Psychology

Introduction to Psychology – concepts, The roots of Psychology, goals of psychology, major perspectives in psychology (behavioral, cognitive, biological, evolutionary, developmental, psychodynamics, and social and cultural). Scope of Psychology.

Concept, nature of development, issues of nature and nurture, growth and development,Baltes’s principles of life-span development,Key stages of development- prenatal, infancy, childhood, adolescence, adulthood(psychosocial issues and hazards.)

Concepts, factors influencing perception. Perceptual organization. Constancies andIllusions; Person perception – Concept, Kelly’s attribution theory, Impression Formation and biases Social behavior i)Persuasion, ii) attitudes, iii) prejudices and techniques to reduce it, prosocial behavior. Social influences- i) conformity, ii) compliance, iii) obedience(Milgram’s experiment)

Concept, Models of learning: concept and applications of classical conditioning, operantconditioning, insight and observational learning. Application of learning theoriesi) Shaping behavior - reinforcement, and punishmentii) Learned Helplessness.

Motivation: concept and types. Implication of motivation for managersEmotion:concept and types. Application of emotions in organization (ability and selection, decision-making, creativity, interpersonal conflict, deviant workplace behaviors).

Memory – concept, memory process (encoding, storage, retrieval) The foundations of Memory: short term memory, working memory, long-term memorymodules: declarative memory (semantic memory and episodic memory,) and procedural memory,Improving memoryForgetting – concept, causes of forgetting – i) decay, ii) inhibition (proactive and retroactive), iii) memory dysfunctions – Alzheimer’s disease, amnesia – retrograde amnesia and anterograde amnesia

Thinking – concept, elements of thought – mental images and conceptsCreative thinking – concept, factors influencing creative thinkingProblem solving – concept, methods of problem solving (trial and error, algorithm,heuristics), Decision-making – Concept, common biases and errors in problem solving - i) over- confidence, ii) anchoring bias, iii) availability bias, iv) confirmation bias, v) representativebias, vi) escalation of commitment, vii) hindsight bias.

Intelligence-Concept , major approaches of intelligence - Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligence, Sternberg’s Triarchic theory, Cattell’s theory of intlligence. Variations in Intellectual Ability: Intellectual disability and Mentally gifted. Emotional intelligence :Concept, Goleman’s dimensions of emotional intelligence.

Concept, Personality traits: 16 PF, The Big Five Model, personality attributes influencingwork behavior. Measuring personality: Objective and projective approach.

Stress: Causes, consequences, coping Subjective well being