DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY

 SAURASHTRA UNIVERSITY

RAJKOT

(ACCREDITED GRADE “A” BY NAAC)

FACULTY OF ARTS

Syllabus for

M.A. (PSYCHOLOGY)

Choice Based Credit System

With Effect From: 2019-20

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DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY

SAURASHTRA UNIVERSITY

RAJKOT

STRUCTURE OF M.A.SEMESTER-I, II, III & IV PROGRAMME

(To be implemented from June-2019)

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Programme Outcomes of General Higher Education Programmes:

Students of all undergraduate general degree Programmes at the time of graduation will be able to

PO1: Understand human Nature

PO2: Critical Thinking: Take informed actions after identifying the assumptions that frame our thinking and actions, checking out the degree to which these assumptions are accurate and valid, and looking at our ideas and decisions (intellectual, organizational, and personal) from different perspectives.

PO3: Effective Communication: Speak, read, write and listen clearly in person and through electronic media in English and in one Indian language, and make meaning of the world by connecting people, ideas, books, media and technology.

PO4: Social Interaction: Elicit views of others, mediate disagreements and help reach conclusions in group settings.

PO5: Effective Citizenship: Demonstrate empathetic social concern and equity centred national development, and the ability to act with an informed awareness of issues and participate in civic life through volunteering.

PO6: Ethics: Recognize different value systems including your own, understand the moral dimensions of your decisions, and accept responsibility for them.

PO7: Environment and Sustainability: Understand the issues of environmental contexts and sustainable development.

PO8: Self-directed and Life-long Learning: Acquire the ability to engage in independent and life-long learning in the broadest context socio-technological changes

Programme Specific Outcomes of M.A. Psychology

PSO1: Students will know the major concepts, perspectives, historical trends, empirical findings, research methods, and ethics in the field of psychology.

PSO2: Students will be able to demonstrate skills in research, communication, ethical behaviour, complex cognitive processes, and professional development.

PSO3: Student will able to explain the major perspectives of psychology (like biological, cognitive, behavioural, social, cultural, etc.)

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PSO4: Use critical thinking effectively in evaluating information quality, recognizing thinking fallacies, and making connections between observations, facts, and theories.

PSO5: Apply psychological content and skills to professional work, exhibit self-regulation, refine project management skills, enhance team work ability, and develop life direction.

PSO6: Recognizing and understanding the nature and behavioural characteristics of human beings.

PSO7: Ultimately, combining relevant information with usable techniques, skills, and experiences provides a comprehensive program that can help one work with people who need help mastering mental capacities and emotional abilities.

PSO8: Provide students with laboratory and classroom experience to prepare them to work in specialized research and applied fields within psychology or entry into experimental doctoral and clinical programs.

PSO9: Examine the application of psychology to various cognitive, behavioural, and societal issues. PSO10:Programs pursue many careers, including working as rehabilitation specialists, human resource managers, public relations representatives, college instructors, psychiatric technicians, behavioural counsellors, and health project coordinators.

Students can opt Semester I, II, and III & IV for M.A. Degree in Psychology. There will be four types of courses viz. Core Course, Elective Course, Interdisciplinary Course and Skill Oriented Course. For Core Course, Elective Course, Interdisciplinary Course there will be four hours classroom teaching per week and fifteen week work in a semester. For one hour classroom work per week one credit is to be assigned. There will be five courses with 20 credits in each semester, each course carrying 100 marks. Psychology Degree is considered of 2000 marks with 80 credits. For skill oriented course there will be additional two hours of classroom work and two credits to be assigned in each semester.

