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31st July 2015, 12:02 PM
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Re: IGNOU Syllabus for MA Psychology

Indira Gandhi National Open University was founded in 1985 and it is a distance learning national university and its run by the central government of India…

Here I am giving you MA Psychology syllabus of Indira Gandhi National Open University….

Structure of MA (Psychology)
Duration: 2 years
Year: 1
Course number Course Name Credits

MPC 001 Cognitive Psychology, Learning and Memory 4 credits
MPC 002 Life Span Psychology 4 credits
MPC 003 Personality: Theories and Assessment 4 credits
MPC 004 Advanced Social Psychology 4 credits
MPC 005 Research Methods in Psychology 4 credits
MPC 006 Statistics in Psychology 4 credits
MPCL 007 Practicals: Experimental Psychology and Psychological Testing 8 credits

Total Credits 32
Year 2
group A: Clinical Psychology

MPCE 011 Psychopathology 4 credits
MPCE 012 Psychodiagnostics 4 credits
MPCE 013 Psychotherapeutic methods 4 credits
MPCE 014 Practicals: Clinical 6 credits
MPCE 015 Field Work 8 credits
MPCE 016 Project 6 credits

Total Credits 32
group B. Counseling Psychology

MPCE 021 Counseling Psychology 4 credits
MPCE 022 Assessment in Counselling and Guidance 4 credits
MPCE 023 Interventions in counseling 4 credits
MPCE 024 Practicals: Counselling 6 credits
MPCE 025 Field Work 8 credits
MPCE 026 Project 6 credits

Total Credits 32
group C. Industrial and Organizational Psychology

MPCE 031 Organisational Behaviour (OBY) 4 credits
MPCE 032 Human Resource Development (HRD) 4 credits
MPCE 033 Organisational Development (OD) 4 credits
MPCE 034 Practicals: Industrial and Organisational Psychology 6 credits
MPCE 035 Field Work 8 credits
MPCE 036 Project 6 credits

Total Credits 32
001. Cognitive Psychology, Learning and memory
Block 1. Information Processing
Unit 1. Cognitive psychology

Unit 2. Information processing in learning and memory
Unit 3. Neuropsychological basis of learning and memory
Unit 4. Models of information processing (all the models)

Block 2. Intelligence and creativity
Unit 1. Theories of intelligence (G and S factor and the
model of JP Das)
Unit 2. Theories of multiple intelligence (Guilford,
Gardner and Steinberg)
Unit 3 Measurement of intelligence
Unit 4. Creativity and problem solving

Block 3. Language
Unit 1. Language acquisition (cognitive theory)
Unit 2. Language processing (comprehension and
language expression)
Unit 3. Multilingualism and cognition
Unit 4. Language and speech disorders

Block 4. Problem Solving
Unit 1. Nature of problem solving and processes
Unit 2. Stages and strategies of problem solving
Unit 3. Theoretical approaches to problem solving
Unit 4. Impediments in problem solving

002. Lifespan Psychology
Block 1.Prenatal, infancy and early childhood

Unit 1. Concept of development, growth and
development, life span perspective, methods of
studying development and characteristics of
development
Unit 2. Prenatal development (genetics, environment
influence and hazards of development)
Unit 3. Development during infancy (Physical,
psychosocial, cognitive and linguistic)
Unit 4. Early childhood (Physical, psychosocial, cognitive
and linguistic)

Block 2. Development during early school years (6-11)
Unit 1. Physical development
Unit 2 Cognitive, social, emotional and moral
development
Unit 3. Schooling and development
Unit 4. Identification of problems in school children and
remedial measures

Block 3. Development during adolescence
Unit 1. Physical changes
Unit 2. Cognitive changes
Unit 3. Identity, self concept, self esteem, peer group
relationship
Unit 4. Challenges and issues in adolescent development

Block 4. Adulthood and aging
Unit 1. Physical Changes (Early adulthood Middle age, old
age)
Unit 2. Cognitive changes (Early adulthood middle age,
old age)
Unit 3. Psychosocial changes (Early adulthood middle age,
old age)
Unit 4. Challenges and issues in aging process

003. Personality: Theories and assessment
Block 1. Personality : Theories and Assessment

Unit 1. Definition and Concept of personality and
personality development
Unit 2. State/trait approaches to personality
Unit 3. Assessment of personality
Unit.4. Key issues in personality

Block 2. Theories of personality I
Unit 1. Psychodynamic theory (including horney and
sullyvan)
Unit 2. Social cognitive theory of personality (bandura)
Unit 3. Learning theory of personality (Pavlov and Skinner)
Unit 4. Humanistic and self theory (Maslow, Rogers)

