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The document outlines the curriculum for the B.A. (Programme) Psychology courses offered at the University of Delhi Department of Psychology. It includes details of two core Discipline Specific Courses (DSC) offered in the first semester: Fundamentals of Psychology and Fundamentals of Cognitive Psychology. Each course is worth 4 credits and includes both theory and practical components. The document provides learning objectives, unit outlines, and reference materials for each course.

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The document outlines the curriculum for the B.A. (Programme) Psychology courses offered at the University of Delhi Department of Psychology. It includes details of two core Discipline Specific Courses (DSC) offered in the first semester: Fundamentals of Psychology and Fundamentals of Cognitive Psychology. Each course is worth 4 credits and includes both theory and practical components. The document provides learning objectives, unit outlines, and reference materials for each course.

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Appendix-XVII

EC (1262)-18.08.2022 Resolution No. 18 [18-1(18-1-1)]

UNIVERSITY OF DELHI

DEPARTMENT : PSYCHOLOGY

B.A. (Programme ) Psychology

(SEMESTER-I)

based on

Undergraduate Curriculum Framework 2022 (UGCF)

(Effective from Academic Year 2022-23)

List of DSC Papers (Major)

Course Title Nature of Total Components Contents of the


the Course Credits course and
reference is in
Fundamentals DSC01 (A) 4 L T P
of Psychology 3 0 1 Annexure-I

Fundamentals DSC02 4 3 0 1 Annexure-II


of Cognitive (A/B)
Psychology
EC (1262)-18.08.2022

UNIVERSITY OF DELHI

DEPARTMENT : PSYCHOLOGY

B.A. (Programme ) Psychology

(SEMESTER-I)

based on

Undergraduate Curriculum Framework 2022 (UGCF)

(Effective from Academic Year 2022-23)

List of DSC Papers (Minor)

Course Title Nature of Total Components Contents of the


the Course Credits course and
reference is in
Fundamentals DSC01 (A) 4 L T P
of Psychology 3 0 1 Annexure-I
EC (1262)-18.08.2022

UGCF for Courses of Study with more than Core Discipline (NEP)

DSC (Semester 1): Fundamentals of Psychology


4 Credits: 3 Credits for theory, 1 Credit for Practical
3 classes for theory + 2 classes for Practical (10-12 students per week per group)

Objective: To introduce learners to the basic concepts of the field of psychology with an
emphasis on applications of psychology in everyday life.
Learning Outcomes: After completing this course, the student will be able to:
● Understand the basic psychological processes
● Apply principles of psychology in everyday life
Unit 1: Introduction
Psychology: Nature, goals and scope; Perspectives in psychology: Structuralism,
Functionalism, Evolutionary, Psychodynamic, Behaviourism, Cognitive,
Humanistic-Existential, Indian perspective.
Unit 2: Learning and Memory
Nature of Learning and applications: Classical conditioning, operant conditioning,
observational learning.

Memory: Nature and models of memory- Information processing, levels of processing,


parallel distributed processing; techniques for improving memory.

Unit 3: Personality and Intelligence

Personality: Nature of personality; theories of personality: Trait theory (Big Five Theory),
Psychoanalytic and Humanistic
Intelligence: Nature of intelligence; theories of intelligence: Spearman’s two factor,
Gardener’s multiple intelligence, Sternberg triarchic theory; PASS model

Unit 4: Practicum
Any one experiment based on Unit-2.

References:
Baron, R. A. & Mishra, G. (2016). Psychology. Pearson.

Baron, R. A. (2002). Psychology (5th Edition), New Delhi: Pearson Education.


Chadha, N.K. & Seth, S. (2014). The Psychological Realm: An Introduction. New Delhi:
Pinnacle Learning.

Ciccarelli, S. K., & Meyer, G. E. (2010).Psychology: South Asian Edition. New Delhi:
Pearson Education.
EC (1262)-18.08.2022

Passer, M.W. & Smith, R.E. (2010). Psychology: The science of mind and behaviour. New
Delhi: Tata McGraw-Hill.

Feldman R.S. (2011 ).Understanding Psychology, 10th edition.Delhi : Tata- McGraw Hill.
Hilgard & Atkinson- Introduction to Psychology (2003) 14th Edition, Thomson Learning
Inc.

Morgan, C.T., King, R.A., Weisz, J.R., &Schopler, J. (2008). Introduction to psychology (7th
edition) Bombay: Tata-McGraw Hill.

Hussain, Akbar (2014). Experiments in Psychology. Publishers: PHI learning Pvt. Ltd.

Mohanty. G. (2010). Experiments in Psychology. New Delhi: Kalyani Publishers.

Dandekar. W.N (1999). Experimental Psychology. Pune: Proficient publishing house.

DSC (Optional) (Semester 1): Fundamentals of Cognitive Psychology


4 Credits: 3 Credits for theory, 1 Credit for Practical
3 classes for theory + 2 classes for Practical (10-12 students per week per group)

Objective: Understanding the fundamental concepts of human cognition and how cognitive
functioning operates in everyday life.
Learning Outcomes: After completing this course, the student will be able to:
● Appreciate important concepts related to cognition such as attention, perception,
problem-solving and creativity
● Develop an insight into the applications of cognitive psychology concepts in everyday
life.
● Design studies/research on cognitive concepts.

Unit 1: Introduction
Cognitive Psychology: Cognitive revolution, nature, methods and scope; fundamental ideas
and key themes; culture and cognition
Unit 2: Attention and Perception
Attention: Nature, determinants, theories, and applications
Perception: Nature of perception, laws of perception, perceptual illusions
Unit 3: Problem solving and Creativity
Problem Solving: Nature, processes and methods (Algorithms and Heuristics), barriers of
problem solving, convergent and divergent thinking, creativity in problem-solving
Unit 4: Practicum
EC (1262)-18.08.2022

Any one laboratory or field practicum based on the above three units.

References
Baron, R. A. & Mishra, G. (2016). Psychology. Pearson

Ciccarelli, S.K., & White, J.N. (2012). Psychology.Pearson Education, Inc.

Eysenck, M.W. & Keane, M.T. (2002). Cognitive Psychology: A Student’s


Handbook.Psychology Press.

Feldman, R. (2017). Essentials of Understanding Psychology. McGraw-Hill Education.

Galotti, K.M. (2015). Cognitive Psychology: In And Out Of The Laboratory. Sage.

Mishra, G. (2009). Psychology In India, Volume I: Basic Psychological Processes And


Human Development. Pearson Education

Mangal, S.K. (2002). Advanced Educational Psychology. PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd.

Morgan, C.T., King, R.A., Weisz, J.R., &Schopler, J. (1993). Introduction to Psychology.
Tata-McGraw

Passer, M.W., & Smith, R.E. (2011). Psychology: The Science of Mind and Behaviour.
McGraw-Hill.

Sternberg, R. Sternberg, K., & Mio, J. (2012). Cognitive Psychology. Cengage Learning.
Varnum, M., Grossman, I., Kitayama, S., & Nisbett, R. (2010). The Origin of Cultural
Differences in Cognition: Evidence for the Social Orientation Hypothesis. Curr Dir
Psychol Sci. 2010; 19(1): 9–13.doi: 10.1177/0963721409359301. Available from

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2838233/

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