DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY

Papers and Scheme of Examination

Semester – I

SYLLABUS OF M. Sc., (PSYCHOLOGY)COURSE

YOGI VEMANA UNIVERSITYVemanapuram, Kadapa-516 003

Semester-II

Paper code PAPERS Marks(I+E)

Total Marks

Psy IIa.CC Cognitive Psychology 25+75 100Psy IIb.CC Lifespan Developmental Psychology 25+75 100Psy IIc.CC Clinical Psychology 25+75 100Psy IId.CC Psychological Measurement, Testing &

Assessment 25+75 100

Psy IIa.CC Practical – I-Basic Computer skills 100 100Psy IIb.CC Practical –II Experimental Psychology- II 100 100

Total Marks 600

Paper code

PAPERS Marks(I+E)

Total Mark

sPsy Ia. CC Foundations of Psychology 25+75 100Psy Ib. CC Social Psychology 25+75 100Psy Ic. CC Psychopathology 25+75 100Psy Id. CC Personality 25+75 100Psy Ia. CC Practical – I English Proficiency lab 100 100Psy Ib.CC Practical – II Experimental Psychology –I 100 100

Total marks 600

Semester – IIIPaper Code PAPERS Marks

(I+E))Total Marks

Psy IIIa. CC Biological Psychology 25+75 100Psy IIIb. CC Counselling Psychology 25+75 100Psy IIIc. CC Basics in Statistics & Research

methodology25+75 100

Psy IIId. IEC Health Psychology 25+75 100Psy IIId. IEC Stress and Coping 25+75 100Psy IIId. IEC Psychology of Disability and Aging 25+75 100Psy III. CC Practical – I Computer Assisted

Psychological Testing +SPSS 100

Psy III.CC Practical – II –Specialization 100Total Marks 600

Semester-IV

Paper code PAPERS Marks(I+E)

Total Mark

sPsy IVa. CC Therapeutic approaches 25+75 100Psy IVb. CC Counselling skills 25+75 100Psy IVc. CC Advanced Statistics & Research

Methodology25+75 100

Psy IVd. IEC Health Psychology 25+75 100Psy IVd. IEC Stress and Coping 25+75 100Psy IVd. IEC Psychology of Disability and Aging 25+75 100Psy IV.CC Practical –I Counseling Psychology 100Psy IV.CC Practical –II Dissertation on specialization 100

Total Marks 600

SEMESTER-I

FOUNDATIONS OF PSYCHOLOGYPSY-Ia CC

Unit – I: Psychology as science

A. Definition, nature, scope and aims of Psychology.B. The rise of experimental psychology, The schools of psychology

(Structuralism, Functionalism, Behaviorism, Psychoanalytism).C. Methods of Psychology – Introspection method, observation method,

Survey method, case study method, experimental method and Correlational method.

Unit – II: Sensation and Perception

a. Nature of sensation – Kinds of Sensation- Sense of sight and hearing- Theories of vision and hearing - sense of taste and smell- cutaneous sensation.

b. Definition of Perception – factors influencing Perception (Physiological and Psychological )_ Perception and Illusion.

Unit III : Learning

A. Definition and Nature ; experimental approaches of learning connectionists and Cognitive.

B. Learning theories, Pavlov, Thorndike, Skinner, Hull, Tolman.C. Types of Learning – Conditioning , Habitual , InsightD. Transfer of Training – education and transfer, experimental analysis

of transfer of training; stimulus and response similarity.

Unit – IV: Motivation and Emotion

A. Motivation:- Meaning and Nature - Instinct , drive, needs, incentive, motive definition, Classification of motivesTheories of Motivation:- Instinct theories – Freud & Mc Dougal; Need hierarchy theory – Maslow, Arousal theory – Green , Beatly and Arkin; expectancy theory – Locke and Latham.

B. Emotion: Nature, development, differentiation and expressions of emotions- physiological basis of emotion. Theories of emotion: The James – Lange theory – The Cannon – Bard theory – The Schachter –Singer theory , cognitive appraisal theory of emotion. Contemporary perspectives o Emotions : Emotional Maturity, Emotional Intelligence (Goleman, 1995)

Reference:1. Baron – Robert . A(2005) Psychology. Printice hall of India Pvt. Ltd.,

New Delhi.

2. Feldman, Robert. S(2004). Understanding Psychology, Tata Mcgraw Hill company Ltd., New Delhi.

3. Ghorpade, M.B. – Essentials of Psychology, Publishing house, Bombay 1977

4. Goleman. D. (1995) Emotional Intelligence, Bantam, New York.5. Singh. Y.Bharava .M (1990) Manual for Emotional Mturity Scale, Naional

Psychological conformation., Agra.

SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGYPSY-Ib CC

Unit – I : Introduction & Social Perception

a. Introduction to Social PsychologyDefinition, Historical origins; Understanding the causes of social behaviour and thought; Relationship with other social sciences; Research methods in Social Psychology.

b. Social Perception and Social CognitionPerson perception; Attribution: Understanding the causes of others beahviour, Kelly’s theory; Bem’s theory; Regulatory focus theory. Impression formation and impression management. Schemas; Mental frame works. Interpersonal attraction. Nonverbal communication; The language of expression

Unit – II: Attitudes & Prejudicea. Nature and formation of Attitudes & Behaviour , Attitude functions; Theories of attitudes change; Reinforcement theory; Balance theory; Cognitive dissonance theory; Measurement of attitudes; Self measures; Likert, Thurston Osgood and Bogardus scales: Physiological; measures. Prejudice: Nature of prejudice; effects of discrimination.

Unit-III: Social Influence & Aggressiona. Social Influence and Social Exchange

Conformity, Asch’s conformity studies; Explaining conformity; Compliance; Why people comply; Obedience; modeling; Milgram’s Studies.

b. Aggression, Violence and CrimeTheoretical perspectives on Aggression; The role of biological factors Drive theories and modern theories of aggression; Determinants of human aggression; social, personal and situational determinants, Prevention & Control of aggression.

Unit.IV: Environment & Behavior Urban environment and social behavior , Effect of noise, Temperature , Weather, Light and Air pollution. Crowding-Long term effects of crowding- Theories of crowding.

References :-1. Baron, R.A., & Byrne, D. Social Psychology: Understanding human

Interaction, Prentice – hall of Indian Pvt. Ltd. Ew Delhi, 1988.2. Lipp, R.A. Introduction to social psychology wordsworth publishing

company , Balmont, California.3. Lambeerth, social psychology: the theoretical approach.4. Seidenberg, B., Sandowsku, A. social psychology. An Introduction.

The Free Press, Macmillan publishing Co. Inc., 1976. 5. Ray & Baumeister. Social Psychology. Censage.

PSYCHOPATHOLOGYPSY-Ic CC

Unit I : Meaning and definition of abnormalityConcept of Abnormality- Criteria of abnormality and Historical background- Brief overview of classification schemes- DSM IV and ICD – 10, Advantages and disadvantages of classification, Problem of Diagnosis.

Unit II : Different Perspectives of abnormal behaviour

Psychoanalytical Perspectives- Freud’s Psychoanalytical theory- Jung’s analytical theory- Adler’s Individual psychology- Behavioristic perspective- Skinner’s operant theory- Bandura social learning theory- Humanistic Existential perspective- Maslow need Hierarchy theory- Cognitive perspective – Beck and Ellis

Unit III : Nature of causation and casual explanationsDiffering views of causation, Probability and deterministic. Primary, Predisposing, Precipitating reinforcing, Feedback and circularity of Causes. Causes of Abnormal Behaviour: Biological causes : Constitutional , neurophysiologic and Biochemical Psychological Causes: Pathogenic causes, Pathogenic Interpersonal relationships. Socio – culture causes: Social class, Social roles, Cultural factors.

Unit – IV: Disorders (as per DSM IV) specific pattern clinical picture and etiology.

Anxiety disorders, Somatoform disorders: Functional disorders, Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders, mood disorders, Personality disorders, Psychosomatic disorders.

Readings:1. Sarason I.G. and Sarason B.R. (2002) Abnoraml Psychology, 11

Edition. PHI Ltd., 2. Sarason W. Gray & Marilym R. Zide. Psychopathology :

Competency based assessment model for social workers. Cenage.

3. Comar J.R (1998) Abnormal Psychology.4. Seligman N.H. (2001) Abnormal Psychology5. Sultz D. (1976) Theories of Personality.

PERSONALITY

PSY-Id. CC

Unit – I: Definition and NatureDefinitions and Nature Personality-Issues and approaches to personality – Personality Vs Character, Personality Vs Individuality , How Personality consciousness show itself, Is personality consistent?

Unit – II: Determinants of PersonalityDeterminants of Personality- Hereditary potentials, Environmental factors, Heredity Vs Social determinants Family , Educational determinants. Physical, Intellectual, Emotional, Gender determinants.

Unit – III: Effect of Development of PersonalityDevelopment of Personality - Early personality developmentSocialization – Toilet training, Sex typing. Mechanisms of Socialization – Identification.

Unit – IV: Assessment TechniquesAssessment of Personality- Principles of Assessment – Standardization, Reliability, Validity, Norms. Techniques of Assessment – Direct and Indirect. Case Study method. Personality tests- Psychometric test, Projective tests.