For each semester the hours per week and credit will be assigned as under:

Semester

Theory courses

Skill Oriented

Courses

Hours per week

credits

Courses

Hours per week

credits

Semester-I

05

20

20

01

02

02

Semester-II

05

20

20

01

02

02

Semester-III

05

20

20

01

02

02

Semester-IV

05

20

20

01

02

02

Total

20

80

80

04

08

08

3

Allocation of Hours for Practical /Dissertation

(i)Experimental Explanation : 20 Hours

Practical Performance : 40 Hours

(ii) Personal Guidance : 20 Hours

Fieldwork and Report Writing : 40 Hours

Marks to be assigned for each course:

For theory course there will be two types of examinations for each course

(i) External Examination : 70 Marks

(ii) Internal Examination : 30 Marks

(iii) The Internal examination will consist of theoretical examination carrying 10 marks and 20 marks to be assigned will be divided in to presentation

(Seminar -10 marks and Assignment Writing 10 marks).

Marking Scheme for Practical course: (100 Marks )

There will be two divisions in practical course each carrying 50 marks

(1) Scheme for Experiment

(i) Performance : 10 Marks

(ii) Report Writing : 15 Marks

(iii) Viva Voice : 10 Marks

(iv) Journal Presentation : 15 Marks

Total : 50 Marks

(2) Scheme for Testing

(i) Performance : 10 Marks

(ii) Report Writing : 15 Marks

(iii) Viva Voice : 10 Marks

(iv) Journal Presentation : 15 Marks

Total : 50 Marks

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Marking Scheme for Dissertation (100 Marks)

(i) Thesis Evaluation : 70 Marks

(ii) Viva – Voice Examination: 30 Marks

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SAURASHTRA UNIVERSITY

ARTS FACULTY

SUBJECT:PSYCHOLOGY (M.A. Semester I to IV, Programme)

*IM= Internal Marks, **EM= External Marks, ***TM= Total Marks

No.

Core/ Elective/ Interdisciplinary

Name of Course

Credits

IM

EM

TM

Course/

paper Code

M.A Semester-I

1

CCT-01

Advanced Experimental Psychology Theory

04

30

70

100

2

CCT-02

Research Processes in psychology

04

30

70

100

3

CCT-03

Introduction To Cognitive Psychology

04

30

70

100

4

ECT-01

Health Psychology OR

Advanced Social Psychology

04

30

70

100

5

ECT-02

Basic Psychology of Emotion OR

Psychology of Adolescence

04

30

70

100

Total

20

500

M.A Semester-II

1

CCT-04

Practical Psychology OR

Counselling Psychology (Only For External Students)

04

30

70

100

2

CCT-05

Statistics in Psychology

04

30

70

100

3

CCT-06

Theories of Cognitive Psychology

04

30

70

100

4

ECT-03

Rehabilitation Psychology OR

Psychology of Indian Problems

04

30

70

100

5

ECT-04

Stress and Stress Management OR

Psychological Theories of Education

04

30

70

100

Total

20

500

M.A Semester-III

1

CCT-07

Psychology of Brain Problems

04

30

70

100

2

CCT-08

Psycho-Diagnostic Methods

04

30

70

100

3

CCT-09

Models of Psycho-Pathology

04

30

70

100

4

ECT-05

Behaviour Modification OR

Work Place Counselling

04

30

70

100

5

ICT-01

Theories of Psychology-I OR

Positive Psychology

04

30

70

100

Total

20

500

M.A Semester-IV

1

CCT-10

Assessment and Treatment of Brain

04

30

70

100

2

CCT-11

Psycho-Diagnostic Testing

04

30

70

100

3

CCT-12

Psycho-Pathology

04

30

70

100

4

ECT-06

Psychotherapeutics OR Dissertation

04

30

70

100

5

ICT-02

Theories of Psychology-II OR

Advanced General Psychology OR

Dissertation

04

30

70

100

Total

20

500

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FACULTY OF ARTS

Syllabus

Subject: PSYCHOLOGY

Course (Paper) Name & No: ADVANCED EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY THEORY / CCT-01

Name of course

Semester

Core/Elective/

Allied/Practical

/Project

Course/Paper code

Course/Paper Title

Credit

Internal Marks

External Marks

Total

Exam Marks

External Exam Time Duration

M.A.

I

Core

CCT-01

Advanced Experimental Psychology Theory

04

30

70

100

2:30 Hours

Course Outcomes: This course should help Students:

CO1: Able to Understand the rationale, strengths and limitations of the experimental method of Gaining knowledge about mental and behavioral processes; learn how to do experimental and non-experimental studies.

