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BA optional English

British Literature
I. Poetry: Chaucer to Herbert
1. The Medieval Age
a)Geoffrey Chaucer: Wife of Bathe
2. The Elizabethan Age
a)Edmund Spenser : Sonnet 75
b)William Shakespeare :Sonnet 73
3. The Puritan Age a)John Milton :Man‘s First Disobedience b)John Donne: Valediction – Forbidding Mourning c)George Herbert : Discipline d)Andrew Marwell :
The Mower Against Gardens

II. Prose
1. The Origin of the Essay
a)Francis Bacon :Of Travaile
2. The Periodical Essay

a)Joseph Addison: Character of Will Wimble

3. Samples of Prose
a)Thomas Paine : Rights of Man III. Drama
1.William Shakespeare : The Merchant of Venice
IV. Aspects of Language
1.Language
2.Speech Sounds in English
3.The Structure of Words
Bangalore Univ Kristu Jayanti College BA Optional English syllabus
I SEMESTER - BA/BSC. UNIT - I- THE SCIENCE OF PSYCHOLOGY: 12 hours. A) Definition and goals of Psychology. b) Modern perspectives – Psychodynamic, Behavioral, Cognitive, Evolutionary, Sociocultural, Humanistic Movement and Positive Psychology, Indian Perspective. c) Fields of Psychology. c) Types of Psychological Research: Descriptive research (Observation, Survey and Interviews, Standardized Tests, Case studies). Correlational Research (Positive and Negative) Experimental Research (independent and Dependent variables, Experimental and Control groups, Double – Blind Experiments). UNIT –II INTELLIGENCE: 12 hours. A) Definition;Measuring intelligence; criteria of good intelligence tests, types of intelligence tests (Binet tests, Wechsler scales, Group Tests of Intelligence) b) Theories of intelligence: Multiple intelligences, Gardner’s Eight Intelligences, Sternberg’s Triarchic Intelligence. c) Influences on intelligence - Genetic and Environmental only d) Extremes in intelligence - Mental Retardation, giftedness. E) Emotional Intelligence. UNIT-III LEARNING: 10 hours. A) Definition, types of learning; b) Biological factors in learning. c) Classical Conditioning: (Pavlov’s studies, acquisition, generalization and discrimination, extinction and spontaneous recovery) Applications of classical conditioning. D) Operant conditioning: Thorndike’s Law of Effect; Skinner’s approach to operant Conditioning, shaping, principles of reinforcement (positive and negative reinforcement, Primary and secondary Reinforcement). e)Observational learning. F) Insight learning. UNIT – IV- MEMORY: 10 hours. a)Nature of memory (Encoding, storage and retrieval) a.1) Memory encoding- Attention, levels of Processing, Elaboration, Imagery. a.2) Memory storage – Sensory Memory, short –Term memory, Chunking and Rehearsal, working Memory, Long-Term Memory, Explicit Memory, Implicit Memory. a.3) Memory Retrieval – Retrieval Cues and retrieval tasks.

b) Forgetting – Encoding Failure; Retrieval Failure; Memory and Study Strategies in encoding, storage and retrieval
UNIT – V MOTIVATION: 8 hours.
a)Nature;
b) Approaches – Instinct Approaches, Drive Reduction Approaches, Arousal Approaches, Incentive Approaches, Humanistic Approaches, Self-Determination Theory.
References – for both I and II Semester
1. John.W Santrock, Psychology Essentials 2, II Edition (Updated) 2006, Tata McGraw Hill Publication.
2.Saundra K Ciccarelli and Glenn E Meyer, Psychology, South Asian Edition, Dorling Kindersley (India) Pvt. Ltd., Licensees of Pearson Education in south Asia.
3. Feldman. R.S Understanding Psychology, IV Edition, 2006, Tata McGraw Hill Publication.
4. Robert A Baron, Psychology, III Edition, Prentice Hall Publications.
5. Sridhara.A. Manovygnanika Sidhantagala Kaipidi.( Kannada)
6.Srivasthava, Indian Psychology
7.Anand Paranjpay, Indian Psycholo
PRACTICALS
1st Semester
1. Observation & Suggestion
2. Habit Interference
3. Effect of Chunking on Recall
4. Bilateral Transfer
5. Effect of Cueing on Recall

Statistics
• Measures of Central Tendency Mean, Median & Mode for Ungrouped Data & Grouped Data with only Frequency( No class Intervals) Long Method.

