UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS

INSTITUTE OF DISTANCE EDUCATION

BSc PSYCHOLOGY
Under Choice Based Credits System
(With effect from the academic year 2018-2019)

SCHEME OF EXAMINATION
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SEMESTER I Marks

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COURSE SUBJECTS

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Part I Paper-I Tamil or other language 3 25 75 100

Part II Paper-I English 3 25 75 100
Core Paper-I Basic Psychology -1 4 25 75 100
Part III Core Paper-II Developmental Psychology -I 4 25 75 100
Allied Paper- I Biological Psychology 3 25 75 100

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SEMESTER II

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Part I Paper-II Tamil or other language 3 25 75 100

Part II Paper-II English 3 25 75 100
Core Paper-III Basic Psychology -II 4 25 75 100
Part III Core Paper-IV Developmental Psychology -II 4 25 75 100
Allied Paper-II Foundation of Sociology 3 25 75 100

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SEMESTER III
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Part I Paper-III Tamil or other language 3 25 75 100

Part II Paper-III English 3 25 75 100
Core Paper-V Sports Psychology 4 25 75 100
Part III
Core Paper-VI Psychological Statistics 4 25 75 100
Part IV NME-I Fitness and Wellness 2 25 75 100

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SEMESTER IV

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Part I Paper-IV Tamil or other language 3 25 75 100

Part II Paper-IV English 3 25 75 100
Core Paper-VII Experimental Psychology - Practical 5 40 60 100
Part III Counselling Psychology
Core Paper-VIII 5 25 75 100
Part IV NME-II Environmental Administration 2 25 75 100

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SEMESTER V

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Core Paper-IX Organizational Behavior 4 25 75 100

Core Paper-X Abnormal Psychology –I 4 25 75 100
Part III Core Paper-XI Health Psychology 4 25 75 100
Core Elective-I Introduction to Positive Psychology 3 25 75 100
Part IV Environmental Studies 2 25 75 100

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SEMESTER VI
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Core Paper-XII Social Psychology 4 25 75 100

Core Paper-XIII Abnormal Psychology -II 4 25 75 100
Part III Core Paper-XIV Rehabilitation Psychology 4 25 75 100
Core Elective-II Educational Psychology 3 25 75 100
Part IV Value Education 2 25 75 100

Course component No. of paper x Total

Credit(s)
Part I Language Paper(4) 4x3 12
Part II English(4) 4x3 12
Part III Core paper(12) 12x4 48
Core paper(2) 2x5 10
Allied(2) 2x3 06
Part IV Elective(2), 2x3 06
NME(2),EVS(1),VE(1) 4x2 08 102

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 BSC– PSYCHOLOGY

SYLLABUS
Under Choice Based Credits System
(With effect from the academic year 2018-2019)

SEMESTER: I
Core Paper – I : BASIC PSYCHOLOGY -1

Course Objectives:
This paper enables students to understand the methods of psychology, basic psychological
processes and to appreciate different approaches to psychological processes.

Unit –I
Introduction – Definition, Psychology as a Science .A brief history of Psychology,
Structuralism, Functionalism, Behaviorism, Gestalt Psychology, Psychoanalytic Psychology,
Humanistic Psychology. Approaches to Psychology – Behavioral, Psychodynamic Approach,
Cognitive Approach, Behavioral Neuroscience, Evolutionary Psychology, Sociocultural
Approach, Humanistic Movement, Positive Psychology.

Unit - II
Methods of Psychology – Introduction to the Scientific Method, Research Methods:
Descriptive Research – Observation, Surveys and Interviews, Standardized Tests, Case
Studies, Correlation Research, Experimental Research.

Unit – III
Sensation and Attention. Sensation – Definition, Sensory receptors and the brain, Thresholds
– absolute threshold, difference threshold, Subliminal perception, Sensory adaptation,
Sensory Gating, Selective Attention, Determinants of attention.

Unit – IV
Perception – Definition, Perceptual constancy, Perceptual organization, Depth Perception,
Motion Perception, Perceptual learning, Motives and Perception, Perceptual expectancy,
Extra Sensory Perception.

Unit – V
Learning – The nature of learning, Classical Conditioning – Principles and Applications,
Operant Conditioning – Principles and Applications, Observational Learning, Cognitive
factors in learning – Latent Learning, Insight Learning.

References:
Santrock, J.W. (2006). Psychology Essentials (Updated 2nd ed.). New Delhi: Tata McGraw
Hill.
Coon, D., & Mitterer, J.O. (2007). Introduction to Psychology (11th ed.). New Delhi:
Cengage Learning India Pvt Ltd.

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 CORE PAPER –II : DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY I
Course Objectives: This paper helps students understand human growth and development
from conception to early childhood and appreciate the determinants of human growth and
development.

