Bachelor of Arts

Discipline: Psychology

Faculty of Arts, Education and Social Sciences

Jai Narain Vyas Universitry, Jodhpur

2023-24
 Three Year Bachelor’s Degree Program

Credits

# Level Semester Type Course Title L T P Total

Code Marks

1 5 I DCC PSY5001T Foundations of Psychology 100 4 0 0 4

(Theory)

2 5 I DCC PSY5001P Foundations of Psychology 100 0 0 2 2

(Practical)

4+2 = 6

3 5 II DCC PSY5002T Psychopathology (Theory) 100 4 0 0 4

4 5 II DCC PSY5002P Psychopathology 100 0 0 2 2

(Practical)

4+2 = 6

5 5 II AECC AEN5111T General Hindi 100 4 0 0 4

 6 5 II AECC AEN5112T General English 100 4 0 0 4

7 5 II AECC AEN5113T Environmental Science 100 4 0 0 4

5 6 III DCC PSY6001T Experimental Psychology 100 4 0 0 4

(Theory)

6 6 III DCC PSY6001P Experimental Psychology 100 0 0 2 2

(Practical)

4+2 = 6

7 6 IV DCC PSY6002T Psychological Methods 100 6 0 0 6

And Statistics (Theory)

9 7 V DSE PSY7001T Social Psychology (Theory) 100 4 0 0 4

10 7 V DSE PSY7001P Social Psychology 100 0 0 2 2

(Practical)

4+2 = 6

11 7 V DSE PSY7002T Applied Psychology 100 4 0 0 4

(Theory)

12 7 V DSE PSY7002P Applied Psychology 100 0 0 2 2

(Practical)

4+2 = 6
13 7 VI DSE PSY7003T Counselling Psychology 100 6 0 6
(Theory)

15 7 VI DSE PSY7004T Developmental Psychology 100 4 0 0 4

(Theory)

16 7 VI DSE PSY7004P Developmental Psychology 100 0 0 2 2

(Practical)

4+2 = 6

17 6 III/IV SEC SEC6156T Developing Emotional 0 2 0 2

Competence

18 6 III/IV SEC SEC6157T Managing Stress 0 2 0 2

19 7 V/ VI SEC SEC7156T Making Decisions 0 2 0 2

20 7 V/ VI SEC SEC7157T Self And Personal Growth 0 2 0 2

 Semester I

PSY5001T Foundations of Psychology (Core Course)

Course Outcome:
To introduce students to the basic concepts of the field of psychology with an
emphasis on applications of psychology in everyday life.

Unit 1

Introduction and Statistics:

Nature and Scope of Psychology; Methods of Psychology, Fields of Psychology.

Introduction to Statistics: Measures of Central Tendency. Calculation of Mean,

Mode and Median.

Unit 2

Biological Basis of Behavior and Perception:

Neurons: Structure and Types. Peripheral, Central and Autonomic nervous

system. Endocrine system.

Perception: Nature of Perception, Attention and Perception, Laws of

Perceptual Organization.

Unit 3

Learning and Remembering:

Learning: Meaning, Nature of Learning, Procedures of Learning. Theories –

Trial and Error, Classical and Operant Conditioning, Insightful Learning.

Remembering: Nature of Remembering; Retention, Forgetting and Factors

involved in Forgetting.

Unit 4

Motivation and Emotion:

Motivation: Nature of Motivation, Need, Drive and Incentive, Primary and

Secondary Motives. Theories of Motivation.
Emotion: Nature of Emotional Experience, Physiological changes in Emotions,
Role of Autonomic Nervous system in Emotion, Theories of Emotion.

Unit 5

Intelligence and Personality:

Meaning and Nature of Intelligence, Types of Intelligence, Theories of

Intelligence

Personality: Meaning and Nature, Classification of Personality- Type and Trait

approach, Assessment Personality.

Books Recommended:

Baron, R.A & Misra, G(2014). Psychology, New Delhi: Pearson Education.

Ciccarelli, S.K., Meyer, G.E. & Misra, G.(2013). Psychology: South Asian Edition.
New Delhi: Pearson Education.