Project-

Moti Quiz- Data Collection-25-30 years Working Professionals (Men & Women)
BASIC PSYCHOLOGICAL PROCESSES
II SEMESTER - BA/BSC.
UNIT – I –
BIOLOGY AND BEHAVIOR: 12 hours.
a) An overview of the Nervous System; neurons and nerves (structure of the neuron, neural impulse, synapse, neurotransmitters)
b)Central Nervous System:
b.1) The Brain – structure of the brain; brain stem; structure of the cortex; association areas of the cortex (Broca’s area and Wernicke’s area)
b.2)The Spinal Cord – The Peripheral Nervous System – The Somatic Nervous System and the Autonomic Nervous System.
c) Techniques to study the brain.
d)Endocrine glands.
UNIT – II
SENSATION AND PERCEPTION: 10 hours.
a)Sensation - Purposes of sensation and perception; sensory receptors and the brain; ABCs of sensation.
b) Vision – Colour Vision, After Image and Colour Blindness.
c) Perception – ABCs of perception; The Constancies (Size, Shape and Brightness).Gestalt Principles; Depth perception; Perceptual Illusions.
UNIT – III 10 hours
THINKING:
Cognition; Concept formation (Importance); Problem solving (Steps in Problem Solving; obstacles in Problem Solving) Critical Thinking; Reasoning (Inductive and Deductive reasoning) Decision making; Creativity (Divergent and Convergent thinking).
UNIT – IV
EMOTIONS 8 hours
a) The Three Elements of Emotion – The Physiology of Emotion; The Behavior of Emotion; The Subjective Experience of Emotion.

b)Theories of Emotion – James – Lange Theory of Emotion, Cannon – Bard Theory of Emotion, Schachter – Singer Theory of Emotion; Lazarus and the Cognitive – Mediational Theory. Positive psychology Movement.
UNIT – V-
PERSONALITY: 10 hours.
A)Definitions of Personality, including Allport’s definition.
b)Approaches to the study of Personality– Freud’s Psychoanalytic theory (Personality’s structures, Defense Mechanisms, Personality development) Roger’s Approach; Trait Theories – The Big Five Personality Factors; Bandura’s Social Cognitive Theory (Self - Efficacy) Skinner’s Behaviorism.
c) Measurement of Personality – Questionnaires, Rating Scales, Projective Tests.
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PRACTICALS II Semester
1. Signal Detection
2. Stroop Effect
3. Muller Lyer Illusion
4. Mapping of Retinal Color Zones
5. Maze Learning

Statistics Measures of Central Tendency-Mean, Median (short method) & Mode with Class Intervals and frequency.
Project :Analysis of data on Motiquiz - Gender Differences for sample collected by Individual.

CHILD PSYCHOLOGY -I
III SEMESTER- BA/BSC.
UNIT I (6 hours)
INTRODUCTION TO CHILD PSYCHOLOGY
A) The field of child psychology - Definition; careers in child development
B) Theories of child development– Cognitive theories, Behavioral and social cognitive theories; Ecological model – Bronfenbrenner, Ethological model/perspective.
C) Methods and Designs – Longitudinal, Cross – sectional, Sequential, Correlation.
Unit – II (15 hours)
BIOLOGICAL FOUNDATION
A) GENETIC FOUNDATION - genetic code, sex cells, boy or girl (sex determination), multiple offspring, patterns of genetic inheritance.
B)Inheritance - dominant and recessive relationship, dominance and recessive genes.
C) Diseases - Chromosomal abnormalities – Down syndrome; Abnormalities of the sex chromosomes - Kleinfelters, Fragile x , Turner’s, XXX, XYY; Gene linked abnormalities - PKU, Sickle Cell Anaemia, Tay Sachs Disease.
PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT
A)Conception - period of zygote, period of embryo, period of fetus .
Influences on prenatal development; Genetic counseling;
Prenatal diagnostic methods;
B)Child birth – types of child birth - natural, prepared, home deliveries, medication; Birth complications – oxygen deprivation, pre-term and low birth weight ; sudden infant death syndrome ( SIDS ); Stages of child birth ; publications ; Assessment – Apgar scale and Brazelton scale;
UNIT III (10 hours)
MOTOR AND SENSORY DEVELOPMENT
A) MOTOR DEVELOPMENT - Reflexes – new born reflexes; reflexes and development of motor skills; infant states of arousal – sleep and crying