Unit - I
Principles of Growth and Development– Some significant facts about development.
Conception– Beginnings of life. Maturation of Reproductive cells. Ovulation of the female
Reproductive cell. Fertilization. Importance of fertilization- Heredity Endowment. Sex
determination. Number of offspring. Ordinal position in the family. New born Baby: Size and
Appearance, Body Systems, States of Arousal, Survival and Health, Medical and Behavioural
Assessment.

Unit – II
First Three Years: Physical Development – Principles of development, Physical growth,
influences on growth, Nutrition, Early sensory capacities, Touch and Pain, Smell and Taste,
Hearing, Sight. Motor Development, Milestones of motor development, The occurrence of
motor development: Maturation, motor development and perception, Cultural Influences on
motor development.

Unit – III
First three years: Cognitive development - Piagetian Approach: The Sensorimotor stage.
Language Development: Sequence of early language Development. Characteristics of early
speech. Influences on early language development: Maturation of the brain, social
interaction- the role of parents and caregivers.
Psychosocial Development: Emotions- First signs of emotion, Appearance of emotions, Brain
growth and emotional development, Temperament, studying temperament patterns, stability
of temperament, biological basis of temperament, cultural differences.
Earliest Social Experiences: The infant in the family. Development of trust, attachment,
anxiety and autonomy.

Unit – IV
Early Childhood: Physical development - Bodily growth and change, Nutrition, Sleep
patterns and problems, Motor skills, Artistic development, Handedness.

Unit – V
Early Childhood: Cognitive development Piagetian Approach: The preoperational child
Advances of preoperational thought, Immature aspects of preoperational thought. Language
Development: Vocabulary, Grammar and Syntax, Pragmatics and Social speech, Private
speech. Psychosocial development: Self-concept and Cognitive development. Understanding
emotions, emotions directed toward the self. Erikson: Initiative Vs Guilt. Self-esteem-
developmental changes of self-esteem. Play- Types of play, social dimension of play.
Parenting- forms of discipline, parenting styles, Baumrind’s model. Relationships with other
children- Siblings or their absence, the only child, playmates and friends, the characteristics
and benefits of friendships.
References
Hurlock, E. (2000) Child Development. (6th ed.) New Delhi: Tata Mcgraw Hill.

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Papalia, D.E., Olds, S.W. & Feldman, R.D. (2004) Human Development (9th ed.) New Delhi:
Tata Mcgraw Hill

Allied Paper – I : BIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY

Course Objectives: This course helps the student understand important concepts in
biological psychology and the role of the nervous system in behavior. It acquaints them with
the knowledge about the connections between biological systems and psychological
processes.

Unit – I
The Biological Approach to Psychology - Biological Explanations of Behaviour. Career
OpportUnities. Research methods - Effects of Brain Damage, Effects of Brain Stimulation,
Recording Brain Activity, Correlating Brain Anatomy with Behaviour.

Unit – II
Brain anatomy. Structure of the vertebrate nervous system. The spinal cord. The autonomic
nervous system. The hind brain, mid brain and forebrain. Ventricles. The cerebral cortex.

Unit – III
The cells of the nervous system. Anatomy of neurons and glia. Blood-brain barrier. The nerve
impulse. The resting potential of the neuron. The action potential. The myelin sheath and
salutatory conduction. The concept of the synapse. Chemical events at the synapse.

Unit – IV
Lateralization of function. Visual and auditory connections to the hemispheres. Cutting the
corpus callosum. Brain damage and language, Dyslexia. Brain plasticity – fine tuning by
experience. Plasticity after brain damage – re-growth of axons, axon sprouting. Reorganized
sensory representations and the Phantom Limb. Learned adjustments in behavior.

Unit – V
Biology of emotion. Emotions, autonomic arousal and the James-Lange theory. Brain areas
associated with emotion. The functions of emotions. Attack behaviors. Fear and anxiety.
References
Kalat, J.W. (2013). Biological Psychology. 11th edition. Cengage Learning.
Kalat, J.W. (2007). Biological Psychology. 9 th edition. Wadsworth – Thomson Learning.
Carlson, N.R. (1999). Foundations of Physiological Psychology. 4 th edition. Allyn and
Bacon.
Pinel J.P.J (2010). Biopsychology. 8 th edition. Pearson.

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 SEMESTER: II

Core Paper – III : BASIC PSYCHOLOGY II

Course Objectives:
This course enables students to learn basic psychological processes and to appreciate
different approaches to psychological processes.

Unit – I
Memory – Stages of Memory: Sensory Memory, Short-term Memory, Long-term Memory,
Kinds of memory- Procedural and Declarative memory. Measuring Memory: Recognition,
Recall, Relearning, Exceptional Memory, Forgetting, Improving Memory.

Unit –II
Motivation – Definition, Theories of Motivation: Instinct approach, Drive- reduction
approaches, Arousal approaches, Incentive approaches, Humanistic Approaches, Self-
determination theory.

Unit – III
Motives – Types of motives, Hunger: Biological factors and other factors in hunger, Thirst,
Pain, The Sex drive, Learned motives- Social motives, Achievement motivation.

