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University of Pune Masters in Psychology
Can you provide me the syllabus of Masters Program – MA in Psychology of University of Pune as my exams are near by and I need it for preparation, please help me with this? The syllabus of Masters Program – MA in Psychology of University of Pune is as follows: SEMESTER I EP 101: COGNITIVE PROCESSES Psy.01. NATURE AND IMPORTANCE OF COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY [10] 1. Cognitive Psychology: Definition and domains 2. History and methods of cognitive psychology 3. Theories of cognitive development – Piaget, Vygotsky 4. Current paradigms of cognitive psychology – Information processing approach, ecological approach 5. Application: Cognitive style and cognitive map Psy.2. SENSATION, ATTENTION AND PERCEPTION [10] 1. Sensation - Introduction to psychophysics: Basic concepts and methods. 2. Attention: (a) Functions of attention: Divided attention, selective attention (b) Theories of attention process (c) Signal Detection Theory and vigilance. 3. Perception-approaches: Gestalt, Bottom-Up (feature analysis, template matching, prototypes), Top-Down and Pandemonium 4. Perception: Cross-cultural studies 5. Application: Subliminal perception, perceptual defense, and extra-sensory perception. Psy.3. LANGUAGE AND RELATED COGNITIVE PHENOMENA [10] 1. Understanding spoken language: Speech perception, constituent structure, transformational grammar and factors affecting comprehension 2. Reading: Perceptual process; theories of word recognition, reading and comprehension 3. Speaking: Selecting the content of speech, speech errors, gestures, social context of speech 4. Writing: Comparing speaking and writing, cognitive tasks involved in writing 5. Application: Development in reading ability, Multilingualism. Psy.4. PROBLEM SOLVING, CREATIVITY AND DECISION MAKING [10] 1. Problem: Definition, problem solving cycle, types, obstacles and aids 2. Problem solving approaches – Algorithm; heuristics: means-end analysis computer simulation, and analogy 3. Definition of creativity, measurement creativity 4. Reasoning and decision-making: Types of reasoning – Syllogistic and Conditional; factors influencing decision-making. 5. Application: Artificial intelligence ![]() ![]() Last edited by Neelurk; May 1st, 2020 at 10:21 AM. |
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