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Bharathiar University - School of Distance Education Coimbatore- Syllabus of MSc Applied Psychology IInd Year - IX Project Work Requirements
A candidate undertaking project work is already equipped with the theoretical knowledge in the discipline and also practical skills in psychodiagnostic testing including administration and interpretation of cognitive and personality tests using objective and projective Psychology and Psychodiagnostics under the direct supervision of a qualified Psychologist, wherever available in an organizational setting.
During the project work the candidate may be permitted to participate under the supervision of the teacher in the diagnostic testing and also to attend to application of the knowledge of Psychology in an organization setting.
Besides the candidate may be required to collect information regarding the following
i. The history of the organization with the Mission Statement of the organization along with the details about the pioneer of the organization. The Historical development of the Psychology division at the organization.
ii. The privileges of the psychologist if any, in the organization. The role and the role exceptions of the psychologist
iii. The test privileges available at the organization. The details of the test acceptance procedures. The test trails, approval, monitoring and the updating.
iv. The counseling privileges available at the organization. Especially about the individual and group counseling and their administering procedures documents maintained, regular counseling meetings and the follow-up details.
v. Some selected Case Studies in details.
A Project Report is to submitted on or before May 14th of the year during which the Project Work is completed. The Report is required to document the organizational exposure and training gained during the period of Project Work.
In case a candidate fails to submit the Project Report within the date specified heshe may be granted extension of time to submit the report within 3 months, at one time, not exceeding two such extensions for the entire course.
Bharathiar University - School of Distance Education Coimbatore- Syllabus of MSc Applied Psychology IInd Year- VIII Research Methodology and Statistics for Psychology
UNIT I
MEANING OF RESEARCH:
Objectives, Types, Approaches, Significance of Research - Methods Vs Methodology - Research Process Flow Chart - Criteria of Good Research - Problems encountered by Researches in India.
MEASUREMENT SCALES:
Nominal Scales, Ordinal Scals, Interval Scale, Ratio Scale, - Source of Errors in Measurement - Tests of Sound Measurement - Test of Validity - Test of Reliability - Test of Practicality
UNIT II
MEANING AND DEFINITION OF A RESEARCH PROBLEM:
Selection - Sampling - Steps - Types - Sample Size - Testing Hypothesis-1 (parametric or Standard Test of Hypothesis) - Testing Hypothesis)-II (Non Parametric or Distribution) - Free Tests.
SAMPLING DESIGN:
Census and Sample Survey - Implifications of Sample Design - Steps in Sampling Survey - Types Of Universe, Sampling Unit, Source List, Size of Sample, Parameters of Interest, Budgetary Constraint, Sampling Procedure - Criteria of ‘Selecting a Sampling Procedure - Characteristics of a good sample Design - Different types of Sample Design - How to select a random Sample - Random Sample fiom an infinitive Universe Complex random Sampling Design.
UNIT III
RESEARCH DESIGN:
Meaning of Research Design: Need for Research Design; Features of a Good Design; Important Concepts Relating to Research Design; Different Research designs - Basic principles of Experimental Designs - Conclusions - Appendix - Developing a Research plan.
SAMPLING FUNDAMENTALS:
Need for Sampling - Some Fundamentals Definitions-Important Sampling Distributions-Central Limit Theorem-Sampling Theory- Sandier’s A-test - Concept of Standard Error - Estimation - Estimating the population Mean - Estimating population proportion-Sample size through the Approach based on precision rate and Confidence Level-Deterministic of sample size through the Approach Based on Bayesian Statistics.
UNIT IV
CHI-SQUARE TEST:
Application - Steps-Alternative formula-Conversion of Chi-Square into Phi coefficient Conversion into coefficient of Contingency Important Characteristics of Chi - square Test Caution in using Chi-Square Test. Analysis of variance and co-variance-Multi variate Analysis - Factor Analysis - path Analysis.
UNIT V
COMPUTER AND ITS ROLE IN RESEARCH:
Computer Applications - Thc Computer System - Important Characteristics-The Binary Number System - Computers and Researchers.