Unit – IV
Emotion – Introduction, Theories of emotion: James-Lange theory, Cannon-Bard theory,
Schachter’s Cognitive theory, Contemporary model of emotion, Facial feedback hypothesis,
Expressing emotion.

Unit - V
Intelligence – Defining intelligence- Theories of intelligence - Reliability and validity,
Testing intelligence - Intelligence Quotient, Individual and group tests, Variations in
intelligence, The mentally gifted, Mental retardation, Heredity and environmental influences,
New approaches to intelligence.

References:
Coon, D., & Mitterer, J.O. (2007). Introduction to Psychology (11th ed.). New Delhi:
Cengage Learning India Pvt. Ltd.
Ciccarelli, S.K., Meyer, G.E. (2008). Psychology (South Asian ed.). New Delhi: Durling
Kindersley (India) Pvt. Ltd.

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Core Paper - IV : DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY II
Course Objectives: This course helps students understand the process of human growth
and development during middle childhood and adolescence and appreciate the factors
influencing growth and development during these stages
Unit – I
hysical and Cognitive Development in Middle Childhood: Aspects of physical development
and growth, Nutrition, Motor Development, Health and Safety – Medical problems,
Accidental injuries. Piagetian Approach: The concrete Operational Child- cognitive
advances, moral reasoning. Information accessing- memory and other processing skills.
Language- vocabulary, grammar, syntax. Pragmatics: knowledge about communication,
Influences on school achievement.
Unit – II
Psychosocial Development in Middle Childhood: The Developing Self- Self-esteem,
Emotional growth. The child in the family – family atmosphere, Family structure. The child
in the peer group- Positive and negative influences of peer relations, popularity, friendship.
Mental Health- Stress and Resilience, Protective factors.
Unit – III
Puberty-
The end of childhood, beginning, timing, sequence and signs of maturation. Physical and
mental health – Physical fitness, sleep needs, Nutrition and Eating Disorders, Use and Abuse
of drugs, Depression and Death in adolescence. Aspects of Cognitive Maturation- Piaget’s
Stage of formal operations, Language development, Elkind: Immature characteristics of
adolescent thought, Moral reasoning, Kohlberg’s Theory, Influences on school Achievement.
Unit - IV
The Search for Identity: Erikson: Identity Vs Identity Confusion, Marcia: Identity status –
crisis and commitment, Gender differences in identity formation.
Sexuality- Sexual orientation, sexual behaviour, sexual risk-taking, sexually transmitted
diseases, teenage pregnancy and child bearing.
Unit – V
Relationship with family, peers and adult society. Adolescent rebellion. Changing time use
and relationships- Adolescents and parents, siblings and peers. Antisocial behaviour and
Juvenile delinquency.
References
Papalia, D.E., Olds, S.W. & Feldman, R.D. (2004) Human Development (9th ed.) New Delhi:
Tata McGraw Hill.

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 ALLIED PAPER – II FOUNDATION OF SOCIOLOGY

Course Objectives: This course enables students to learn basics of Sociology

Unit – I
Introduction -Definition- Nature and scope of sociology –origin and development of
sociology in India –relation of sociology to history, philosophy, anthropology and
psychology – importance of sociology.

Unit – II
Primary Concepts- CommUnity and Society: definition, characteristics and types-
Association and institution: meaning, characteristics, and differences.

Unit – III
Culture & Socialization -Definition- element –types- functions – cultural lag – subculture –
ethno-centrism – cultural relativism – counter culture – cultural diffusion – cultural change.
Definition – characteristics – stages of socialization – agencies of socialization.

Unit – IV
Social Control, Social Institutions, & Social Stratification - Definition and characteristics
– types of social control – formal and informal means – Family – meaning and its functions –
Marriage: definition, functions and types marriage – Religion: meaning and its functions –
Definition – Dimensions of stratification: status, power and authority – Forms of
stratification: caste, class and estate.

Unit – V
Social Structure , Social Processes, & Social Change Definition of social structure –
Status: definition, types - Status inconsistency, status crystallization and status set – Role:
definition, role conflict, role set, role ambivalence – definition of social processes –
Associative processes: cooperation, accommodation and assimilation - disassociate
processes: competition and conflict – factors of social change – theories of social change.

References
Rao, SSociology –primary principles. New Delhi: S. Chand and Company Ltd.
Bhattacharya. (2002). Sociology. New York Shri Biswadnath Bhattacharya Worth
publications.
Giddens, A. (1989). Sociology. New York: Polity press.
Robertson, I. (1980). Sociology. New York: Worth publishers.

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 SEMESTER: III

Core Paper – V : SPORTS PSYCHOLOGY

Course Objective: To become aware of Sports Psychology as a process, profession and academic
discipline and to impart the methods and scope of psychology in sport sciences.