CO2: Able to use the various methods used in experimental psychology, including those for humans, both instrument and non-instrument based.

CO3: Able to use Psychology and other information sources.

CO4: Able to apply APA ethical guidelines in research with humans and animals. CO5: Able utilizes scientific methods to answer which factors influences on people’s behavior and mind. CO6: Able to Understand Transfer of learning

CO7: Able to Describe general taxonomic of experimental psychology

CO8: Gaining knowledge about mental and behavioral processes

CO9: Describe Experimental Methods, Design and report writing

CO10: Know about Attention and its meaning, characteristics, types etc.

CO11: Understand Conditioning

UNIT: I

Brief History of Experimental Psychology – Conceptual Basis of Psychological Experiments – Methodological Approaches in Psychology – Example of a Psychological Experiment – Characteristics of Experimental Method –

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Advantages of Experimental Method – Disadvantages of Experimental Method – Types of Experiments – Nature and Kinds of Experimental Psychology – Scope of Experimental Psychology – Theoretical Approaches in Experimental Psychology – Importance of Experimental Psychology.

Psychophysics – Problems of Psychophysics – Psychophysical Methods – Errors in Psychophysical Methods – Experimental Findings – Laws of Weber’s and Frechner’s.

UNIT: II

Attention – Nature of Attention – Characteristics of Attention – Types of Attention – Determinants or Conditions of Attention – Shifting and Fluctuation of Attention – Distraction of Attention – Span of Attention or Apprehension – Determinants of Span of Attention – Division of Attention – Theories of Selective Attention – Sustained Attention.

Association – Meaning – Brief History – Methods Used in The Association Experiments – Law of Association – classification of Woodvarth, scholosberg and Karwaski- Important Aspects of Association-comparative Effects of Free and Controlled Association methods- Introspective analysis of factors in associative Reaction Time- Detective and Diagnostic Uses of Free Association- Need Of Controlled Subjects.

Transfer of Learning – Types of Transfer- Experimental Designs of Transfer- Aspects of Transfer of learning-Specific Transfer- Transfer Gradient & Similarity- some other Factors

UNIT: III

Reaction Time – Short History of RT – Types of RT – Measurement of RT- Determinants of RT-Subject Related Factors- Individual Differences – Use of RT.

Frustration – Meaning of Frustration – Reaction of Frustration or Modes of Frustration – Frustration to Learning – Frustration and Gender – Frustration and Income – Measurement of Frustration – Determinants of Frustration.

UNIT: IV

Conditioning- Classical condition-Components of classical conditioning-Experimental Procedure in Pavlovian Conditioning- Comparison of conditioned and unconditioned response- Theoretical interpretation of pavlovian conditioning- Instrumental Conditioning- Experimental Procedures in Instrumental Conditioning- Theoretical Interpretation of Instrumental Learning- Insescapable shock and learned Helplessness- Determinate of conditioning.

REFERENCE BOOKS:

▪ D’AMATO M. R. (1970) experimental psychology, methodology psycho physic and learning international student education, N.Y.MCGRAW Hill.

▪ Gould, J. E. (2002). Concise Handbook of Experimental Methods for the Behavioral and Biological Sciences . CRC Press.

▪ Jogsan, Y.A. (2016): Advance Experimental Psychology, JK Publication.

▪ Milinki, A.K. A Cross Section of Psychological Research: Journal Articles for Discussion and Evaluation. Pyrczak Publishin

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FACULTY OF ARTS

Syllabus

Subject: PSYCHOLOGY

Course (Paper) Name & No: RESEARCH PROCESSES IN PSYCHOLOGY /CCT-02

Name of course

Semester

Core/Elective/

Allied/Practical

/Project

Course/Paper code

Course/Paper Title

Credit

Internal Marks

External Marks

Total

Exam Marks

External Exam Time Duration

M.A.

I

Core

CCT-02

Research Processes In Psychology

04

30

70

100

2:30 Hours