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Syllabus for the F.Y.B.A. Program : B.A. Course : Psychology

(Credit Based Semester and Grading System with effectfromtheacademicyear20112012)

ProgrammeBachelorofArts(B.A.) CreditBasedSemesterandGradingSystemwitheffectfromtheacademicyear2011 2012 Course Semester code UAPS101 I Fundamentals ofPsychology: PartI CourseTitle No.of lectures perweek 4 No.of lectures perterm 15lectures x4units= 60 No.of Credits Marks

100 (60Marks Semester End Assessment, 40Marks Internal Assessment)

UAPS102

II

Fundamentals ofPsychology: PartII

15lectures x4units= 60

100 (60Marks Semester End Assessment, 40Marks Internal Assessment)

InternalAssessmentper semester TwoClassTestsof10markseach Oneassignment Activeparticipationinclassinstructionaldeliveries Overallconductasaresponsiblestudent,mannerismandarticulation andexhibitofleadershipqualitiesinorganizingrelatedacademic activities Totalmarks

Marks 20 10 05 05

40

SyllabiforPsychologyCoreCourses(MajorElective)attheF.Y.B.A. Tobebroughtintoforcewitheffectfromtheacademicyear20112012 (SemestersIandII) Objectives: 1.ToimpartknowledgeofthebasicconceptsandmoderntrendsinPsychology 2. To foster interest in the subject of Psychology and to create a foundation for further studiesinPsychology 3. To make the students aware of the applications of Psychological concepts in various fieldssothattheyunderstandtherelevanceofPsychologyindifferentareasoflife. SemesterI.FundamentalsofPsychology:PartI(Credits=3) 4lecturesperweek;60lecturesperterm,15lecturesperunit Unit1.TheScienceofPsychology a)WhatisPsychology? b)Psychologythen:HistoryofPsychology c)Psychologynow:ModernPerspectives

d)TypesofPsychologicalprofessionals e)Psychology:TheScience f)EthicsofPsychologicalResearch g)Criticalthinking h)ApplyingPsychologytoeverydaylifeusingCriticalthinking Unit 2. The Biological Perspective

a)Neuronsandnerves:BuildingtheNetwork b)TheCentralNervousSystem c)ThePeripheralNervousSystem d)Insidethebrainandstructuresofthebrain e)Thechemicalconnection:theEndocrineglands f)ApplyingPsychologyDifferencesbetweenmaleandfemalebrains Unit 3. Learning a)DefinitionofLearning b)ClassicalConditioning c)OperantConditioning d)CognitiveLearningTheory e)ObservationalLearning

f)ApplyingPsychologyBehaviourmodificationofadevelopmentallychallengedchild Unit4.Memory a)Memory:Encoding,Storage,Retrieval b)ModelsofmemoryLOPandPDP c)Theinformationprocessingmodelsensory,shorttermandlongtermmemory d)RetrievalofLongTermMemories e)ThereconstructivenatureofLongTermMemoryRetrieval

f)Forgetting g)Memoryandthebrainthephysicalaspectsofmemory h)ApplyingPsychologyCurrentresearchinAlzheimersdisease SyllabusforPsychologyCoreCourseattheF.Y.B.A. SemesterII.FundamentalsofPsychology:PartII(Credits=3) 4lecturesperweek;60lecturesperterm,15lecturesperunit Unit1.Cognition:Thinking,IntelligenceandLanguage a) Howpeoplethink b) Intelligence c)Language d)ApplyingPsychologyMentalexercisesforbettercognitivehealth Unit2.MotivationandEmotion a)ApproachestounderstandingMotivation b)Hunger c)Emotion d)ApplyingPsychologyThehowtoofhappiness Unit3.AnoverviewofTheoriesofPersonality a)SigmundFreudandPsychoanalysis b)TheBehavioristviewofPersonality c)TheSocialCognitiveviewofPersonality d)HumanismandPersonality e)TraitTheories

