B.A.I
Paper‐I: Basic Psychological Processes
UNIT‐I
 Introduction: Nature and scope of Psychology, Methods:
Experimental, Observation, Questionnaire and Interview.
 Biological Bases of Behaviour: Genes, Glands and
Hormones.
 Nervous System: Peripheral Nervous system:
Parasympathetic and Sympathetic, Central Nervous System.
UNIT II
 Sensory Processes: Structure and Functions of Visual,
Auditory and Tactual Senses.
 Attentional Processes: Selective and Sustained attention,
Vigilance, Perceptual Defence, Determinants of Attention.
 Cognitive and Perceptual Processes: Perception,
Determinants of Perceptual Organization, Perception of
Space and Size, Perceptual Constancies of Shape & Size;
Bottom Up and Top Down Approach.
UNIT III
 Learning: Classical and Operant Conditioning: Basic
Processes: Generalization, Discrimination, Extinction,
Spontaneous Recovery, Reinforcement Schedules,
observational learning. Verbal learning: Materials, Methods
of Verbal Learning, Free Recall Method, Serial Learning,
Paired Associate Learning.
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Memory: Encoding, Storage and Retrieval Processes, Basic
Models: Atkinson and Shiffrin, Short‐Term And Long‐Term
Memory. Forgetting: Decay, Interference, Selective
Forgetting.
Motivation: Motivation Related Concepts (Need, Drive, and
Incentive), Motivational Cycle: Classification Of Motives.
Maslow Hierarchy Of Needs.
UNIT IV
 Thinking : Process elements (Visual images, Cognitive Map,
Concepts) Types. Inductive and Deductive reasoning;
Creative thinking.
 Intelligence: Concepts determinants. Theories of
Intelligence: Spearman, Thurstone, Guilford;
 Emotions: Physiological changes: Theories of Emotion :
James-Lange, Cannon –Baird and Schachter- Singer.
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Books Recommended
Baron. R.A. (1995). Psychology: The essential science. New
York: Allyn & Bacon.
Bernestein et. al.(1991). Psychology, Houghton Mifflin Co.
Hilgard and Atkinson ( 1976). Introduction to Psychology
Lefton, L.A. (1985). Psychology. Boston: Allyn & Bacon
Morgan. et. al (1961). An Introduction to Psychology
Singh, A.K. (2000). Uchchtar Samanya Manovigyan New
Delhi; Motilal Banarsidas.
Snodgrass, J.A. (1985) Human Experimental Psychology,
Oxford University Press
Spear. P.O., Peniod, S.O. & Vajer. T.B. ( 1998) Psychology
Perspectives on Behavior. John Wiley and Sons.
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Zimbardo,PG. & Weber, A.L. (1997) Psychology . New York:
Harper Collins College Publishers.
Morgan, C.T., King, R.A. Weisz, J.R., Schopler, J (2001).
Introduction to Psychology, Tata McGraw and Hill.
Paper II: Statistics and Psychophysics
UNIT I
 Introduction to Statistics And Measurement: Introduction
To Statistics: Descriptive and Inferential; Parametric
Methods. Psychological Measurement, Levels of
Measurement: Nominal, Ordinal, Interval and Ratio.
Discrete and Continuous Variables.
 Frequency Distribution: Drawing up Frequency Distribution,
Graphical Representation of Data: Histogram, Bar Diagram, Frequency Polygon and Smoothing the Frequency
Polygon.
 Measures of Central Tendency: Mean and Combined Mean,
Median and Mode.
 Measures of Variability: Range, Quartile Deviation, Average
Deviation, Standard Deviation.
UNIT II
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Normal Distribution: Concept of Probability, Characteristics
and Applications Of Normal Probability Curve, Skewness
and Kurtosis.
Correlation: Significance of Correlation. The Concept of
Linear Correlation. Pearson's Product Moment Correlation
(r) Spearman’s Rank Order Correlation (Rho).
Hypothesis and Making Inferences: Sample and Sampling.
Standard Error of Mean: t‐test, Independent and Correlated
Samples. Type I and Type II Errors in Inference Making;
Levels Of Significance: Null Hypothesis.
UNIT III
 Introduction to Psycho‐Physics: Concepts, Problems of
Psychophysics. Physical versus Psychological Continuum:
Concept of Stimulus Limen, Stimulus Equality, Difference
Limen.
 Weber’s Law, Fechner’s Law: Classical Psychophysical
Methods: Method of Average Error, Method of Limits
andMethod of Constant Stimuli.
UNIT IV
 Psychological Scaling Methods: Rank Order, Paired
Comparisons, Equal Appearing Interval.
Books Recommended
 Asthana, B. (2009) Statistics in Education and Psychology,
Agrawal Publication, Agra
 Garret, H C (1981) Statistics in Psychology and Education,
Longmans, Green & Co., New York
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Guilford, J.P. (1984) Psychometric Methods, Tata‐McGraw
Hill.
Husnan, N (2007) manovaigyanik Sankhyikiya evam
Manobhautiki, Vinod Pustak Mandir, Agra.
McGuigan. (1990), Experimental Psychology (Indian
edition), Prentice Hall of India Pvt. Ltd.
Misra, B. (1994) Manovigyanic Sankhikiya.
Siegal, S. (1956) Non parametric Statistics, Mc Graw Hill
International Student Edition.
Snodgrass, J. G. (1985) Human Experimental Psychology,
Oxford University Press.
Practical Topics
UG students would be required to design and conduct Experiments
/ Tests on topics as shown below.
1. Response Mechanism
2. Learning
3. Motivation
4. Forgetting
5. Verbal Learning
6. Method of Average Error
7. Method of Minimal Changes/Constant Stimuli
8. Method of Rank Order/ Pair Comparison
Note: The topics listed above are only indicative.
BA Part II
Paper I: Human Development
UNIT I
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Introduction: Concept; Principles, Growth and
Development, Milestones (Maturation & Learning),
Determinants: Biological, Social, Cultural and Ecological.
Developmental Perspective: Freud and Erikson.
Method: Longitudinal, Cross‐Sectional, Sequential, Cohort,
Biographical, Case Study and Observational Method.
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UNIT II
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Physical Development: (Infancy, Childhood & Adolescence).
Motor Development: (Infancy and Childhood )
Cognitive Development: Concept and Approaches: Piaget,
Vygotsky , Concept Formation, Acquisition of Time and
Space.
Language Development: Stages and Determinants
UNIT III
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Emotional Development: Primary Emotions: Development
From Infancy To Adulthood; Concepts Of Emotional and
Spiritual Intelligence.
Social Development: Stages; Factors Affecting Social
Development, Concept of Social Intelligence.
Moral Development: Kohlberg’s Theory, Social Learning
Theories, Spiritual Intelligence.
UNIT IV
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Adolescent And Youth Problems and Concerns
Developmental Concerns during Adulthood: Marriage,
Family and Work: Roles and Relationships, Mid Life Crisis.
Aging and Old Age: Problems of Physical Health, Cognitive
Deterioration: Dementia, Alzheimer Disease. Problems
Related to Retirement, Bereavement and Loneliness.
Books Recommended
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Berk, L.E (2003). Childdevelopment, Boston: Allyn And
Bacon.
Hurlock, C.(1981).Developmental Psychology, Mcgraw Hill.
Lal,J.N.(2001). Vikasatmak Manovigyaan.
Mishra, P.C.(1999). Aaj Ka Vikasatmak Manovigyaan.
Sahitya Prakashan, Agra.
Shaffer,D.R.(1985).Developmental Psychology. Fourth Ed.
Brooks And Cole Publications.
Shamrock,J.W.(1999). Livesspandevelopment.New York:
Mcgraw Hill.
Singh, R.N.(2000). Adhunik Vikasatmak Manovigyaan,
Motilal Banarsidas Publication, Vasranasi.
Paper II: Social Psychology
UNIT I
 Introduction: Nature and Scope; Social Psychology and
Other Social Sciences. Methods: Experimental and
Sociometry.
 Approaches: Correlational and Cross- Cultural.
 Perceiving Others: Forming Impressions: Role of Non Verbal
Cues, Central Traits and Primacy and Recency Effects.
Models of Information Integration.
 Attribution: Concept and Theories (Jones and Davis and
Kelly).
UNIT II
 Prosocial Behaviour: Determinants, Altruism and Helping:
Concept and Behaviour, Bystander Effects, Theoretical
Perspective: Exchange and Normative.
 Interpersonal Attraction: Nature, Determinants and
Theories: (Similarity, Complimentarity and Exchange).
 Attitudes: Nature and Components, Formation and Change
of Attitudes, Measurement Of Attitudes (Thurstone, Likert,
Guttman and Bogardus).
UNIT III
 Group Dynamics: Structure, Function and Types, Group
Cohesiveness.
Norms and Decision Making; Social
Facilitation, Social Loafing and De Individuation.
 Social Influence: Conformity, Obedience and Compliance.
 Leadership: Concept and Functions, Approaches (Traits,
Situational, Interactional and Contingency). Types
(Authoritarian and Democratic).
UNIT IV
 Interpersonal Communication: Verbal and Non Verbal
Communication;
Barriers
To
Communication,
Communication Skills, Listening and Empathy Building.
 Social Biases: Stereotypes and Prejudices: Nature and
Acquisition, Reducing Prejudices and Stereotypes.
 Aggression: Determinants:
Personal and Social
Perspectives: Biological, Trait, Situational and Social
Learning.
Books Recommended
 Alcock, J.E., Carment, D.W., Sadana, S.W., Collins, J.E. and
Green, J.W. (1997). A Textbook of Social Psychology.
Scarborough, Ontario: Prentice Hall/Allyn and Bacon
 Baron, R.A. and Byron, D (1998). Social Psychology. New
Delhi: Prentice Hall
 Feldman, R.S.(1985). Social Psychology: Theories, Research
and Applications. New York: McGraw hill
 Krech, Crutchfield and Ballachy. (1983). Individual in
Society.
 Myers and David, G. (1994), Exploring Social Psychology.
New York: McGraw Hill
 Secord, P.F. and Backman, C.W. (1974). Social Psychology,
McGraw Hill Ltd.
 Singh, R.N. (2001). Samajik Manovgyaan. Motilal
Banarsidas, Varanasi
Practical Topics
UG students would be required to design and conduct Experiments
/ Tests on topics as shown below.
1. Social Facilitation
2. Social Perception
3. Sociometry
4. Attitude
5. Stereotype/Prejudice
6. Friendship
7. Moral Judgment
8. Intelligence
9. Emotional Expressiveness
10. Youth Problems
Note: The topics listed above are only indicative.
B.A III
Paper –I: Psychological Assessment
UNIT I
 Assessment: Concept, Need and Types.
 Errors in Measurement: Examiner Variables, Testee
Variables, Situational Variables in Psychological Assessment.
 Psychological Tests: Concept, Characteristics of a Test and
Types: Individual versus Group Tests, Verbal versus
Performance Tests, Speed versus Power Tests and Culture
Biased versus Culture Fair Tests.
Unit Ii
 Test Construction: Item Writing and Pre- Testing, Item
Analysis and Test Administration.
 Standardization of Test: Norms Development, Reliability,
Validity and Predictability.
 Psychological Scaling: Rating Scales, Numerical, Graphic,
Checklist and Forced Choice.
UNIT III
 Assessment of Mental Ability: Stanford - Binet Test, Bhatia
Battery and Progressive Matrices.
 Assessment of Special Abilities: Differential Aptitude Test
(DAT), Minnesota Test of Clerical Aptitude and Art
Judgment Test.
 Assessment Of Achievement: Standardized Achievement
Tests and Batteries and Teacher - Made Classroom Tests.
UNIT IV
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Assessment of Personality: Projective Tests: TAT, Rorschach
Inkblot Test, Sentence Completion Test and Word
Association Test.
Assessment of Personality: Psychometric Tests: MMPI,
EPPS, MPI And NEO Personality Inventory.
Assessment of Interests And Values: Strong Vocational
Interest Blank (SVIB) and Allport - Vernon’s Study of Values.
Books Recommended:
 Anastasi, A. & Urbina, S.(1999). Psychological testing (7th
International ed.), Macmillon Co.
 Anastasi, A. (1997). Psychological Testing, New York,
Macmillon Co.
 Singh, A.K. (2000). Test, Measurements and Research
Methods. Patna: Bharati Bhawaan (P&D)
 Srivastava, D. N. (2003). Manovigyanik Nirdharan. Agra:
Vinod Pustak Mandir.
 Kaplan, R. N. & Saccuzzo D.P. (2001). Psychological Testing.
Principles, Applications and Issues (5th ed.) USA: Wadsworth
Thomson Learning
 Festinger, L and Katz, D (1976). Research Methods in
Behavioral sciences, Amerind Publication Co Pvt.
Paper- II: Psychopathology
UNIT I
 Introduction to Psychopathology: The Concept of
Abnormality; Classification Of Mental Disorders (ICD X And
DSM IV) and Similarities And Differences.
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Models of Psychopathology: Psychodynamic, Behavioral,
Cognitive, Humanistic- Existential Models, Biological and
Socio- Cultural Models.
Causes of Abnormality: Biological, Psychological and Social.
UNIT II
 Stress: Concept (Stress As a Stimulus, As Response and
Interactonistic Approach), Types (Distress, Eustress, Hypo
and Hyper) Sources (Frustration, Conflict and Pressure).
 Coping With Stress: Task Oriented and Ego Defense
Mechanisms.
 Stress Disorders: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder; Acute
Stress Reaction Disorder and Psycho-Physiological
Disorders.
UNIT III
 Anxiety Disorders: Generalized Anxiety Disorders, Phobias,
Panic Disorders and Obsessive Compulsive Disorders.
 Somatoform or Dissociative Disorders: Somatoform
Disorders, Conversion Disorders, Hypocondriasis and
Dissociative Disorders (Amnesia, Fugue and Multiple
Personality Disorder).
 Mental Retardation: Levels: Mild, Moderate, Severe and
Profound,
Types:
Down
Syndrome,
Cretinism,
Hydrocephaly, Microcephaly and Macrocephaly.
UNIT IV
 Psychotic Disorders: Psychotic Syndrome, Schizophrenia
and Paranoia.
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Mood Disorders: Major Depressive Disorders, Bipolar
Disorders, Cyclothemia, Dysthemia and SAD (Seasonal
Affective Disorder).
Personality Disorders: Types: (Cluster A, B and C) Paranoid,
Schizoid, Borderline and Antisocial.
Books Recommended
 Bhatnagar, P. (1990) Abnormal Psychology: The Inside
Story, A self Assessment Quiz, Bharat Publications, Lucknow
 Buss, A.H. (1999). Psychopathology. New York: John Wiley.
 Carson, R.C.; Butcher, J.N. & Mineka, S. (2010). Abnormal
Psychology & Modern life. Pearson Education, Inc. and
Dorling Kindersley Publishing Inc.
 Lamm, A. (1997). Introduction to Psychopathology. New
York: Sage.
 Sarason, G.I. and Sarason, R.V.(2007). Abnormal psychology.
The Problem of maladaptive behavior, 11th edition, Pearson
Education Inc. and Dorling Kindersley Publishing Inc.
Paper- III: Personality
UNIT- I
 Introduction: Nature: Popular and Scientific Views,
Elements of Personality And Personality In Historical
Perspective.
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Biological Determinants of Personality: Genetic and
Constitutional.
Social Determinants of Personality: Molding Techniques,
Family Determinants and Socio- Cultural Factors, PersonEnvironment Interaction.
UNIT- II
 Self Concept: Nature, Components, Kinds of Self- Concepts,
Phenomenological and Relational Perspectives.
 Development of Self- Concept: Hierarchy and Patterns of
Development, Self- Schema.
 Self Concept and Adjustment: Stability vs. Discrepancies in
Self- Concepts and Adjustment, Positive Self Esteem.
UNIT-III
 Trait Theories: Allport, Cattell and The Big Five Factor
Theories.
 Type Theories: Jung and Eysenck.
 Need Theory: Murray.
UNIT-IV
 Psychoanalytic theories: Classical Freudian Perspective,
Object- relation Perspective.
 Neo-psycho Analytic theories: Adler and Sullivian.
 Field Theory: Kurt Lewin.
Books Recommended
 Hall, C.S. and Lindzey, C.T. (1985), Theories of Personality,
3rd Edition. Wile Eastern Ltd.
 Hjella, L.A. and Ziegler, D.J. (1976).Personality Theories
,McGraw Hill
 Hurlock, E.S. (1976). Personality Development, Tata
McGraw Hill
 Mischel, W. (1976).Introduction to Personality. Holt
Rinehart and Winston.
 Pervin, L.A.(1984). Personality- Theory and Research, 4th
Edition. John Willey and Sons.
B.A. Honors (Psychology)
B.A –I
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2.
3.
4.
B.A –II
Basic Psychological Processes
Statistics and Psychophysics
Psychobiology
Practical
Total
Maximum Marks
75
75
75
75
300
Maximum Marks
1.
2.
3.
4.
B.A –III
1.
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5.
6.
7.
Human Development
Social Psychology
School Psychology
Practical
Total
75
75
75
75
300
Maximum Marks
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
700
Psychological Assessment
Psychopathology
Personality
Health Psychology
Environmental Psychology
Comprehensive viva voce
Practical
Total
B.A. Part-I
BA- I
Paper‐I: Basic Psychological Processes
UNIT‐I
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Introduction: Nature and scope of Psychology, Methods: Experimental,
Observation, Questionnaire and Interview.
Biological Bases of Behavior: Genes, Glands and Hormones.
Nervous System: Peripheral Nervous system: Parasympathetic and
Sympathetic, Central Nervous System.
UNIT II
 Sensory Processes: Structure and Functions of Visual, Auditory and
Tactual Senses.
 Attention Processes: Selective and Sustained Attention, Vigilance,
Perceptual Defence, Determinants of Attention.
 Cognitive and Perceptual Processes: Perception, Determinants of
Perceptual Organization, Perception of Space and Size, Perceptual
Constancies of Shape & Size; Bottom-Up and Top Down Approach.
UNIT III
 Learning: Classical and Operant Conditioning: Basic Processes:
Generalization, Discrimination, Extinction, Spontaneous Recovery,
Reinforcement Schedules. Observational Learning. Verbal learning:
Materials, Methods of Verbal Learning: Free Recall, Serial Learning and
Paired Associate Learning.
 Memory: Encoding, Storage and Retrieval Processes, Basic Models:
Atkinson and Shiffrin, Short‐Term and Long‐Term Memory. Forgetting:
Decay, Interference, Selective Forgetting.
 Motivation: Motivation Related Concepts (Need, Drive, and Incentive),
Motivational Cycle: Classification of Motives. Maslow Hierarchy of
Needs.
UNIT IV
 Thinking: Process, Elements (Visual Images, Cognitive Map, and
Concepts) Types: Inductive and Deductive Reasoning; Creative
Thinking.
 Intelligence: Concepts determinants. Theories of Intelligence:
Spearman, Thurstone, Guilford;
 Emotions: Physiological changes: Theories of Emotion: James-Lange,
Cannon –Bard and Schachter - Singer.
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Books Recommended
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Baron, R.A. (1995). Psychology: The essential science. New York: Allyn
& Bacon.
Bernestein,D.A; Roy,E.J;Snull,T.K;Wicknes,D.C. (1991). Psychology,
Houghton Mifflin Co.
Hilgard,E.R and Atkinson,R. ( 1976). Introduction to Psychology,
Harcourt Bracor and World Inc.
Lefton, L.A. (1985). Psychology. Boston: Allyn & Bacon.
Morgan, C.T (1961). An Introduction to Psychology, Tata McGraw and
Hill.
Morgan, C.T., King, R.A. Weisz, J.R., Schopler, J (2001). Introduction
to Psychology, Tata McGraw and Hill.
McGuigan. (1990), Experimental Psychology (Indian edition), Prentice
Hall of India Pvt. Ltd.
Singh, A.K. (2000). Uchchtar Samanya Manovigyan New Delhi; Motilal
Banarsidas.
Snodgrass, J.A. Berger,G.L and Maydon,M.(1985) Human Experimental
Psychology, Oxford University Press
Spear, P.D; Peniod, S.O. & Bakes. T.B. (1998) Psychology Perspectives
on Behavior. John Wiley and Sons.
Zimbardo,PG. & Weber, A.L. (1997) Psychology . New York: Harper
Collins College Publishers.
Paper II: Statistics and Psychophysics
UNIT I
 Introduction to Statistics and Measurement: Descriptive and
Inferential Statistics; Parametric Methods. Psychological Measurement,
Levels of Measurement: Nominal, Ordinal, Interval and Ratio. Discrete
and Continuous Variables.
 Frequency Distribution: Graphical Representation of Data: Histogram,
Bar - Diagram, Frequency Polygon and Smoothing the Frequency
Polygon.
 Measures of Central Tendency: Mean and Combined Mean, Median
and Mode.
 Measures of Variability: Range, Quartile Deviation, Average
Deviation, Standard Deviation.
UNIT II
 Normal Distribution: Concept of Probability, Characteristics and
Applications of Normal Probability Curve, Skewness and Kurtosis.
 Correlation: The Concept of Linear Correlation. Pearson's Product
Moment Correlation (r) Spearman’s Rank Order Correlation (Rho).
Significance of Correlation.
 Inference and Prediction: Standard Error of Mean, Significance of
Difference between Means in Independent and Correlated Samples, Type
I and Type II Errors, Null Hypothesis.
UNIT III
 Introduction to Psycho‐Physics: Problems of Psychophysics. Physical
versus Psychological Continuum
 Stimulus Limen, Difference Limen: Weber’s Law, Fechner’s Law
 Method of Limits, Method of Constant Stimuli
UNIT IV
 Method of Average Error,
 Rank Order Method
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Paired Comparisons
Books Recommended
 Garret, H C (1981) Statistics in Psychology and Education, Longmans,
Green & Co., New York
 Garret, H C (2003) Manovigyan aur Shiksha mein Sankhyaki, Motilal
Banarasi Das, New Delhi.
 Guilford, J.P. (1984) Psychometric Methods, Tata‐McGraw Hill.
 Snodgrass, J. G. (1985) Human Experimental Psychology, Oxford
University Press.
Topics for Practical Examination
UG students would be required to design and conduct Experiments / Tests on
topics as shown below:
1. Response Mechanism
2. Learning
3. Motivation
4. Forgetting
5. Verbal Learning
6. Method of Average Error
7. Method of Minimal Changes/Constant Stimuli
8. Method of Rank Order/ Pair Comparison
Note: The topics listed above are only indicative.
Paper- III: Psychobiology
UNIT I : Neural Transmission
 Psychobiology : nature and evolution.
 Nerve cells ; structure , supporting nerve cells.
 Nerve Impulse Transmission: Inter and Intra neural transmission, Non
Synaptic Chemical Transmission
UNIT II : Nervous System
 Central Nervous system
 Peripheral Nervous System- Somatic and Autonomic Nervous System
 Endocrinal System- Pituitary, Thyroid, Adrenal Glands and Gonads.
UNIT III : Cortical Functions
 Techniques for studying brain structure and activity: CT scan, PET, MRI
and EEG.
 Lateralization of Functions: Brain Laterality and Inter- Hemispheric
Integration.
 Split Brain studies: Animal and Human studies.
UNIT IV : Biological basis of Cognitive and Affective processes
 Bodily Rhythms: Circardian Rhythms and Biological Clock.
 Physiological mechanisms of motivation: Hunger, Sex and aggression.
 Physiological Mechanisms of Stress: Hypothalamic – pituitary – adrenal
stress syndrome; physiological responses to stressors, Role of cognition
on stress.
Books Recommended
 Levinthal ,C.F (1996), Physiological Psychology, (3rd.edition), Prentice
Hall of India Pvt Ltd.
 Morgan & King (1986), Introduction to Psychology, Tata McGraw –Hill
Publishing Company Ltd., New Delhi.
 Taylor, I. (1999) Active Psychology, Pearson Education Ltd.
BA Part II
Paper I: Human Development
UNIT I
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Introduction: Concept; Principles, Growth and Development,
Milestones (Maturation & Learning), Determinants: Biological, Social,
Cultural and Ecological.
Developmental Perspective: Freud and Erikson.
Method:
Longitudinal,
Cross‐Sectional,
Sequential,
Cohort,
Biographical, Case Study and Observational Method.
UNIT II
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Physical Development: (Infancy, Childhood & Adolescence).
Motor Development: (Infancy and Childhood )
Cognitive Development: Concept and Approaches: Piaget, Vygotsky ,
Concept Formation, Acquisition of Time and Space.
Language Development: Stages and Determinants
UNIT III
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Emotional Development: Primary Emotions: Development From
Infancy To Adulthood; Concepts Of Emotional and Spiritual
Intelligence.
Social Development: Stages; Factors Affecting Social Development,
Concept of Social Intelligence.
Moral Development: Kohlberg’s Theory, Social Learning Theories,
Spiritual Intelligence.
UNIT IV
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Adolescent And Youth Problems and Concerns
Developmental Concerns during Adulthood: Marriage, Family and
Work: Roles and Relationships, Mid Life Crisis.
Aging and Old Age: Problems of Physical Health, Cognitive
Deterioration: Dementia, Alzheimer Disease. Problems Related to
Retirement, Bereavement and Loneliness.
Books Recommended
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Berk, L.E (2003). Child Development, Boston: Allyn And Bacon.
Hurlock,E.B.(1978) Child Development Mcgraw Hill Company, New
Delhi.
Hurlock, E.B (1981).Developmental Psychology, Mcgraw Hill,
Eighth Eds.
Mishra, P.C. (2006). Aaj Ka Vikasatmak Manovigyaan. Sahitya
Prakashan, Agra.
Shaffer,D.R.(1985).Developmental Psychology. Fourth Ed. Brooks
and Cole Publications.
Shamrock,J.W.(1999). Livesspandevelopment. Mcgraw Hill. New
York
Singh, R.N.(2000). Adhunik Vikasatmak Manovigyaan, Motilal
Banarsidas Publication, Vasranasi.
Tilker,H.A.(1975) Devlopmental Psychology Today. Random House
International, New York.
Paper II: Social Psychology
UNIT I
 Introduction: Nature and Scope; Social Psychology and Other Social
Sciences. Methods: Experimental and Sociometry.
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Approaches: Correlational and Cross- Cultural.
 Perceiving Others: Forming Impressions: Role of Non Verbal Cues,
Central Traits and Primacy and Recency Effects. Models of Information
Integration.
 Attribution: Concept and Theories (Jones and Davis and Kelly).
UNIT II
 Prosocial Behaviour: Determinants, Altruism and Helping: Concept and
Behaviour, Bystander Effects, Theoretical Perspective: Exchange and
Normative.
 Interpersonal Attraction: Nature, Determinants and Theories:
(Similarity, Complimentarity and Exchange).

