Psychology
bbasemester 5
This course contain introduction, perception, social thought and behavior, motivation andemotion, learning, memory and forgetting, thinking and problem solving, human intelligence,personality
Subject Code: PSY 202
Course Title: Psychology
Course No: PSY 202
Nature of Course: Theory & Practical
Full Marks: 100
Pass Marks: 50
Credit Hours: 3
Unit 1: Introduction 6 LHs
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.
Unit 2: Human Development 6 LHs
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.)
Unit 3: Perception, Social Thought and Behavior 6 LHs
Concepts, factors influencing perception.Perceptual organization. Constancies and
Illusions;
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)
Unit 4: Learning 5 LHs
Concept, Models of learning: concept and applications of classical conditioning, operantconditioning, insight and observational learning. Application of learning theories
i) Shaping behavior - reinforcement, and punishment
ii) Learned Helplessness.
Unit 5:Motivation and emotion 2 LHs
Motivation: concept and types. Implication of motivation for managersEmotion:concept and types. Application of emotions in organization (ability andselection, decision-making, creativity, interpersonal conflict, deviant workplacebehaviors).
Unit 6: Memory and Forgetting 6 LHs
Memory – concept, memory process (encoding, storage, retrieval)The foundations of Memory: short term memory, working memory, long-term memory
modules: declarative memory (semantic memory and episodic memory,) and procedural
memory, Improving memory
Forgetting – concept, causes of forgetting – i) decay, ii) inhibition (proactive and
retroactive), iii) memory dysfunctions – Alzheimer’s disease, amnesia – retrograde
amnesia and anterograde amnesia.
Unit 7: Cognition 5 LHs
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.
Unit 8: Human Intelligence 5 LHs
Intelligence-Concept , major approaches of intelligence - Gardner’s theory of multipleintelligence, Sternberg’s Triarchic theory,Cattell’s theory of intlligence. Variations inIntellectual Ability: Intellectual disability and Mentally gifted. Emotional intelligence:Concept, Goleman’s dimensions of emotional intelligence.
Unit 9: Personality 5 LHs
Concept, Personality traits: 16 PF, The Big Five Model, personality attributes influencingwork behavior. Measuring personality: Objective and projective approach.
Unit 10: Psychology and Health 2 LHs
Stress: Causes, consequences, coping Subjective well being
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