f)ThebiologyofPersonality:BehavioralGenetics g)AssessmentofPersonality h)ApplyingPsychologyPersonalitytestingontheinternet Unit4.StatisticsinPsychology a)Whydopsychologistsusestatistics? b) Descriptive Statistics Frequency distributions, the Normal curve, other distribution types,skeweddistributions c)Measuresofcentraltendencymean,median,mode d)MeasuresofvariabilityrangeandSD;zscores e)InferentialStatisticsstatisticalsignificance f)Thecorrelationcoefficient BookforStudy Ciccarelli, S. K. & Meyer, G. E. (2008). Psychology. (Indian subcontinent adaptation).NewDelhi:DorlingKindersley(India)pvtltd. BooksforReference 1. Baron,R.A.,&Kalsher,M.J.(2008).Psychology:FromSciencetoPractice.(2nd ed.).PearsonEducationinc.,AllynandBacon 2. Ciccarelli,S.K.&Meyer,G.E.(2006).Psychology.PearsonEducationinc.and DorlingKindersleyPublishinginc.NewDelhi;firstIndianreprint2007 3. Coon,D.,&Mitterer,J.O.(2007).IntroductiontoPsychology:GatewaystoMind andBehaviour.(11thed.)Wadsworth/ThomsonLearningPublications,New Delhi;firstIndianreprint2007 4. Feldman,R.S.(2008).UnderstandingPsychology.(8thed.).McGrawHill Publications,NewYork

5. Kalat,J.W.(2005).IntroductiontoPsychology.(7thed.).WadsworthThomson LearningPublications,Belmont,USA. 6. Lahey,B.B.(2007).Psychology:AnIntroduction.(9thed.).McGrawHill Publications,NewYork 7. Passer,M.W.,&Smith,R.E.(2007).Psychology:TheScienceofMindand Behaviour.(3rded.)McGrawHillPublications,Internationaledition,NewYork 8. Wade,C.&Tavris,C.(2006).Psychology.(8thed.).PearsonEducationinc.,Indian reprintbyDorlingKindersley,NewDelhi 9. Wood,S.E.,Wood,E.G.,&Boyd,D.(2008).TheworldofPsychology.(6thed.). PearsonEducationinc.,AllynandBacon 10. Zimbardo,P.G.,Johnson,R.L.,&Weber,A.N.(2008).Psychology:Core Concepts.(5thed.).PearsonEducationinc.,AllynandBacon AdditionalReferences 1. Aamodt, M.G. (2004). Applied Industrial/Organizational Psychology. (4th ed). Wadsworth/ Thomson Learning 2. Bam, B. P. (2008). Winning Habits: Techniques for Excellence in Sports. New Delhi: Pearson Power, Dorling Kindersley India pvt ltd 3. Brannon, L. & Feist, J. (2007). Introduction to Health Psychology. New Delhi: Wadsworth Thomson Learning. First Indian reprint 2007 4. Ciccarelli, S. K. & Meyer, G. E. (2006). Psychology. Pearson Education inc. and Dorling Kindersley Publishing inc. New Delhi; first Indian reprint 2007 5. Greenberg, J. S. (2008). Comprehensive Stress Management. (10th ed). New York: McGraw Hill publications 6. Hariharan, M., & Rath, R. (2008). Coping with Life Stress: The Indian Experience. New Delhi: Sage publications India pvt ltd 7. Pareek,U.(2003).TrainingInstrumentsinHRDandOD(2nded.),TataMcGraw HillPublishingCompany,Mumbai 8. Weiten, W. & Lloyd, M.A. (2006). Psychology Applied to Modern Life Adjustment in the 21st century. (8th ed.) Cengage Learning India 9. Wilson, E. (2007). Stress Proof Your Life: 52 Brilliant Ideas for Taking Control. New Delhi: Pearson Power Note In order to enrich learning, the contents of the CD Live!Psych that accompanies the Book for Study (interactive media simulations, animations and experiments) should be integratedwithteachingthroughcomputerassisteddemonstrationsanddiscussions.