Block 3. Theories of personality II (Trait)
Unit 1. Allport
Unit 2. Cattell
Unit 3 Eysenck
Unit 4. The Big 5 factor model

Block 4. Assessment of personality
Unit 1 Introduction to assessment and testing
Unit 2. Approaches to personality assessment (self report,
problems of response in projective and
behavioural assessment)
Unit 3 Behavioural assessment
Unit 4. Other measures of personality

004. Advanced Social Psychology
Block 1. Introduction to Social psychology

Unit 1. Nature and concept of social psychology and
social psychology related to other disciplines.
Unit 2. Social Cognition (attribution theory)
Unit 3. Methods of social psychology (observation,
ethnography, correlational, experimental social
psychology)
Unit 4. Current trend in social psychology and ethical issues

Block 2. Process of Social Influence
Unit 1. The concept of social influence
Unit 2. Pro social behaviour and factors contributing to
prosocial behaviour
Unit 3. Inter personal attraction
Unit 4. Aggregation and violence

Block 3. Attitude, Stero-types, Prejudice and discrimination
Unit 1. Introduction to attitude and stereotypes
Unit 2. Formation of attitude and attitude change
Unit 3. Prejudice and discrimination
Unit 4. Social conflicts and resolution

Block 4. group Dynamics
Unit 1. Introduction to group, formation, types of group
Unit 2. Group dynamics
Unit 3. Social identity, crowding and crowd behaviour
Unit 4. Cooperation, competition and conflicts

005. Research methods
Block 1. Introduction to Research methods in psychology
Unit 1. Basic process/concept in research
Unit 2. Reliability and validity (external and internal)
Unit 3. Variables and constructs
Unit 4. Hypothesis formulation and sampling

Block 2. Types of Research
Unit 1. Survey Research
Unit 2. Ex-post facto Research
Unit 3. Experimental Research (field experiment)
Unit 4. Case Study

Block 3. Research Design
Unit 1. Experimental design: Single factor
Unit 2. Experimental design: factorial design
Unit 3. Quasi experimental design
Unit 4. Other designs (Coorelational design and
comparative design)

Block 4. Qualitative Research in Psychology
Unit 1. Introduction including ethnography
Unit 2. Grounded theory
Unit 3. Discourse analysis (content narrative)
Unit 4. Reporting and evaluating quality research







Rest of the syllabus here I am attaching pdf file which is free for download……..
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14th October 2019, 09:44 AM
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Re: IGNOU Syllabus for MA Psychology

here I am looking for IGNOU M.A.(Psychology) program syllabus so will you provide me same here or tell me from where I can do collect it ??
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14th October 2019, 09:47 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2012
Re: IGNOU Syllabus for MA Psychology

As you are asking for IGNOU M.A.(Psychology) program syllabus so on your demand I am providing same here :

Structure of mA (Psychology) Course (mAPC)
Duration: 2 years
Year: 1
Course number Course Name Credits
MPC 001 Cognitive Psychology, Learning and Memory 4 credits
MPC 002 Life Span Psychology 4 credits
MPC 003 Personality: Theories and Assessment 4 credits
MPC 004 Advanced Social Psychology 4 credits
MPC 005 Research Methods in Psychology 4 credits
MPC 006 Statistics in Psychology 4 credits
MPCL 007 Practicals: Experimental Psychology and Psychological Testing 8 credits
Total Credits 32
Year 2
group A: Clinical Psychology
MPCE 011 Psychopathology 4 credits
MPCE 012 Psychodiagnostics 4 credits
MPCE 013 Psychotherapeutic methods 4 credits
MPCE 014 Practicals: Clinical 6 credits
MPCE 015 Field Work 8 credits
MPCE 016 Project 6 credits
Total Credits 32
group B. Counseling Psychology
MPCE 021 Counseling Psychology 4 credits
MPCE 022 Assessment in Counselling and Guidance 4 credits
MPCE 023 Interventions in counseling 4 credits
MPCE 024 Practicals: Counselling 6 credits
MPCE 025 Field Work 8 credits
MPCE 026 Project 6 credits
Total Credits 32
group C. Industrial and Organizational Psychology
MPCE 031 Organisational Behaviour (OBY) 4 credits
MPCE 032 Human Resource Development (HRD) 4 credits
MPCE 033 Organisational Development (OD) 4 credits
MPCE 034 Practicals: Industrial and Organisational Psychology 6 credits
MPCE 035 Field Work 8 credits
MPCE 036 Project 6 cred

IGNOU M.A.(Psychology) program syllabus





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