Attitudes: Nature and Components, Formation and Change of Attitudes,
Measurement Of Attitudes (Thurstone, Likert, Guttman and Bogardus).
UNIT III
 Group Dynamics: Structure, Function and Types, Group Cohesiveness.
Norms and Decision Making; Social Facilitation, Social Loafing and De
Individuation.
 Social Influence: Conformity, Obedience and Compliance.
 Leadership: Concept and Functions, Approaches (Traits, Situational,
Interactional and Contingency). Types (Authoritarian and Democratic).
UNIT IV

Interpersonal
Communication:
Verbal
and
Non
Verbal
Communication; Barriers To Communication, Communication Skills,
Listening and Empathy Building.
 Social Biases: Stereotypes and Prejudices: Nature and Acquisition,
Reducing Prejudices and Stereotypes.

Aggression: Determinants:
Personal and Social Perspectives:
Biological, Trait, Situational and Social Learning.
Books Recommended
 Alcock, J.E., Carment, D.W., Sadana, S.W., Collins, J.E. and Green,
J.W. (1997). A Textbook of Social Psychology. Scarborough, Ontario:
Prentice Hall/Allyn and Bacon
 Baron, R.A. and Byron, D (1998). Social Psychology. New Delhi:
Prentice Hall
 Feldman, R.S.(1985). Social Psychology: Theories, Research and
Applications. New York: McGraw hill
 Krech,D Crutchfield,R.S and Ballachcy,E.L. (1983). Individual in
Society. McGraw Hill, International book Company.
 Myers, D. G. (1994), Exploring Social Psychology. New York: McGraw
Hill
 Secord, P.F. and Backman, C.W. (1974). Social Psychology, McGraw
Hill Ltd.
 Singh, R.N. (2001). Samajik Manovgyaan. Motilal Banarsi das,
Varanasi.
Topics for Practical Examination
UG students would be required to design and conduct Experiments / Tests on
topics as shown below:
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
Social Facilitation
Social Perception
Sociometry
Attitude
Stereotype/Prejudice
Friendship
Moral Judgment
Intelligence
Emotional Expressiveness
Youth Problems
Note: The topics listed above are only indicative.
Paper III: School Psychology
UNIT I




School psychology: Concept, evolution and professional specialty
School psychological services: Concept and models.
School system in India: Gurukul, private, public, government schools,
balwadis, navodaya vidyalayas and eklavya schools.
Cognitive, affective and behavioral changes in children and adolescents.
UNIT II
 Problems and needs of special children, special education, approaches.
 Some childhood disorders: Separation anxiety, autism spectrum
disorder, mental retardation, learning disability disorder.
 Disruptive Behavioral disorders: ADHD, conduct disorders
 Physically handicapped and their problems
UNIT III



Assessment: Assessment channel screening, diagnostic decision and
programming decision
Traditional norm based : Intelligence, Achievement and
Neuropsychological Assessment
Behavioral assessment: Assessments of environment and student
learning. Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA), Assessment, Planning
,Implementation, Review and Evaluation (ASPIRE)
UNIT IV

Intervention: Assessment and Consultation Link, Specific vs.Global
Intervention.

Approaches to Treatment: Medical, behavioral, ecological, Class room
Peer Tutoring (CWP) and Peer Assisted Learning Strategy (PALS).

Integrated education: Special schools and mainstreaming.

School mental health: Policies and current status.
Books Recommended
 Bender, W.H. (2002). Differentiating Instructions for Students with
Learning Disabilities. Corwin Press Inc
 Gibson, J.T. (1976). Psychology for the Classroom. Prentice Hall Inc
 Kapoor, M. (1997). Mental health in Indian Schools. Sage Publications
 Lermans. (1998) .Parent Awareness Training. A and W publications
 Reynolds, C.R., Gutkin, T.B., Elliott, S.N and Witt, J.C. (1984). School
Psychology: Essentials of Theory and Practice. John Wiley & Sons
 Suiton, C. (1999). Helping Families with Troubled Children. John Wiley &
Sons
B.A. Part-III
Paper –I: Psychological Assessment
UNIT I
 Assessment: Concept, Need and Types.


Errors in Measurement: Examiner Variables, Testee Variables,
Situational Variables in Psychological Assessment.
Psychological Tests: Concept, Characteristics of a Test and Types:
Individual versus Group Tests, Verbal versus Performance Tests, Speed
versus Power Tests and Culture Biased versus Culture Fair Tests.
Unit Ii
 Test Construction: Item Writing and Pre- Testing, Item Analysis and
Test Administration.
 Standardization of Test: Norms Development, Reliability, Validity and
Predictability.
 Psychological Scaling: Rating Scales, Numerical, Graphic, Checklist
and Forced Choice.
UNIT III
 Assessment of Mental Ability: Stanford - Binet Test, Bhatia Battery
and Progressive Matrices.
 Assessment of Special Abilities: Differential Aptitude Test (DAT),
Minnesota Test of Clerical Aptitude and Art Judgment Test.
 Assessment Of Achievement: Standardized Achievement Tests and
Batteries and Teacher - Made Classroom Tests.
UNIT IV
 Assessment of Personality: Projective Tests: TAT, Rorschach Inkblot
Test, Sentence Completion Test and Word Association Test.
 Assessment of Personality: Psychometric Tests: MMPI, EPPS, MPI
And NEO Personality Inventory.
 Assessment of Interests And Values: Strong Vocational Interest Blank
(SVIB) and Allport - Vernon’s Study of Values.
Books Recommended:
 Anastasi, A. & Urbina, S.(1999). Psychological testing (7th International
ed.), Macmillon Co.
 Anastasi, A. (1997). Psychological Testing, New York, Macmillon Co.
 Singh, A.K. (2000). Test, Measurements and Research Methods. Patna:
Bharati Bhawaan (P&D)
 Srivastava, D. N. (2003). Manovigyanik Nirdharan. Agra: Vinod Pustak
Mandir.


Kaplan, R. N. & Saccuzzo D.P. (2001). Psychological Testing.
Principles, Applications and Issues (5th ed.) USA: Wadsworth Thomson
Learning
Festinger, L and Katz, D (1976). Research Methods in Behavioral
sciences, Amerind Publication Co Pvt.
Paper- II: Psychopathology
UNIT I
 Introduction to Psychopathology: The Concept of Abnormality;
Classification of Mental Disorders (ICD X And DSM IV), Similarities
and Differences.
 Models of Psychopathology: Psychodynamic, Behavioral, Cognitive,
Humanistic- Existential Models, Biological and Socio- Cultural Models.
 Causes of Abnormality: Biological, Psychological and Social.
UNIT II
 Stress: Concept (Stress As a Stimulus, As Response and Interactonistic
Approach), Types (Distress, Eustress, Hypo and Hyper) Sources
(Frustration, Conflict and Pressure).
 Coping With Stress: Task Oriented and Ego Defense Mechanisms.
 Stress Disorders: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder; Acute Stress Reaction
Disorder and Psycho-Physiological Disorders.
UNIT III
 Anxiety Disorders: Generalized Anxiety Disorders, Phobias, Panic
Disorders and Obsessive Compulsive Disorders.
 Somatoform or Dissociative Disorders: Somatoform Disorders,
Conversion Disorders, Hypocondriasis and Dissociative Disorders
(Amnesia, Fugue and Multiple Personality Disorder).
 Mental Retardation: Levels: Mild, Moderate, Severe and Profound,
Types: Down Syndrome, Cretinism, Hydrocephaly, Microcephaly and
Macrocephaly.
UNIT IV



Psychotic Disorders: Psychotic Syndrome, Schizophrenia and Paranoia.
Mood Disorders: Major Depressive Disorders, Bipolar Disorders,
Cyclothemia, Dysthemia and SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder).
Personality Disorders: Types: (Cluster A, B and C) Paranoid, Schizoid,
Borderline and Antisocial.
Books Recommended
 Bhatnagar, P. (1990) Abnormal Psychology: The Inside Story, A self
Assessment Quiz, Bharat Publications, Lucknow
 Buss, A.H. (1999). Psychopathology. New York: John Wiley.
 Carson, R.C.; Butcher, J.N. & Mineka, S. (2010). Abnormal Psychology
& Modern life. Pearson Education, Inc. and Dorling Kindersley
Publishing Inc.
 Lamm, A. (1997). Introduction to Psychopathology. New York: Sage.
 Sarason, G.I. and Sarason, R.V.(2007). Abnormal psychology. The
Problem of maladaptive behavior, 11 th edition, Prentice Hall Publishing
Inc.
Paper- III: Personality
UNIT- I
 Introduction: Nature: Popular and Scientific Views, Elements of
Personality And Personality In Historical Perspective.
 Biological Determinants of Personality: Genetic and Constitutional.
 Social Determinants of Personality: Molding Techniques, Family
Determinants and Socio- Cultural Factors, Person- Environment
Interaction.
UNIT- II
 Self Concept: Nature, Components, Kinds of Self- Concepts,
Phenomenological and Relational Perspectives.
 Development of Self- Concept: Hierarchy and Patterns of
Development, Self- Schema.
 Self Concept and Adjustment: Stability vs. Discrepancies in SelfConcepts and Adjustment, Positive Self Esteem.
UNIT-III



Trait Theories: Allport, Cattell and The Big Five Factor Theories.
Type Theories: Jung and Eysenck.
Need Theory: Murray.
UNIT-IV
 Psychoanalytic theories: Classical Freudian Perspective, Objectrelation Perspective.
 Neo-psycho Analytic theories: Adler and Sullivian.
 Field Theory: Kurt Lewin.
Books Recommended
 Hall, C.S. and Lindzey, C.T. (1985), Theories of Personality, 3 rd Edition.
Wile Eastern Ltd.
 Hjella, L.A. and Ziegler, D.J. (1976).Personality Theories ,McGraw Hill
 Hurlock, E.S. (1976). Personality Development, Tata McGraw Hill
 Mischel, W. (1976).Introduction to Personality. Holt Rinehart and
Winston.
 Pervin, L.A.(1984). Personality- Theory and Research, 4th Edition. John
Willey and Sons.
Paper IV: Health Psychology
UNIT: I
 Concepts of Health and Illness: Definitions; Interdisciplinary nature;
Models.
 Psychology's Involvement in Health: Role of Psychology in Medical
Setting; Psychosomatic Medicine; Behavioral Medicine and Behavioral
Health.
 Varieties in Healthcare: Different Health Care Systems;
Complementary and Alternative Medicine; Patient-Caregiver
Relationship.
 Methods of studying Health Psychology: Experiments, Correlational
studies, Quasi -Experimental studies, Genetic research.
UNIT: II




Health Beliefs and Attributions: Patients’ Beliefs and Attributions;
Cognitions and Health outcomes.
Stress and Health: Concept of Stress; Immune System; Stress and
Immunity; Stress Management.
The Sick Role and the Related concepts: The sick role; Illness Behavior;
Abnormal Illness Behavior.
Reducing the Potential for stress: Social Support; Control.
UNIT: III
 Life Style and Health: Sedentary vs. Active Life Style; Role of Diet.
Nutrition and Exercise.
 Obesity: Compulsive Dieting and Eating Disorder; Hazards of Obesity;
Behavioral Treatment for Obesity.
 Substance Abuse: The Psycho-Active Drugs; Addiction. Dependence and
Tolerance; Causes, Hazards; Prevention, Care and Treatment.
 Cardiac Disorders: Controllable and Uncontrollable Risk Factors of
Cardio-Vascular Disease (CVD); Controlling Hostility and Anger to reduce
the risk and Prevent Recurrence of CVD; The Healthy Heart.
UNIT: IV
 Adopting Health Related Behaviors: Theories of Health Protective
Behaviors; Adhering to Medical Advise
 Positive Emotions and Health: Optimism and Hope; Self-Efficacy and
Self-Esteem.
 Reproductive and Sexual Health: Importance for Adolescents, Sexual
Surveys. Sex-Education.
 Immune Enhancing Role of Happiness and Humor: Humor as Buffer of
Stress; Humoral Immunity
References
 Arkoff, A. (1985). Psychology and Personal Growth. IVth Edition, Allyn
and Bacon. USA.
 Brannon, L. and Feist, J. (2000). Health Psychology: An Introduction to
Behaviour and Health IVth Edition .Wadsworth. U.S.A.
 Broom, A. K. (1989). Health Psychology: Processes and Applications,
Chapman and Hall, London.