While teaching Unit 4 Statistics in Psychology in Semester II, raw scores can be generated by administering some simple Psychological scales/ Personality questionnaires available online on the websites mentioned in the Book for Study or included in some books like Comprehensive Stress Management by Greenberg (2008, 10th edition), Psychology Applied to Modern Life: Adjustment in the 21st century (Weiten, & Lloyd, 2006, 8th edition), Applied Industrial/ Organizational Psychology (Aamodt, 2004), Training Instruments in HRD and OD (Pareek, 2003). Or, the scores obtained by students on the Quiz given in each chapter can be used for data analysis. PsychologyCoreCourseattheF.Y.B.A. PatternofQuestionPaperforSemesterEndAssessment Tobebroughtintoforcewitheffectfromtheacademicyear20112012 Durationofexamination=2hoursMarks=60(persemester) All4questionscarry15marksandarecompulsory. Q. No. 1, 2, 3 and 4 will be on the 4 units taught in the semester and each will have 2 parts,AandB. TheApartcarrying5marks,willbeanyofthefollowingtypes i. Writeashortnote.(Any1outof2) ii. Explain the contributions made by or the theory given by the following. (Any 1 outof2names) iii. Discuss/Explain the following statements. (Any 1 out of 2 given statements which will be in quotation marks --------- ) iv. Differentiate between . and (Any 1 out of 2) v. Describe any one research study that investigated the following principle/ concept/ phenomenon. (Any 1 out of 2) vi. Explain the following with the help of a diagram/graph/flowchart. (Any 1 out of 2; 2 marks for diagram/graph/flowchart and 3 marks for the explanation) TheBpart,carrying10marks,willbeanyofthefollowingtypes i. Explain the terms in brief. (Any 5 out of 6, each having 2 marks) ii. Give reasons for the following. (Any 5 out of 6, each having 2 marks) iii. State whether the following statements are True or False and give the reason why True or False. (Any 5 out of 6, each having 2 marks)

 Example1 Marks Example2 A.Explainwithdiagram/ graph/flowchart(any1out of2) Marks 5

Q. On A. Explain contributions of / 5 1 theory.(Any1outof2) Unit 1 B.Givereasons(Any5outof 10 6,eachhaving2marks) Q. On A.Writeashortnote.(Any1 5 2 outof2) Unit B.TrueorFalsewithreasons 10 2 (Any5outof6,eachhaving 2marks) Q. On A. Differentiate between. 5 3 (Any1outof2) Unit 10 B.Explaintermsinbrief. 3 (Any5outof6,eachhaving 2marks) Q. On A.Describeresearchstudy. (Any1outof2) 4 Unit B.Explaintermsinbrief. (Any5outof6,eachhaving 4 2marks) 5 10

B. TrueorFalsewithreason 10 (Any5outof6,eachhaving 2marks) A. Discuss/Explain the 5 statement.(Any1outof2) 10 B. Explaintermsinbrief. (Any5outof6,eachhaving 2marks) A. Describe research study. 5 (Any1outof2) B.Givereasons (Any5out 10 of6,eachhaving2marks)

5 A.Differentiatebetween. (Any1outof2) B. TrueorFalsewithreason 10 (Any5outof6,eachhaving 2marks)

FortheQuestiononUnit4:StatisticsinPsychologyinSemesterII PartAwillbeWriteashortnote.(Any1outof2) Part B will be Calculation of Mean, Median, Mode, and Range of given raw scores.Thenumberofscoreswillbebetween9and12.Scorescanbe2digitor 3digit.Useofsimplecalculatorsisallowed.Themarksforeachareasfollows Mean5marks;Median3;Mode1;Range1.

Eachstepinthecalculationsshouldbewritten,asmarkswillbeassignedfor eachstep,andnotjustforthefinalanswer. 2ClassTestsineachsemester(10markspertest) Therewillbe2classtestspersemester,onany2unitsoutofthe4unitsforthat semester,asdecidedandannouncedbytheprofessor.Example SemesterIClassTestsonunit1and3,or1and4,oranyothercombinationof2units outof4. SemesterIIClassTestsonunit2and3,or1and4oranyothercombinationof2units outof4. Thetestscanbeconductedintheclassorifthetechnicalfacilitiesareavailable,they canbeconductedonline. PatternofQuestionPaperforClassTests Durationofexamination=45minutes;Marks=10pertest Thequestionscanbeanyofthefollowingtypes,accordingtosuitabilitytotheparticular unitandtheneedtovarythecombinationofunitandquestioneachyear. i. Write short notes. (Any 2 out of 3, each having 5 marks) ii. Explain the terms in brief. (Any 5 out of 7, each having 2 marks) iii. Fill in the blanks (Any 10 out of 14, each having 1 mark) iv. Multiple choice question, each item with 4 options (Any 10 out of 14, each having 1 mark) Example2 Example3 Example4 Example1 ClasstestonUnit1 ClasstestonUnit2 ClasstestonUnit3 ClasstestonUnit2 (10marks) (10marks) (10marks) (10marks) Writeshortnotes. Explainthetermsin Fillintheblanks Multiplechoice (Any2outof3,each brief. (Any10outof14, question having5marks) (Any5outof7,each eachhaving1 (Any10outof14, having2marks) mark) eachhaving1mark)