References:

1. Guilford J.P. “Personality” Mc Graw Hill Book company Inc 1959.2. Hurlock E.B ”Personality Development” Tata Mc Graw Hill Publishing company New Delhi – 1976.

3. Janis, Irving and others “Personality Dynamcs, Development and assessment New York 1969 ”4. Lazarus R.S. “Personality” prentice – hall INC Second edition 1971.5. Stranger R. Psychology of Personality McGraw Hill Book company

1974, Fourth edition.

SEMESTER-II

COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGYPsy IIa. CC

Unit – I : The Study of CognitionDefinition of Cognitive Psychology- Historical origins of Cognitive Psychology: The Philosophical Background: Early Greek Philosopher – Descartes; Locke; British Associationism; Kant. Associationism in Psychology: Contributions of Ebbinghaus. The twentieth century Associationism. The Gestalt view, Bartlett’s outlook.

Unit – II Attention and Memorya. Attention: Selective attention – Kinds of Attention- Barriers of

Attention.b. Memory: Definition, Types of Memory- Working memory, Semantic

memory, Picture memory and Verbal memory, Remote Memory, Procedural memory etc., Reasons for forgetting- Memory Interventions.

Unit – III: Thinking and Decision makinga. Concept formation and Decision making; Thinking; Concept

formation- Process in concept formation – Hypothesis testing. Analytical and non analytical strategies; Determinants of concept formation – attention and concept formation, information and concept formation.

b. Decision making: Inductive reasoning, Decision making in the real word; Decision frames, reasoning and the Brain, Decision frames, Baye’s theorem and Decision making.

Unit – IV : Problem solving, Creativity and Intelligencea. Problem Solving: Functional fixedness, Organization and insight

Syllogistic reasoning; Strategies fro problem solving – mean and analysis; search strategies. Creativity; Creative process, creativity and functional fixity, Investment theory and creativity – Judging creativity.

b. Intelligence: Definition–Nature – Factors influencing intelligence: Spearman, Thurston and Guilford’s Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligences – Stenberg’s Triarchic theory. Artificial intelligence – its beginning, computers and artificial intelligence.

References: Michael G. Wessel Cognitive Psychology Harper and Row

Publishers, New York, 1982. Robert l. Solso. Cognitive Psychology, Sixth Edition , Pearson

Education, Delhi 2004.

LIFE SPAN DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY

Psy.IIb.CC

Unit-I: Introduction and Foundations – People and the Field of Developmental Lifespan Psychology- Principles of development- Scientific methods - Introduction and Prenatal Development: People and the Field and Prenatal Development, Pregnancy, and Birth

Unit-II: Infancy And Childhood

a. Infancy & Early Childhood: Developmental Tasks- Physical and Cognitive Development , Socio- emotional Development

b. Early childhood – Characteristics of early childhood – Developmental Tasks – Physiological habits, Improvements in Speech – Emotions – Socialization – Play understanding – Sex-role Typing - Late Childhood-Characteristics of Late Childhood – Developmental Tasks – Physiological Habits – Skills – Emotions Socialization – Play understanding – Sex-role Tying – Family Relationships – Personality – Hazards and Happiness in late Childhood.

Unit-III: Adolescence & Adulthood

a. Characteristics of Puberty – Criteria causes Age Growth Spurt – Body changes at Puberty – Effects of Puberty changes and Deviant Maturing – Sources of Concern – Hazard and unhappiness at Puberty.Adolescence – The adolescent years – characteristics of Adolescence – Developmental Tasks – Emotionality – Social Interests and Morality changes during adolescence – Sex Interests – Sex behaviour and Approved Sex Roles – Family Relationships, Personality changes and Hazards of Adolescence.

b. Early Adulthood: Personal and Social Adjustments: Characteristics of early Adulthood – Developmental Tasks changes in Interests – Social Mobility – Sex-role adjustment. Personal and Social Hazards of Early Adulthood.Early Adulthood: Vocational and Family Adjustments: Vocational, Marital, Parenthood, Single hood and Hazards of Adjustments

Unit-IV: Middle Age And Old Agea. Middle Age: Personal and social Adjustment – Characteristics and Developmental Tasks – Adjustments to Physical Changes – Assessment of Adjustments of Physical Changes - Vocational and Family adjustments. Adjustments to Vocational, Family Patterns, Single hood, Loss of a spouse, Approaching Retirement and Old Age – Vocational and Marital Hazards of Middle Age.b. Old age: Personal and Social Adjustments – Characteristics and

Developmental Tasks -Adjustment to Physical Changes – Motor Abilities – Hazards to Personal and Social Adjustments in old age.

REFERENCES:

HURLOCK. E.B (1980) Development Psychology: A Life Span Approach (Fifth Ed) New Delhi: Tata Mc Graw Hill pub.co.Ltd.