INTERPRETATION AND REPORT WRITING:
Meaning-Why -Techniques-Precautions - Steps in Report Writing - Layout - Types-Oral Presentation Precautions in Report Writing.
REFERENCES:
1. KOTHARI C.R.RESEARCH METHODOLOGY Chennai: Wishva Prakasham 2000.
2. KERLINGER, F.N.Foundations of Behavioural research -Iied New York Reinhart & Weinstein 1973.
Bharathiar University - School of Distance Education Coimbatore- Syllabus of MSc Applied Psychology IInd Year- VII Human Resource Development
UNIT I
THE CHALLENGE OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT:
HRD Concept and Background - The context and the Need for HRD - The Concept and its Dimensions - Competencies and Benefits-Human Development and HRD - Dimension of Development Targets of Development - HRD needs and priorities.
EARLY APPROACHES TO HRD:
Human Capital Approach - Social Psychological Approach - Current context and Approaches to HRD. The World Development Context-Differences between industrialized and developing countries The Renewed Emphasis on HRD: Rational and Assumptions Concerning HRD - The international agenda on HRD.
HUMAN RESOURCES AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT:
Measuring HRD and Economic Developrnent - HRD Variables and Economic Development-Macroeconornic Studies Relationship between Economic Performances and resource Allocations to HRD.
UNIT II
STRATEGIC INTERVENTIONS TN HRD SECTORS AND TARGET GROUPS:
Health - Diagnosis of Health Environment-Health Management: Case studies from select countries.
BASIC EDUCATION:
Education for all-impediments-resources-teacher motivation and morale - need for an integrated approach - case studies
ADULT EDUCATION:
Adult Literacy, Development, Status - Methods and Approaches to educating adults and strategies for the future.
TECHINICAL AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION:
Forms of Technical and Vocational Education Planning - Review and Renewal methodologies - Action priorities - introducing Vocation Orientation to school Curricula-Skills for self - employment - Scope Beyond the schools.
HIGHER EDUCATION:
Resource constraints - intervention - linking research to developmental needs - institution building and management - distance learning and other const - effective Systems.
UNIT III
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY:
In Developing Countries - National Policies on Science and Technologies - HRD Strategies - Technological Innovation, Organizational Change and inter-Firm Networking - Developing and Marketing New Technologies to meet HRD Needs.
ENVIRONMENT AND HRD:
Environment Problems and Issues - Policy and Action Priorities - HRD Strategies the Environmental Management - Raising Awareness of Environmental Issues-Developing Institutions and Institutional Bases.
EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN AND HRD:
Strategies for Empowering Women - Education - Participation in Economic Activities - Involvement in policy Formulations and Decision Making - Socio Cultural Change Through Legislation and Media - Case of Women in Indonesia.
ENTREPRENEURIAL SKILLS FOR THE POOR AND UNEMPLOYED:
Poverty, Unemployment and HRD-Strategies for dealing with poverty and Unemployment - Human Resource Planning.
UNIT IV
STRATEGIC PROCESS INTERVENTIONS FOR HRD:
Using Non-Governmental Organizations - NGOs and The Government - Contributions NGOs can make to HRD-Health Care - Equation-Cooperative and Credit Agencies-HRD for NGOs.
DECENTRALISATION AND ENHANCING PARTICIPATION:
Meaning and Manifestation-Devolution - Deconcentration - Participation-Issues Surrounding Decentralization and Participation - Action Strategies For Making Decentralization and Participation Work.
MOBILISING RESOURCES:
Resources for HRD Dimensions of The Resource Problems-Mobilizing Government Resources-Community Funding and NGOs-Illustrative Case Studies - Mobilizing the Contributions of Individuals.
ENHANCING COORDINATION:
Issues in the Coordination of HRD-Integration and Coordination - Inter dependencies. between HRD elements - Mechanisms of Coordination and Integration.
PROFESSIONALISING GOVERNMENT AND HRD:
Some major areas for Reform an Overview-Human Resource Systems - Performance Planning Analysis and Development Institutional Development and self Renewal - New Technologies for Professionalising Government - The lnnovative and Adaptive Organizations - The Role Of Government priorities and Policies.
