B.Sc. (HONS.) PSYCHOLOGY
I Semester
PSB 101 :  (A) Basic Psychological Processes                                                     Credits: 2

 

1.      Introduction: Historical background. Psychology as a scientific study of behaviour.

1.      Areas of Application. Methods of study: Observation, interview and experimentation.

2.      Sensory and perceptual processes: Visual and auditory senses: Structure, functions and theories.  Attention: Nature, types and determinants.  Perception: Nature and determinants; Perceptual organization; Form, space and depth perception.

3.      Learning: Learning process. Theories of Learning: Trial and error, conditioning, and insight. Reinforcement. Learning curves.

4.      Memory and forgetting: Memorization process; Short-term and long-term memory. Measures of retention. Theories and causes of forgetting. Curve of forgetting.  Contributions of Ebbinghouse and Bartlett. Zeigarnik Effect.

5.      Thinking and problem solving:  Nature of thinking; Problem solving and creative thinking; role of set and insight.  Process of concept formation.

 

Books recommended:

1.      Atkinson, R. L., Atkinson, R. C., & Hilgard, E. R. (1998).  Introduction to psychology, (10th edition), New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich.

2.      Baron, R. A. (2006). Psychology (5th edition). New Delhi: Pearson Education.

3.      Ciccarelli, S. K., & Meyer, G. E. (2007). Psychology (1st edition). New Delhi: Pearson Education.

4.      Feldman, R. (2004). Understanding Psychology (6th edition). New Delhi: McGraw Hill

5.      Gerrig, R. J., & Zimbardo, P. G. (2006). Psychology and Life (17th edition). New Delhi: Pearson Education.

6.      Morgan, C. T., King, R. A., Weisz, J. R., & Schopler, J. (1986).  Introduction to psychology (7th edition) Bombay: Tata-McGraw Hill.

7.      Singh, R. N. (2005). Adhunik samanya manovigyan. Agra: Vinod Pustak Mandir.

8.      Singh, A.K. (1997). Uchchtar samanya manovigyan. Varanasi:  Motilal Banarasi Das.

9.      Zimbardo, P. G., Weber, A. L., & Johnson, R. L. (2000). Psychology (3rd editon). Boston: Allyn Bacon.


 

B.Sc. (HONS.) PSYCHOLOGY
I Semester

PSB 101 :  (B) Elementary Experimental Methodology and Basic Statistics Credits: 2

 

1.      Nature of science and scientific method.  Steps involved in experimentation.

2.      Problem and hypothesis:  Nature, types and sources. Variables:  Nature and types.  Control of variables.

3.      Meaning and purpose of statistics in psychology:  Discrete and continuous scores. Nature and levels of measurement.

4.      Frequency distributions and their graphical presentation: Frequency polygons, histograms and Ogive.  Percentile point and percentile rank.

5.      Measures of central tendency:  Mean, median, mode. Measures of variability:  Range, quartile deviation and standard deviation.

Books recommended

 

1.      Breakwell, G.  M., Hammon, S, Fife-Shaw, C., & Smith, J. (2006). Research methods in psychology (3rd edition). London: Sage.

2.      Garrett, H. E. (1969). Statistics in psychology and education. Bombay: Vakils, Feiffer Simons.

3.      Garrett, H. E. (1993). Shiksha evam manovigyan mein sankhyiki. New Delhi: Kalyani Publishers.

4.      Guilford, J. P., & Fruchter, B. (1973). Fundamentals of statistics in psychology and education. Tokyo: Kogakusha.

5.      Haslam, S. A., & McGarty, C. (2003). Research methods and statistics in psychology. London: Sage.

6.      Kapil, H.  K. (1980). Sankhyaki ke mool tatwa. Agra: Vinod Pustak  Mandir.

7.      Minium, E. W., King, B. M., & Bear, G. (1993). Statistical reasoning in psychology and education (3rd edition). New York: John Willey.

8.      Singh, A. K. (2006). Tests, measurements and research methods in behavioural sciences. Patna: Bharti Bhavan.

9.      Singh, A. K. (2004) Monovigyan, samajshastra tatha shiksha mein shodh vidhiyan. Varanasi: Motilal Banarasi Das.

10.  Suleman, M. (1997). Sankhyiki ke mool tatwa. Patna: Shukla Book Depot.

 


 

B.Sc. (HONS.) PSYCHOLOGY
I Semester

PSB 102 : Practical based on course PSB 101                                                   Credits: 2

(Any five of the following)

  1. Concept Formation.
  2. Human maze learning.
  3. Mapping of the blind spots
  4. Memory span of digits and words.
  5. Perceptual organization
  6. Retroactive inhibition.
  7. Serial position effect
  8. Set in problem solving.
  9. Span of apprehension.
  10. Zeigarnick Effect.


 

B.Sc. (HONS.) PSYCHOLOGY
II Semester
PSB 201 : (A) Foundations of Human Behaviour                                              Credits: 2

 

1.      Individual differences: Biological determinants: Genetic factors, hormones and glands. Socio-cultural determinants: Family, school, society and culture.

2.      Intelligence:  Nature, measurement and types of tests.

3.      Personality:  Nature, determinants, types and assessment of personality.

4.      Motivation:  Nature and types:  Biogenic and sociogenic.  Need hierarchy model.  Assessment of motivation.

5.      Emotion:  Nature of emotions.  Physiological correlates.  Theories of emotion:  James - Lange, Cannon-Bard, Schachter-Singer.

Books recommended:

 

1.      Atkinson, R. L., Atkinson, R. C., & Hilgard, E. R. (1998).  Introduction to psychology, (10th edition), New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich.

2.      Baron, R. A. (2006). Psychology (5th edition). New Delhi: Pearson Education.

3.      Ciccarelli, S. K., & Meyer, G. E. (2007). Psychology (1st edition). New Delhi: Pearson Education.

4.      Feldman, R. (2004). Understanding Psychology (6th edition). New Delhi: McGraw Hill

5.      Gerrig, R. J., & Zimbardo, P. G. (2006). Psychology and Life (17th edition). New Delhi: Pearson Education.

6.      Morgan, C. T., King, R. A., Weisz, J. R., & Schopler, J. (1986).  Introduction to psychology (7th edition.) Bombay: Tata-McGraw Hill.

7.      Singh, R. N. (2005). Adhunik samanya manovigyan. Agra: Vinod Pustak Mandir.

8.      Singh, A. K. (1997). Uchchtar samanya manovigyan. Varanasi:  Motilal Banarasi Das.

9.      Zimbardo, P. G., Weber, A. L., & Johnson, R. L. (2000). Psychology (3rd editon). Boston: Allyn Bacon.