Sarafine. E. P (2006). Health Psychology: Bio-psychosocial Interactions,
Vth Edition. John Wiley & Sons, USA.
Straub. R. 0. (2002). Health Psychology, Worth Publishers, New York.
Paper V: Environmental Psychology
UNIT I




General Orientation of Environment: Nature and Human Nature,
Environmental Perceptions and Cognitive Maps.
Environmental Health and Development, Environmental Indicators; the
Changing Meaning of Nature, Environmental Attitude, Scenic
Environment landscapes.
Environmental Psychology: Experimental, Descriptive Research, Self
Report Measures, observation.
India's Environmental Concerns and its management.
UNIT II
 Theories of Environment: Behavior Relationships; Nature and Function
of theory in Environmental Psychology. Hypothesis and laws.
 The Arousal Perspective, The Environmental load perspective.
 The Understanding Perspective, Adaptation level Theory.
 The Behavior Constraint Perspective, The Environmental Stress
Perspective.
UNIT III
 Environmental Problems: Pollution, Deforestation, Soil Erosion,
Extinction of Wild life, lack of water, Annoyance with Noise, Crowding.
 Energy Crisis and the related issues.
 Climatic Changes: Global warming, Disaster, Toxic hazards .
 The City: Negative Effects of Urban life, Environmental solutions to
urban life.
Unit IV
 Changing Behavior to save the Environment, The 'Commons’ Dilemma
as an Environment Behavior Problem, Action Plan and Way finding.



