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Psychology syllabus

PSY 20210 units · 50 topicsAcademic year 2083/84
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Psychology

10 units

1. Introduction (6 LHs)

  1. Introduction to Psychology – concepts
    1. Introduction to Psychology – concepts
  2. The roots of Psychology
    1. The roots of Psychology
    2. goals of psychology
  3. Major perspectives in psychology
    1. major perspectives in psychology (behavioral, cognitive, biological, evolutionary, developmental, psychodynamics, and social and cultural). Scope of Psychology.

2. Human Development (6 LHs)

  1. Concept — Human Development
    1. Concept
  2. Nature of development
    1. nature of development
  3. Issues of nature and nurture
    1. issues of nature and nurture
  4. Growth and development
    1. growth and development
  5. Baltes’s principles of life-span development
    1. Baltes’s principles of life-span development
  6. Key stages of development- prenatal
    1. Key stages of development- prenatal
    2. infancy
    3. childhood
    4. adolescence
  7. Adulthood (psychosocial issues and hazards.)
    1. adulthood (psychosocial issues and hazards.)

3. Perception, Social Thought and Behavior (6 LHs)

  1. Concepts, factors influencing perception.Perceptual organization. Constancies and Illusions
    1. Concepts, factors influencing perception.Perceptual organization. Constancies and Illusions
  2. Person perception – Concept, Kelly’s attribution theory, Impression Formation and biases
    1. Person perception – Concept, Kelly’s attribution theory, Impression Formation and biases
  3. Social behavior i)Persuasion
    1. Social behavior i)Persuasion
    2. ii) attitudes
  4. Iii) prejudices and techniques to reduce it
    1. iii) prejudices and techniques to reduce it
  5. Prosocial behavior. Social influences- i) conformity
    1. prosocial behavior. Social influences- i) conformity
    2. ii) compliance
  6. Iii) obedience (Milgram’s experiment)
    1. iii) obedience (Milgram’s experiment)

4. Learning (5 LHs)

  1. Concept — Learning
    1. Concept
  2. Models of learning
    1. Models of learning: concept and applications of classical conditioning
  3. Operant conditioning
    1. operant conditioning
  4. Insight and observational learning. Application of learning theories
    1. insight and observational learning. Application of learning theories
  5. Shaping behavior - reinforcement, and punishment ii) Learned Helplessness
    1. Shaping behavior - reinforcement, and punishment ii) Learned Helplessness.

5. Motivation and emotion (2 LHs)

  1. Motivation
    1. Motivation: concept and types. Implication of motivation for managers Emotion:concept and types. Application of emotions in organization (ability and selection, decision-making, creativity, interpersonal conflict, deviant workplace behaviors).

6. Memory and Forgetting (6 LHs)

  1. Memory – concept
    1. Memory – concept
  2. Memory process (encoding, storage, retrieval) The foundations of Memory
    1. memory process (encoding, storage, retrieval) The foundations of Memory: short term memory
    2. working memory
  3. Long-term memory modules
    1. long-term memory modules: declarative memory (semantic memory and episodic memory,) and procedural memory
  4. Improving memory Forgetting – concept
    1. Improving memory Forgetting – concept
  5. Causes of forgetting – i) decay
    1. causes of forgetting – i) decay
  6. Ii) inhibition (proactive and retroactive)
    1. ii) inhibition (proactive and retroactive)
  7. Iii) memory dysfunctions – Alzheimer’s disease
    1. iii) memory dysfunctions – Alzheimer’s disease
  8. Amnesia – retrograde amnesia and anterograde amnesia
    1. amnesia – retrograde amnesia and anterograde amnesia.

7. Cognition (5 LHs)

  1. Thinking – concept
    1. Thinking – concept
  2. Elements of thought – mental images and concepts Creative thinking – concept
    1. elements of thought – mental images and concepts Creative thinking – concept
  3. Factors influencing creative thinking Problem solving – concept
    1. factors influencing creative thinking Problem solving – concept
  4. Methods of problem solving (trial and error, algorithm, heuristics)
    1. methods of problem solving (trial and error, algorithm, heuristics)
  5. Decision-making – Concept
    1. Decision-making – Concept
  6. Common biases and errors in problem solving - i) over- confidence
    1. common biases and errors in problem solving - i) over- confidence
    2. ii) anchoring bias
  7. Iii) availability bias
    1. iii) availability bias
  8. Iv) confirmation bias
    1. iv) confirmation bias
  9. V) representativebias
    1. v) representativebias
  10. Vi) escalation of commitment
    1. vi) escalation of commitment
  11. Vii) hindsight bias
    1. vii) hindsight bias.

8. Human Intelligence (5 LHs)

  1. Intelligence-Concept
    1. Intelligence-Concept
  2. Major approaches of intelligence - Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligence
    1. major approaches of intelligence - Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligence
  3. Sternberg’s Triarchic theory
    1. Sternberg’s Triarchic theory
  4. Cattell’s theory of intlligence. Variations in Intellectual Ability
    1. Cattell’s theory of intlligence. Variations in Intellectual Ability: Intellectual disability and Mentally gifted. Emotional intelligence: Concept
  5. Goleman’s dimensions of emotional intelligence
    1. Goleman’s dimensions of emotional intelligence.

9. Personality (5 LHs)

  1. Concept — Personality
    1. Concept
  2. Personality traits
    1. Personality traits: 16 PF
    2. The Big Five Model
  3. Personality attributes influencing work behavior. Measuring personality
    1. personality attributes influencing work behavior. Measuring personality: Objective and projective approach.

10. Psychology and Health (2 LHs)

  1. Stress
    1. Stress: Causes, consequences, coping Subjective well being.