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July 2nd, 2016, 11:07 AM
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University of Madras M Sc Psychology Syllabus
Can you provide me syllabus of M Sc Psychology - University of Madras, Institute of Distance Education as I am planning to pursue the course from there so wants to check it first?
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July 2nd, 2016, 11:27 AM
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Re: University of Madras M Sc Psychology Syllabus
The syllabus of M Sc Psychology - University of Madras, Institute of Distance Education is as follows: FIRST YEAR PAPER I - ADVANCED GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY UNIT - 1 : THE WORLD OF PSYCHOLOGY Definition of Psychology : Sub-fields of Psychology - Experimental, Biological, Personality, Social, Clinical and Counselling, Development and Quantitative Psychology. Methods in Psychology - Survey, Case Study, Naturalistic, Observation, Experiment. UNIT - 2 : BIOLOGY OF BEHAVIOUR The Nervous system : Communication in the Nervous system and interaction between neuron. Neurotransmitters and its functions. The Spinal cord and its functions. The Brain and its functions. The Endocrine systems and its functions. UNIT-3: SENSORY PROCESS, PERCEPTION AND ATTENTION The Five senses - its characteristics. Definition of perception. Features of perception. Approaches to perception. Constructional view of perception. Ecological view of perception. Psychophysics. Attention - Determinants of attention Selective, focused and divided attention. UNIT - 4 : LEARNING Definition of Learning. Classical Learning. Instrumental and Operant conditioning Learning. Observational Learning. Cognitive Process in Learning. UNIT - 5 : MEMORY AND FORETTING Types of Memory. Stages of Memory. Sensory Memory. Short-term Memory and Long-term Memory. Causes of forgetting. Constructing Memory. Improving Memory. UNIT - 6 : EMOTIONS Emotions and the ANS. Theories of Emotions. Expression of Emotions. Stress and coping styles. Physical, Physiological Psycho-social basis of stress. UNIT - 7 : TESTING AND MENTAL ABILITIES Principles of Psychological Testing and its types. Intelligence Tests - Definition of Intelligence. Theories of Intelligence. Creativity - Characteristics of Creative Person. UNIT - 8 : THOUGHT AND LANGUAGE Thinking process - concepts, problem solving, decision making. Language - Elements of Language, Understanding sentences and conversation stages of language development. Acquiring of Language. |