SANTROCK. J.W (1997) Life – Span Development (sixth Ed) Chicago: Brown Mark.

CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGYPsy IIc. CCUnit I: Foundations of Clinical Psychology

Introduction; Field of Clinical Psychology; History of Clinical Psychology, Current status and Professional issues; Methods of Clinical Psychology.

Unit II: Clinical Assessment ProceduresSigns and symptoms of Mental disorders; Intellectual Assessment; Personality Assessment; Neuropsychological Assessment; clinical interviewing and testing.

Unit III: Psycho-Diagnostics & Models of Clinical psychology

Psycho-diagnosticsa. diagnostic processes mentioned above, by emphasizing the

different stages in the psycho diagnostic process:

intake/ an amnesis developing hypotheses selecting criteria and materials (tests, questionnaires,

observations etc.) for hypothesis testing testing the child integrating the data advice and intervention plans.

Models of Clinical psychology- five models of clinical psychology (dynamic, cognitive/behaviorist, humanist, gestalt-based and systematic)

Unit IV: Extensions and ApplicationsA. Clinical Psychology: Clinical issues, Behavioural Disorders,

Emotional Disorder, Developmental and Learning Disorder.

B. Clinical Neuropsychology:- Symptoms and Syndromes; Delirium, Dementia, Amnesic syndrome, Neuropsychological Delusional syndrome, Neuropsychological syndrome, Neuropsychological disorder with HIV – 1 infections.

Readings: Diagnostic and Stastical Manual disorders: 4th editon (2000)

Washington, D.C.: American Psychometric Association. Heeker, J.E. & Thrope, G.L. (2005) Introduction to clinical

Psychology: Science, Practice and Ethics, Delhi; Pearson Edn. Kendall, P.C. & Norton – Ford, J.D. (1982) Clinical Psychology

Scientific and Professional Dimension: Chicester. John wiley. Nietzel M.T., Bernstein, D.A., & Milich R. (1998) Introduction to

clinical Psychology 5th edition, Trentice Hall, New Jersy.

Prabhu G.G. (1983) Then Now India Journal of Clinical Psychology. The ICD -10 classification of Metal and Behaviouraldisorders.

Clinical Descriptions and diagnostic guidelines (1992) W.H.O. Geneva.

PSYCHOLOGICAL MEASUREMENT, TESTING & ASSESSMENT

PSY-Id CC

Unit I: Psychological measurement & Psychophysicsa. Psychological Measurement: Historical Orientation to mental

measurement – Levels of measurement. b. Classical Psychophysics – Method of average error, method of

minimal change and method of constant methods.c. Psychological Scaling methods: Rank order, Pair comparison; Method

of successive categories and Rating Scales.

Unit II: Test Standardization ProceduresIntroduction to test construction; Item analysis- objectives and uses of item analysis; Indices of Item difficulty; Indices of item analysis- Attitude scale consolation – Reliability And validity – Methods of establishing Reliability and Validity of a test.

Unit III: Interpretation of Test Scores:Development of norms: Percentile, and Decimal Ranks; The Standard Score; Mental age and intelligences quotient; Clinical aspect; differences between norms and standards. Qualitative aspects, ethical considerations in selecting a test.

Unit.IV: Assessment Techniquesa. Intelligence and Achievement Tests- Intelligence test as clinical instruments Non- verbal and group scales of intelligences; Multifactor Test Batteries Achievement Test.b. Aptitude and Interest Tests- Definition of Aptitude; Motor and Manual tests; Multiple aptitude tests; Evaluation of Aptitudes test; Tests of interests, Values and attitudes.

c. Personality Tests- Self report techniques- 16PR, MMPI, CPL, Activity vector analysis: Bell – Adjustment inventory, Projective tests

References:1. Statistics for social sciences with SPSS. Asthana & Bandh Bhushan.

Cengage.2. Psychological Testing . 6th Edition. Robert & Kappy. Cengage.3. Psychological Testing – 7th Edition- Anaesthesia. PHI 4. F.S. Freeman: Psychological Testing, 3 rd edition , Oxford and IBH

pubilications, Co.Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi.5. J.P. Guillford: Psychometric methods, Tata- McGraw- Hill publishing

Co. Ltd. New Delhi.6. Anastasia & Urbinas (2005) Psychological testing, Pearson Education

Pvt., Ltd., Delhi.7. Freeman F.S.: Psychological Testing, 3 rd edition , Oxford and IBH

publications Co. Pvt Ltd., New Delhi.

Psy IIIa. CC BIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY

Unit I: Introduction to Bio-PsychologyBiological Explanations of Behaviour - The Brain and Conscious experi-ence –Relation of body and mind- The genetics of behaviour – Heredity and environment- possible complications – environmental modifications – how genes affect behaviour.

