SEMESTER WISE PROGRAMME STRUCTURE

M.A. Psychology Semester wise Syllabus

Semester-I

COURSE NAME OF COURSE L T P CREDITS CATEGARY

CODE
HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT 4 0 0 4 Major Paper
OF PSYCHOLOGY
APPLIED COGNITIVE 4 0 0 4 Major Paper
PSYCHOLOGY
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 5 0 0 5 Major Paper
ADVANCED SOCIAL 3 0 0 3 Minor Paper
PSYCHOLOGY
ADVANCED SOCIAL 0 0 2 1 Practical
PSYCHOLOGY LAB
CASE STUDY 0 0 4 2 Practical
SEMINAR AND GROUP 0 0 2 1 Practical
DISSCUSSION
TOTAL NO. OF CREDITS- 1stSEMESTER=20

COURSE CATEGORY COURSE NAME L T P C

CODE
Compulsory HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF 4 1 0 5
PSYCHOLOGY

Course Learning Objectives:

• To acquaint the student with a wider (global) history of psychology in general and India in
particular.
• To highlight the paradigms and dominant concerns of mainstream Euro American psychology,
and issues therein.
• To elucidate the major paradigms of psychological knowledge in India and highlight the
contribution of Indian knowledge systems.
• To critically appreciate the significant contributions of major schools of Psychology evolved in
Eastern and Western traditions.
Course Contents:
Unit I
Historical Evolution- Introduction to psychological thought— Early roots of Psychology,
Psychology as a study of Soul & Consciousness, Emergence and Birth of Psychology as a scientific
discipline in Euro-American tradition. Six important paradigms of Western psychology:
Positivism, Post- positivism, the critical perspective, Social constructionism, existential
phenomenology, and cooperative enquiry. Issues: Crisis in psychology due to strict adherence to
experimental-analytical paradigm (logical empiricism); Move from modern to Postmodern
Psychology; Indic influences on modern psychology.

Unit II
Perspectives & Paradigms in Psychology; Psychodynamic Perspective, Behaviouristic
Perspective, Humanistic &Existential Perspective, Cognitive Perspective, Socio-Cultural
perspective, Biopsychological perspective. Behaviouristic Perspective—Learning Paradigms,
Classical conditioning, Operant conditioning & Social Cognitive Learning. Socio-cultural
Perspective—Learning Paradigms, Classical conditioning, Operant conditioning & Social
Cognitive Learning.
Unit III
Cognitive Perspective Approaches in Cognitive Psychology: Information Processing Approach,
Connectionist Approach, Ecological Approach, Linguistic approach, Effect of drugs on cognitive
performance. Attention & Perception—Concept and theories of attention; Form, Depth
&Movement Perception, Plasticity in Perception, Effect of Nature & Nurture on perception,
Improving visual and auditory perception in everyday life. Thinking & Memory—Role of mental
imagery & language in thinking; Memory as a process, Three stage model, Levels of Processing
theory, Everyday memory, Working memory, Memory Improvement, Eye-witness testimony.
Unit IV

Existential, Humanistic & Indian Psychology Existential Philosophy & thought—Influence of

Existential philosophy on Psychology, Early existential thinkers, Existential Search for Meaning
& Anxiety Humanistic Perspective—Emergence of Humanism & Humanistic Thinking,
Humanistic perspective as Third force in psychology, Early humanistic thinkers-Carl Rogers,
Abraham Maslow

Unit V
Indian Psychology: The primacy of self-knowledge, Major Indian systems influencing and
exploring mind and behaviour: Vedas, Upanishads, Bhagavad Gita, Tantra, Buddhism, Sufism,
Kriya Yoga and Integral Yoga of Sri Aurobindo, Emergence of Indian psychology in academia.

Course Outcomes:

• To understand how historical trends and events have influenced the development of
Psychology as a scientific discipline.
 • To demonstrate an understanding of major questions/ideas that has driven psychological
thought throughout its history.
• To examine the historical context including political and cultural contexts within which the
development of psychology as a discipline has taken place.
• To understand perspectives and current trends in psychology in India.

RECOMMENDED TEXT BOOKS:

• Bhatia, S. (2002). Orientalism in Euro-American and Indian psychology: Historical
representations of ―natives‖ in colonial and postcolonial contexts. History of Psychology, 5(4),
376–398.
• Brock, A. C. (2006). Internationalizing the history of psychology. New York:New York
University Press.
• Brysbaert, M., & Rastle, K. (2009). Historical and conceptual issues in psychology. New Delhi,
India: Pearson Educational.

• Chalmers, A. F. (1982). What is this thing called science? Queensland, Australia: University of
Queensland Press.
• Corelissen, R. M., Misra, G., & Varma, S. (Eds.) (2014). Foundations and applications of Indian
psychology. New Delhi, India: Pearson.
• Gergen, K. J. (1990). Toward a postmodern psychology. The Humanistic Psychologist, 18(1),
23.
• Guba, E. G. (1990). The alternative paradigm dialog. In E. G. Guba (Ed.), The paradigm dialog
(pp. 17-30). New Delhi, India: Sage.
• Heron, J., & Reason, P. (1995). Cooperative enquiry. In J. A. Smith, R. Harre & L. Van
Langenhove (Eds.), Rethinking methods in psychology. New Delhi,

India: Sage.
• Joshi, K. (2009). Integral yoga: Major aims, methods, processes, and results. New Delhi, India:
The Mother‘s Institute of Research.
• Joshi, K. (2009). The new synthesis of yoga. New Delhi, India: The Mother‘s Institute of
Research.

