Psychology Syllabus............2013

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Paper I

Basic psychological processes and development

Scope and Methods of Psychology - Biological basis of behaviour

2. Cognitive Processes:
A) Sensation: attributes of sensation, psychophysics (weber-Fechner Law), Methods of Pscychophysics
B) Attention: determinants of attention, fluctuation of attention, selectivity of attention
C) Perception: Movement, space, depth and time perception, perceptual organization, Gestalt View


3. Learning.: Conditions of Learning  Theory of classical conditioning
 Theory of operant conditioning
 Trial and error theory  Theory of insight learning
 Programmed learning

4. Memory: Encoding, storage, retrieval  Types of Memory (STM & LTM, ICONIC, Echoic & Procedural)
 Forgetting curve
 Theories of forgetting

5. Motivation and Emotion: Physiological and psychological basis of motivation and emotion
 Intrinsic and extrinsic motivation - factors influencing intrinsic motivation
 Theories of motivation - Maslow, Mcclelland
 Theories of Emotion - James-Lange Theory, Canon-Bard and Schachter-Singer Theory
 Effects of Motivation and emotion on behaviour

6. Intelligence  Spearman's two factor theory
 Thurstone' s theory
 Guilford's structure of intellect
 Gardner's theory  Measurement of intelligence - IQ & deviation IQ, Tests of intelligence - Stanford Binet
 Types of intelligence - Social, abstract, concrete, emotional, artificial, spiritual
 Gifted and mentally challenged children

7. Thinking  Piaget's theory of cognitive development ~ Problem solving
 Creative thinking - Nature and stages

8. Attitude, Values and Interest
 Definition of attitude, values and interests  Value - concept, development and measurement
 Attitude - formation, measurement and change concept
 Stereotype, prejudice, discrimination  Measurement, reduction of prejudice

9. Interest - concept and measurement

10. Development of behaviour : From birth to adolescence
 Physical development
 Emotional development
 Moral development
 Social development

Pper II

1. Personality  Theories of personality - Freud, Erikson, Eysenck and Rogers

2. Individual Difference: Nature - Nurture controversy
 Nature - nurture controversy
 Character and construction of standardized psychological tests, types of tests

3. Mental health & adjustment - concept of mental health & wellbeing
 Stress & health - nature, types, causes and consequence of stress
 Adjustment - criteria of adjustment
Management of stress

4. Psychological Disorders
 Causes of abnormal behaviour
 Anxiety disorders
 Mood disorders
 Schizophrenia
 Substance abuse disorders

5 .. Psychotherapy  Psychoanalysis
 Cognitive Behaviour therapy
 Client centered therapy

6. Organizational psychology
 Personal selection, job analysis methods
 Job Satisfaction
 Theories of motivation, Herzberg, Alderfer
 Conflict in organization - sources, types
 Organizational culture and climate
 Occupational health hazards

7. Group
 Types of group
 Group versus team - Influence of primary and secondary group on society
 Structure and functions of group  Leadership - Characteristics of a good leader with special reference to trans actual and transformational leadership

8. Social problems  Problems of social integration caste, class and religion  Delinquency and crime
 Psychosocial problems related to old age

9. Application of Psychology to different fields
a) Rehabilitation - concept, primary, secondary and tertiary prevention
b) Education - Psychology, principles underlying effective teaching-learning
c) Motivating and training people for entrepreneurship and economic development

10. Psychology and Methodology
 Normal probability curve
 Parametric and non-parametric statistics - characteristics
 Hypothesis formation
 Research variables and their control
 Techniques of sampling