Unit II: Nerve Cells and Nerve ImpulsesAnatomy of Neurons – The Blood-brain barrier – The nerve impulse – The resting and action potential – Concept of Synapse- The properties of Synapse – Neurotransmitters and Behaviour.

Unit III: Anatomy of the Nervous SystemNervous System-Central and Peripheral; Central Nervous System-Brain and Spinal Cord; Brain- Hindbrain, the midbrain- the forebrain- Cerebral cortex – the occipital lobe, the parietal lobe, the temporal lobe, the frontal lobe; Spinal Cord- Reflex action and varieties of reflexes; Peripheral Nervous System-Somatic and Autonomic Nervous system; Autonomic Nervous system- Sympathetic and Parasympathetic.

Unit IV: Harmones - behaviour and Techniques of studying Brain activitya. Endocrine glands – The pituitary gland- the thyroid gland – the parathyroid - the adrenal glands – thymus gland – the gonads - the pineal gland – effects of over and under secretion of glands.

b. Techniques of studying Brain activity- Correlating brain anatomy with behaviour - Recording Brain activity (EEG,MEG,PET fMRI) – Effects of brain damage – Effects of brain stimulation.

Reference:

James W.Kalat. (2009).Biological Psychology. US: Wadsworth.

Psy IIIb. CC COUNSELLING PSYCHOLOGY

Unit I : Introduction to CounsellingConcept and Definition of counselling – counselling as helping profession and related fields – Guidance , Psychotherapy, Clinical Psychology and Social work - Factors contributing to the emergence of counselling- History of counselling movement- Present status of counselling in India

Unit II : Goals and Characteristics of a Counselor and CounseleeGoals and expectations of counselling – The characteristics of an effective counselor- counselor skills- Characteristics of a Counselee .

Unit III: Counseling process and theories of counsellingThe counselling setup – Influence of external conditions- Phases of counselling – Theoretical orientations (Psychoanalyses/ Behaviorism / Humanistic theory / Rational Emotive theory)

Unit IV: Legal and Ethical ConsiderationsLegal and ethical considerations in counseling – Conflicting responsibility – Confidentiality – Competence and representation and ethics in research – legal considerations – the legal recognition of counselors – Privileged communications – Expert Testimony and liability for negligence or malpractice.

Reference: Bhatnagar, A & Gupta, N .(1999). Guidance and Counselling. A

Theoretical perspective. Vikas Publishing House: New Delhi. Gibson, R.L & Mitchell, M.H. (2006). Introduction to Counselling

and Guidance. Prentice Hall of India Ltd., : New Delhi. Naryana Rao,

BASICS IN STATISTICS & RESEARCH METHODOLOGYPsy IIIc. CC

Research Methodology-I

Unit I: Introduction to Research MethodologyScience, Its aims and functions: Methods of knowing, scientific Research and goals of Psychological Research. Types of Research:, Basic Research and applied Research: Exploratory research , Conclusive research (Descriptive, Experimental).

Unit II: Identification of Problem Problem: Types of problems, Identifying a Research Problem - Variables: Independent, Dependent and Intervening Variable – Experimental group and control group. Hypotheses: The nature and types of Hypotheses, stating a hypothesis, criteria of hypothesis and functions of hypothesis.

Basic statistical measures-IUnit III: Introduction to statistics

a) Frequency distribution- Measurement of central tendency (Mean, Median, Mode) – Graphical representation of the frequency distribution (frequency polygon, histogram, cumulative frequency curve, Ogive or cumulative percentage curve). Measures of variability- Range-Quartile deviation- Average deviation - Standard deviation.

b) Normal Probability Curve –Application of normal probability curve.

Unit. IV: Score transformation and Non-Parametric testsa) Score Transformation – Z scores – Deciles- Centiles or Percentiles –

Stanines. b) Non-Parametric tests- Chi-square tests- The Mann-whitney ‘U’

test – Wilcoxon Matched Pair test - The Median test.References:

Kerlinger, F.N. (1973). Foundations of behavioral research. Surjeet publications, New Delhi.

R. Paneerselvan. (2004). Research Methodology ,PHI :New Delhi. G.R. Kothari. Research Methodology - Methods & Technicians,

2nd Edition – New Age International Publishers, New Delhi

Psy IIId. IEC HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY

Unit I :Introduction to Health PsychologyDefinition - Scope– Health psychology as a new field –- Health Psychology and other fields- Emergence of Health Psychology- Research methods in Health psychology – Correlational studies – Cross sectional and longitudinal studies – Experimental designs

Unit II: Models of Health and Health BehaviourIllness and Personality –Allport, Roger, Maslow; Bio-Psychosocial perspectives- Eastern Approaches: Concept of Sthitha Prajna (Bhagvadgeeta), Concept of Anasakti. Health Behavior and Primary preventions-Changing health habits – Behavioral approaches. Transtheoretical model, and Social engineering – Health enhancing behaviors

Unit.III: Health ServicesHealth Services – Perceiving and Interpreting systems – Uses and misuses of health services – The Patient-Practitioner relationship – Medical advices – Psychological problems of hospitalized patients.

