Major Applications of Psychology-II

Paper Code: 
PSY 422
Credits: 
4
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

Course Outcomes (COs):

 

Course Outcomes

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment Strategies

  
 

On completion of this course, the students will be able to:

CO156: Creating the hope for a new life out of psycho-pathology with the principles of positive psychology

CO157: Demonstrating the ability to apply psychological knowledge to the issues pertaining to forensics, law and legal system

CO158: Gaining an insight into the criminal’s personal characteristics

CO159: Understand the functioning and ethical issues of military psychologists.

CO160: Acquiring knowledge about psychological concepts in the area of politics.

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

  

 

12.00
Unit I: 
Positive Psychology

Moving Beyond Depression- Pleasure, Engagement, and Meaning; The Power of Metaphor; Reflections on Altruism, Health, and Well-being

12.00
Unit II: 
Criminal & Legal Psychology

Criminal Profiling and Psychological Autopsies; Eyewitness Identification and Testimony; Lie Detection: The Complexity and Pervasiveness of Deception Can We Tell When Others Are Lying? The Polygraph from Physiological Arousal to Cognitive Load Some Emerging Technologies for Lie Detection

12.00
Unit III: 
Forensic Psychology

The Psychology of Forensic Identification: Trace Evidence & Matching with the source, The Scientific Foundation of Forensic Identification: DNA, Fingerprints; Psychological Biases in Fingerprint Identification; Reducing Error and Bias, Science as the Solution to the Problem of Identification Bias

12.00
Unit IV: 
Military Psychology

Soldier Fitness; Combat Stress Reactions; Cognitive & Non-Cognitive Factors in Soldier Performance; Psychology’s Contribution to Military Training

12.00
Unit V: 
Psychology of Politics

Rationality in politics: Assumptions of Rational Choice Theory, Do People Maximize Self-Interest, Low-Information Rationality, Are Beliefs Formed and Updated Rationally, Framing of Political Preferences

Essential Readings: 

·       Burns, W.G. (2010). Happiness, Healing, Enhancement: Your Casebook Collection for Applying Positive Psychology in Therapy. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.: New Jersey

·       Costanzo, M and Krauss, D. (2021). Forensic and Legal Psychology: Psychological Science Applied to Law. (4th Ed.), Worth Publishers: New York

·       Laurence, H.J and Matthews, D.M, (2012). The Oxford Handbook of Military Psychology. Oxford University Press, Inc: New York

·       Huddy, L., Sears, O,D., and Levy, S.J. (2013). The Oxford Handbook of Political Psychology. Oxford University Press: New York

References: 

·       Anastasi, Anne. (1979). Fields of Applied Psychology, International Student Edition (2nd Ed.), Tokyo: McGraw Hill.

·       Alt Man; Arthur, I (1985). Substance abuse and Psychopathology, New York: Plenum Press.

·       Cressey, D.R. and Ward, D.A. (1969). Delinquency: Crime and Social Process. New York: Harper & Row.

·       Fisher, J.D. Bell, P.A. & Baum, A. (1984). Environmental Psychology International.

·       Gregory, W.L. and Burroughs, W.J. (1989). Introduction to Applied Psychology, Illinois Scott: Foresman & Co.

·       Galliher, John H. (1989) (Ed) Criminology – Human Rights, Criminal Law and Crime. US: Prentice Hall Inc.

·       Reynolds S. (1980) Handbook of School Psychology. New York: McGraw Hill

·       Semin, G.R. and Fidler K. (1996). Applied Social Psychology. New Delhi: Sage Publications.

 

Academic Year: 
2023-2024
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