Unit – I:
Sports Psychology - an overview, nature, scope, - methods of studying sports psychology, cognitive
dimensions of sport; need for achievement, locus of control, self confidence - Physiological basis of
performance - physical fitness - Optimism in sports and exercise. Diet and nutrition-improving
performance of sports.

Unit – II:
Emotions in Sports: Role of emotions in sports sciences- mental toughness in sports, arousal and
anxiety- factors inducing anxiety and stress- relationship between anxiety, arousal and stress -
treatment of sports anxiety – aggression and violence in sports – link between aggression and
performance - situational factors affecting aggression- reduction of aggression.

Unit – III:
Motivation and leadership in Sports: The importance of motivation in sports – reinforcement -
Intrinsic and extrinsic motivation- leadership, - team membership- group cohesion – negative effects
of team membership and audience effects.

Unit – IV:
Personality development and sports: Learning - measuring individual differences in sports - sources of
influences on social development and sport, gender and sport- Skills acquisition and sport.

Unit - V:
Sports Psychologist – Role of Sports Psychologists- Psychological techniques for enhancing
performance, training, rehabilitation and Counseling.

References
Jarvis, M. (2006). Sports Psychology – A Students Handbook, Vol – 10. Sessex: Rutledge.
John, M. D., Kremer, & Scully, D.M. (2006). Psychology in sports, (3rded.). Taylor &Francis.

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 Core Paper – VI : PSYCHOLOGICAL STATISTICS

Course Objective - To familiarize students to various descriptive statistical methods used in

Psychology and to train students in the use of statistical tools for data analysis

Unit – I
Introduction to Statistics - Meaning, need and importance of statistics, Functions and
limitations of statistics, Descriptive and Inferential statistical methods, Source of data-
primary and secondary, Measurement: Scales of measurement, Discrete and continuous
variables

Unit – II
Organization of Data-Coding, Tabulation and Classification of Data. Frequency
Distributions- Discrete and continuous, Cumulative frequencies, Percentage frequencies.
Discrete and continuous- Cumulative frequencies, Percentage frequencies. Graphical
Representations -Bar Graph, Histogram, Pie Graph, Frequency Polygon , Advantages of
graphical representation , Shape of frequency distributions: Unimodal, bimodal. Frequency
distribution: Symmetrical and skewed distributions, Normal and Kurtosis distribution.
Frequency graphs – Histograms, Frequency polygon, Ogive. Graphical representation of
ungrouped data - Bar diagram, Pie diagram, Graphs

Unit – III
Measures of Central Tendency- Arithmetic mean, Geometric mean, Harmonic mean,
Weighted mean, Combined mean, Median and mode, Merits and demerits of measures of
central tendencies. Measures of Variability -The range, Quartile Deviation, Inter quartile and
semi- quartile range, Average Deviation, Standard deviation and variance, Standard deviation
,Combined SD, Coefficient of variation. Measures of Association

Unit – IV
Correlation - Types of correlation: Positive and Negative linear correlation, Linear and
curvilinear, Simple, Multiple, Partial. Estimating the Correlation Coefficient - Pearson
Product-moment, Zero strength of the correlation. The correlation coefficient. Rank order
Method, testing its significance

Unit – V
Normal Distribution -Normal Distribution – Characteristics, Measures of Divergence from
normality, Skewness, Kurtosis,

References
Arthur Aron, Elaine N. Aron, Elliot. J. Coups. Statistics for Psychology.(4thedt.).New Delhi:
Pearson Education Inc. 2006.
Frederick. J. Gravetter&Larry . B. Walluan.,Essentials of Statistics for the Behavioural
Sciences.2nded. New York: West Publishing Company,1995.
Garrett, HE.Statistics for Psychology and Education.,1968.
Gupta,S.P.,Statistical Methods. New Delhi: Sultan Chand and sons, 2002.
Jack Lewin and James Alan Fox. Elementary Statistics in Social Research.10th edition.
New Delhi: Pearson Education, 2006.
S.K. MangalStatistics in Psychology and Education. (2 ndedt). New Delhi: Prentice – Hall of
India,2002.

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 Non Major Elective : FITNESS AND WELLNESS

Unit – 1
Yoga and fitness-Importance of Asanas-What is physical fitness-Asanas-Components of
physical fitness-Yoga and Health-Benefits of Yogasana-Benefits of Naturopathy-
Naturopathy-Health Deficiency symptoms of physical fitness.

Unit – II
Identified Lack of physical fitness-Overweight-Methods of controlling over weight through
Yoga and Naturopathy-Risk factors Associated with coronary Heart disease-circulatory
system-Regulation-Improvement on circulatory system on Training.

Unit – III
Bronchial Asthma – Allergies – Infection – Exercise-Environmental – Occupation – Drugs -
Emotion – Hypertension – Obesity – Stress – Symptoms - Therapeutic measures - pranayam
on cardio-respiratory system.