Unit IV: Health Promotion and Disease PreventionBehavioral Risk factors (Food and eating/ alcohol and drinking/ unsafe sexual behavior, Tobacco and smoking /sedentary life style). Development of Health habits - Approaches to Health Promotion – Behavioral change approach, Self–empowerment approach, Collective action approach.

References: Hans Selye (Ed.) (1980). Selyes Guide to Stress Research. Van

Nostrand Reinhold Company: NY. Baron, R.A ., and Byrne, D. (1999).Social psychology. Prentice Hall

of India Private Ltd. Taylor, S.E. (2006). Health Psychology. 6th edition: Tata McGraw

Hill, New Delhi. Jame Ogden. (2010).Health Psychology. 6th Edition. Tata McGraw Hills.

Psy IIId. IEC STRESS AND COPING

Unit – I : Introduction to StressDefinition of Stress – Stress and Eustress -History and present status of the stress concept. Indian view of stress and coping. Models of Stress: General adaptation syndrome (GAS) –Selye’s view – Lazarus’s view- stress and disease – Diathesis model.

Unit – II : Sources of Stress and ModelsSources of Stress: Physiological, Psychological, Sociological and Environmental- Models of Stress: Person – Environment fit theory, Cybernetic theory of stress. Moderators of stress: Age, Personality, Intelligence, and Social Support. Role of physical exercises in reducing stress.

Unit III: Effects of StressPhysiological effects, Psychological–Learned helplessness. Burnout Stress Syndrome (BOSS), Anxiety, Anger and Depression as Emotional vital signs of Mental Health, their nature and management. Coping and well- being, A multidimensional theory of Burnout.

Unit – IV: Adjustment to StressAdjustment, Adaptation, Defense mechanisms and coping styles - Difference between defense mechanisms and coping styles. False friends – Impact of Alcohol, Drugs, Smoking, Over eating.

References: Cooper C.L. (1998). Theories of Organizational Stress. Oxford

University Press,. Goldberger L and Breynity .(1982) Hand book of stress:

Theoretical and Clinical Aspects. Free press New York. Pestonjee D.M. (1999) Stress and Coping” The Indian

Experience,: Second edition. Sage publications. Selye. M., (1980).Selye‘s Guide to Stress Research. Van

Nostrand Reinhold company: NY. Srivastava. S., (1998). Understanding Stress: A

Multidimensional Approach. Regency Publications: New Delhi.

Psy IIId. IEC PSYCHOLOGY OF DISABILITY AND AGING

Unit-I: Introductiona. Definition of Disability – Types of Disability – Nature of Disabilityb. Individuals with Disabilities- Early and middle childhood, adolescence and early & late adulthood - Sensory and physical disabilities - Learning and behavioural disability - Needs and concerns of disabled in all groups.

Unit – II : Assessment of Disability- Psychological Aspectsa. Diagnostics and assessment- Learning and behavioural

disability - Research methods

b. Psychosocial aspects of disability Attitudes, stereotypes prejudices and discrimination towards the disabled - Minority and under privileged status.

Unit - III: Behavioural Management Behavioral analysis-Management of problems of the disabled – Role of Parents, teachers and other significant others-Role of Interventions.

Unit – IV: Organization of Servicesa. Role of NGO’s in serving the special concerned group.b. Welfare programmes of GOI for special concerned group.

Reference: 1. Advani, S.L. Ghate, P., Goel, H.C., & Reddy, V.R. L. (2002).

Foundation course on education of children with disability. Hyderbad: G. Guru publications.

2. Narain, J.& Kutty, A.C.T. (1990). Skill training for M.R. Persons. Hyderabad: J.S. Graphics.

3. Verma, LO. (1990). The management of children with emotional and behavioural difficulties. London: Routledge.

SEMESTER-IV

Psy IVa. CC THERAPEUTIC APPROACHES

Unit. I : Psychoanalytic Therapy (Freud)A. Psycho-analytic therapy – Introduction- Structure of Personality-

Conscious and Unconscious – Psychosexual stages- Eros and Thanatos - Defence Mechanisms.

B. Therapeutic Process - therapeutic goals –Therapeutic relationship– therapeutic techniques - Free association, resistance, transference, interpretation of dreams.

