WBCS Exe Etc Exam Main Optional Subject Psychology Syllabus

Paper – I :

1. Basic psychological processes and development

Scope and Methods of Psychology – Biological basis of behaviour.Continue Reading WBCS Exe Etc Exam Main Optional Subject Psychology Syllabus

2. Cognitive Processes:

A) Sensation: attributes of sensation, psychophysics (weber-Fechner Law), Methods of Pscychophysics
B) Attention: determinants of attention, fluctuation of attention, selectivity of attention
C) Perception: Movement, space, depth and time perception, perceptual organization,
Gestalt View

3. Learning.: Conditions of Learning

Conditions Of Learning

 Theory of classical conditioning
 Theory of operant conditioning
 Trial and error theory
 Theory of insight learning
 Programmed learning

4. Memory: Encoding, storage, retrieval

 Types of Memory (STM & LTM, ICONIC, Echoic & Procedural)
 Forgetting curve
 Theories of forgetting

5. Motivation and Emotion: Physiological and psychological basis of motivation and emotion

 Intrinsic and extrinsic motivation – factors influencing intrinsic motivation
 Theories of motivation – Maslow, Mcclelland
 Theories of Emotion – James-Lange Theory, Canon-Bard and Schachter-Singer Theory
 Effects of Motivation and emotion on behaviour

6. Intelligence

 Spearman’s two factor theory
 Thurstone’ s theory
 Guilford’s structure of intellect
 Gardner’s theory
 Measurement of intelligence – IQ & deviation IQ, Tests of intelligence – Stanford Binet
 Types of intelligence – Social, abstract, concrete, emotional, artificial, spiritual
 Gifted and mentally challenged children

7. Thinking

 Piaget’s theory of cognitive development ~ Problem solving
 Creative thinking – Nature and stages

8. Attitude, Values and Interest

 Definition of attitude, values and interests
 Value – concept, development and measurement
 Attitude – formation, measurement and change concept
 Stereotype, prejudice, discrimination
 Measurement, reduction of prejudice

9. Interest – concept and measurement

10. Development of behaviour : From birth to adolescence

 Physical development
 Emotional development
 Moral development
 Social development

Paper – II :

1. Personality

 Theories of personality – Freud, Erikson, Eysenck and Rogers

2. Individual Difference:

Nature – Nurture controversy
 Nature – nurture controversy
 Character and construction of standardized psychological tests, types of tests

3. Mental health & adjustment – concept of mental health & wellbeing

 Stress & health – nature, types, causes and consequence of stress
 Adjustment – criteria of adjustment
 Management of stress

4. Psychological Disorders

 Causes of abnormal behaviour
 Anxiety disorders
 Mood disorders
 Schizophrenia
 Substance abuse disorders

5 . Psychotherapy

 Psychoanalysis
 Cognitive Behaviour therapy
 Client centered therapy

6. Organizational psychology

 Personal selection, job analysis methods
 Job Satisfaction
 Theories of motivation, Herzberg, Alderfer
 Conflict in organization – sources, types
 Organizational culture and climate
 Occupational health hazards

7. Group

 Types of group
 Group versus team – Influence of primary and secondary group on society
 Structure and functions of group
 Leadership – Characteristics of a good leader with special reference to trans actual and
transformational leadership

8. Social problems

 Problems of social integration caste, class and religion
 Delinquency and crime
 Psychosocial problems related to old age

9. Application of Psychology to different fields

a) Rehabilitation – concept, primary, secondary and tertiary prevention
b) Education – Psychology, principles underlying effective teaching-learning
c) Motivating and training people for entrepreneurship and economic development

10. Psychology and Methodology

 Normal probability curve
 Parametric and non-parametric statistics – characteristics
 Hypothesis formation
 Research variables and their control
 Techniques of sampling

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