Unit – IV
Yoga on Heart disease-Naturopathy on Diabetes Type I and Type II. Health problems
associated with inactivity-Development of flexibility-muscular strength – Muscular
endurance – Agility – Coordination-Balance-Cardio vascular endurance.

Unit – V
Guidelines for Reducing Anxiety – Stress Emotion-tension – Cardio-vascular diseases –
Problems associated with stress – Cardio-vascular disease-Need and Importance of
Naturopathy.

REFERENCE BOOKS
• Yogiraj Vethathri Meharishi, Simplified Physical Exercises (Erode . Vedhathiri
Publications)
• M.L.Gharote, Applied Yoga (Lonavals : S.M.Y.M.Samiti Publications)

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Core Paper –VII : EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY

Course Objectives -To enable students understand the use of experiments in Psychology and
to acclimatize them to interpret and draw conclusions based on the norms given in the manual
Ten Experiments to be conducted, with the minimum of two from each of the Units.

Unit – I
Sensation and Attention - Distraction of Attention, Determination of two point threshold,
Division of Attention, Span of Attention, Visual Acuity, Mapping of Blind Spot, Colour
Blindness

Unit – II
Perception -Muller Lyer Illusion, Set in perception, Perception of Space in Depth, Perception
of Size Constancy

Unit – III
Learning- Transfer of Learning - Habit Interference, Maze Learning, Knowledge of Results,
Study of Learning by Insight, Proactive and Reactive Inhibition, Study of Bilateral Transfer

Unit – IV
Thinking - Concept Formation, Problem Solving, T Puzzle, Heart and Bow

Unit – V
Motor Skills - Motor Learning, Manual Dexterity, Finger Dexterity, Steadiness Test,
Minnesota Rate of Manipulation Test

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 Core Paper – VIII : COUNSELLING PSYCHOLOGY

Course Objectives - To acquaint the students with the nature and process of counselling. To
create an awareness about theories and techniques of counselling. To enable them to
understand different fields of application of counselling. To enable students to develop
knowledge and skills required in counselling.

Unit – I
Introduction to Counselling: Definition, Purpose and Goals of Counselling, Ethics in
Counselling.

Unit – II
Theories of Counselling - Person Centered Counselling, Cognitive Counselling, Behavioural
Counselling.

Unit – III
Areas of Counselling - Group Counselling, Counselling Families, Child Counselling,
Counselling The Delinquent, Pre-marital Counselling, Marriage Counselling, Counselling
Drug Addicts, Crisis Intervention Counselling, Career Counselling.

Unit – IV
counselling Process - Stages of the Counselling Process: Basic skills for Counselling,
communication and relationship skills.

Unit – V
Assessment and formulation in Counselling - Formulation of case and planning for
counseling.

References
Patterson, L. W. & Welfel, E. R. (2000). The Counselling Process. 5th ed. Belmount, CA:
Brook/Cole.
Corey, G. (1996). Theory and Practice of Counselling and Psychotherapy. 5th ed. Belmount,
CA: Brook/Cole.
Narayana Rao, S. (2002). Counselling and Guidance. 2nd ed. New Delhi: Tata Mc Graw Hill.
Belkin, G. S. (1988). Introduction to Counselling. W. G.: Brown Publishers.
Nelson, J. (1982). The Theory and Practice of Counselling Psychology. New York: Hollt
Rinehart & Winston.

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NON MAJOR ELECTIVE-II: ENVIRONMENTAL ADMINISTRATION

Unit – I: Introduction
Meaning and Nature of Environment – Environment awareness – Global- National Level – World
Commission on Environment Development – Rio Conference.

Unit - II: Pollution of the environment

Species, Human Population: Cycling of materials – National Hazards- Disasters - Agricultural Mining-
Forests- Housing- Urbanization - Industrial Development

Unit-III: Types of Pollution

Air - Causal factor and Remedial Measure – Water: Causal factor and remedial measure – Noise:
Causal factor and remedial measure.

Unit - IV: Administration of the Environment

Indian context – Constitutional provisions for Environmental Protection – Policy of the Government of
India and Tamil Nadu towards environmental protection – Legislative towards environmental
protection

Unit - V: NGO’s and Environment

Environmental movements in India – Governmental organizations-Departments,
Corporations and Pollution Control Boards – Non Governmental Organizations:
EXNORA.

Books Recommended for Study

1. Saksena K.D – Environmental Planning, Policies and Programs in India Shipa
Publications, Delhi, 1993.
2. Sapru R.K.(ed) – Environment Management in India, Ashis Publishing House, New
Delhi, 1987.
3. Varshney C.K and Sardesai D.R (ed) – Environmental Challenges Wiley Eastern Ltd,
New Delhi, 1993.

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Core Paper – IX : ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR

Course Objectives : To encourage the students to understand the behaviour of individuals in

the organisational context. To facilitate students to develop skills, techniques to achieve
efficiency in organisation and implications of various theories related to the development of
efficiency To enable the students to understand the organisational processes and its linkages
with the social context.