UNIT V
HUMAN RESOURCE SYSTEM:
The Concept and Bountairs. Matching the Role and Person - Recruitment and Placcment - The Beginning of Socialization - Developing the person in the Role: Performance Appraisal - Beyond the present Role - Developing Dyadic Relationships-Performance Review and Counseling - Career planning and Development - Formal Systems of Industrial Development and Training.
JOB ENRICHMENT QUALITY OF WORK LIFE AND ROLE EFFICACY:
Developing Self - Renewal - Integrating the Individual in the culture - Role of HRD & Personal Developments - Introducing HRD in a public Sector Undertaking: A Case Study.
REFERENCES:
1. UDAI PAREEK & T.VENKATESHWARA RAO (1983) . Designing and Managing Human Resources Systems (Second Edition) : Oxford & IBH Publishing Co.NewDelhi.
2. RAO.T.V.(1996), Human Resources Development, Expedence, Interactions, Strategies, Sage Publications, New Delhi.
Bharathiar University - School of Distance Education, Coimbatore - Syllabus of MSc Applied Psychology IInd Year- VI - Pshychopathology and Mental Hygiene
UNIT I
ABORMAL PSYCHOLOGY:
What is Abnormal Psychology ? The epidemiology of Maladaptive Behaviour - The Historical Background of Abnormal Psychology - Physiological and Organic Behaviour - Seeking Help for Abnormal Behaviour- Research in Abnormal Psychology.
THERORETICAL PERSPECTIVE ON MALADAPTIVE BEHAVIOUR:
The role of the Theory in Abnormal Psychology - The Biological Perspective - The Psychodynamic perspective - The Behavioral perspective - The cognitive - The Humanistic - Existential Perspective - The community - Cultural Perspective - An integral approach.
CLASSIFICATION AND ASSESSMENT:
Classification: Categories of Mladaptive Behaviour - Advantages and Disadvantages - Vulnerability, Resiliency and coping - The Multiaxial approach - DSM IV - the major diagnostic categories - Evaluation of DSM Multiaxial Approach- Research on classification - assessment: The basis of classification - ICD-10 Classification.
UNIT II
STRESS, COPING AND MALADATIVE BEHAVIOUR:
Stress and coping - Social support - Stressful Situations and life Transitions - Clinical Reactions to Stress - Treating Stress - Related Problems.
PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS AND PHYSICAL SYMPTOMS:
Psychological, Social and Bodily interactions - Psychophysiological Disorders - Somatoform disorders - Factitious Disorders and Malingering.
ANXIETY DISORDERS:
Generalized Anxiety Disorder - Panic Disorder - Obsessive Compulsive Disorder - interpreting and treating anxiety Disorders.
SEXUAL VARATIONS AND DISORDERS:
Changing views of sexual Behaviour - Homosexuality - Sexual Dysfunctions - Gender identify Disorder The paraphilias - Sexual Victimizations.
UNIT III
PERSONALITY DISORDERS:
Classification - Odd or Eccentric Behaviors - Dramatic, Emotional or Erratic Behaviour - Anxious or Fearful Behaviors - Treatment of Personality Disorders.
MOOb DISORDERS:
Depression - Depressive Disorders - Theoretical Perspectives on Depression - Bipolar Disorders - Suicide.
SCHIZOPHRENIC DISORDERS:
Characteristics and probable causes - Major subtypes of schizophenia - what causes schizophrenic Disorder ? - Methods of Studying Genetic and Environmental Factors - Psychological Research - Treatment, and Outcome Attention, Cognition and the Schizophrenic process - Therapeutic Approaches.
UNIT IV
COGNITIVE IMAIRMENT DISORDERS:
The Brain : An interact ional Perspective - Dolirium - Dementia - Amnestic Disordcrs - An Integrative Approach to Brain Disorders.
SUBSTANCE RELATED DISORDERS:
Substance use Disorders - Substance Induced Disorders - Alcohol - related Disorders - Other Drugs - Substance Dependence and Social policy.