Antecedent Strategies: Intervening Before the Behavior, Attitude
Change and Education.
Consequent Strategies: Intervening after the Behavior, Rewards and
Punishments.
Beyond Traditional Behavioral Interventions, Removal of Barriers,
Individual Sacrifice, Commitment to conservation.
Books Recommended
 Bell, PA., Greene, T.C., Fisher,J.D. and Baum. A. (2001). Environmental
Psychology, Harcourt Publication
 Tewari, P.S.N., (2000). Paryavarniy Manovigyan, Motital Banarsi Das
Publications.
Comprehensive viva-voce
Topics for Comprehensive Viva-Voce
I.
Psychological Assessment
1) Assessment Techniques—Types.
2) Standardization: Process.
3) Assessment of Intelligence and Aptitude.
4) Techniques of Personality Assessment.
II.
Psychopathology
5) Perspectives of Abnormal Behavior.
6) Stress: Sources and Coping.
7) Anxiety Disorders.
8) Psychotic Disorders.
III.
Personality
9) Determinants of Personality.
10) Self Concept kinds and Development.
11) Trait and Type Approaches: Difference
12) Psychoanalytic perspective of Personality.
IV.
Health Psychology
13) Health care systems and Psychology in Health.
14) Health Beliefs.
15) Unhealthy lifestyle and Illness.
16) Strategies for Promoting Health.
V.
Environmental Psychology
17) Environment Perceptions, Attitude and Health.
18) Theoretical Perspectives to understand Environment.
19) Emerging Problems of Environment.
20) Saving the Environment-Strategies.
Department of Psychology
University of Lucknow
Lucknow
U.G. Diploma in Personality Development (One Year)
( From the session 2006-07 onwards)
Unit – I : Self Awareness
 Self : Concept, Self-Complexity, Development.
 Self Awareness, Self Esteem, Self Monitoring, Self
Presentation.
Unit – II : Self Regulation
 Depending the Self : Threat to the Well-Being of the Self,
coping with stress.
 Developing Healthy Life Style : Physical Activities, Eating
Awareness and Dietary habits, Relaxation and sleep.
Unit – III : Self Growth
 Self Growth : Concept, learned helplessness, assertiveness,
optimism.
 Growth and Actualizing Self : Subjective Well- Being in
relation to social world – suffering and resilience, hope and
happiness, compassion.
Unit – IV : Non- Verbal Communication
 Body Language : Facial Movements, Eyes Movements,
Body Movements, Gestures.
 Paralanguage and Silence.
 Non- Verbal Massages of Space and Touch.
Unit – V : Verbal Communication
 Verbal Massage : Characteristics and Principles.
 Barriers : Verbal massages barriers, defensiveness, selfpreoccupation, game-playing.
Practicals
Unit – I : Self – Awareness
 Clarifying personal strengths and weaknesses (Clarifying
personal blockages)
 Nurturing your spirituality and clarifying your values
 Building (Improving) self-esteem.
 Making Better Decision.
Unit – II : Self Regulation
 Positive Problem Orientation and Problem Solving.
 Cognitive Restructuring.
 Developing stress resistance
 Regulating physical activities and life style.
 Modifying negative self talk.
Unit – III : Self- Growth
 Self Management
 Recovering from mistake.
 Positive thinking power.
Unit – IV : Non-Verbal Communication
 Using Body Language.
 Noticing non- verbal cues.
 Facial management techniques
 Assertive communication style
Books Recommended
1. Ancona, P. (1997) : Success Abilities, Excel Books, New
Delhi.
2. Brehm, B.A. (1998) : Stress Management, Longman, United
States.
3. Devita, J.A. (1997) : Human Communication the basic
course, Addison-Wesley Education Publishers, USA
4. DuBrin, A.J. (1998) : Leadership, All India Publishers,
Chennai.
5. Feldman, R.S. (1995) : Social Psychology, Prentice Hall,
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.
6. Friedman, H.S. and Schustack, M.W. (2004) : Personality,
Pearson Education.
7. Goleman, D. (1998) : Working with Emotion Intelligence,
Bloomsbury, London.
8. Smith, E.R. and Mackie, D.M. (1995) : Social Psychology,
Worth Publisher, New York.
9. Weiten, W. And Lloyd, M.A. (1997) : Development of SelfAwareness and Growth, Brooks/Cole Publishers Company,
USA.
M.A. - PSYCHOLOGY
In each Semester, the examination shall consist of six Papers:
Four Theory Papers (Paper I to IV) consisting of 100 marks
each (Total 400 marks in Theory) and Two Papers in Practical Paper V [A] and V [B]) - consisting of 100 marks each (Total
200 marks in Practicals).
In each Semester, Candidates are required to pass in theory and
practical examinations separately.
Semester – I
Theory
PAPER I: Cognitive Psychology: Attention, Perception and
Memory PAPER II: Motivation and Emotion: Nature,
Classification and Measurement
PAPER III: Personality Growth
PAPER IV: Research Methodology
Practical
PAPER V A: Tests and Experiments
PAPER V B: Data Collection: Quantitative Methods
Semester – II
Theory
PAPER I: Cognitive Psychology: Language, Problem
Solving and Decision
Making
PAPER II: Motivation and Emotion: Physiology
and Theories PAPER III: Personality Assessment
PAPER IV: Research Design and Correlational
Methods
Practical
PAPER V A: Tests and Experiments
PAPER V B: Data Collection: Qualitative
Methods
Semester – III
Theory
Paper I: Positive Psychology: Human Strength and
Virtues
Paper II (A): Clinical Psychology: Diagnosis and
Assessment Paper III (B): Industrial Psychology
Paper IV (A): Counseling Psychology: Process
and Skills
Practical
Paper V (A): Experience Paper/Field
Training
Paper V (B): Tests and Experiments
Semester – IV
Theory
PAPER I: Positive Psychology in Practice
Paper II (A): Clinical Psychology:
Therapies Paper III (B): Personnel
Psychology
Paper IV (A): Counseling Psychology:
Approaches
Practical
Paper V A: Dissertation
Paper V B: Tests and Experiments
Semester - I
PAPER I: Cognitive Psychology: Attention, Perception
and Memory
UNIT I
₃ Introduction: Historical Antecedents
₃
Basic Concepts – Mental Representations and
Processing; Artificial Intelligence.
₃
Scope of Cognitive Psychology – Experimental
Psychology,
Cognitive
Science
and
Cognitive
Neuropsychology.
₃
Computational Modeling – concepts and types.
UNIT – II
₃
Theories of Attention – Filter Theories, Capacity
Theories, Features Integration Theories, Automaticity
Theories, Action Slip Theories
₃
₃
₃
Depth Perception
Perceptual Constancies
Pattern Recognition and Theories- Bottom-Up, TopDown,
Template Matching etc.
UNIT III
₃ Memory- structure
₃
Models – Atkinson-Schifrin Model, Levels of
Processing Approach, Tulving’s Model, Parallel
Distributed Processing Approach
₃
Sensory Memory and Short Term Memory
UNIT IV
₃
₃
Long Term Memory, Episodic Memory and Semantic
Memory
Everyday Memory
₃
Imagery- Theories of Imagery; Dual Coding Theory and
Kosslyn’s Theory
₃
Theories of Forgetting- Trace Decay, Repression,
Interference Context Change Theory.
Books Recommended
•
Anderson , J.R. (1985). Cognitive Psychology and Its
Implications , New York, Freeman
•
Best,J.B.(1995). Cognitive Psychology.
Edition. West Publishing Company
•
Eysenck, M. and Keane,M. (1990) Cognitive
Psychology: A student’s Handbook: Psychology Press
•
Galotti, K.M. (2001). Cognitive Psychology In and Out
Fourth
of the Laboratory. Second Edition. Wadsworth
Publishing Company
•
Matlin,M.W.(1995). Cognition. Third Edition. A Prism
India Edition
•
Payne, D.C. and Wegner, M.J. (1998). Cognitive
Psychology, Houghton Mifflin Co
PAPER II: Motivation and Emotion: Nature,
Classification and
Measurement
UNIT I: Nature
₃
Nature and Levels of motivation and emotion. The
Developmental – Interactionist Model
₃
Functions of motivational – emotional system: the
relationship of motivation and emotion, The Readout
Hypothesis
₃
The arousal and measurement of ‘needs’
Unit – II: Biological and Psychological Motives
₃
Hunger- Control of hunger mechanism: Stomach
contractions; Chemical, Mechanical, Oral and Neural
factors. Recent theories of the hunger mechanism; The
Glucostatic hypothesis, the Thermal hypothesis.
₃
Sex – Developments in the study of sex; the nature of
sexual arousal; Physiological determinants of
arousability; Hormonal, Social and Environmental
effects on arousability.
₃
Competence – Exploration and Stimulus seeking; the
concepts of optimal stimulation, Effectance motivation and
Competence. Cognitive Development and Emotional
Education – Competence and Helplessness
₃
Achievement – The tendency to achieve success; the
tendency to avoid failure; the approach-avoidance conflicts
in achievement situations; Expectancy of success. Studies
of achievement motivation.
Unit – III: Sociological Motives
₃
Affiliation – Nature; Determinants; Relationship
between affiliation and anxiety
₃
Approval – Social Desirability research. The MarloweCrowne Scale. Approval as an evaluatively dependant
behavior. Personality correlates of approval.
₃
Aggression – Nature; Kinds. Theories of aggression as
innate,
Environmental theories.
Unit – IV: Emotions Concomitant with Extreme
Motivational States
₃
Anxiety – As the force underlying other apparent
motives; Manifest anxiety; Test anxiety; Anxiety as a
drive.
₃
Frustration – The necessary preconditions, Sources.
Frustration as a drive: The Brown-Farber theory, The
Amsel theory. Reactions to Frustration
₃
Fear – As an acquired drive and as
variable; Fear
an intervening
as conditioned aversion; Phobias; Modifying fears.
Books Recommended
•
Beck, R.C. (2005) Motivation: Theories and Principles.
Fourth Edition
•
Buck, R. (1987) Human Motivation and Emotion
•
Cofer, C.N. and Appley, M.H. (1963): Motivation
Theory and Research
•
Houston, J.P. (1985): Motivation
•
Weiner, B (1992) Human Motivation: Metaphors,
Theories and Research
•
Young, P.T. (1961): Motivation and Emotion
PAPER III: Personality Growth
UNIT I
₃ Growth Psychology: Historical Perspective,
misconceptions about healthy personality, Inner
Psychological Processes
UNIT II
₃ Healthy Personality: Clinical and Growth Models,
Assumptions and conceptualizations. Triguna and
personal growth
UNIT III
₃
₃
Existential Approach: May and Frankl’s models
and their application
Cognitive
Approach:
Kelly’s
theory and
application
its
UNIT IV
₃
Humanistic Approach: Maslow and Roger’s theories
and their applications
Books Recommended
•
Arkoff, A.A (1985). Psychology and personal Growth
•
Burger, J.M. (1986). Personality - Theories and
Research. Wordsworth Pub. Co
•
Dyer, W. Your Erroneous Zones
•
Fadima, J. and Fager, R (1976). Personality and
Personal Growth. New York: Harper and Row
Publishers
•
Hjelle, L.A. and Ziegler, D.J. (1976). Personality
Theories. McGraw Hill and Co
•
Kundu, C. (1977). Personality Development: A Critique of
Indian Studies. Vishal Publications
•
Monte, C.F. (1977).
Rinechart, Winston
Beneath the
Mask,
Holt,
PAPER- IV: Research Methodology
UNIT- I
₃ Scientific and Non- Scientific Approach to Knowledge.
₃ Levels of Analysis, Goals of Scientific Methods.
₃
Types of Scientific Method: Positivism and AntiPositivism.
Hypothetico-Deductive
and
Inductive
Research, Nomothetic,
Idiographic and Hermeneutics Research.
UNIT- II
₃
The Research Process: Problems and Hypothesis,
Variables and Constructs.
₃
Sampling Issues: Representativeness and Adequacy;
Sampling Strategies and Design; Probability and Non
Probability; Sampling
Errors (Principles and Application).
UNIT- III
₃
₃
₃
Experimental and Correlational Research: Nature
and Types, Strengths and Weaknesses
Artifacts: Demand Characteristics and Subject’s Role.
Ethical Issues
UNIT- IV
₃ Basic and Applied Research.
₃ Action Research: Types and Uses of Action Research.
₃
Qualitative and Quantitative Research: Types of
Qualitative Research
Books Recommended
•
Aronson, E and Ellsworth D.C, Carlsmith, J.M.,
Gonzales, M.I. (1990) Methods of Research in Social
Psychology. McGraw Hill International Edition
•
Breakwell, G.M., Hammond, S & Schow, C.F. (Edited)
(1995).
Research
Methods
in
Psychology.
Sage
Publications
•
Ebnes, D.G, Kantowitz, B.M, Roediger,H.L. (1989).
Research Methods in Psychology. West Publishing
Company
•
Greenberg, J and Folger, R (1988). Controversial
Issues in Social Research Method. New York.
Springerverlag
•
Katz,D.
and
Festinger,L.
(1953).
Research
Methods in Behavioural Sciences. Holt, Rinehart
& Winston, Inc
•
Kerlinger, F.N. (1964). Foundations of Behavioral
Rersearch. Holt, Rinehart & Winston, Inc
•
Mohsin, S.M. (1984).Research Methods in
Behavioral Sciences. Orient Longman Ltd
•
Schaugneassey,
J.J,
Zechmeister,B
(1990)
Research Methods in Psychology. McGraw Hill
Publishing
•
Sommer and Sommer,R (1997). A Practical
Guide
to
Behavioural
University Press
Research.
Oxford
PAPER V:
PRACTICAL
A:
Tests and Experiments
100 Marks
B:Data Collection: Quantitative Methods
100 Marks
Semester - II
PAPER- I: Cognitive Psychology: Language, Problem –
Solving
and Decision Making
UNIT
₃
₃
₃
₃
– I
Organization of knowledge, knowledge types
Concepts Scheme: Concept theories
Representation: Internal Vs. External
Integrative Models for representing (ACT)
UNIT – II
₃
Language
comprehensionpragmatics, inner speech
₃
Theories of language comprehension – Capacity theory,
Discourse processing, Story processing
Language production
– speaking,
writing
and
bilingualism
₃
sentence
UNIT – III
₃ Problem solving- Structure of Problems
defined and Ill-
processing,
(Well-
defined)
₃ Perspectives (Gestalt, Newell and Simon’s Information
Processing theory, problem space)
₃ Means-end heuristics, Analogy Approach
UNIT-IV
₃
Reasoning and types (syllogistic, conditional)
₃
Decision making- Types of decisions (The Representative
Heuristic, Probability Heuristic)
₃
Factors operating in decision making (Loss aversion,
Framing, Perceived justification and Anticipated regret
and Self-esteem)
₃
Creativity- General approaches to creativity, discovery
using mental models
Books Recommended
•
Best,J.B.(1995). Cognitive Psychology.
Edition. West Publishing Company
