Course Name & Paper No.5: Positive Psychology

 Course Name & Paper No.5: Positive Psychology

Course Objectives:

This course should help Students:

1. To understand the basic concept of positive psychology.

2. To develop an understanding of the dimensions of subjective wellbeing and the application to their lives.

3. To impart knowledge about the normality.

4. To make students understand the nature and course of positive conditions.

5. To impart knowledge and skills needed for psychological assessment of different normal conditions.

6. To impart various of personal adjustments.

7. To know about SWB that help to improve our living quality.

8. To get clear difference between positive and negative emotion.

9. To become aware about the real meaning of happiness and its factors.

10. To built good character for development of health society.

Course:

Unit-1 : What is positive Psychology & its relationship

 Meaning & Goals of Positive Psychology

 Relation of others Psychology

 Characteristics of Normal – Abnormal Personality

Unit : 2 Happiness & Well-being

 Meaning of Happing & Well-being

 What is happiness

 What is Happiness?

 Why a psychology of wellbeing?

 Subjective Well-being

Unit : 3 Positive Emotions

 What is Positive Emotions

 Who do Positive Emotions in life

Name of course

Sem.

course

Course/ Paper Title

Credit

Internal Marks

External Marks

Total Exam Marks

Practical and

Viva

External Exam Time Duration

B.A.

III

Core

Elective-I

Elective-II

OR

Positive Psychology

03

30

70

100

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2:30 Hours

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 Positive Emotions & Health Resource

 Positive Emotions and Well-Being

 Cultivating Positive Emotions

Unit : 4 Happiness & Facts of Life

 Happiness Across the life span

 Positive Moods & Behaviour

 advantage in married life

 Selection to Effects

Unit : 5 Happiness & Culture

 All concept of happiness meaning

 Styles of Happiness in America

 Styles of Happiness in Asia

Reference:

 Steve R. Baumgardner & Marue K. Crothers, “ Positive Psychology”, 2009,Person education.

 C. R. Snyder, Shane J. Lopez & Jennifer Teramoto Pedrotti, ‘Positive Psychology : the scientific and practical explorations of Human stenghts’, second edition, 2011, SAGE Publications India Pvt.Ltd.

 C.R.Snyder,Shane J.Lopez & Jennifer Teramoto Pedrotti, ‘Positive Psychology : the scientific and practical explorations of Human stenghts’, second edition, 2008, SAGE Publications India Pvt.Ltd.

 Seven Study by Faideyck

 Happiness in Married Life

 નવ્ાયક મનોનવજ્ઞાન, પાશ્વ પબ્લીકેશન, ર્ૉ. અરવવાંદ શાહ અને ર્ૉ. અનશ્વન જનશારી.

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Subject: Psychology

Course Name & Paper No.6: Social Psychology-I

Course Objectives:

This course should help Students:

1. Appreciate how individual behaviour in influenced by Social and Cultural context

2. Understand how social behaviour can be analysed in terms of social Psychological Theories

3. Realise how social Psychological knowledge can be used in solving social problems.

4. To understand how a social psychological analysis differs from other forms of analysis

5. To become familiar with the wide variety of questions and topics that social psychologists study.

6. To learn the classic and contemporary theories that are relevant To become familiar with a sampling of research findings, both correlation and experimental

7. To appreciate the variety of choices and limitations in the lives of women and men as they are shaped by personal and social factors

8. To explore various topic areas through readings, class activities, and discussion and by thinking and writing critically and reflectively.

Course:

Unit-I: Introduction of Social Psychology

 Introduction, Definition and Meaning

 Nature of Social Psychology

 Scope of Social Psychology

 Importance and Utility of Social Psychology

 The relationship of social science to other sciences

Unit-II: Research Methods Social Psychology

 Experimental Method

 Observation Method

 Field Survey Study Method

Name of course

Sem.

course

Course/ Paper Title

Credit

Internal Marks

External Marks

Total Exam Marks

Practical and

Viva

External Exam Time Duration

B.A.

III

Core

Elective-I

Elective-II

Social Psychology-I

03

30

70

100

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2:30 Hours

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o Interview Method

o Questioner Method

 Sociometric Method

 Projective Techniques

Unit-III: Social Interactions

 Definition and Meaning of Social Interaction

 Types of Social Interaction

 Nature of Social Interaction: Cooperation: Competition, Conflict, Adjustment

 Social interaction Mechanism

o Suggestion

o Imitation

o Sympathy

o Social Facilitation

Unit-IV: Socialization

 Meaning and Definition of Socialization

 Nature of Socialization

 Stages of Socialization

 Process of Socialization

 Dimension of Socialization

 Mediators (Tools) of Socialization

Unit-V: Social Attitudes

 Meaning and Definition of Attitude

 Nature of Attitude

 Formation of Attitude

 Change of Attitude

 Measurement of Attitude

o Thurston

o Likert

o Bogardus

Reference:

 Baron, R. A. & Byrne D. (2006)/ Social Psychology. New Delhi : Prentice Hall of India.

 Myers, D. G. (2006). Social Psychology. New Delhi : Tata McGraw Hill Publishing.

 Parikh, B. A. (1990). Social Psychology (Advanced). Ahmedabad : University Book Production Board, Gujarat State.

 Worchel, S., Cooper, J., Goethals, G.R. & Olson, J. M. (2000). Social Psychology. Belmont, USA : Wadsworth / Thomson Learning.

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 Jogsan. Y. A. (2011). Social Psychology, Axar Publication, Ahmedabad.

 Taylor, S.E.; Peplau, L.A. and Sears, D.O. (2006). Social psychology. 12th ed. N.D.: Pearson.

 Baron, R.A.; Byrne, D. (1998). Social psychology. 10th ed. N.D.: Prentice-Hall of India Pvt. Ltd.

 Social Psychology – Soloman Asch

 An outline of Social Psychology – Sheriff & Sheriff

 Social Psychology – I. M. Newcomb

 સમાજલક્ષી મનોનવજ્ઞાન (પ્રગત), ર્ૉ. બી. એ. પરીખ, યુનનવસીટી ગ્રાંર્થ નનમાકણ બોર્ક, ગુજરાત રાજ્ય, આમદાવાદ.

 સમાજલક્ષી મનોનવજ્ઞાન, આવૃનિ ૨૦૦૭-૨૦૦૮, સી. જમનાદાસની કાંપની, અમદાવાદ.

 સમાજલક્ષી મનોનવજ્ઞાન, આવૃનિ ૨૦૧૭, સી. જમનાદાસની કાંપની, અમદાવાદ.

 સમાજલક્ષી મનોનવજ્ઞાન, હાંસરાજ ભાક્રટયા, રાજકમલ પ્રકાશન, અમદાવાદ.

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Subject: Psychology