• Leahey, T. H. (2004). A history of psychology: Main currents in psychological thought (6th ed.).
Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall.
 COURSE CATEGORY COURSE NAME L T P C
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Compulsory Applied Cognitive Psychology 4 0 0 4

Course Objectives
•Facilitate the learning of traditional and emergent fields of cognitive neuropsychology.
•Understand-brain-behavior relationship in day to day life
•Explore the practical implications of cognitive processes in human performance
Unit I

Introduction to applied cognitive psychology: Philosophical antecedents, Emergence of

Cognitive psychology. Approaches and key issues.
Unit II
Cognitive neuroscience: Organization of Nervous system: Cognition in the Brain. Sensation to
representation. Theoretical approaches to perception, Deficits in perception. Attention and
consciousness,
Memory: Models, Types and Flashbulb Memory; Eyewitness Memory; Practical Applications of
Cognitive Psychology in improving memory processes, Representations and manipulation of
Knowledge in: Images and Propositions: Spatial cognition and Cognitive Map.
Unit III
Language: Nature and Acquisition: Bilingualism and Multilingualism Reading: Bottom-up and
Top-down processes, Comprehension, Neuropsychology of Language.
Unit IV
Problem-solving and Creativity: Practical applications of cognitive psychology. Decision-making
and reasoning: Deductive reasoning and inductive reasoning. . Creativity: Definition, and
Approaches: Torrance, Getzels and Jackson, Guilford, Wallach and Kogan.
Unit V
Human and artificial intelligence: Information possessing and intelligence, alternative approaches
to Intelligence. Computer simulation, improving intelligence.
Course Outcomes
•Develop historical cognitive psychology.
•Organize the basic cognitive functions from an information processing perspective.
•Understand people' behavior in selected areas such as risk assessment, environmental behavior,
clinical dysfunction or therapeutic intervention in relevance of higher cognitive processes.
RECOMMENDED TEXT BOOKS:
•Arnold P. Goldstein, & L. Krasner,(1987). Modern Applied Psychology. Elsevier Science Ltd.
•Durso, F. T. (2007). Handbook of Applied Cognition (2nd Ed). New West Sussex : Wiley & Sons.
•Esgate, A. et al. (2005). An Introduction to Applied Cognitive Psychology. Psychology Press:
New York.
•Sternberg, R. J. (Ed.) (2000). Handbook of intelligence. New York: Cambridge University Press.
•Sternberg, R. J. (2009). Applied Cognitive Psychology: Perceiving Learning and Remembering.
Australia: Cengage Learning.

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 COURSE CATEGORY COURSE NAME L T P C
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Compulsory RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 4 0 0 4

Course Objectives:
1.The objective of the course is to equip the students with the concept and methods of Social
Science Research.

2.To plan and design social science research using scientific and statistical methods.
Unit I
An overview: Research process, Types of Research - Exploratory Research, Descriptive Research,
Causal Research, Analytical Research, Problem formulation, Management problem v/s. Research
problem, Approaches to Research, Importance of literature review, Research Design: Steps
involved in a research design
Unit II
Sampling and sampling distribution: Meaning, Steps in Sampling process, Types of Sampling -
Probability and Non probability Sampling Techniques, Data collection: Primary and Secondary
data – Sources – Advantages/Disadvantages ,Data collection Methods: Observations, Survey,
Interview and Questionnaire design, Qualitative Techniques of data collection.
Unit III
Measurement and Scaling Techniques: Nominal Scale, Ordinal Scale, Interval Scale, Ratio Scale,
Criteria for good measurement, Attitude measurement – Likert’s Scale, Semantic Differential
Scale, Thurston-equal appearing interval scale
Unit IV

Statistical Tools for Data Analysis: Measures of central tendency - Mean, Median, Mode
,Quartiles, Deciles and Percentiles, Measures of Dispersion: Standard Deviation – Variance –
Coefficient of Variance, Skewness, Correlation - Karl Pearson’s coefficient of Correlation, Rank
Correlation, Regression: Method of Least Squares, Formulation of hypothesis, Testing of
hypothesis, Type I and Type II Errors, Parametric tests: Z-Test, t-test, F-test, Analysis of Variance
– One-Way and Two-way classification.
Non parametric tests - Chi-Square test
Unit V
Report writing: Reporting Research, Types of reports, Characteristics of a research report.
Course Outcomes :

• Demonstrate understanding of research methodology.

 • Apply the statistical concepts in social research.
• Validate statistical statements relating to social research.