Singh. A. and Singh.U.(1984). Samanya Manovigyan. Bhiwani: Vedic

Prakashan.

Morgan, King and Robinson (1999): Introduction to Psychology, New Delhi,

Tata McGraw Hill

Practicals:

▪ Trial and Error Learning (Mirror Drawing)

▪ Span of Attention
▪ Memory Span
▪ Intelligence Test
▪ Serial Learning

Semester II

PSY5002T Psychopathology (Core Course)

Course Outcome:
The paper aims at providing an overview about the concept of abnormality
and clinical picture and dynamics of various psychological disorders. This will
sensitize the students on psychopathology and dispel myths regarding it.

Unit 1

Introduction, Motivation and Adjustment:

Meaning, Brief Introduction of Historical Development, Normal and Abnormal,

Scientific Criteria of Abnormality.

Motivation and Adjustments: Adjustment Process, Frustration, Conflict,

Symptoms and Defense Mechanism.

Unit 2

Causes and Neuroses:

Causes of Abnormal Behavior - Biological Psychological and Socio- cultural

factors.

Psychoneurosis: Symptoms, Causes and Treatment of Generalized Anxiety,

Obsessive Compulsive disorder, Phobia, and Depression.

Unit 3

Psychosis and Epilepsy:

Psychosis: Symptoms, Causes and Treatment of Schizophrenia, Bipolar

disorder, Paranoia.

Epilepsy: Types, Symptoms, Causes and Treatment.

Unit 4

Intellectual Disability, Antisocial Personalities and Crime:

Intellectual disability: Meaning, Types, Symptoms Causes and Treatment.

Antisocial Personalities and Crime: Symptoms, Causes and Treatment.

Unit 5

Therapy:

Introduction to Psychotherapy, Goals of Psychotherapy, Psychoanalytic

therapy, Behavior therapy, Client centered therapy, and Group therapy.

Books Recommended:
Carson,R.C., Butcher. J.N., Mineka.S &Hooley.J.M.(2008). Abnormal
Psychology.

Frude, N.(1988). Understanding Abnormal Psychology. Oxford Blackwell

Publishers.

Tiwari,G.(1988). Abnormal Psychology, Vinod Pustak Mandir, Agra.

Practicals:

▪ Anxiety
▪ Adjustment Test
▪ Extraversion Introversion and Neuroticism.
▪ Depression Scale
▪ 16PF

Semester III

PSY6001T Experimental Psychology (Core Course)

Course Outcome:
To develop an understanding of the Nervous System, Learning, Conditioning
and Memory and make the Students learn the measure of variability with the
help of Statistic.

Unit 1

Psychophysics and Perception:

Psychophysics: Basic Concept, Problems of Psychophysics, Classical

Psychophysical Methods- Methods of Limits, Method of Constant Stimuli and
Method of Average Error.

Perception: Figure and Ground, Stability and Instability Paradox, Perceptual

Constancy- Size, Shape and Colour. Perception of Distance, Geometrical
Illusions.

Unit 2

Conditioning:
Classical Conditioning - Components and Experimental Procedures.
Instrumental Conditioning- Basic Principles, Experimental Procedures.

Reinforcement - Meaning, Schedule, and Role of Reinforcement.

Unit 3

Verbal and Concept Learning:

Verbal Learning: Nature, Materials and Research Methods of Verbal Learning;

Organizational process in Verbal Learning.

Concept Learning: Meaning, Types of Concept; Experimental Procedures.

Determinants of Concept Learning.

Unit 4

Retention and Forgetting:

Short term Memory and Long-term Memory, Basic Nature, Methods of

measuring STM & LTM.

Forgetting: Meaning, Nature and Causes of Forgetting.

Unit 5

Transfer of Learning and Statistics:

Transfer of Learning: Nature, Types of Transfer, Design of Transfer Experiment.

Measures of Variability- Range, Quartile Deviation, Average Deviation and

Standard Deviation.

Books Recommended:

Atkinson, R.L., Atkinson, R.L., et al.(1985) Introduction to Psychology. NY: HBJ

Publishers.

D’ Amato, M.R.(2001) Experimental Psychology: Methodology, Psychophysics

and Learning. New Delhi: McGraw Hill.