DISORDERS OF CHILDHOOD AND ADOLESCENCE:
The Scope of the problem - Disruptive Behaviour - internalizing Disorders - Eating Disorder - Therapy for children and Adolescents.
DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS:
Autistic Disorder - Mental Retardation.
UNIT V
HERAPIES AND THEIR OUTCOMES:
Psychotherapy - Cognitive Behavioural therapies - Group Therapy - Research on the Psychological therapies - integration of Psychologically based therapeutic approaches - Biological therapies - Hospitalization.
SOCIETY’S RESPONSE TO MALADAPTIVE BEHAVIOUR:
Types of prevention - sites of prevention - The challenge of prevention - Treatment in the community - Legal Aspects of Treathent and prevention.
REFERENCE:
1. SARASON I.G. & SARASON, B.R (1998). Abnormal psychology. The problem of maladaptive behavior VIII edition, prentice Hall of India Private Limited, New Delhi.
2. RONALD F.COMER (1996). Fundamentals of Abnormal Psychology: Edition, W.H.Freeman and Company, New York.
Bharathiar University - School of Distance Education Coimbatore- Syllabus of MSc Applied Psychology : Ist Year- III Advanced Social Psychology
UNIT I
The FIELD OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY HOW WE THINK ABOUT AND INTERACT WITH OTHERS:
A working Definition of Social Psychology - Social Psychology Focuses on the Behaviour of individuals - A Capsule Memoir of Social Psychology. Answering questions about Social Behavior and Social Thought: Research Methods in Social Psychology: - The Role of Theory in Social Psychology.
SOCIAL PERCEPTION UNDERSTANDING OTHERS
Attribution: understanding the Causes of Others Behavior - Theories Of Attribution - Some Basic Sources of Basic Impression Formation and impression Management.
SOCIAL COGNITION: THINKING ABOUT OTHERS AND THE SOCIAL WORLD:
Heuristics - Mental Shortcuts in Social Cognition - Basic Aspects of Social thought - Tilts, Tendencies and potential Errors-Affect and Cognition: How Thought Shapes Feeling and Feelings Shape Thought.
UNIT II
ATTITUDES: EVALUATING THE SOCIAL WORKD
Forming Attitudes - Social Learning, Direct Experience and Genetic Factors - attitudes and Behavior. The Essential Link - Specificity, Components, Strength, Vested interest, the Role of Self-Awareness - Accessibility - Persuasion: the Traditional and Cognitive Approaches - Resistance to persuasion - cognitive Dissonance
SOCIAL IDENTIFY SELF AND GENDER
The Self, Self Concept, Self Esteem, Self-efliciency, Self Monitoring Behavior, Self Focusing Gender - maleness of Femaleness as a Crucial Aspect of identify.
UNIT III
PREJUDICE AND DISCRIMINATION: UNDERSTANDING THEIR NATURE, COUNTERING THEIR EFFECTS.
What is Prejudice? And what is Discrimination?. The Origins of prejudice; Direct Intergroup contact, Recategorization, Cognitive intervention prejudice Based on Gender. Its Nature and Effects - Gender stereotypes Discrimination Against Females. Sexual Harassment.
INTERPERSONAL ATTRACTION: GETTING ACQUAINTED, DECOMING FRIENTS:
Proximity and Emotions - The Need to Affiliate and Reactions to Observable Characteristics - Similarity and Reciprocity in Becoming Friends.
CLOSE RELATIONSHIPS FRIENDSHIP & LOVE:
Moving Beyond casual Friendships-Relationships among relative’s friends and lovers. What is Love? What is Loneliness?
UNIT IV
SOCIAL INFLUENCE: CHANGING OTHERS BEHAVIOR:
Group influence in action - factors Affecting Conformity. The bases of Confirmity, Need for individuation and need for control, Minority influences - Compliance: ingratiation, Multiple requests Sweetening the deal and Complaining - Obedience: Social Influence by demand.
