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    Course Title: Basic Psychological Processes

    M.A in Yoga
    Maximum Marks: 100
    Examination: 75
    Assignments: 25
    Objectives:

     To provide sufficient knowledge and information about the nature and history of
    psychology, different fields of psychology, approaches in psychology and methods of
    psychology.
     To provide understanding in biological basis of behaviour.
     To explain psychological processes of attention, perception, and forgetting. Unit 1:
    Introduction
    1.1 Meaning and Definition of Psychology; Brief Historical Background: Greek Period;
    Medieval Period, Pre-modern and Modern Period
    1.2 Fields of Psychology: Abnormal Psychology, Clinical Psychology, experimental
    Psychology, Social Psychology, Educational Psychology, Counseling Psychology,
    Industrial Psychology, Physiological Psychology.
    1.3 Methods of Psychology: Experimental, Observation, Survey, and Case Study. Unit 2:
    Approaches in Psychological Studies
    2.1 Biological Approach: Basic Concept, Assumptions, and Theories Leading to the
    Development of Biological Perspective
    2.2 Psychodynamic & Behaviourist Approach: Basic Concept, Assumptions, and Major
    Contributors.
    2.3 Humanistic & Cognitive Approach: Basic Concept, Assumptions, and Major
    Contributors.
    Unit 3: Biological Basis of Behaviour
    3.1Biological Basis of Behaviour, Genes and Behaviour, Neurons: Structure and Neural
    Conduction Mechanism
    3.2. Central Nervous System: Functions and Structure of Brain and Spinal Cord
    3.3 Peripheral Nervous System: Functions and Structure of Somatic and Autonomic Nervous
    System
    Unit 4: Psychological Processes: Part A (Learning, Memory, Forgetting)
    4.1 Learning: Meaning, Definition, Types and Theories of Learning
    4.2 Memory: Basic Concept, Types of Memory, Methods of Measuring Memory.
    4.3.1 4.3 Forgetting: Basic Concept, Theories of Forgetting
    Unit 4: Psychological Processes: Part B (Learning, Memory, Forgetting)
    5.1 Sensation: Sensory receptors, Types of Sensation, Measuring the Sensation,
    Signal Detection Theory, Sensory Adaptation, Light and Dark Adaptation

    5.2 Perception: Factors affecting the Perception, Extrasensory Perception, Principles of


    Perceptual Organization, Perceptual Constancy, Depth Perception, Perception of
    Movement, Errors in Perception:
    5.3. Attention: Types of Attention, Factors Affecting Attention, Attention span

    Suggested Readings
    Morgan CT and King R : Introduction to Psychology. Tata McGraw Hill
    Publising Co. Ltd. New Delhi
    Guilford J P : General Psychology. D. Van Nostrand: Princeton Munn N.
    L. : Introduction to Psychology. New Delhi. Oxford and
    IBH Publishing Co.

    Khatoon N : General Psychology. Pearson Education


    Mohsin S M : Elementary Psychology. Delhi: Motila Banarsi Das
    Hilgard & Atkinson : Introduction to Psychology. New Delhi: Oxford &
    IBH Publishing Co.

    Postman L & Eagan J P : Experimental Psychology: An Introduction. New


    Delhi, Kalyani Publishers

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