RECOMMENDED TEXT BOOKS:

• Aczel and Sounderpandian (2008). Complete Business Statistics. Tata-McGraw Hill,

Latest Edition.
• Anderson, Sweeney, William, Cam (2014). Statistics for Business and Economics.
Cengage Learning, Latest Edition.
• Cooper Donald R and Schindler Pamela S. (2006). Business Research Methods. McGraw-
Hill Education, Latest Edition.
• Gupta S. P. (2014). Statistical Methods. Sultan Chand and Sons, Latest Edition.
• Kothari C. R. (2004). Research Methodology. Vishwa Prakashan, Latest Edition.
• Krishnaswami O. R., Ranganatham M. (2011). Methodology of Research in Social
Sciences. Himalaya Publishing House, Latest Edition.
• Levin and Rubin (2008). Statistics for Management. Dorling Kindersley Pvt Ltd, Latest
Edition..Malhotra Naresh K. (2008). Marketing Research. Pearson publishers, Latest
Edition.
• Sekaran Uma (2003). Research Methods for Business. Wiley India, Latest Edition.
• Zikmund, Babin, Carr, Griffin (2003). Business Research Methods. Cengage Learning,
India, Latest Edition.

COURSE CATEGORY COURSE NAME L T P C

CODE
Minor ADVANCED SOCIAL 4 0 0 4
PSYCHOLOGY

Course Objectives:

• To understand the use of social psychological perspectives to explore humanexperiences

and behaviour within social situations or socio-historical context.
• To develop insights about the basic assumptions and scope of socialpsychological
perspectives.
• To learn the use of research methodologies in social psychology.
• To explore the use of social psychological perspectives in addressing theissues and
problems of the real world.

Unit I
Introduction- Definition of advanced social psychology, Brief history of advanced social
psychology (special emphasis on India), Nature of advanced social psychology, Scope of advanced
social psychology, approaches towards understanding social behaviour, psychology and other
sciences, Methods of social psychology: Experimental and Co-relational methods
Unit II
Individual level processes- Person perception: attribution-theories, biases and Errors, Attitude:
Definition of Attitudes, Nature of Attitudes, Characteristics of Attitudes: Measurable attributes in
attitude), Development and formation of Attitudes, Attitude change.

Unit III
Social norms and conformity; Definition of social norms, Characteristics of Social norms
Formation of social norms, Factors influencing conformity. Socialization, population, and health;
Meaning of socialization, Stages of socialization, Process of socialization, Agencies of
socialization, Causes of population growth, Measures for controlling population growth, Factors
in birth control.
Unit IV
Group dynamics: Key aspects of groups, leadership style and effectiveness, Theories of intergroup
relations (minimal group experiment and social identity theory, relative deprivation theory,
realistic conflict theory, equity theory), conflicts and resolution Intergroup conflict, Group
decision making, Crowd and social movements.
Unit V
Socialization and Social Influence Processes: Social context of development and socialization of
the child: the role of family, school and neighborhood, Social Exchange. Applications in real world
Application for whom and for what? Revisiting the meanings of ‗social‘ in social psychological
perspectives; exploring voice of end-users/stakeholders in social psychological perspectives;
challenges of societal development, Issues of gender, poverty, marginalization and social
suffering; facilitating wellbeing and self-growth in diverse cultural and socio-political contexts

Course Outcomes:

• Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in social psychology.

• Describe applications of social psychology.

RECOMMENDED TEXT BOOKS:

• Baron, R.A., Byrne, D. & Bhardwaj. G (2010).Social Psychology (12th Ed).New Delhi:
Pearson.
• Chadha, N.K. (2012). Social Psychology. MacMillan.
• Myers, D.G. (2008). Social psychology. New Delhi: Tata McGraw-Hill.
 • Krech, D. & Crutchfield, R. S. Theory and Problems of Social Psychology. McGraw Hill.
• Kuppuswamy. An Introduction to Social Psychology.Media Promoters and Publishers
Pvt Ltd.

COURSE CATEGORY COURSE NAME L T P C

CODE
Compulsory CASE STUDY 0 0 4 2

Each student would undergo supervised training for a period of 30 days (each semester) in an
institution related to the opted discipline specific area. A detailed report of the training would be
submitted to the institute concerned, at the end of the week, and full report to the Department
before the examination. Evaluation would be based on Report and viva-voce.

.To conduct Pre therapeutic interview, Mental status Examination, Recording of case history and
Case formulation on:-
Major Psychiatric Disorder/Personality Disorder
Mental Retardation/Developmental Disability
Neurological Disorder/substance dependence/convict
 COURSE CATEGORY COURSE NAME L T P C
CODE
Compulsory ADVANCED SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY 0 0 2 1
LAB

Course Objectives

• To help students translate into practice in a particular setting the concepts and principles
taught in the classroom.
• Critically evaluate empirical support for various theories and findings.
• Understand the interconnections of psychology with other disciplines.
• Use and evaluate research methods and designs.
Course Outcomes

• Speak and write effectively in the discourse of the discipline.

• Understand the ethical practice of scientific inquiry.
• Think scientifically, understanding the relationships between theories, observations, and
conclusions.