Fourth
•
Eysenck,M.
Psychology
– Cognitive
•
Matlin,M.W.(1995). Cognition. Third Edition. A Prism
India Edition
•
Sternberg, R.J. (1977) – Intelligence, Information Processing
V and Keane,M (1990)
and Anological Reasoning – The componential analysis of
Human abilities, Hillsdale, N.J. Earlbaum
•
Sternberg, R.J. (1994) (Ed.) – Handbook of Perception and
cognition (Vol. 12) New York – Academic Press
•
Sternberg, R.J. (1996) – Cognitive Psychology, Holt
Renehart and Winston Inc
PAPER II: Motivation and Emotion: Physiology and
Theories
UNITSpecial
I: Homeostasis
Purpose
and
Adaptation-
The
Processing Systems
₃
The Peripheral Nervous System: The somatic nervous
system;
the
autonomic
nervous
system;
Synaptic
transmission in the autonomic nervous system; Cannon’s
Emergency Theory of Emotion
₃
The Endocrine System: The traditional view: The
neuropeptides; the endorphins: The “Anxiety Peptide”
₃
The Immune
Interaction
₃
Adaptation
Hormonal
System:
and
Stress:
The
Brain-Immune System
Selye’s
stress
syndrome;
effects on the Brain. Stress and Disease
UNIT-II: Central Nervous System Mechanisms
₃
The Brain Stem: Hindbrain and Midbrain; The
Mechanisms
of
emotional
expression;
expressive
vocalization and facial expression. Reticular formation and
the Ascending Reticular Activating System. The importance
of reticular formation in arousal, attention and Sleep.
₃
The Hypothalamus: Its role in eating, sexual, aggressive
behavior and social attachment, hypothalamic events in
humans.
₃
The Limbic System: MacLean’s conceptualization of the
Limbic System. The Amygdala Circuit, The Kluver-Bucy
syndrome. The limbic malfunction and violent behavior. The
Septal Circuit: septal stimulation, septal stimulation in
human. The Hippocampus and its interactive functions.
UNIT-III: THEORIES OF MOTIVATION
₃
Hull’s Drive Theory: The use of machine metaphor; The
drive concept; Integration of drive and habit; Empirical
support for the drive theory; Secondary drives; Incentives.
₃
Lewin’s Field Theory; The life space; Structural and
dynamic constructs
related to the person and the
environment; Levels of aspiration: The resultant valence
theory; Empirical research initiated by the field theory.
₃
Attributional
theories:
Causal
antecedents,
Causal
schemata, Discounting; Actor-observer perspective; The
hedonic
bias;
Causal
dimensions;
external-Internal,
controllable-uncontrollable, stable-unstable; Motivational
dynamics of perceived arousability; Causal beliefs and
learned helplessness; An attributional theory of motivation.
UNIT-IV: Development and Expression of Emotion and
Theories
₃
The Development and expression of Emotion: Ontogeny
and the emotional communication in primates. Temperament
and emotional expressions in humans. Studies of facial
expression and gesture; Introversion-Extraversion; Inhibitory
and excitatory mechanisms. Non-verbal sending accuracy.
Display Rules.
₃
Discreet Emotion Theories: Adaptive acts and kinds of
languages; Evidence for discreet emotions. Dimensional
Theories of Emotion: Bipolar vs. Unipolar dimensions of
affect; Independent unipolar dimensions; Importance of
dimensional analyses.
₃
Cognitive theories of Emotion: The necessity of
cognitions: Cognitive-Arousal theory; Excitation-Transfer
theory.
₃
The Psycho-Physiological Measures of Emotions: Electro
dermal measures, the circulatory system, muscle tension, the
electroencephalograph.
Books Recommended
Beck,R.C.
(2005) Motivation: Theories and
Principles. Fourth
Edition
•
Buck,R. (1987) Human Motivation and Emotion
•
Cofer, C.N. and Appley, M.H. (1963): Motivation Theory
and Research
•
Houston,J.P.(1985): Motivation
•
Young,P.T.(1961): Motivation and Emotion
•
Weiner,B ( 1992) Human Motivation:; Metaphors, Theories
and Research
PAPER III: Personality Assessment
UNIT-I
₃ Psychology of Self: Indian and Western Perspective,
Transpersonal view, Assessment of self.
UNIT-II
₃ Self-Awareness and Enhancement Techniques, Yoga,
Meditation
and Sensitivity Training.
UNIT-III
₃
Approaches to Assessment: Theoretical and empirical
issues; Moral Issues- confidentiality, inviolacy, Clinical vs.
Actuarial
prediction
UNIT-IV: Methods
₃ Projective Tests – TAT
₃ Psychometric Tests – MMPI
₃ Kelly’s Repertory Grid
₃ Response Distortion: Response style and Response bias
Books Recommended
•
Kundu, C (1977) Personality Development: A critique of
Indian Studies. Vishal Publications
•
Lanyon, R.I and Goodstein, L.D. (1997). Personality
Assessment.Wiley & Sons Publishers
•
Liebert, R.M. & Spielgler, M.S. (1978) Personality
Strategies and Issues: Illinois Dorsey Press
•
Paranjpe, A (1989) Theoretical Psychology
PAPER IV: Research Designs and Correlational
Method
UNIT-I
₃ Research
and Poor
₃
₃
Designs:
Meaning and
Purpose;
Good
Designs
Between and Within Group Designs
Quasi-Experimental Designs, Single Subject Designs
UNIT-II
₃ Analysis of Variance: Assumptions
₃
Randomized Group Designs and Analysis, Randomized
Block Design and Analysis
₃
Two-Way Analysis of Variance
₃
Single Factor Analysis Of Variance For Repeated
Measures
UNIT-III
₃
Multiple Comparision Tests – Duncan’s Test and Newman
Keul’s Test
₃
Methods of Correlation: Biserial , Point Biserial , Phi - coefficient and Tetrachoric
₃
Partial correlation
UNIT-IV
₃ Simple Linear Regression and Prediction
₃
Qualitative
Analysis:
Transcribing
Data,
Thematic
Qualitative Analysis and Theory-Led Qualitative Analysis.
Books Recommended
Edwards, A.L.(1953) – Experimental Designs in Psychological
Research, Rinehart and Co.Inc., New York
Kerlinger,F.N. – Foundation of Behavioral Research
Schaugneassey,J.T. & Zechmeister,B. (1990) – Research Methods
in Psychology, Mc Graw Hill Publishing Company,New Delhi
Sommer,B. & Sommer,R (1997) – A Practical Guide to Behavioural
Research, Oxford University Press
Broota,K.D.(2003) – Experimental Designs in Behavioral
Research, New
Age International
PAPER V:
PRACTICAL
A:
Tests and Experiments (100 Marks)
B:Data Collection
(100 Marks)
– Qualitative
Methods
Semester III
PAPER I: Positive Psychology – Human Strength
and virtues
UNIT I: Overview of Positive Psychology
 Positive Psychology: A very short history with a very long
past; Indian Perspective.
 Atlas of Strength and virtues: Gallup’s Clifton strength
finder themes; Development assets; VIA Classification of
character strength and virtues.
 Approaches to virtues: Philosophical; Religious;
Humanistic.
 Positive Outcomes: Dimension of well-being; Flourishing.
UNIT II: Positive Emotional States and Processes
 Principles of Pleasure: Positive affect; Positive emotions.
 Subjective Well-Being and Happiness: Components and
determinants of subjective well-being; increasing Happiness
in Life.
 Complete Mental Health: Emotional, Social and
Psychological Well-Being.
 Flow: Flow state, Auto- telic Personality; Longitudinal Flow
research and its benefits.
UNIT III: Positive Cognitive States- Self-Efficacy, Optimism
and Hope.
 Self-Efficacy: Concept; Beliefs; Measures and Outcome.
 Learned Optimism: Concepts, measurement and outcome.
 Hope: Concept; Trait Vs State hope; Neurobiology;
measurement and outcome.
 Towards a balanced time perspective: Present Orientation
and future orientation; balancing perspective on time.
UNIT IV: Positive Cognitive States – Wisdom, Courage,
Mindfulness and Spirituality
 Wisdom: Theories of Wisdom; Becoming and Being wise.
 Courage: Theory of courage; measurement; Finding
Wisdom and Courage in daily life.
 Mindfulness: Concept; Nature; Practice of Mindfulness.
 Spirituality: Indian and Western View; Spirituality and
Well-Being.
Books Recommended
 Snyder, C.R. and Lopez. S.J. (2007). Positive Psychology.
Sage Publications.
 Peterson, C. (2007). A Primer in Positive Psychology.
Oxford University Press.
 Csikszentmihalyi, M. (1991); Flow: The Psychology of
Optimal Experience. Harper Perennial edition.
 Snyder C.R. Shane J Lopez. (2002). Handbook of Positive
Psychology, Oxford University Press.
 Lopez, S. J. And C.R. Snyder, (2003). Positive Psychology
assessment, A handbook of models and measure.
Washington, D C: American Psychological Association.
 Carr, A. (2004). Positive Psychology: The science of
happiness and human strengths. New York: BrunnerRoutledge.
PAPER II (A): Clinical Psychology – Diagnosis and
Assessment
UNIT – I: Introduction
₃
₃
₃
₃
Clinical Psychology as one of the Mental Health
Professions
Developments in Clinical Psychology
Characteristics of Clinical Psychology
Goals of Diagnosis:
diagnosis; differential
Reliability &
validity of
diagnosis; criticisms
UNIT
₃
₃
₃
₃
–I I: Intellectual Assessment
Wechsler Scales
Stanford – Binet Intelligence Scale, 4th and 5th Edition
Kaufman Scales
Interpretation of intelligence test scores
UNIT
₃
₃
₃
₃
–III: Personality Assessment
Types of Projective Tests
Rorschach Ink – Blot Test
Approaches to objective personality scales
The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory
UNIT
₃
₃
₃
– IV: Other Forms of Assessment
Interview
Case Study
Mental Status Examination
₃
Neuropsychological Assessment
Books Recommended
•
Bankart, P. C. (1997). A History of Western &
Eastern
Psychotherapies,
Publishing Company
Brooks/
Cole
•
Bohart, A. C. & Todd, J. (1988).Foundations of
Clinical and Counseling Psychology; Harper Collins
Publishers
•
Monte, C.F. (1977). Beneath the Mask: An
Introduction to theories of personality, Praeger
Publishers, New York
•
Nelson, G. and Arkoff, A. (2006). Psychology and
Personal Growth. Pearson Publishing Co
•
Newmark, C. S. (1985). Major Psychological
Assessment Instruments
•
Nietzel, M. T. Bernstein, D. A. and Milch, R. (1994).
Introduction to Clinical Psychology, Prentice-Hall Inc.
•
Phares, J. E. (1988).Clinical Psychology : Concepts,
Methods & Profession, The Dorsey Press
PAPER III (B): Industrial Psychology
UNIT- I
₃
₃
Nature and scope of Industrial Psychology, Time
Motion Studies, Hawthorne Studies.
Efficiency: Measurement and Determinants.
UNIT- II
₃
Fatigue and Monotony: Causes and mitigation, Fatigue
and Production curve, Rest pauses and fatigue, Fatigue
and accidents, Accident and Safety; Causes and
Prevention, Accident
proneness.
UNIT- III
₃
Work environment: Illumination, Atmospheric
conditions (Temperature, Humidity And Ventilation),
Noise, Music and Work
Schedules.
UNIT- IV
₃
Job design and Human Engineering: Approaches to
job design, Problem of Human Engineering, ManMachine Systems, Equipment Control and Equipment
Display.
Books Recommended:
•
Arnold, J. Robertson, I.T and Cooper, C.L. (1996): Work
Psychology : Understanding Human Behavior in the Work
Place: MacMillan India Ltd
•
Blum. M.L and Naylor, J.C (1984- Revised Edition).
Industrial Psychology Its Theoretical and Social
Foundation: New York: Harper & Row
•
Cooper, C.L and Locke, E.A. (2000). Industrial and
Organizational Psychology: Linking Theories with Practice:
UK Blackwell Publishers Inc
•
Dunnette, M.D and Hough, L.M (1998). Handbook of
Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Vol. I and II,
Delhi: Jaico Publishing House
•
Mc Cormick, E.J. and Ilgen, D. R. (1984).Industrial
Psychology. Prentice Hall of India Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi
PAPER IV (A): Counseling Psychology: Process and
Skills
UNIT I
₃ Orientation: Counseling as a Profession, Approaches
(Eclectic and Integrated) and Ethical Issues.
UNIT II
₃
Process and Skills: Process of Counseling, Goals and
Necessary conditions, Counseling Skills (Listening,
Relationships, Empathy, NonVerbal Communication).
UNIT III
₃
Psychoanalytic Approach to Counseling: Underlying
assumptions, Centrality of unconscious, Defenses,
Techniques, Transference and Counter transference.
₃
Existential Approach to Counseling.
UNIT IV
₃
Behaviouristic Approach to Counseling: Underlying
assumptions, Techniques (Systematic Desensitization,
Assertiveness and Social Skills Training, Modeling and
Visualization).
Books Recommended
•
Bohart, A.C. and Todd, J. (1998). Foundations of
Clinical and Counseling Psychology, Harper Collins
Publications
•
Gelso, C.J. and Pretz, B.R. (1995). Counseling
Psychology, Bangalore, India, Prism Books Pvt.
Ltd
PAPER V:
PRACTICA
L
A:
Experience
Paper/
Training (100 Marks)
Field
B:Tests and Experiments (100 Marks)
Semester IV
PAPER I: Positive Psychology in Practice
Unit I: Positive Psychology in Context
 Strength and cultural context: Culture free and culturally
embedded strengths.
 Forgiveness: Definition; Cultivation and measurement.
 Empathy and Compassion: Definition; Cultivation and
measurement
 Gratitude: Definition; Cultivation and measurement
 Humour: Definition; Cultivation and measurement
Unit II: Positive Relationships
 Attachment: Concept; Types and adult attachment security.
 Love: Passionate and Compassionate aspects of Romantic
love; Triangular theory.
 Flourishing Relationship: Building mindful relationship
connections; Creating a culture of appreciation.
 Life enhancement strategies: Creating a culture of
appreciation.
Unit III: Enabling Environments
 Living well at every stage of life: Childhood; Youth;
Adulthood and Old age.
 Positive Parenting: Concept and skills of Positive
Parenting.
 Positive Schooling: Concept, goal, components and skills.
 Positive Organization: Concept, goal and strengths.
Unit IV: Building Better Communities- The Me/We Balance
 Individualism: The psychology of Me; American
individualism.
 The Need for Uniqueness: Encoding of similarity
information; reactions; measurement.
 Collectivism: The psychology of We; Indian perspective.
 Mainstreaming Positive Psychology Ideas; Giving Away of
Positive Psychology.
Books Recommended
 Snyder, C.R. and Lopez. S.J. (2007). Positive Psychology.
Sage Publications.
 Peterson, C. (2007). A Primer in Positive Psychology.
Oxford University Press.