PROSOCIAL BEHAVIOR PROVIDING HELP TO OTHERS
Responding to an Emergency - Bystander behavior, Five Necessary cognitive steps for Help - Internal and External factors that influence Altruistic behavior, role Models. Emotions Characteristics of the Victim - Prosocial Behavior: Empathy Altruism theory Empathic joy and Genetic selfishness.
UNIT V
AGGRESSION: ITS NATURE CAUSES AND CONTROL
Theoretical Perspective on Aggression - it is an innate Tendency an Elicited drive, A reaction to an aversive events and a learned social behavior. Social Determinants of Aggression, Frustration, direct provocation, exposure to media violence. Heightened Arousal, sexual Arousal and aggression. The effects of Violent pornography, Alcohol and Aggression - Personal causes of aggression Type a Behaviour pattern, Perceiving Evil intent in others, shame-proneness and Gender Difference - Techniques for prevention and control of Aggression Punishment, Catharsis, Cognitive interventions and other techniques.
GROUP AND INDIVIDUALS: THE CONSEQUENCES OF BELONGINGS Groups :
Their Nature, Function and Formation - Groups and Task Performance, The Benefits and costs of working with others - Social Facilitation, Social Loafing - Decision Making by Groups - The decision Making Process end; the Nature of Group Decisions and Some Potential pitfalls.
REFERENCES:
1. BARON R. A. & BRYNE. D (1999) Social Psychology (Eigth Ed) New Delhi: Prentice - Hall of India.
2. MOGHADDAN. F. D (1998) Social Psychology: New York: W. H. Freeman.
Bharathiar University - School of Distance Education Coimbatore - Syllabus of MSc Applied Psychology : Ist Year - II Life Span Psychology
UNIT I
GROWTH AND DECLINE:
Meaning of Development changes - Significant Facts about Development - The Life Span - Recent Focus of Interest in the life span - Obstacles in studying life span Development - Result of obstacles in studying development - Happiness and Unhappiness during the life Span.
THE PRENATAL PERIOD:
Characteristics of the Prenatal period - How Life begins - Importance of Conception - Period of prenal development - Attitudes of Significant people - Hazard during the Prenatal period.
INFANCY:
Characteristics of Infancy-Major Adjustments of Infancy-conditions Influencing Adjustment to Postnatal ife-Characteristics of the Infant-Hazards of Infancy
UNIT II
BABYHOOD:
Characteristics of Babyhood - Developmental Tasks, Psychological Functions, Muscle, Speech, Interest in play, Understanding Morality, Sex-role Typing, Family Relationships, Personality, Hazards and Happiness in Babyhood.
EARLY CHILDHOOD:
Characteristics of Early Childhood - Developmental Tasks, Physiological Habits, Skill, Improvements in Speech, Emotions Socialization, Play Understanding, Moral Common interest, Sex-role Typing, Family Relationships, Personality, Hazards and Happiness in Early Childhood.
LATE CHILDHOOD:
Characteristics of Late Childhood - Developmental Tasks, Physiological Habits, Skill, Improvements in Speech, Emotions Socialization, Play Understanding, Moral Common interest, Sex-role Typing, Family Relationships, Personaiity, Hazards and Happiness in Late Childhood.
UNIT III
PUBERT:
Characteristics of Pube ty-criteria causes Age Growth Spurt. Body Changes at puberty-Effects of Puberty Changes and Deviant Maturing-sources of Concern, Hazard and Unhappiness at Puberty.
ADOLENSENCE:
The adolescent Years-Characteristics of Adolescence, Developmental Tasks, Emotionality, Social interests and Morality Changes during adolescence - Sex Interests. Sex behavior and Approved sex Roles Family Relationships, Personality Changes and Hazards of Adolescence.
EARLY ADULTHOOD: PERSONAL AND SOCIAL ADJUSTMENTS:
Characteristics of early Adulthood- Development Tasks Changes in interests. Social Mobility. Sex-role Adjustment. Personal and Social Hazards of Early Adulthood.
