Course Overview

BSc PSYCHOLOGY
SEMESTER I
1 Introduction to Psychology
2 Attention and Perception
3 Intelligence and Creativity
4 Motivation
5 Emotions
6 Stress and Well-Being
SEMESTER II
1 Learning
2 Memory
3 Cognition
4 Nature and Methods of Physiological Psychology
5 Nervous System: Structure and Function
6 Endocrine System
SEMESTER III
1 Nature of Psychological Research
2 Steps in Psychological Research
3 Hypothesis
4 Problem and Variables
5 Experimental and Non-experimental Research
6 Observation, Interview Methods
7 Qualitative Analysis
8 Quantitative Analysis
9 Application of Measure of Central Tendencies and Variability
10 The Normal Curve
11 Non-parametric and Parametric Statistics
SEMESTER IV
1 Life Cycle Approach to Development
2 Social and Cultural Context in Human Development
3 Culture and Human Development
4 Cognitive Development
5 Emotional and Social Development
6 Development Concerns during Adolescence, Early Youth and Adulthood
7 Problems of Ageing
8 Problems and Issues of Human Development in the Indian Context
SEMESTER V
1 Social Perception and Cognition
2 Attitudes
3 Prejudice and Discrimination
4 Group and Leadership
5 Cultural Psychology
6 Inter-group Conflict
7 Theoretical and Methodological Issues in Self and Personality
8 Empirical Theories in Personality
9 Self in Psychoanalysis
SEMESTER VI
1 Environment and Behaviour
2 Psychological Approaches to Environment
3 Ecology and Development
4 Demography
5 Environment Assessment
6 Environmental wisdom
7 Social Support and Community Psychology
8 Social Ecology and Community Psychology
9 Community Participation and Social Change
10 Diversity and Multiculturalism
11 Nature and Scope of Human Assessment
12 Parameters of Assessment, Psychological Scaling; Methods of Scaling
13 Principles of Psychological Test Construction
14 Types of Psychological Tests
15 Assessment of Psychopathological Behaviou