ImportantnoteThespecificquestionsaskedinClassTestsshouldnotberepeatedin theSemesterendexamination. Oneassignmentof10marksineachSemester Theprofessorshouldgiveanorientationaboutthetopicsofassignmentsandthenature ofassignments.Ahandoutmaybegiventothestudentsabouttherequirements/format ofthewrittenassignment.Theassignmentshouldbebasedonanyoneofthesubtopics fromthe 3 topics suggested. The assignment in each semester should be on a different subtopic.Assignmentscanbeanyofthefollowingtypes Smallsurveyusingaquestionnaire Fieldvisit/stoanInstitute/NGOandreportofthevisit/s ReviewofLiterature Bookreview Casestudy Preparation of charts/posters (educational aids), and class presentation/exhibition 7) Conductaworkshopforasmallgroup 8) Conduct any 2 experiments using the CD Live!Psych that accompanies the Book forStudyandwriteareport. 9) Interviewanexpert/professionalinthefield SuggestedTopics/subtopicsfortheassignments 1.PsychologyinIndia a) b) c) d) e) f) g) ThehistoryofPsychologyinIndia Currenttrendsinthefield ApplicationsofPsychology IndianPsychologistsandtheircontributions IndianinstitutionsandNGOsrelatedtoPsychology MisconceptionsaboutPsychologyandPsychologists EducationalandcareeroptionsforgraduatesandpostgraduatesinPsychology 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6)

 2.Consciousness:Sleep,Dreams,Hypnosis,andDrugs a)WhatisConsciousness?Definition,alteredstates b) Sleep the necessity of sleep, the price of not sleeping, the stages of sleep, REM sleep,REMmadness,murderousdreams,sleepdisorders,causesofsleepdeprivation c) Dreams Freuds interpretation, activationsynthesis hypothesis, what do people dreamabout? d) Hypnosis steps in Hypnotic induction, facts and myths what can Hypnosis really do,theoriesofHypnosis e) Psychoactive Drugs physical dependence, Psychological dependence, stimulants, depressants,alcohol,narcotics,hallucinogens,marijuana 3.StressandHealth a)StressDefinition,Stressors,cognitivefactorsinStress,sourcesofStress,Stressand suicide b)FactorsintheStressReactionGeneralAdaptationSyndrome,immunesystemand stress,personalityandStress,socialfactorsinStress c)Copingwithstressproblemfocusedcoping,emotionfocusedcoping,Psychological defencemechanisms,meditationasacopingmechanism,howcultureaffectscoping, howreligionaffectscoping d)Focusonwellness The written assignment to be submitted may be either typed or handwritten on A4 Size of paper. The Word limit is 750 to1000 words and Page limit is 3 to 5 pages (excluding the preliminary section of the assignment which may contain the Title page, Index, Declaration, Acknowledgements, List of Tables and Figures if applicable, and the last section which contains Bibliography and Appendix). Assignments of a very high qualitymaybegivenamaximumof9marksoutof10.

10markspersemester 5MarksforActiveparticipationinclassinstructionaldeliveriesand5Marksfor Overallconductasaresponsiblestudent,mannerismandarticulationandexhibitof leadershipqualitiesinorganizingrelatedacademicactivities Somepointersforthese2aspectsare 1. PunctualityandRegularity 2. Seriousnessandsincerityofpurpose 3. Submissionofreportofassignmentontime 4. InitiativestakenforonlineorlibraryreferencebeyondtheBookforstudy 5. Volunteeringforactivities/programmesrelatedtopsychology Example i. ii. iii. iv. v. Average/belowaverageattendanceandnoclassroomparticipation=1mark Highattendancebutnoclassroomparticipation=2marks HighAttendancewithoccasionalclassroomparticipation(askingquestions and/orgivinganswers)=3marks HighAttendancewithregularclassroomparticipation=4marks HighAttendancewitheffectiveclassroomparticipation(interestingquestionsand goodanswers,goodcontributions)ormakingaPowerPointororalpresentation onasubtopic=5marks

Leadershipqualitiesinorganizingprogrammes/activitieslike 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Fieldtrips Filmscreeninganddiscussion Talkbyguestspeakers Exhibition Quizorothercompetitions Groupguidance/awarenessprogrammes Skitsorroleplaysonpsychologyrelatedtopics Peercounsellingorhelpingacademicallyweakerstudents