Psychology

Course Title: Psychology

Course No: PSY359

Nature of the Course: THEORY

Semester: 6

Full Marks: 60 + 40

Pass Marks: 24 + 16

Credit Hours: 3

Course Description

The course is designed to acquaint the students with the concepts, findings and approaches used by psychologists to provide explanations of underlying human behavior as a basis for understanding people in different life setting.

Course Objectives

To familiarize the students with the basic processes and structures underlying human behavior as a basis for managing people in an organizational setting.

Course Contents

1. Introduction

5 hrs

1.1. Understanding Psychology: Meaning of Psychology and Development

1.2. Scope of Psychology

1.3. Major perspectives of Psychology

1.4. Goals and applications

2. Perception

5 hrs

2.1. Concepts and Importance

2.2. Principles of Perceptual Organization

2.3. Constancies and Illusions

2.4. Key perceptual processes

3. Learning

5 hrs

3.1. Concept

3.2. Models of Learning

Concept and Applications of Classical Conditioning

Operant Conditioning

Insight and Observational Learning

3.3. Application of Learning Theories

Shaping Behavior - Reinforcement, and Punishment

Learned Helplessness

4. Memory and Forgetting

6 hrs

4.1. Concept and Processes of Memory

Encoding, Storage, Retrieval

4.2. Types of memory

Working and long term memory

4.3. Forgetting: Types and theories

4.4. Memory Distortion and Memory Construction

4.5. Improving Memory

5. Cognition

5 hrs

5.1. Creative Thinking

Concept, Factors Influencing Creative Thinking

5.2. Problem Solving

Concept, Methods of Problem Solving (Trial and Error, Algorithm, Heuristics)

5.3. Decision-Making

Concept

5.4. Common Biases and Errors in Problem Solving

Over-Confidence, Anchoring Bias, Availability Bias

Confirmation Bias, Representative Bias

Escalation Of Commitment, Hindsight Bias

6. Emotion and Motivation

5 hrs

6.1. Motivation

Concept and Types, Implication of Motivation for Managers

6.2. Emotion

Concept and Types

6.3. Application of Emotions in Organization

Ability and Selection, Decision-Making, Creativity

Interpersonal Conflict, Deviant Workplace Behaviors

6.4. Subjective Well Being, Stress

7. Intelligence

5 hrs

7.1. Intelligence-Concept

7.2. Major Approaches of Intelligence

Gardner's Theory of Multiple Intelligence

Sternberg's Triarchic Theory

Cattell's Theory of Intelligence

7.3. Variations in Intellectual Ability

Intellectual Disability and Mentally Gifted

7.4. Emotional Intelligence

Concept, Goleman's Dimensions of Emotional Intelligence

7.5. Artificial Intelligence

8. Personality

5 hrs

8.1. Concept, Determinants

8.2. Approaches to Personality

Psychodynamic Approaches to Personality

Traits Approaches to Personality

Learning Approaches to Personality

Humanistic Approaches to Personality

8.3. Measuring personality

Objective and projective approach

9. Social Thought and Behaviors

4 hrs

9.1. Social Behavior

Persuasion, Attitudes, Prejudices and Techniques to Reduce it

9.2. Prosocial Behavior

9.3. Social Influences

Conformity, Compliance

Obedience (Milgram's Experiment)

Text Books

1.Baron, R. A. (Latest Edition). Psychology. Prentice-Hall of India.
2.Ciccarelli, Saundra K. & White, N. (2015). Psychology. 4th Edition. Pearson Education, Inc.
3.Feldman, R. S. (2015). Understanding Psychology. 11th Edition. McGraw Hill Publication
4.Nolen, S, & A. Wagenaar. (2009). Atkinson & Hilgard's Introduction to Psychology, 15th Edition. Cengage Learning

Notes:

This syllabus follows the official BIT curriculum of Tribhuvan University. In case of any doubt or revision, the university’s published syllabus shall be considered authoritative.

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