Unit II - Behavior Therapy (Arnold Lazarus) A. Introduction - Four areas of development- Classical Conditioning-

Operant Conditioning –Social learning approach– Cognitive Behavior therapy- View of human nature - Therapeutic Process - therapeutic goals –Therapeutic relationship.

B. Therapeutic techniques - Relaxation training and related methods-Systematic desensitization- Exposure Therapies- Eye movement, desensitization and reprocessing – Assertiveness training- Self management and self directed behavior- Reinforcement interventions.

Unit III- Person Centered Therapy (Carl Rogers)A. Introduction – Existentialism and Humanism. View of human nature-

Basic concepts- Therapeutic Process: Therapeutic goals –Therapeutic relationship.

B. Therapeutic techniques- Evolution of person- centered methods - The role of assessment – Areas of application.

Unit IV- Existential Therapy (Viktor Frankl and Rollo May) A. Introduction - View of human nature- Existential psychodynamics – Anxiety defences- Therapeutic Process: Therapeutic goals – Therapeutic relationship.B. Therapeutic techniques –Therapy and death-Identifying defence mechanisms-Understanding anxieties –Rippling- Desensitizing clients to death.

REFERENCES: Hall C.S. & Lindzey. G. (1998). Theories of Personality. 3rd Ed. NY:

J. Wiley & Sons Elizabeth B. Hurlock. (1976). Personality Development. Tata Mc.

Graw Hill. Deurzen, E.V., & Martin , (2011). Skills Essential counseling

Psychotherapy. Sage Publications: New Delhi. Nelson, Richard Jones. (2011). Theories and Practice of

counseling Therapy. 5th Edition. Sage Publications: New Delhi.

Psy IVb. CC COUNSELLING SKILLS

Unit I: Role of Counselor and Stages of CounsellingRole of counselor - Stages of Counselling- Need for help – enter into Counselling -relationship- Expression and exploration of feelings and problems – Helping face- Awareness of self and re-orientation – Experience a change and stabilizing- Limitations of a counselor .

Unit II: Counselor skills

Structuring the relationship – Development of Rapport- Attending behaviour- Opening communication - Observation skills - Paraphrasing and summarizing – Confrontation (supporting while challenging). Role of communication- Verbal and Nonverbal communication-Listening barriers- Tips to enhance listening.

Unit III: Methods of counselingPreparation for counseling – Pre-counselling interview- Case –study method – Anxiety of clients – Winning the confidence of the client- feedback and evaluation- Need for Group counseling.

Unit IV : Special areas of counseling.Child and Adolescent counseling (Identification of emotionally dis-turbed, Learning disabled, Underachiever, Socially disadvantaged, Talented children and counseling)- Family and Marital counseling-Counselling for special concern groups like Alcoholics/chronic health problems/HIV patients/Juvenile delinquents/Teenage pregnancy (Identification, Intervention and Prevention).

Reference: Bhatnagar, A & Gupta N (1999) Guidance and Counselling. A

Theoretical perspective. New Delhi: Vikas Publishing House. Hallam R. (1992) Counselling for Anxiety Problems. London:

Sage Publication. Gibson, R.L & Mitchell, M.H. (2006). Introduction to Counselling

and Guidance. New Delhi: Prentice Hall of India Ltd. S. Naryana Rao (1997) Counselling and Guidance. Tata Mc. Graw-

Hill. Deurzen, E.V., & Martin , (2011). Skills Essential counseling

Psychotherapy. Sage Publications: New Delhi. Nelson, Richard Jones. (2011). Theories and Practice of

counseling Therapy. 5th Edition. Sage Publications: New Delhi. Richard nelson jones (2008) Basic counseling skill’s a Helpers

manual. 2nd edition. New Delhi:Sage Publications India limited.

ADVANCED STATISTICS AND RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

Psy IVc. CC Research Methodology-II

Unit I: Sampling & Data Collection and Presentation a. Sampling : Types of sampling(Random, Stratified, Purposive,

Incidental and Multi stage sampling) and issues related to selection of sample size.

b. Data collection & presentation: Primary data (observation method/ Personal interview, survey method, questionnaire) secondary data. Presenting research results: Writing a research report: How to write a research paper ? How to publish an article and how to give an oral presentation

Unit III : Ethical Consideration Ethics in human research : APA guidelines, Scientific fraud and monitoring ethical practice.

Advanced statistical measures-II

Unit III: Tests of Hypotheses &Experimental designTwo Randomized group design- independent sample t-test; Two matched group design- matched t-test: More than two groups design-Duncan’s Multiple Range test, Analysis of Variance.

Unit IV: Multi variate analysisCorrelation – Pearson Product moment method and Spearman rank order method- Correlation design - Multiple regression analysis(Linear/ Stepwise).