Unit – I
Introduction - Organizational Behaviour: Scope, Challenges and OpportUnities. Foundations
of Individual Behaviour: Ability, Biographical Characteristics, Learning, Attitudes and Job
Satisfaction, Personality and Values . Innovations in Organisation Planning: Flexi time, flexi
plan and job enrichment.

Unit – II
Perception, Motivation and Emotion - Perception and Individual Decision Making,
Motivation and Application in Organisation , Emotions and Emotional Intelligence

Unit – III
Foundation of Group Behaviour - Groups and Teams: Stages of Group Development, Group
Characteristics, Group Decision Making, Effective Teams.

Unit – IV
Communication - Definition, Functions, Process, Types, Barriers of Communication, Current
Trends.

Unit – V
Leadership - Nature, Types, Theories, Contemporary Issues, Conflict and Negotiation;
Innovations in Organisational Planning , Flexi time, Flexiplace,Job enrichment

References
Luthans, F. (2005). Organisational Behaviour. 10th ed. Mc Graw Hill International Edition.
Robbins, S. P., & Judge, T. A. (2007). Organizational Behaviour. New Delhi: Prentice Hall.
Moorhead, G. & Griffin, R. W. (2005). Organisational Behaviour. New Delhi: Biztantra.
McShane, S. L. & Von Glinow, M. A. (2007). Organisational Behaviour. New Delhi: Mc
Graw Hill.

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Core Paper – X : ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY I

Course Objectives -To understand abnormal behaviour and its causes and to study the
various minor mental disorders, their treatment and Prevention

Unit – I
Introduction to Abnormal Psychology- Psychological Abnormality -Definition of abnormal
behaviour , Historical views of abnormal behaviour and its treatment, Current Perspectives of
abnormality. Incidence of mental disorders. Classification of mental disorders – International
Classification of Diseases – 10 (ICD-10) and Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental
Disorders (DSM) – An Overview. Humanitarian approach, Contemporary views of abnormal
behaviour

Unit – II
Childhood and adolescence Disorders- Defiant and conduct disorder, Attention-
Deficit/Hyperactivity disorders, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Mental Disorders
Treatment and Prevention

Unit – III
Stress Disorders- Psychological Stress disorders, Acute and Posttraumatic Stress disorders,
Physical Stress Disorders, Psychophysiological disorders, Treatment and Prevention

Unit – IV
Anxiety Related Disorders -Anxiety disorders – Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Panic
Disorders, Phobias - Specific Phobias, Social Phobia, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder,
Biological, Psychosocial and Socio Cultural causal factors for all anxiety disorders,
Treatment and Prevention

Unit – V
Somatoform and Dissociative Disorders- Somatoform Disorder- Conversion Disorder,
Somatization Disorder, Pain Disorder, Hypochondriasis and Body Dysmorphic Disorder,
Dissociative Disorders- Dissociative Amnesia and Fugue, Depersonalization, Disorder,
Dissociative Identity Disorder, Biological, Psychosocial and Socio cultural causal factors of
Somatoform and Dissociative Disorders, Treatment and Prevention

References
Barlow David H. & Durand V. Mark, Abnormal Psychology. 2nd edition . New York:
Brooks/Cole Publishing Co, 2000.
SarasonIrwin G, Sarason. Barbara. Abnormal Psychology. New Delhi: Prentice Hall
Publication,2005.
Barlow, D. H. & Durand, V.M., Abnormal Psychology – An Integrative Approach. 6 Edn,
Wadsworth: Cengage Learning, 2009.
Comer.J Ronald, Fundamentals of Abnormal Psychology New York: Worth Pulishers, 2009.
Robert C. Carson, James N. Butcher, Susan Mineka,Jill M. Hooley. Abnormal Psychology.
13th
edition. Pearson Education, 2007.

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Core Paper – XI : HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY

Course Objectives -To familiarize students to health and wellness and the impact of
psychological factors on health and disease, to enable students to understand specific health
issues that warrant an in-depth look.

Unit – I
Introduction to Health Psychology- Health Behaviour- Definition of Health Psychology ,
The need for Health Psychology, Introduction to Health Behaviour, Factors influencing the
practice of Health Behaviour, Training for a career in Health Psychology.

Unit – II
Stress and Stress Management- Definition of stress, Categories of stressors, Predisposing
factors, Effects of Stress: GAS, Type Abehaviour and stress. Psychoneuroimmunology,
Methods of Coping with stress

Unit – III
Chronic and Terminal Illness- Nature of illness, Psychosocial factors of illness,
Management of illness, Palliative Care, Pain and its impact, Impact of chronic and terminal
illness on individual, family and commUnity Issues related to care giving: care giver stress,
caregiver burnout

Unit – IV
Modification of Health Behaviour - The patient/Practitioner relationship, Changing health
behaviour by changing health beliefs, Cognitive Behavioral approaches to health behaviour
change ,Appropriate venue for health habit modification

Unit – V
Health Care Intervention and Prevention- Health enhancing behavior – Diet, Exercise,
Weight control, Yoga, Meditation, Development of healthy Life Style, Quality of life,
Influence of health settings on patient behaviour – out patient, inpatient, aftercare, and
home based care, Accident prevention

References
David F Marks, Michael Murray, Brian Evans, Carla Willig, Cailine Woodall and Catherine
M.Sykes, Health Psychology: Theory, Research and Practice. 2 nd edition. New Delhi: Sage
Publications, 2008.
Shelley E.Taylor.,Health Psychology. 6th edition. Tata McGraw Hill edition, 1995.
Edward P.Sarafino.Health Psychology. Joha Wiley and Sons, 1994.