 Snyder C.R. Shane J Lopez. (2002). Handbook of Positive
Psychology, Oxford University Press.
 Lopez, S. J. And C.R. Snyder, (2003). Positive Psychology
assessment, A handbook of models and measure.
Washington, D C: American Psychological Association.
 Carr, A. (2004). Positive Psychology: The science of
happiness and human strengths. New York: BrunnerRoutledge.
 Linley, P.A. & Joseph., S. (Eds.). (2004). Positive
Psychology in practice. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley
 Lopez, S.J. (Eds) (2009). The Encyclopaedia of Positive
Psychology, Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
 Duck, S. (2007) Human Relationship. Sage Publication,
New Delhi.
 Hendrick, C. And Hendrick (Eds.) (2000): Close
Relationships- A Source book, Sage Publication, Inc.
 Hinde, R.S.(1997). Relationships- A Dialectical Perspective
Psychology. U.K; Jay Conal Francis.
PAPER II (A): Clinical Psychology: Therapies
Unit I: Psychodynamic Psychotherapy
₃
₃
₃
₃
Freudian
Psychoanalysis:
Background and basic
principles.
The nature and meaning of symptoms.
Metapsychology of repression.
Techniques of Psychoanalysis.
UNIT II: Existential – Humanistic Approach
₃
Humanistic assumptions about
counseling and science (in brief).
₃
Carl Roger’s Person Centered Therapy:
human
being,
Psychopathology and the Therapeutic Process;
Necessary and Sufficient Conditions; Essential Qualities
of the counselor – acceptance, empathy and genuineness,
paraphrasing and summarizing; Reflection of meaning
and feeling.
₃
Gestalt Therapy.
₃
Eclectic Treatment
model of helping.
Combinations:
A
three
Process – Experiential Therapy.
Unit III: Cognitive – Behavioural Approaches
₃
Behavioural Approaches to Therapy: Principles of
Learning: Development of abnormal behavior;
stage
Features common to all behavior therapies.
₃
Classical conditioning and Operant conditioning based
methods of intervention, Social Learning methods;
Behavioural Medicine.
₃
₃
Beck’s Cognitive Therapy
Ellis Rational Emotive Therapy
UNIT IV: Group and Relational Approaches
₃ Group Therapy (in brief)
₃
Marital Counselling and Therapy: Techniques to
clarify communication; Virginia Satir and
Dysfunctional communication; Behavioural Marital
Therapy.
₃
Minuchin’s Structural Family Therapy
₃
Strategic and Systems Approach: Bowen and
Personal Differentiation: Milton Erickson’s
techniques.
Books Recommended
•
Bohart A. C and Todd J. (1988). Foundations of
Clinical and Counselling Psychology; Harper
Collins Publishers
•
Nelson, G. and Arkoff, A. (2006). Psychology and
Personal Growth. Pearson Publishing Co
•
Newmark C. S. (1985). Major Psychological
Assessment Instruments. Allyn and Bacon, Inc
•
Nietzel, Michael T, Bernstein, Douglas A. and Milch
Richard (1994). Introduction to Clinical Psychology,
Prentice-Hall Inc
•
Phares, Jerry E. (1988). Clinical Psychology : Concepts,
Methods & Profession, The Dorsey Press
PAPER III (B): Personnel Psychology
UNIT I
₃
Personnel Selection And Placement: Job Analysis;
Technique Of
Job Analysis, Selection
Methods:
Interview, Biographical Data,
Application Blanks, Reference Reports, Psychological
Tests In
Personnel Selection, Basic Selection Model.
UNIT II
₃
₃
Job evaluation: Scope And Methods, Performance
Appraisal Methods; Ratings and Behavioural
Checklist.
Training: Types and Methods Of Training For
Workmen,
Supervisors and Higher Level Personnel.
UNIT III
₃
Work Motivation and Job Satisfaction: Theories of
Work Motivation: Maslow, Alderfer, Herzberg, Vroom
and Adams, Financial and Non Financial Incentives.
Job Satisfaction; Determinants (Personal And
Organizational), Employees Morale:
Techniques Of Enhancing Employees Morale,
Determinants.
UNIT IV
₃
Supervision: Production Oriented Vs Employee
Oriented Supervision
₃
Industrial Conflict: Causes and Control of Industrial
Conflict
₃
Occupational Stress and Health: Sources and Coping
Strategies, Effect of Occupational Stress on Health
Books Recommended
•
Arnold, J. , Robertson , I.T. & Cooper, C.N.(1996),
Work psychology: Understanding Human Behavior in
the Work Place, McMillan India Ltd
•
Blum. M.L and Naylor, J.C (1984- Revised Edition).
Industrial Psychology Its Theoretical and Social
Foundation: New York: Harper & Row
•
Hersey, P. and Blanchard, K. (1986), Management of
Organizational Behaviors: Utilizing Human
Resources, Prentice Hall of India
•
Landey, F.J. and Trumbo, B.A. (1976); Psychology
of Work Behaviors. The Dorsey Press, Homewood
II Illinois
•
Maier, N. R.F (1965).Psychology in industry,
Oxford and IBH publishing Co
•
Vroom, V.H. (1964): Work Motivation: New York John
Wiley Sons, Inc
PAPER IV (A): Counseling Psychology: Approaches
UNIT I: Cognitive approach to Counseling
₃
Ellis Rational Emotive Therapy, Irrational Beliefs,
The ABCDE Paradigm.
₃
Beck’s Cognitive Therapy- Cognitive Distortions,
Cognitive Therapy for Anxiety and Depression,
Techniques (Decatastrophizing, Reattribution, Redefining, Decentering)
UNIT II: Gestalt and Transactional Analysis
₃
Perl’s Gestalt Therapy : Theoretical assumptions
,Organismic Self Regulation, Exercises and Games
₃
Philosophical Assumptions of Berne’s Transactional
Analysis Therapy, Ego state Analysis, Life positions,
Transactions, Ego state.
₃
Pathology, Games and Script analysis.
UNIT III: Person Oriented Approach to Counseling
₃ Roger’s assumptions of Client Centered Therapy.
₃
₃
₃
Incongruence, Congruence and the Fully Functioning
Person
Experiential
Knowing And
Pre-Requisites Of
Therapy
Therapeutic Process
UNIT IV: Systemic Approaches to Counseling
₃
₃
₃
Wholeness and Interdependence
Circular Causality
Homeostasis and Change
₃
TechniquesCongruent
Communications,
Structural Family Therapy, Strategic Approach.
Books Recommended
•
Mc Leod, J.C. (1998): An Introduction to
Counseling (2nd Ed.) Buckingham Philadelphia
Open University Press
•
Patterson, C.H. (1986): Theories
Counseling and Psychotherapy
•
Richard, M.J. (1982): The Theory and Practice of
Counseling Psychology, N Y Holt Rinehart and
Winston
of
PAPER V:
PRACTICAL
A:
Dissertation (100 Marks)
B:Tests and Experiments (100 Marks)
Department of
Psychology
University of Lucknow
Lucknow
P.G. Diploma in Human
Resource Development and
Organizational Behaviour(One
Year)
(From the session 2006-07
onwards)
Semester I
Paper – I
Strategies and Issues in Human Resource
Development
Marks:
100
Unit – I
HRD – Meaning, scope and objectives, principle
and functions of HRD, HRM & HRD, Approach to
HRD, Competencies of a HRD Manager,
Emerging trends in HRD.
Unit – II
HRD at Micro and Macro level, Technological
Development & HRD, HRD systems and
strategies, Designing HRD strategies, Future
challenges to HRD strategy.
Unit III
Man power planning & career Planning
objectives characteristics & importance.
Recruitment, selection & Induction : selection
techniques : Application scrutiny, Interview &
psychological test
Training objectives & types : systematic training
& planned training, Training methods: Training
methods: Orientation, Seminars & Conferences,
Computer based training, lecture,
Brainstorming, Role playing, Behavior modelling
& Inbasket exercise.
Unit – IV
Performance Appraisal system: Nature and
objectives of appraisal.
Methods of Appraisal : Confidential report,
Rating, Ranking, Critical incident techniques and
Management by objectives (MBO).
Readings :Deb Tapomoy (2006) Human Resource
Development, Ane’s student edition
Rao, T.V., (1990) – The HRD Missionary, Oxford
and IBH, NEW DELHI
Rao, T.V. and Periera, D.F, (1988) – Recent
Experience in HRD, Oxford and IBH, NEW DELHI
Rao, T.V. et.al (1988) – Alternative Approaches
and Strategies of HRD, Rawat publications,
Jaipur
Rao, T.V. and Abraham, E – Human Resource
Development: Practices in Indian Industries : A
Trend Report
Sathanam, M – Development of HR
Yoder, D and Henneman, H.G (Jr. Eds..) Staffing
Policies and Strategies
Sharma, A.K. – Some Issues in Management
Development : the Experience British Enterprises
Tripathi, P.C. (2006)- Human Resource
Development, Sultan & Cand Publication New
Delhi
Pareek, U and Rao T.V. (1981)- Designing and
Managing Human Resource systems, Oxford and
IBH, NEW DELHI.
Paper – II
Organizational Theory, Structure and
Behaviour
Marks: 100
Unit – I
Nature of organization : perspective – closed
and open system
Organizational structure – Differentiation
mechanisms – simple and complex structure;
functional, divisional, matrix and strategic
business unit. In group Co-ordination; Mutual
adjustment, direct supervision and
standardization and its correlates; contingency
factor-size, technology and environment
Unit – II
Organization goal – types, evolution and utility
Organizational culture – concept, contents,
sources and types of culture
Unit – III
Work group, types, group development,
characterstics of groups, regulation of behaviour
of work group
Organizational power & Politics : influence
power & politics in organization; organizational
and personal bases of power, acquiring and
maintaining organizational based and personal
based influences.
Unit – IV
Theories of work motivation: Need theories –
Maslow, Herzberg
Expectancy theory : Vroom, Equity theory :
Adams, Procedural Justice Theory, Integrated
perspective of theories.
Organizational commitment – concept & types :
affective, continuance & normative
determinants and consequences of
commitment.
Readings :
Hall, Richard, H (1991) – organizations :
structure, process and outcomes, Prentice Hall
International, Inc. London
Luthans, Fred, (1995) – Organizational
Behaviour, McGraw Hill book Co. New York
Robbins, Stephen, P. (1996) – Organization
Behaviour, Prentice Hall of India Pvt. Ltd., New
Delhi
Tyagi Archana, (1997) – Organizational
Behaviour, Excel Books, New Delhi
George, J.M & Jones G.R (1996) – understanding
& Managing organizational behaviour addiction
western publication.
Brown, A (1995) Organizational culture
Tosi, H.L, Rizzo, J.R & Carrol, S.J (1998)
Organizational behaviour: A comprehensive
manual Beacon books
Paper – III
Communication in Organization
Marks:
100
Unit – I
Communication : concept, process, components,
channels & barriers, principles and skills of
effective communications.
Unit- II
Models of communication : Intrapersonal &
interpersonal, organizational communication,
nonverbal messages of body and mind, verbal
(oral and written communications)
Unit- III
Communication styles : aggressive, assertive &
Doormat, Bussiness Writing : ;etters, notices,
reports, advertisement, memoranda,
representations and memos.
Unit – IV
Holding meeting, Public presentation, concept,
steps, barriers and strategies.
Group Decisions: concept, objectives & benefits
of group decision
Group Decision making – advantages &
disadvantages & group decision making
techniques.
Brain storming Delphi, Bench marking &
Empowerment
Readings:Diwan, Parag and Aggrwal, L.N. (1997) –
Bussiness Communication, Excel Books, New
Delhi
Jitendra, M.D., (1998) Organization
Communication, Rajat Publication, New Delhi
Myers, M.T. and Myers, G.M., (1982) –
Managing by communication, McGraw Hill,
International Book, co., New York.
Paper – IV
Organizational Effectiveness and Change
Marks: 100
Unit – I
Organizational effectiveness: concept and
approaches : goal approach, system resource
approach, Strategies constituencies approach &
competing values approach
Unit- II
Factors in organizational effectiveness,
effectiveness through Integration of individual
organizational goals, effectiveness through
adaptive coping cycle
Unit – III
Organizational Change : concept, need and
objectives of planned change, process of planed
change, roles of change agent(s), resistance to
change and overpowering resistance to change
Unit – IV
Organizational Growth and Development,
Process, need for OD, steps in OD, OD
interventions –Sensitivity training, Process
consultation, team development, grid OD, OD in
india.
Readings :Kinicki,A & Kreitner, R (2006) – Organizational
Behaviour : Concepts, Skills And Practices, Tata
McGraw Hill Companies, New Delhi.
Luthans, F (2005) – organizational Behavior
(Tenth Edition), Tata Mc Graw Hill International
Edition, New Delhi
Prasad, LM (1999) – Organizational Behaviour,
S.Chand and Sons Pub. New Delhi
Robbins, S.P. (1998) – Organizational Behaviour :
Concepts, Controversies, Applications, (Eighth
Edition) Prentice Hall of India, New Delhi.
Paper – V
Practicals
Marks: 200
a) Tests and case studies
Marks : 100
b) Field work
Marks : 100
Semester -II
Paper-I
Personnel Management
Relations
Marks: 100
and
Industrial
Unit-I
Historical
Introduction,
Function
of
Personnel Management, Wages and salary
administration, Incentives: Financial and non
financial, job Description, Job analysis & Job
evaluation: Concept and techniques.
Unit-II
Health and safety, accident: causes &
preventive measures, Welfare, Voluntary and
Statutory,
Discipline,
misconduct,
Disciplinary Procedures.
Unit- III
Industrial Relations: Concept and Methods
for maintaining Relations, Problems of
Labour Management Relation, negotiation
and Bargaining, Joint consultation and
information sharing and job regulations.
Unit-IV
Labour management participations, joint
management councils, joint consultative and
compulsory arbitration Scheme. Trade union,
grievance procedure and grievance handling,
Labour laws: Industrial Act 1947, Trade
Union Act 1926.
Readings:Dale Yoder - Personnel management &
Industrial relations.
Rustom, S. Davar- (1999)-Personnel
Management & Industrial Relations, Vikas
Pubication House Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi.
Taxman- Labour Laws.
Goswami, V.G.- labour Laws.
Mamoria, C.B.,- Dynamics of Industrial
Relations, Himalaya publishing house,
Mumbai.
Paper - II
Leadership, Team Building & Conflict
