BIT Psychology

Unit 1: Introduction (5 Hrs.)

Understanding Psychology: Meaning of Psychology and Development, Scope of Psychology, Major perspectives of Psychology, Goals and applications

Unit 2: Perception (5 Hrs.)

Concepts and Importance, Principles of Perceptual Organization, Constancies and Illusions, Key perceptual processes

Unit 3: Learning (5 Hrs.)

Concept, Models of Learning: Concept and Applications of Classical Conditioning, Operant Conditioning, Insight and Observational Learning, Application of Learning Theories: i) Shaping Behavior - Reinforcement, and Punishment, ii) Learned Helplessness

Unit 4: Memory and Forgetting (6 Hrs.)

Concept and Processes of Memory (Encoding, Storage, Retrieval), Types of memory: working and long term memory, Forgetting: Types and theories, Memory Distortion and Memory Construction, Improving Memory

Unit 5: Cognition (5 Hrs.)

Creative Thinking: Concept, Factors Influencing Creative Thinking, Problem 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) Representative Bias, vi) Escalation of Commitment, vii) Hindsight Bias

Unit 6: Emotion and Motivation (5 Hrs.)

Motivation: Concept and Types, Implication of Motivation for Managers, Emotion: Concept and Types, Application of Emotions in Organization (Ability and Selection, Decision-Making, Creativity, Interpersonal Conflict, Deviant Workplace Behaviors), Subjective Well Being, Stress

Unit 7: Intelligence (5 Hrs.)

Intelligence - Concept, Major Approaches of Intelligence: Gardner's Theory of Multiple Intelligence, Sternberg's Triarchic Theory, Cattell's Theory of Intelligence, Variations in Intellectual Ability: Intellectual Disability and Mentally Gifted, Emotional Intelligence: Concept, Goleman's Dimensions of Emotional Intelligence, Artificial Intelligence

Unit 8: Personality (5 Hrs.)

Concept, Determinants, Approaches to Personality: Psychodynamic Approaches to Personality, Traits Approaches to Personality, Learning Approaches to Personality, Humanistic Approaches to Personality, Measuring personality: Objective and projective approach

Unit 9: Social Thought and Behaviors (4 Hrs.)

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)