TEACHING AREAS

MODULES TAUGHT

ACCORDING TO B.A./ B.Sc (HONS.) PSYCHOLOGY CHOICE BASED CREDIT SYSTEM (CBCS) UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA:

SEMESTER-I

CC-1: INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY : Unit 1: Introduction: What is psychology? Perspectives on behaviour; Methods of psychology; Subfields of psychology; Psychology in modern India.

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CC-2: STATISTICAL METHODS FOR PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH-I: Unit 1: Introduction: Psychological Research; Relevance of Statistics in Psychological Research; Descriptive and Inferential Statistics; Variables and Constants; Scales of Measurement.

Practicum: On Correlation- Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient

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SEMESTER II

CC-3: BIOPSYCHOLOGY: Unit 1: Introduction to biopsychology: Nature and scope; Methods and ethics in biopsychology; Divisions of biopsychology.

Study materials' link: drive.google.com/file/d/1rJrfc-T-LjYHESudTWXD2_j3hBu8i1OI/view?usp=sharing

CC-4: PSYCHOLOGY OF INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES: Unit 1: Personality: Nature of personality; Biopsychosocial foundations of personality; Culture, gender and personality; Perspectives on personality: Psychodynamic (Freud), humanistic (Maslow) and social (Bandura).

Practicum: Terman , L. M. & Merrill, M.A. (1937). Measuring Intelligence. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin.

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SEMESTER- III

CC-5: DEVELOPMENT OF PSYCHOLOGICAL THOUGHT: Unit 1: Understanding Psyche: A universal quest for understanding Consciousness. Indian Perspective: Yoga and Vedant: Western Perspective. Emergence of modern psychology: Questions from Western view; Debates : Free Will and Determinism, Empiricism and Rationality.

Study materials' link: drive.google.com/file/d/11Nhb6qW9pe6qJJrw1aIVbZq1M0rGU0-L/view?usp=sharing

CC-6: PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH: Unit 1: Basics of Research in Psychology: What is Psychological Research? The Goals of Psychological Research, Paradigms of Research, Principles of Good Research, Ethics in Psychological Research.

CC-7: SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY: Unit 1: Introduction: Nature and scope of social psychology; Overview of the history of social psychology (including development in India); Relationship with sociology and anthropology.

Practicum: On Social Facilitation by Problem Solving-Individual and Group Situations

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SKILL ENHANCEMENT ELECTIVE (SEC) (SKILL BASED) SEC-A-01: BEHAVIOUR MODIFICATION: Unit 1: Introduction- What is behaviour. What is behaviour modification. What is behaviour assessment.

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SEMESTER- IV

CC-8: Understanding Psychological Disorders: Unit 1: Understanding Abnormality: Issues in defining Normality and Abnormality; Issues in diagnosis and classification; Nature of Clinical Assessment

Practicum: Anxiety: State Trait Anxiety Inventory: Spielberger, C.D., Gorsuch, R.L., & Lushene, R.G. (1970). STAI Manual; Palo Alto. Consulting Psychologists Press.

CC-9: STATISTICAL METHODS FOR PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH-II: Unit 1: Introduction to Inferential Statistics and Hypothesis Testing about the Difference between Two Independent Means: The meaning of Statistical Inference and Hypothesis Testing; Hypothesis Testing about the difference between Two Independent means; Null and the Alternative Hypotheses; The Random Sampling Distribution of the Difference between Two Sample Means; Properties of the Sampling Distribution of the Difference between Means; Choice of HA: One-Tailed and Two-Tailed Tests; Steps for Hypothesis Testing; The t Distribution; Characteristics of Student’s Distribution of t; Computing t Using Definitional Formula only; Assumptions Associated with Inference about the Difference between Two Independent Means; The Statistical Decision regarding Retention and Rejection of Null Hypothesis. Interpreting the Results of Hypothesis Testing A Statistically Significant Difference versus a Practically Important Difference; Errors in Hypothesis Testing; Power of a Test; Levels of Significance versus p-Values.

Practicum: On Computation of t test

CC-10: APPLIED SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY: Unit 1: Introduction: Nature of applied Social Psychology, Social influences on behaviour, Methodological approaches – Participatory Action and Learning research techniques.

SEC-B -02: STRESS MANAGEMENT: Unit 1: Stress: Introduction, Nature of stress, symptoms of stress .

SEMESTER- V

CC-11: UNDERSTANDING AND DEALING WITH PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS: Unit 1: Biological etiology-explanations and interventions for Mood disorders and Schizophrenia: Application in case of mood disorders and schizophrenia.

Practicum: Psychiatric Morbidity: General Health Questionnaire 28: a.) Goldberg, D.P., & Hiller, V.E. (1979). A scaled version of the General Health Questionnaire. Psychological Medicine, 9, 136-146. b.) Goldberg, H., & Williams, P. (1988). The user’s guide to the general health questionnaire. Windsor : NFER- Nelson Publishing Co.

CC-12: DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY: Unit 1: Introduction: Concept of Human Development; themes ( Cephalocaudal and Proximodistal ) and research designs.

ELECTIVE: DISCIPLINE SPECIFIC DSE

DSE-A -01: POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY: Unit 1: Introduction: Positive Psychology: An Introduction, Perspectives on Positive Psychology: Western and Eastern, Character Strengths and virtues.

DSE-B -03: HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY: Unit 1: Introduction: Introduction to Health Psychology: components of health: social, emotional, cognitive and physical aspects, mind-body relationship, goals of health psychology, Bio-psychosocial model of health.

SEMESTER- VI

CC-13: ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR: Unit 1: Introduction: Historical antecedents of Organizational Behaviour: Scientific management & Human Relations Movement; Contemporary Trends and Challenges; Organizational Behavior: Challenges in the Indian Setting.

Practicum: Intrinsic Extrinsic Motivation: Agrawal, K.G. (1988). Manual for Work Motivation Questionnaire. Agra : National Psychological Corporation.

CC-14: COUNSELLING PSYCHOLOGY: Unit 1: Introduction: Nature and Goals; Counselling as a profession: professional ethics (Latest version of American Counselling Association – ACA); The effective counsellor: personality characteristics; Counselling status of counselling psychology in India.

ELECTIVE: DISCIPLINE SPECIFIC DSE

DSE-A -02: HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT: Unit 1: Introduction to Human Resource Management (HRM): HRM and HRD, Context and issues in HRM.

DSE-B -04: COMMUNITY PSYCHOLOGY: Unit 1: Introduction: Definition of community psychology; types of communities; models.