EARLY ADULTHOOD: VOCATIONAL AND FAMILY ADJUSTMENTS:
Vocational, Martial, Parenthood; Single hood and Hazards of Adjustments - assessments of Marital Adjustments:
UNIT IV
MIDDLE AGE: PERSONAL AND SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT:
Characteristics, and Developmental Tasks of Middle Age - Adjustments to Physical Changes Assessment of Adjustments of Physical Changes - Adjustments to Mental Changes interest and Social.
MIDDLE AGE: VOCATIONAL AND FAMILY ADJUSTMENTS:
Adjustments to Vocational, Family Patterns, Single hood, Loss of a Spouse, Approaching Retirement and Old Age - Vocational and Martial Hazards of Middle Age - Assessment of Adjustment to Middle Age.
UNIT V
OLD AGE: PERSONAL AND SOCIAL ADJUSTMENTS:
Characteristics and Development Tasks of Old Age, Adjustment to Physical Changes, Motor Abilities Mental Abilities interest, Hazards to Personal and Social Adjustments in Old Age.
OLD AGE: VOCATIONAL AND FAMILY ADJUSTMENT:
Adjustments to Vocational, Retirement, Family Life, Loss of A spouse, Remarriage Cohabitation, and Single hood in Old Age - Living Arrangements for the Elderly - Geograpnic Mobility, Vocational and Family - Life Hazards and Assessment Adjustment to Old Age.
REFERENCES:
1. HARLOCK. E.B (1980) Development Psychology: A Life Span Approach (fifth Ed) New Delhi: Tata McGraw - Hill pub.Co.Ltd.
2. SANTROCK. J.W (1997) Life-Span Development (sixth Ed) Chicago: Brown & Bench Mark.
Bharathiar University - School of Distance Education Coimbatore - Syllabus of MSc Applied Psychology - I Advanced General Psychology: Ist Year
UNIT I
DEFINITION OF PSYCHOLOGY:
The Works of Psychologists - The Early Scholars of Psychology - The Modem Perspective.
THE BIOLOGICAL BASES OF HUMAN BEHAVIOUR:
Species Typical Behaviour Patterns-Brain and Behaviour: Nervous System - Spinal Card, Brain Stem, Cerebellum, Reticular Formation, Associative Cortex. Behaviour and Experience - hemisphere Function.
UNIT II
SENSORY PROCESSES AND PERCEPTION:
Sensory Processes: Vision, Hearing, Smell, Taste, Skin - Attention - Perception: Form Perception - Visual Depth Perception - Perceptual Constancy - Movement Perception - Plasticity - Individual Difference.
PRINCIPLES OF LEARNING:
Classical Conditioning - Instruments Conditioning - Cognitive learning - The learner and Learning: MEMORY: STM - LTM - Forgetting - Amnesia - improving Memory.
THINKING AND LANGUAGE:
Thinking process - Concepts - Problem Solving - Decision Making - CreativeThinking - language Communication.
UNIT III
MOTIVATION:
Motovation as inferences, Explanation and Predictors - Theories of Motivation - Biological Motivation - Social Motivate - Motivate to know and to be Effective - Frustration and Conflict of Motive.
EMOTION AND STRESS:
Expression and Perception of Emotion - the Physiology of Emotion - Body Language - Lie Detectors - Stress - Coping with Stress - Theories of Emotion.
UNIT IV
NATURE OF INTELLIGENCE:
Factor Theories and Process Orientation Theories of Intelligence - Assessing - intelligence Tests - Individual Difference in intelligence - Mentally Gifted - genetic and Environment influence on Intelligence (Nature and Nature Issues) Group Difference in Intelligence.
UNIT V
PERSONALITY:
Meaning and Definition -Theories of Personality: Type, Trait, dynamic, Psychoanalytical, Learning and Behavioral, And HumanisticTheories - Personality Assessent - Issues and Controversies in Personality Theory and Research.
REFERENCE:
1. Morgan, C.T. King, R.A. Weisy, J.R, & Scooper, J. Introduction to Psychology. New Delhi: Tata Mc Grew - Hill, VII.,, 1993.
2. Baron A. Robert (1993) Psychology: Prentice - Hall of India PVT. Ltd., New Delhi.