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Elective Paper – I : INTRODUCTION TO POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY

Course Objectives: The course enables students to identify psychological strengths of

people, to understand positive emotional and cognitive states and processes and to promote
focus on identifying and applying pro-social behavior.
Unit – I
Introduction to Positive Psychology – Eastern and Western perspectives on Positive
Psychology. Assumptions, goals and definitions.

Unit – II
Resilience – Resilience, research, growth through trauma; Virtue and Strength of Character,
Wisdom, theories of wisdom, wisdom in action, Courage, types of courage, being and
becoming courageous. Baumgardner,

Unit – III
Understanding positive affect – Definitions, happiness and subjective well-being, emotion
focused coping, emotional intelligence, emotional storytelling

Unit – IV
Seeing our futures through self-efficacy, optimism and Hope. Mindfulness and its benefits;
flow - fostering flow and its benefits; spirituality and its benefits

Unit – V
Prosocial behavior – Altrism, gratitude and forgiveness, the societal implications. Love and
flourishing relationships: a culture of appreciation, capitalizing on positive events

Textbook:
Synder. C.R., Lopez, S. J., & Pedrotti, J.T. (2011) Positive Psychology – The scientific and
practical explorations of human strengths (2nd Ed). New Delhi: Sage Publications.
Baumgardner, S.R., & Crothers, M.K. (2015). Positive Psychology. New Delhi. Dorling
Kindersley (India) Pvt Ltd

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 SEMESTER VI

Core Paper – XII : SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY

Course Objectives- To introduce students to the basic concepts of Social Psychology and to
familiarise students with the various applications of Social Psychology

Unit – I
Introduction to Social Psychology:- Meaning and Definition of Social Psychology, Nature of
Social Psychology and Scope of Social Psychology, Research methods in social psychology,
Social Psychology in the new millennium.

Unit – II
Social Perception-Definition of Self-concept : self- image, self-esteem, self-presentation,
Impression Formation and Impression Management, Attribution- Meaning and definition,
Theories of attribution, Attribution errors.

Unit – III
Attitude- Nature and Formation of Attitudes, Theories of attitude change, The fine Art of
Persuasion – Resistance to Persuasion.

Unit – IV
Conformity - Definition of Conformity, Factors influencing conformity, Classic studies-
Sheriff, Asch, Milgram’s obedience studies - Resisting Social Pressure

Unit – V
Interpersonal Attraction and Altruism- The Beginning of Attraction: Proximity, physical
attraction, similarity. The need to affiliate and the Effect of Observable characteristics.
Altruism, Prosocial Behaviour: meaning and definition, Internal and external influences on
decision to help, Increasing helping Behaviour

References
Myers David G., Social Psychology.11th Edition. McGraw Hill Book Company,2012.
Baron A. & Byrne D,Social Psychology. 13 th edition. Prentice-Hall of India, 2014.
Singh Arun Social Psychology .Eastern Economy Edition, India ,2015
Susan T, Fiske Daniel. Handbook of Social Psychology Vol I and Vol II, New Jersey:
Published
by John Wiley and Sons. 2010.
Schneider, Frank W, Gruman, Jamie, A.,Applied Social Psychology-Understanding
Social problems and Practical Problems. New Delhi: Sage South Asia,2012.

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Core Paper - XIII : ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY II

Course Objectives - To understand the various mental disorders and to understand the
causes and treatment of mental disorders.

Unit – I
Psychosis - Mood Disorders - Unipolar Mood Disorders, Biological, psychosocial, socio-
cultural causal factors in Unipolar Mood Disorders, Bipolar Disorders, Biological,
Psychosocial and socio cultural causal factors affecting Bipolar Disorders, Treatment and
Prevention

Unit – II
Psychosis – Schizophrenia- Schizophrenia- Clinical features of Schizophrenia ,Subtypes of
Schizophrenia, Causes of Schizophrenia ,Treatment and Prevention

Unit – III
Personality Disorders - Disorders of Adult Personality and Behaviour - Clinical features,
Causes, Specific Personality Disorders – Paranoid, Schizoid, Dissocial, Histrionic, Borderline
,Treatment and Prevention