Motor development in infancy – meaning; sequence of motor development – cephalocaudal and proximodistal; gross motor development; fine motor development – reaching and; handedness.
B ) SENSORY DEVELOPMENT
Vision, hearing, touch, taste, smell and balance
UNIT - IV (10 hours)
COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF LANGUAGE
A)COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT - Piaget’s theory of cognitive development
–Memory - strategies of storing memory
B) LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT – components of language development;
Pre-linguistic development – receptivity to language, first speech sounds,
Phonological development; semantic development; Pragmatic development; Bilingualism.
UNIT V (9 hours)
Emotional and social development-
A) EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT.

Development of emotional expression, emotional self regulation, acquiring emotional display rules, understanding and responding to emotions of others, individual differences .
B) SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT -

Functions of the family, growing up with siblings ; Media, TV, Academic and Pro-social learning, Imagination, Computers .
References: for III & IV Semester
1. Laura E. Berk- Child Development- 7th Edition, Easter economy edition, PHI publication 2.John.W.Santrok Child Development - 11th edition, Tata McGraw hill edition 3. Carson, Butcher and Mineka ,Abnormal Psychology- 11th edition, Pearson education
PRACTICALS
1. Learning Styles -VARK
2. Student Problem Checklist
3. Free Association
4. Paired Association Learning
5. Creativity

Statistics
• SD Grouped & Ungrouped Data


• Significance of Difference between Means –SEM

Project: Child Psychology- Any one of three projects on ADHD, LD and Separation Anxiety in children.
CHILD PSYCHOLOGY - II
SEMESTER IV- BA/BSC.
Unit I
MORAL DEVELOPMENT (8 HOURS)
What is moral development? Piaget’s theory, Kohlberg’s theory, Influences on moral reasoning; Pro-social and antisocial behavior.
UNIT II
EMERGENCE OF SELF (10 HOURS)
A) Self - Emergence of self and self awareness ; self concept – middle childhood, cognitive & cultural influence on self concept; self esteem ; structure of self esteem , changes in the level of self esteem , influences on self esteem .
B) Play - Functions of play, partners, classic study of play, types of play.

Unit III:
PEERS AND SCHOOLING: (10 Hours)
A) Peers: Importance of peer relations, Dev of peer sociability, influences on peer sociability, friendships, peer acceptance, peer groups, peer pressure and conformity .
B) Schooling: School transition, teacher-student interaction, teaching students with special needs.

UNIT IV:
DISORDERS OF CHILDHOOD: (12 Hours)

ADHD, conduct disorder, oppositional defiance disorder, anxiety disorders of childhood, childhood depression, symptom disorders, (Eneuresis, encopresis, sleep walking and tics) Pervasive developmental disorders (Autism).
UNIT V:
TREATMENT & OUTCOMES (10 HOURS)
ADHD; conduct disorder, oppositional defiance disorder ; anxiety disorders of childhood ;childhood depression; symptom disorders, (Eneuresis, encopresis, sleep walking and tics) ;Pervasive developmental disorders (Autism),
Other therapeutic techniques – family therapy and play therapy.
PRACTICALS FOR IV SEMESTER
1. Self Concept Rating Scale (R.K.Saraswat )
2. Concept Formation for height and size
3. Two Point Threshold
4. Size Weight Illusion
5. Emotional Intelligence Inventory (MEII)

Statistics:
• Correlation-Rank Difference
• Pearson’s Product Moment methods.

Project
Analyses of Data and discussion for the project worked on, in III Semester.

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