Resolution
Marks:100
Unit- I
Leadership: Concept; Approaches: Trait,
Behavioural & Contingency.
Unit-II
Inspirational
approachesCharismatic,
Transformational Leadership, Role and
Functions of Leader; finding and creating
effective leader.
Unit-III
Team: objectives and functions, Team
Effectiveness, Strategies of Building
Effective Teams, Team decision- making
techniques, thriving on team work.
Unit-IV
Conflict: Concepts, Process, Cause and
Consequences; Types: Goal Conflict; Role
Conflict, intergroup conflict & inter
organizations conflict management, style.
Readings:Pareek, Udai,(1990)- Conflict Management
and Organizational Change, Oxford and IBH,
New Delhi.
Hersey, Paul and Blanchard,
Kenneth,
H.(1994)- Management of Organizational
Behaviour, Prentice Hall of India Private
Ltd. New York.
Cleland, David., I( 1996)- Strategic
Management of Teams, John Wiley and
Sons. New York.
Aravindam, P.,(1997)- Team Engineering
and World Class management, Wheeler
Publication. New Delhi.
Paper- III
Stress, Health and Employee Counselling
Marks :100
Unit- I
Nature of Stress and Health: Lazurus and
Folkman's
Transactional
Model;
Eastern/Oriental
Conceptualizations
of
stress: sources of stress, Consequences:
Behavioural, Physical and Emotional
Symptoms.
Unit- II
Health Promotion and Disease Prevention:
Behavioural Risk Factors(e.g. Drug and
alcohol use, Unsafe Behaviour, Smoking
unhealthy eating, Diet and sedentary life
style).
Unit-III
Promoting and maintaining health coping
with stress: Biological, Socio-Cultural and
Spiritually- Oriented Interventions, Self
Management : Increasing self awareness:
Yoga
&
Meditation,
Biofeedback,
Assertiveness Training, Time management,
coping with Organizational Stress.
Unit- IV
Counselling:
Concepts and Process of
Counselling, Developing Counselling skills,
Listening;
Empathy,
Acceptance,
Questioning,
Managing
Silence,
Conversational Skills, Crisis Intervention,
Specialized Techniques for Counselling in
Industrial Organizations.
Readings:Cartwight,S. & Cooper, C.L.(1997)Managing Work Place Stress. New Delhi,
Sage.
Cooper, C. & Payne, R.(1988)-Coping and
Consequences of stress at work. Chichester:
Wiley.
Pestonjee, D.M.(1999)- Stress and Coping:
The Indian Experiences, New Delhi.
Pareek, U.(1993)- Making Organizational
roles effective, New Delhi.: Tata McGraw
Hill.
Founta.D.M.(1996)- Managing Stress. Excel
Book, The British Psychological Society.
Srivastava, Sumitra (Managing Stress). New
Delhi, Ocean Books(P) Ltd.
Bohart, A.C. & Cold Todd.(1998)Foundations of Clinical and Counselling
Psychology, Harper Collins Publisher.
Gelso, C.J. & Pretz.,B.R. (1995)Counselling Psychology, Banglore, India,
Prism Book.
Mc Leod, John(1998)- An Introduction to
Counselling.(Second Edt.) Buckingham.
Rao,
Narayan(1995)
Counselling
Psychology, Tata McGraw Hill, New delhi.
PaperMarks:100
IV
Applications of computer in HRD and
Management Information System
Unit- I
Fundamental of Computers: Memories,
ALU,CPU, I/O devices, Concepts of
hardware and software, DOS Commands,
Idea of High level language, Computer 7
Interpreter, Windows 98.
Unit-II
Database management system, Database
Planning and Design, DBMS-FOXPRO 6.2,
Solution of various problems in Business.
Unit-III
Introduction to word processing, Software
Packages,
MS-Office
(Word,
Excel,
PowerPoint, Access) and its applications.
Solutions of Business Problems.
Unit-IV
Management of Information System( MIS) :
Concepts and needs, Planning and
Programming, MIS Design: Cross and
detailed system, implementations of MIS.
Readings:Basandra, S.K.,(1996)- Computers for
Managers,
Designing
an
Effective
Management Information System, Abhinav
Pub. Industries, New Delhi.
Mehta, Versha (1998)Information
System,
Publication.,New Delhi.
Management
Anmol
Diwan, Parag,(1997)- Information System
Management, Deep and Deep Publication.
New Delhi.
Paper- V
Marks:200
Practicals
a)
Tests
Marks: 100
and
b)
Summer
Marks:100
Training
Case
and
Department of
Psychology
Studies
Report
University of Lucknow
Lucknow
PG Diploma in Counseling
Psychology (One Year)
(From the session 2006-07
onwards)
SEMESTER-I
Paper 1 – Theoretical
Perspectives (100 Marks)
Unit
I:
Psychodynamic
(Freud)
–
Theoretical Yields from the Early Cases,
The importance of the unconscious; the
cathartic method; Origin, Meaning and
Characteristics of Symptoms; Defense
and Resistance; Meta-Psychology of
Repression; Dream Content and Dream
work; Therapeutic Techniques.
Unit II : Behavior Therapy
Principles of Learning the Development
of Abnormal Behavior; Features common
to all behavior therapies, therapeutic
techniques
based
on
classical
and
instrumental conditioning, extinction and
social learning.
Unit III : Cognitive Therapy
Beck’s Cognitive Therapy – Primary
forms of information processing bias and
psychological distress; protoschemata;
modes, conscious control system, the
cognitive triad.
Ellis’s Rational Emotive Therapy –
Irrational beliefs, effect of cognition on
behavior, the A, B, C, D, E Model.
Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy – Goals,
behavioral and cognitive techniques.
Unit IV : Humanistic Approach
Person Centered – Model of the person:
Multiple realities, personal constructs
and
values,
process
orientation,
internality, authority and individualism,
experiencing qualities of an effective
counselor, core conditions of therapeutic
change, kinds of rogerian responses.
Paper II – Assessment (100
Marks)
Unit I : The purposes of Clinical
Assessment
Some
Common
Assessment:
Forms
of
Interview, case study,
mental status examination (MSE and
MMSE).
Unit II : Intellectual Assessment :
WAIS, WISC, progressive matrices –
standard, color, advance.
Unit III : Personality Assessment:
Approaches, types of projective tests,
TAT, Rorschach sentence completion,
paper-pencil tests : MMPI.
Unit IV : Neuropsychological: BenderGestalt
Test,
COMDEX-R
(a
Neuropsychological battery for elderly),
Ray complex figure test.
Paper III – Diagnosis &
Intervention (100 Marks)
Unit
1:
diagnostic
diagnosis,
Diagnosis:
History,
efficiency,
statistical
goals,
differential
vs
clinical
prediction,
reliability
and
validity
of
diagnosis.
Unit II: Current Diagnostic System:
DSM IV – Diagnostic Axes, ICD-10,
different
versions
of
ICD-10;
methodological considerations, criticisms
of
current
diagnostic
systems
identification criteria (in brief) for Axis I
Disorders.
Unit III: Therapeutic Interventions for:
Schizophrenia,
disorder,
obsessive-compulsive
depressive
and
bipolar
disorders, conversion disorder, insomnia.
Unit IV: Life Style Interventions: Stress
proneness-type A, B, C Personality,
hardy personality, “Kiasu” personality,
stress and illness, sedentary lifestyle, life
change, health implications of alcohol,
caffeine, nicotine, exercise, nutrition,
obesity, optimism and happiness.
Paper IV – Brief Counselling and
Counselling Skills (100 Marks)
Unit
I:
Brief
Characteristics,
Counselling:
Models,
the
solution
focused mind set, key steps.
Unit
II:
Speeding
Strategies,
laughter
the
in
role
Up
of
increasing
Action:
humor
the
flow
and
of
counseling, positive asset search.
Unit
III:
listening,
Basic
Skills:
questioning,
Attending,
paraphrasing,
summarizing.
Unit IV: Advance Skills: Reflection of
feelings
and
meaning,
empathic
understanding, influencing, confronting
and disputing.
References
Bankart, C.P. (1997) Talking Cures: A
History
of
Western
&
Eastern
Psychotherapies.
Bohart,
A.C.
&
Todd,
J.
(1998)
Foundations of Clinical & Counselling
Psychology.
Culley, S. (2004) Integrative Counselling
Skills in Action.
Dryden, W. & Neenam, M. (2004)
Rational Emotive Behavioral Counselling
in Action.
Littrel, J.M. (1998) Brief Counselling in
Action.
McCleod, J. (1998) An Introduction to
Counselling (Second Edition).
Nelson-Jones, R. (2005) Introduction to
Counselling Skills.
Nietzel, M.T., Bernstein, D.R. & Milich,
R. (1994) Clinical Psychology.
Practical:
(A) A brief literature review on any
one topic
(50 Marks)
(B) Counselling Skills Practice in the
Field / Demonstration of Skills
(50 Marks)
(C) Diagnosis and Testing – Lab
Work
(100 Marks)
SEMESTER – II
Paper I – Counseling Children
(100 Marks)
Unit I: Historical Background and Key
Concepts: Contemporary Ideas, goals,
the process of child therapy, the initial
assessment phase, joining with the child,
inviting and enabling the child to tell their
story helping the child to think and
behave in different ways the child’s
internal process of therapeutic change.
Unit II: Some Common Disorders of
Childhood (in Brief): Identification and
Management
of
learning
disability,
ADHD, Autism, Mental retardation.
Unit III: Counselling Children from the
Positive Psychology Mindset: Helping
children
deal
with
their
feelings,
engaging cooperation, alternatives to
punishment, encouraging autonomy, and
freeing children from playing roles.
Unit
IV:
Techniques
of
Child
Counseling: Play therapy: Selecting the
appropriate media and activities (In Brief)
– Working with clay, miniature animals,
sand tray work, drawing/painting, books
and
stories,
puppets
and
the
soft
imaginary
toys,
journey,
imaginative
pretend play.
The use of worksheets for building self
esteem and success identities, fostering
resilience.
Social
Skills
Training:
Overcoming
Shynees, expressing feelings, anger
management.
Paper II – Couple & Family
Counseling (100 Marks)
Unit
I:
Introduction:
Person-Centered
Elements
Couple
of
counseling,
marriage therapy as a triangle, schools
of
family
therapy
Communications,
(In
Brief)
–
Psychoanalytic,
multigenerational systems, experiential
systems, structural family therapy.
Unit II: Importance of Communication:
Communications as Bits and metaphorstherapy and the use of analogies, A
problem as a metaphor, viewing the
problem as a one person situation vs.
Family
situation.
Communication
–
sequence and hierarchy, power and
organization, conflicts.
Unit III: Key Concepts and Issues:
Fears of relational counselors, themes,
activities, the six core conditions, the site
of pathology.
Preparation for relational counseling.
Unit
IV:
Stages
of
Relational
Counseling:
Stage I: Getting started – Welcoming
each
client,
exploring,
anticipating
client’s concerns, modeling, explaining,
acknowledging
client’s
needs
and
purposes, generating hope.
Stage
II:
The
middle
of
relational
counseling – Emergence of complexity
and
strong
feeling,
clients
feeling
threatened and withdrawing, empathy,
congruence,
clarifying
presenting
problem, clarifying objectives, changing
the nature of conversation.
Stage III: Ending relational counseling.
Paper III – HIV/AIDS Counseling
(100 Marks)
Unit I: Basic Concepts: Overview of
HIV/AIDS epidemiology, principles of
HIV transmission, HIV testing, disease
progression, Anti-retroviral (ART). Public
involvement
and
education
for
prevention of HIV/AIDS. Ethical and legal
considerations.
Unit II: HIV/AIDS Counseling Related
Issues:
Pre-Test
&
Post-Test
HIV
Counseling, risk assessment, partner
disclosure, confidentiality, stigma and
discrimination, psychiatric complications,
pregnancy of HIV positive mothers,
breast
feeding
concerns,
grief
and
bereavement counseling.
Unit III: Targeted Intervention: Youth,
men having sex with men (MSM),
intravenous
drug
users
(IDU),
commercial sex workers (CSW), mobile
populations.
Unit IV: Counselor’s Role at ICTC and
PPTCT,
values,
Counselors’
counseling
counseling
for
attitudes
for
treatment
and
prevention,
adherence,
strategies for promoting adherence. Care
and support for the infected and the
affected.
Supportive care for the caregivers.
Paper IV – Disability &
Rehabilitation Counseling (100
Marks)
Unit I: Disability: Types, identification,
causes
and
prevention,
genetic
counseling legal aspects: Person with
disability (PWD) Act, RCI Act, state and
national policies for PWD.
Unit II: Assessment of Disability:
Criterion reference test (CRT), Norm
reference test (NRT0, economic and
social
problem
stigma,
need
behavior
assessment,
assessment,
skill
assessment.
Unit
III:
Training
Enhancement:
problem
and
Symptom
behavior
Skill
reduction,
management,
personality development, skill training,
occupational and vocational training.
Unit
IV:
Rehabilitation:
Needs
&
Objectives, work settings of rehabilitation
psychologists,
rehabilitation
community
community
(CBR)
based
approaches,
mobilization,
referral
services.
References:
Aldwin, C.M. & Gilmer, D.F. (2003)
Health, illness & optimal aging: biological
and sociological perspectives.
Cowie, H., Boardman, C., Dawkins, J.
& Jennifer, D. (2004) Emotional health
&
well-being:
schools.
A
practical
guide
to
Faber, A. & Mazlish, E. (1980) How to
talk so kids would listen & listen so kids
would talk.
Geldard, K. & Geldard, D. (2002)
Counseling Children. Second Edition.
Stage Publications.
Greenhalgh, Paul (1994) Emotional
growth and learning.
Haley,
J.
(1987)
Problem
solving
therapy, second edition, Jossey-Bass
publishers.
Lowe, R. (2004) Family therapy: A
constructive approach.
NACO Manual for HIV/AIDS Counseling
(2004 and 2005)
Neals, J.M., Davison, G.C. & Haaga,
D.A.
(1996)
Exploring
abnormal
psychology. John Wiley & Sons.
O’Leary,
C.J.
(1999)
Counseling
couples & families: A person centered
approach. Sage publications.
Rosenthal,
H.G.
(1998)
Favorite
counseling & therapy techniques.
Sengupta,
Bipasha
(1998)
Ever
forward: A special book for special
people. 3rd Edition.
Venkatesan, S. (2004) Children with
developmental disabilities.
Practical:
(A)
A brief literature review on any one topic.
(50 Marks)
(B)
Field Training/Case report focusing on at
least 1 case study from each of the above
four areas.
(C)
(50 Marks)
Tests/ Experiments/Role Plays – Lab
work.
(100 Marks)
Ph.D Course Work (20132014 onwards)
a) Research Methods
Marks: 80
UNIT I

