Basic Psychological Processes - I

Paper Code: 
PSY 111
Credits: 
03
Contact Hours: 
45.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

Course Objectives (COs):

This course will enable the students to –

 

  1. The course will familiarize students with the basic psychological processes and the relating factors which influence them.
  2. It will also focus on some important application areas of Psychology

Course Outcomes (COs):

Course

Learning Outcomes

(at course level)

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment Strategies

Paper Code

Paper Title

 

 

 

 

 

 

PSY 111

 

 

 

 

 

Basic Psychological Processes - I

The students will be able to –

CO1: Identify how we become aware of ourselves, how we learn to interact with others, and how we influence others and how they influence us.

CO2: Identify how psychologists’ study human behaviour and how this knowledge can be used to explain, predict, and influence behaviour.

CO3: Learn about different methods that are used to assess psychological attributes.

CO4: Identify the various approaches, fields, and sub fields of psychology and important figures along with their major concepts and processes like learning and thinking.

 

Approach in teaching:

Interactive Lectures, Discussion, Tutorials, Reading assignments, Demonstration, Team teaching

Learning activities for the students:

Self-learning assignments, Effective questions, Simulation, Seminar presentation, Giving tasks, Field practical

Class test, Semester end examinations, Quiz, Solving problems in tutorials, Assignments, Presentation, Individual and group projects

 

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: 
  • Baron, R.A. (2000). Psychology.  New York : Allyn & Bacon.
  • Baron, R.A., Misra, G. (2000). Psychology- Indian Subcontinent Edition. Uttar Pradesh: Pearson Education India.
  • Ciccarelli, S.K. (2008). Psychology. Uttar Pradesh: Pearson Education India.
  • Morgan, C.T. King, R.A. & Weisz J.R., Schopler, J (2017). Introduction to General Psychology. New Delhi: Tata McGraw Hill.
  • Zimbardo, P.G., & Weber, A.L. (1997). Psychology. New York: Harper Collins College Publishers.
References: 
  • Atkinson R.L., Atkinson, R.C. and Hilgard, F.R. (1990). Introduction to Psychology. New York: Harcourt Brace.
  • Crowder, R.G. (1976). Principles of Learning and Memory. New York: Lawrence Erlbaum.
  • Dember and Warm, J.S. (1979). Psychology of Perception. New York: Holt
  • Feldman, R.S. (1998). Understanding Psychology. New Delhi: Tata McGraw Hill.
  • Lefton, L.A. (1985). Psychology. Boston: Allyn & Baron.
  • Maliam, T. and Birch, A. (1998). Introductory Psychology. London: McMillan.
  • Wilhite, S.C. and Payne, D.E. (1992). Learning and Memory  The Basis of Behaviors. Needham Heights: Allyn and Bacon.
  • Zimbardo (1998). Psychology and Life. New York: Harper and Row.
Academic Year: 
2021-22
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