Unit – IV
Substance Related Disorders - Addiction Disorders- Alcohol abuse and dependence,
Addiction Disorders - Drug abuse and drug dependence, Treatment and Prevention

Unit – V
Sexual Disorders and Gender Identity Disorder -Sexual dysfunctions, Causes and treatment
of sexual dysfunctions , Paraphilias – causes and treatment ,Sexual variants, Sexual and
gender variants, Gender Identity Disorder, Treatment and Prevention

References
Barlow H. David& Durand V. Mark, Abnormal psychology. 2nd edition. Brooks\Cole
Publishing Co, 2000.
Comer.J Ronald Fundamentals of Abnormal Psychology New York: Worth Publishers, 2009
Irwin G. Sarason, Barbara Sarason. Abnormal psychology. New Delhi: Prentice Hall
Publication, 2005.
Robert C. Carson, James N. Butcher, Susan Mineka,Jill M. Hooley. Abnormal psychology.
13th
edition. Pearson Education, 2007.

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Core Paper – XIV : REHABILITATION PSYCHOLOGY

Course Objectives - To understand the various methods and techniques used in

psychological rehabilitation of disorders.

UNIT I
Introduction to Rehabilitation Psychology – Scope and Need of Rehabilitation, Historical Perspectives
of Rehabilitation Psychology – Current Development in Rehabilitation Psychology.

UNIT II
Professionals involved in Rehabilitation process, Medical & Paramedical personnel, Role of
Psychologist in the multidisciplinary team, Role of Social workers in the Rehabilitation process.

UNIT III
Visual handicap – Symptoms, Etiology, Interventions. Hearing Impairment – Symptoms, Etiology,
and Interventions. Orthopedic Handicap – Symptoms, Etiology, Interventions and Aids.
Neuromuscular Disorders – Types of Disorders, Symptoms, Etiology, Interventions and Aids
required.

UNIT IV
Development disorders – Mentally challenged, Cerebral Palsy, Autism Spectrum disorder, Pervasive
developmental disorder, Attention deficit disorder / Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, epilepsy,
speech and communication disorders, Sensory disintegration – symptoms, etiology, interventions.

UNIT V
Support systems of Rehabilitation. Role of family – Parental counselling & guidance. Role of
Government & Voluntary organization. National policy and programmes, Rights of the disabled,
Government concessions and funds available, various NGO’s involved in Rehabilitation. Role of
commUnity – Rehabilitation through CommUnity Awareness & Involvement.

References:
Diverse Populations, Volume 9. Elsevier Science, Pergamon.
Alan Hilton &RavicRinglaben, 1998. Best and Promising Practices in Developmental
Disabilities. Pro-Ed, Texas.
Ali Baquer& Anjali Sharma, 1997. Disability: Challenges Vs Responses. Concerned Action
Now, New Delhi.
Gerald Hales, 1996. Beyond Disability: Towards an Enabling Society. SAGE Publications,
New Delhi.
John Swain, Vic Finkelstein, Sally French & Mike Oliver, 1994. Disabling Barriers –
Enabling Environments. SAGE Publications, New Delhi.
Jose Murickan&Georgekutty, 1995. Persons with Disabilities in Society.Kerala Federation of
the Blind, Trivandrum.
Kundu, C.L., 2000. Status of Disability in India – 2000. Rehabilitation Council of India, New
Delhi.

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Core Elective – II : EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY

Course Objectives - To provide an understanding about the psychological elements in learning process
and different views about learning. To familiarise students with various aspects related to the
instructional process. To develop an overview of the importance of development in education.

Unit – I
Definition, Historical Background, Role and Scope of Educational Psychology, Effective Teaching
Methods.

Unit – II
Understanding Student Development and Diversity- General Principles of Development, Importance
of Development in Education, Brain and Cognitive Development, Language Development,
Importance of Personal, Social and Emotional Development, Importance of Culture, CommUnity and
Gender.

Unit – III
Understanding Learning Process - Importance of Behavioural Approaches to Learning, Importance of
Information Processing Approach, Complex Cognitive Processes, Importance of Social, Cognitive
and Constructivistic Views of Learning

Unit – IV
Motivation in Learning and Teaching - Creating Learning Environment: The Need for Organisation,
Creating a Positive Environment, Maintaining a Good Environment for Learning. Teaching for
Academic Learning Planning: Teacher-centered Lesson-planning and Instruction, Lesson-centered
Lesson-planning and Instruction. Classroom Management: Designing Physical Environment of the
Classroom, Creating Positive Environment for Learning, Classroom Assessment.

Unit – V
Students with Special Educational Needs -Learning Disabilities: Types,remedial teaching Gifted
students:

References
Woolfolk.A. (2004). Educational Psychology. 9th ed. Delhi: Pearson Education.
Santrock, J. W. (2004). Educational Psychology. 2nd ed. International Edition: McGraw Hill.
Ormrod, J. E. (2000). Educational Psychology: Developing Learners. ed. New Jersey: Merrill.

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