Basic Research Issues
Types of Research, Research Approaches, Research
Problem, Research Design. Basic principles of
Experimental, Quasi-experimental & Correlational
Research Design. Mixed Method Research Design.
Design complexity: nesting, latin square design.

Types of variables, Importance of generating hypothesis,
Types of hypotheses, Null Hypothesis Significance
Testing.(NHST) and effect size.

The APA Ethics Code for Research with Human
Participants.

Psychometric worth of data, The maxmimcon principle;
Item Response Theory.
UNIT II
Data Collection and Sampling

Questionnaire, Interview, Survey, Content Analysis,
Observation: Types of Observation.

Rating scales: Types, Construction of scales, Problems
of response style and biases.
Sampling: Types, Methods of drawing random sample,
Simple and stratified sampling, Cluster sampling, Quota
sampling, Purposive sampling, Accidental sampling,
Snow-ball sampling, Saturation sampling.


Sampling errors.
UNIT III
Analysis and Interpretation

Quantitative Data Analysis: Parametric and nonparametric tests &Meta analysis, Qualitative Data
Analysis : Discourse analysis, Narrative analysis,
Survival analysis,

Factorial Experiments, unequal N and nonorthogonality,
fixed and random effects, pearson product moment
correlation, ANOVA, ANCOVA.& MANOVA

Regression analysis: stepwise multiple regressions,
moderated multiple regression analysis, subgroup
analysis.

Factor Analysis: rotation in factor analysis, handling of
missing data. Time Series Analysis.
UNIT IV
Use of Computer and Report Writing




Data Analysis with SPSS
Reporting the Data: Statistics, Portraying the Data:
Tables and Figures.
APA Style for Report writing, Bias in Language,
Plagiarism
Writing of Research Papers and references.
b)
20 Marks
Presentation
Books Recommended
APA (VI th edition) for report writing.
APA Manual for conducting research on human participant.
Anastasi.A. & Urbina.S. (2003). Psychological Testing, New
Delhi, Prentice Hall Of India Pvt. Ltd.,
Aronson, E and Ellsworth D.C, Carlsmith, J.M., Gonzales, M.I.
(1990) Methods of Research in Social Psychology. McGraw
Hill International Edition
Breakwell, G.M., Hammond, S & Schow, C.F. (Edited) (1995).
Research Methods in Psychology. Sage Publications.
Davey, Adam.& Sarla Jyoti(2010). Statistical Power Analysis
with Missing Data: A Structural Equation Modelling Approach.
Routledge,Taylor & Francis New York.
Ebnes, D.G, Kantowitz, B.M, Roediger,H.L. (1989). Research
Methods in Psychology. West Publishing Company
Edwards, A. L. (1972) : Experimental Design in Psychological
Research, N.Y. : Holt Rinehart & Winston.
Field, Andy(2000):Discovering Statistics Using SPSS for
Windows.: Sage Publications.
Garrett, H. E. (1961) : Statistics in Psychology and Education,
Bombay : Allied Pacific Pvt. Ltd.,
Greenberg, J and Folger, R (1988). Controversial Issues in
Social Research Method. New York. Springerverlag
Guilford,J.P.(1968): Psychometric Methods;N.Y.:McGraw Hill
Kaplan,R.M.& Saccuzzo,D.P.(2001): Psychological
Testing,Principles,Applications,And Issues:Wadsworth
Publications