References: Edwards, A.L. (1968). Experimental design in Psychological

research. Amerind Publishing company Pvt Ltd, New Delhi. Elmes D.G: Kantowitz B.H and Roediger H.L. (1995).Research

methods in Psychology. NY: West publishing company. Devendra Thakur (2000). Research Methodology in Social

Sciences – Deep & Deep Publications Pvt. Ltd, New Delhi Singh, A.k. (1997). Tests, Measurements and Research

Methods in Behavioural Science. Patna: Bharati Bhavan Publishers and distributors.

Psy IVd. IEC HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY

Unit. I: Management of Chronic illnessManagement of chronic illness – quality of life – emotional responses to chronic illness – Behavioural factors in Cardiovascular disease, Cancer - Living with chronic illness – Alzheimer’s disease – Diabetes –HIV AIDS- Psychological issues in advancing to hospital care – problems of survivors.

Unit II: Seeking Health Care and ManagementAdopting health related behaviour – seeking medical attention - re-ceiving health care. Management of Ill- Illness beliefs and explana-tions – experience of pain limitation of medical treatment- Patient empowerment – Role of Yoga-Principles – Pranayama.

Unit III: Health related Psychological InterventionsConditions/Resources Promoting and Maintaining health – Pharmaco-logical interventions- Individual therapy – Patient Education - social support interventions.

Unit IV: Role of agencies in Health PromotionCurrent and future trends in Health promotion –Health Care – Management of serious illness – Becoming a health Psychologist. Challenges for the future - Organized efforts of mental health – Role of Governmental and voluntary organizations- Role of Health Psychologist.

Reference: David F. Marks et al., (2005).Health Psychology. Second

Edition. Sage publications India Private Limited., N.D. Taylor, S.E. (2006), Health Psychology. 6th edition: Tata McGraw Hill, New Delhi.

Psy IVd. IEC STRESS AND COPING

Unit I: Measurement of StressMeasurement of stress and coping – physiological measurement. Self re-port Measures, Life events scale, everyday hassles scale.

Unit II: Coping with StressCoping definition, classification- Coping as a process – stages- Coping re-sources –coping style - Stress management through Eastern (Yoga, Vipas-sana, meditation) and western approaches- Coping and Stress Manage-ment techniques-Psychological reactions to death – Stages of acceptance by Kubler –Ross.

Unit III: Moderators of Stress Influence of Socio demographic factors like age, gender, economic status etc., Personality (e..g, Type A Behaviour pattern) – Social /Family/Peer/ Supervisory support and their appraisals as moderators of the relationship of stress and health /well-being,

Unit – IV: Behavioural Intervention to Stress Physiological Approaches: Relaxation training – Hypnotic treatment - Bio feedback- Cognitive Behavioral therapy – emotional disclosure – cognitive reframing – Humor - Visual imagination- Stress Inoculation training- Self help & Counseling .

Reference:

Goldberger L and Breynity.(1982). Handbook of stress: Theoretical and Clinical Aspects. Free press: NY.

Pestonjee D.M.(1999). Stress and Coping. The Indian experience (II Edition) Sage publications: New Delhi.

Selye. M.,(1980). Selye‘s Guide to Stress Research. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company :NY.

Psy IVd. IEC PSYCHOLOGY OF DISABILITY AND AGING

UNIT.I: Scope and Methodologya. Introduction, Demography, History and Applications - Aging, Life

Span Development and Gero - Psychology

b. Methodology - Specific methods of study of aging-Multidisciplinary perspective- Cross sectional, Longitudinal and Sequential methods- Testing, observation, Interview and survey Methods.

UNIT II: The Process Of Aging - Changes a. Physiological Changes - Changes in different systems -

Common Health Problems in old age- ADL’s and IADL’s.b. Psychological Changes- Cognitive Changes - Personality Changes- Social

Changes.

Unit – III : The Process of Aging – Theoretical orientations Biological / Psychological/ Sociological

Unit – IV: Elder care Welfare and Policy IssuesConcept of Elder Care – Different Models - Care needs of older persons – physical, social and psychological. Needs and Measures of welfare of older person- The national policy formation - Social security and legal provisions- Organizing the Resources for Senior Citizens - Empowerment of elderly.

References:

Birren, J.E. & Schaie, W. (2006). Handbook of Psychology of Aging. New York: Academic Press.

Phoebe S. Liebig and Rajan, S(2003). An Aging in India: Perspectives, Prospects and Policies. NY: The Haworth press Inc.

Rajan, S. Irudya, Mishra, US & Sharama, P.S. (1999). India’s Elderly: Burden or Challenging. New Delhi : Sage Publications.

Ramamurthi, PV. & Jamuna, D. (2004). Handbook of Aging in India. New Delhi: Serial Publications.