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17th September 2016, 02:56 PM
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Re: Mysore university psychology syllabus

As you want to take admission in Mysore university M.sc psychology program and for the same asking for its entrance exam syllabus , so on your demand I am providing :

Unit 1: Introductory Psychology
Introduction: a) Definition of Psychology; b) Branches of Psychology-Basic and Applied; c)
Scientific Methods of Psychology-Experimental, Naturalistic Observation, Questionnaire
method; d) Psychology and its relationship with other disciplines - Sociology, Anthropology,
Philosophy, Biology and Medicine.
Sensation: a) Characteristics; b) Structure and Function of Sensory Organs (5 basic senses); c)
Color Blindness; d) After images.
Perception: a) Meaning of Perception; b) Laws of perceptual organization, c) illusions; d) Depth
perception and ESP.
Unit 2: Emotion, Motivation and Personality
Emotion: Meaning, Nature, Characteristics and Physiological changes.
Motivation: Meaning; Biological drives (hunger, thirst and sex), Social motives (Maslow's
Hierarchical Needs Theory).
Personality: a) Meaning; b) Nature and Determinants; c) Classification; d) Assessment.
Unit 3: Cognitive Processes
Introduction: a) History and current status of cognitive psychology; b) Attention-Meaning and
Theories; c) Pattern Recognition-Meaning and Theories.
Learning: a) Definition; b) Theories - Trial and Error, Insight. Imitation. Classical and Operant
conditioning; c) Transfer of Training.
Thinking and Reasoning: a) Thinking - Meaning and Types; b) Reasoning -Meaning and Types;
c) Creativity- Measures and Factors; d) Problem Solving Approaches.
Unit 4: Memory, Intelligence and studying brain functions
Memory and Forgetting: a) Memory - Meaning, STM, LTM and Memory Improvement; b)
Forgetting - Normal and Abnormal, Causes of Forgetting.
Intelligence: a) Nature and Determinants; b) Concept of IQ; c) Distribution of Intelligence; d)
Intelligence Tests - Verbal, Non-verbal and Performance.
Methods of Investigation on how brain controls behavior: a) The stereotaxic instrument, lesions
and ablations; b) Stimulation of recording from brain; c) Labeling and measurement of brain
activity; d) studies involving the structure of living human brains.
Unit 5: Social Processes
Introduction: a) Definition and Scope of Social Psychology; b) Social Perception and Cognition;
c) Perceiving ourselves - Self concept, Self Esteem, Self Presentation and Self Experiences.
Social Interaction and Interpersonal Attraction: a) Social Interaction- Meaning and Modes (Co-
operation, competition, communication, accommodation, -assimilation); b) Interpersonal
attraction - Meaning, Theories (Balance and Reward theories), Sociometry.
Group Processes: a) Group-Meaning, Group influence (Social facilitation, loafing,
deindividualization, and group polarization); Group thinking; b) Leadership-Meaning, Types
(Convey and Bartlett), and Functions of a Leader.

Mysore university Msc psychology entrance exam syllabus





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5th September 2017, 10:40 PM
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Re: Mysore university psychology syllabus

hi..i would like to know when will be the 2017-2018 admission for mphil in learning disability from mysore university..is the last over


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