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Basic Psychological Processes - I
Paper Code:
PSY 111
Credits:
3
Contact Hours:
45.00
Max. Marks:
100.00
Objective:
The course will familiarize students with the basic psychological processes and
the relating factors which influence them. It will also focus on some important
application areas of Psychology.
9.00
Unit I:
INTRODUCTION
Definition and Goals of Psychology;
Approaches - Biological, Psychodynamic, Behaviorist,
Cognitive; Methods - Experimental, Observation and Case
Study; Fields of Application
9.00
Unit II:
Sensory-Perceptual Processes
Attention - Nature Of Attention and its Determinants;
Perception - Perceptual Organization, Perceptual
Constancy, Determinants of Perception, Types of
Perception - Form, Space, Depth
9.00
Unit III:
LEARNING
Definition, Classical and Operant Conditioning;
Verbal Learning; Observational Learning and Application
of Learning Principles
9.00
Unit IV:
MEMORY and FORGETTING
Process of Memory -
Encoding, Storage, Retrieval; Stages of Memory -
Sensory, Short Term and Long Term; Improving Memory;
Constructive Memory; Forgetting, Theories of Forgetting
9.00
Unit V:
THINKING and REASONING
Concepts, Categories and
Cognitive Maps; Inductive and Deductive Reasoning;
Problem Solving Approaches; Solution Strategies and
Mental Sets
Essential Readings:
Atkinson R.L., Atkinson, R.C. and Hilgard, F.R. (1990). Introduction to
Psychology. N.Y. : Harcourt Brace.
Feldman, R.S. (1998). Understanding Psychology. N.D. : Tata McGraw
Hill.
Baron, R.A. (1995). Psychology : The Essential Science. New York : Allyn
& Bacon.
Zimbardo, P.G., & Weber, A.L. (1997). Psychology. New York : Harper
Collins College Publishers.
Lefton, L.A. (1985). Psychology. Boston : Allyn & Baron.
References:
Maliam, T. and Birch, A. (1998) Introductory Psychology. London :
McMillan.
Morgan, C.T. King, R.A. & Weizs J.R., Schopler, J (1986). Introduction to
General Psychology. NY : McGraw Hill.
Zimbardo (1998). Psychology and Life. NY : Harper and Row.
Crowder, R.G. (1976). Principles of Learning and Memory. NY : Lawrence
Erlbaum.
Dember and Warm, J.S. (1979). Psychology of Perception. NY : Holt.
Rock, I. (1995). Perception NY : Scientific American.
Newell, A. and Simon, H. (1972). Human Problem Solving. NJ : Prentice
Hall.
Wilhite, S.C. and Payne, D.E. (1992). Learning and Memory : The Basis of
Behaviors. Needham Heights, Mass : Allyn and Bacon.
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