Which is better Lecturer between Psychology and History?

I want to become a Lecturer? Please tell me which is the best choice for to be a Lecturer between Psychology and History? Also tell me about the entrance test for become a Lecturer?

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As you say that you want to become a Lecturer. Both the choices are good Psychology and History. The selection is depends on your interest and is depends that in which subject you have completed your post-graduation.

If you want to become Lecturer then you should need to clear the UGC NET exam. The basic objective of the UGC NET exam is to determine eligibility for college & university level lectureship and for award of Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) for Indian nationals in order to ensure minimum standards for the entrants in the teaching profession and research.

Eligibility:

The applicants who have secured at least 55% marks (without rounding off) in Master’s Degree OR equivalent examinations from universities/institutions recognized by UGC are eligible for this test.


Here I am uploading a file that contains the UGC NET Psychology and History syllabus. You can download this from here. The syllabus is looks like as follows:

UGC NET Psychology Paper II

1. Perceptual Processes
Approaches to the Study of Perception : Gestalt and physiological approaches.
Perceptual Organization : Gestalt, Figure and Ground, Laws of Organization.
Perceptual Constancy : Size, Shape and Brightness, Illusion; Perception of Depth and Movements.
Role of motivation and learning in perception.

2. Learning Process
Classical conditioning : Procedure, Phenomena and related issues.
Instrumental learning : Phenomena, Paradigms and theoretical issues.
Reinforcement: Basic variables and schedules.
Verbal learning : Methods and materials, organizational processes.

UGC NET Psychology syllabus
UGC NET Psychology Paper II
1. Perceptual Processes
• Approaches to the Study of Perception : Gestalt and physiological approaches.
• Perceptual Organization : Gestalt, Figure and Ground, Laws of Organization.
• Perceptual Constancy : Size, Shape and Brightness, Illusion; Perception of Depth and Movements.
• Role of motivation and learning in perception.
2. Learning Process
• Classical conditioning : Procedure, Phenomena and related issues.
• Instrumental learning : Phenomena, Paradigms and theoretical issues.
• Reinforcement: Basic variables and schedules.
• Verbal learning : Methods and materials, organizational processes.
3. Memory and forgetting
• Memory Processes : Encoding, Storage, Retrieval.
• Stages of Memory : Sensory memory, Short – term Memory ( STM ) and Long – term Memory ( LTM ).
• Episodic and Semantic memory.
• Theories of Forgetting : Interference, decay, retrieval.
4. Thinking and Problem Solving
• Theories of thought processes : Associationism, Gestalt, Information processing.
• Concept formation : Rules and strategies.
• Reasoning : Deductive and inductive.
• Problem – Solving : Type and strategies.
• Role of concepts in thinking.

UGC NET History syllabus




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