SEMESTER
HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY
OBJECTIVES:
· To acquaint the students with the newly emerging field of health psychology
· To understand the relationship between body and mind
· To understand the role of psychologists in managing chronic illnesses and diseases
UNIT I: INTRODUCTION TO HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY (12hrs)
· Definition of Health Psychology,
· History of body mind relationship,
· Need for the field of Health Psychology-
· Bio-psycho-social model in Health Psychology

UNIT II: STRESS AND COPING WITH STRESS (14hrs)
· Definition of stress
· Categories of stress
· Factors predisposing a person to stress
· Biological and psychological effects of stress
· Coping with stress
· Social support


UNIT IV: MANAGEMENT OF CHRONIC AND TERMINAL DISEASES (14hrs)
· Pain : significance of pain, measurement of pain, control and management of pain
· Cancer: Coping with cancer,
· HIV AND AIDS –Psychological factors that affect the course of AIDS, Coping with HIV & AIDS.
· Psychologists role in the management of chronic diseases.
UNIT IV: HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY : CHALLENGES FOR THE FUTURE (8hrs)
· Trends for the future
· Profession of Health Psychology
· Psychologists outlook for Health Psychology

BOOKS FOR REFERENCE:
1. Taylor, Shelly. E (1998) Health Psychology, 3rd edn, McGraw hill.Inc, New York.
2. Brannon, L.and Fiest J. (2000), Health Psychology, 4th edn, Wardsworth Publishers.
3. Park K (2005) _ Park’s text book preventive and social medicine, 17th ed., M/s Banarasi Das Bhanot Jabalpur.
4. Pestonjee D.M. (1999) – Stress and Coping, Sage Publications, New Delhi.
5. Rice, Philip (1992) – Stress and health, 2nd edn. Brooks/Cole Publishing Company, California.

PRACTICALS: I
Minnesota rate of manipulation test.
Assessment of Job Satisfaction.
Identification of stress- occupational stress index- Srivastav.
Leadership Effectiveness
Assessment of Muscular Fatigue.
6 Levinson’s Locus of control
7 General health questionnaire
8 Psycho physiological state inventory

STATISTICS: ‘t’ test




COURSE REQUIREMENTS
SENSITIZATION AND COMMUNITY EXPERIENCE: students in groups will visit cancer ward/ /institution for the HIV infected over the course of the semester . Reports to be submitted within a week after the visit in the following format
Date/place/time
Objective of visit
About the institution
Psychological analysis
Conclusion


CHAPTER SUMMARY
Certain topics which you need to know as psychology graduates but is not covered in the syllabus will be assigned to groups. Each member in the group will choose and read a topic from the chapter and present it before the class. Presentations will be made once the entire group is ready. The group will get a period of one month for preparation. Presentations to be made using power point.

GROUP WRITTEN ASSIGNMENTS
At the end of each chapter assignments on the various topics covered in the chapter will be assigned to groups. To be submitted within a week after its announcement on the class notice board.


PROJECTS IN SURVEY RESEARCH
Assessment of teacher attitude by using Bangalore teacher attitude scale.
Assessment of Self confidence using Self – Confidence Inventory.
Assessment of Personal Value – Verma
PGI General Well being


QUESTION PAPER PATTERN FROM I TO VI SEMESTER

Practical 40/10
I TO IV SEMESTER
· Plan procedure-10
· Conduction & discussion -10
· Statistics -5
· viva voce -10
· Record -5
Internals – participation-2
Project-8
V AND VI SEMESTER 80/20
Plan procedure-20
Conduction & discussion -20
Statistics -10
Viva voce -20
Record-10
Internals – participation-2
Project --18






Theory 70/30
Part A
I Factual questions 2x7=10
Part B
Questions from each unit with internal choice- conceptual &analytical questions
Four unitsx15 60

30 marks internals: attendance(5) assignments, presentations, seminars, practice test(5), written exams(20).



List of panel of examiners
Ms Shalini Aiyappa
Ms Wilma Neetha Vaz
Sr Marie Evelyn-St Agnes College
Prof Elsie George- St Agnes College
Ms Sandra – Roshini Nilaya ,School of social work