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15th June 2015, 09:07 AM
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Jamia Millia Islamia Psychology Syllabus
I am planning to take admission in Jamia Millia Islamia for BA(Hons.)(Psychology) course . Will you please provide the overview of BA Hons. Psychology Syllabus ?
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15th June 2015, 10:27 AM
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Re: Jamia Millia Islamia Psychology Syllabus
As you are looking for the BA Hons. Psychology Syllabus of Jamia Millia Islamia , here I am providing same for you . Semester-I Basic Psychological Processes I Physiological Psychology Practicum: Experiments I Semester-II Basic Psychological Processes II Life Span Development Practicum: Experiments II Semester-III Social Psychology Abnormal Psychology Practicum: Testing I Semester-IV Understanding Personality Organizational Psychology Practicum: Testing II Semester-V Systems of Psychology Research Methods Personnel Psychology Measurement & Tests Practicum: Test Construction Semester-VI Guidance & Counseling Health & Wellbeing Statistics in Psychology Disability & Rehabilitation Field Training(viva-voce) SEMESTER I BSY 1: BASIC PSYCHOLOGICAL PROCESSES I M. Marks: 100 Course Objectives: To acquaint and enrich students’ understanding of major concepts, theoretical perspectives, and research findings in psychology. The course also enables students to develop an insight into their own and others’ behaviour and underlying mental processes. UNIT-I: Introduction i) What is Psychology? Is Psychology a science? ii) Perspectives: Psychodynamic, behaviorist, humanistic and cognitive. iii) Methods: Observation, case study, survey, interview and experimental method. UNIT-II: Sensation, Attention and Perception i) Nature of sensation; absolute and deferential thresholds. ii) Nature and span of attention; selected and divided attention. iii) Nature of perception-perceptual organization; depth perception and illusion UNIT-III: Learning i) Nature of learning; classical conditioning theory of learning. ii) Operant conditioning theory of learning. iii) Social and cognitive learning theory. Recommended Readings: 1. Morgan, C.T., King, R.A., Weiss, J.R, and Schopler, J. (1993). Introduction to Psychology. New York: Tata McGraw Hill. 2. Ciccarelli, S.K., & Meyer, G.E. (2007). Psychology. (South Asian Edition). India: Pearson Education Inc. 3. Eysenck, M.W., (2009). Fundamentals of Psychology. Slovenia:Psychology Press. 4. Feldman, R.S., (2009). Essentials of Understanding Psychology. New Delhi: Tata McGraw-Hill. BSY 2: PHYSIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY M. Marks: 100 Course Objectives: This paper introduces the main aspects of physiological psychology that underlie behavior and also helps students in understanding functional basis of behavioral relationships in understanding human behavior. UNIT- I: Introduction to Physiological Psychology i) Origin and nature of Physiological psychology; Evolution and natural selection. ii) Structure of cell, neuron & supporting cells iii) Neuronal communication, action potential and synaptic transmission. UNIT- II: Nervous System i) Basic features. ii) Central nervous system: Structure and functions. iii) Peripheral nervous system: Structure and functions. UNIT -III: Visual and Auditory System i) Anatomy of the visual system: Coding and analysis of visual information. ii) Anatomy of the ear : Coding and analysis of auditory information. iii) Somatosenses and olfaction. Recommended Readings: 1. Carlson, N.R. (2012). Foundations of physiological psychology, Sixth edition. New Delhi: Pearson Education. 2. Olton, D.S., Becker, J. T. & Handelmann, G. E. (1979). Hippocampus, space, and memory. Brain and Behavioral Science 2: 313–365. 3. Pinel, J. P. J. (2004). Biopsychology. Allyn and Bacon. 4. Wagner, H. L., & Silber, K. (2004). Physiological Psychology. New York: Garland Science. BSY 3: PRACTICUM: EXPERIMENT I M. Marks: 50 Course Objectives: To enable the students to understand the processes and steps involved in conducting the psychological experiments in laboratory setup. Students are supposed to conduct any four experiments based on the following. i) Maze learning ii) Recall and recognition iii) Transfer of training (Negative & Bilateral) iv) Knowledge of results on performance v) Span of attention vi) Role of set in problem solving. Recommended Readings: 1. Mohsin, S.M. (1982). Experiments in psychology. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidas. 2. Postman, L. & Eagan, J.P. (1985). Experimental psychology. New Delhi: Kalyani. 3. Robert, L.S. (2003). Experimental psychology: A case approach. New Delhi:Pearson Education. 4. Woodworth, R.S. & Schlosberg, H. (1971). Experimental psychology. Oxford & IBH. SEMESTER II BSY 4: BASIC PSYCHOLOGICAL PROCESSES II M. Marks: 100 Course Objectives: To acquaint and enrich students’ understanding of major concepts, theoretical perspectives, and research findings in psychology. The course also enables students to develop an insight into their own and others’ behavior and underlying mental processes. UNIT-I: Memory and Forgetting i) Nature and process of memory: Encoding, storage and retrieval. ii) Information processing model: Sensory, STM, LTM. iii) Nature of Forgetting; Theories of forgetting: Decay and Interference. UNIT II: Intelligence i) Concept, nature and historical perspective of Intelligence. ii) Nature-nurture controversy. iii) Gardner’s theory and Sternberg’s Triarchic theory of intelligence. UNIT-III: Emotion and Motivation i) Nature, expression and functions of emotions. ii) Nature and types of motives. Drive-reduction and Maslow’s theory of motivation. iii) Theories of emotion: James-Lange, Cannon-Bard and Schachter-Singer. Recommended Readings: 1. Morgan, C.T., King, R.A., Weiss, J.R; and Schopler, J. (1993). Introduction to Psychology. New York: Tata McGraw Hill. 2. Ciccarelli, S.K.; & Meyer, G.E. (2007). Psychology. (South Asian Edition). India: Pearson Education Inc. 3. Feldman, R.S., (2009). Essentials of Understanding Psychology. New Delhi: Tata McGraw-Hill. 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