Garrett, H.E. Statistics in Psychology and Education. Bombay: Vakils, Feffer and
Simons Pvt. Ltd.

Singh, A.K.(2009) Uchattar Samanaya Manovigyan. Delhi: Moti Lal Banarsidas.

Singh, A. & Singh, U, (1984). Prayogatamak Manovigyan Bhiwani: Vedic
Prakashan.

Practicals:

▪ Absolute Threshold- Minimal Change.

▪ Differential Threshold- Constant Stimuli.
▪ Geometrical Illusion- Methods of Average Error
▪ Retroactive Inhibition
▪ Paired Associate Learning

Semester IV

PSY6002T Psychological Methods and Statistics (Core Course)

Course Outcome:
To educate students with the process and the methods of qualitative and
quantitative research tradition. To educate students with the techniques of
Inferential Statistics and Hypothesis Testing.

Unit 1

Introduction:

Basic Elements of the Scientific Method, Research Problem, Hypothesis, and

Variables.

Research Design: Meaning, Purpose and Types of Research Design.

Unit 2

Methods of Data Collection:

Sampling: Meaning; Probability Sampling method and Non-Probability

Sampling method.

Case Study, Observation Survey, and Interview Method.

Unit 3

Normal Curve, Percentile and Ogive Curve:

Normal Curve: Introduction to Normal Curve, Properties and applications of
Normal Curve, Divergence of Normal curve (Skewness, Kurtosis)

Percentiles and Percentile Rank, Ogive.

Unit 4

Correlation: Meaning and Nature and Types of Correlation. Meaning,

Assumption and Calculation of Product Moment Correlation and Spearman
Rank Difference Correlation.

Unit 5

Significance and Hypothesis Testing:

Null Hypothesis, Type I Error, Type II Error, Computation of ‘t’ for Independent
and Correlated Samples.

Chi Square: Meaning, Assumption and Calculation – Equal Probability, 2*2

Books Recommended:

Goode and Hatt: Methods in Social Research, Tokyo, McGraw Hill International
Edition, 1986.

Garratt: Statistics in Psychology and Education, Bombay, Vakils, Feffer and

Simmons, 6/e 1966.

Semester V

PSY7001T Social Psychology (Elective Course 1)

Course Outcome:
To develop an understanding of the nuances of the Social World as well as
different perspectives on relations between Individual and Society.

Unit 1

Introduction and Socialization:

Meaning, Nature, Fields and Applications of Social Psychology.

Socialization: and Social Learning: Nature and Determinants of Socialization.

Social Learning.

Unit 2
Social Group and Inter Personal Attraction:

Meaning and Types of Group, Group Effectiveness, Group Structure, Group

Dynamics and Group Morale.

Inter Personal Attraction: Meaning and Basic Principles of Attraction.

Determinants of Interpersonal Attraction.

Unit 3

Attitudes, Prejudices and Discrimination:

Meaning, Characteristics and Components of Attitude, Attitude Formation and

Attitude Change. Resistance to change.

Prejudice and Discrimination: Nature of Prejudice and Discrimination, Causes,

Measurement and Prevention.

Unit 4

Social Influence and Leadership:

Social Influence - Meaning; Conformity, Compliance and Obedience -

Characteristics and Factors affecting Conformity, compliance and Obedience.

Leadership: Definition of Leader, Functions of the Leader, Characteristic and

Types of Leadership.

Unit 5

Culture and Personality:

Culture: Meaning, General Characteristics of Culture, Types of Culture.

Personality: Meaning of Personality, Types of Personality. Role of Culture in

the development of Personality, Impact of Personality on Culture.

Books Recommended:

Mc David, J.W. and Harari, H.: Social Psychology, New Delhi, DBS Publishers,
1985.

Lindgren, G.: An Introduction to Social Psychology, New Delhi, Wiley Eastern,

1979.

Mishra, G. and Jain, U: Samaj Manovigyan ke Mool Adhar, Bhopal, Madhya

Pradesh Hindi Granth Academy, 1988
Mathur, S.S: Social Psychology, Agra, Vinod Pustak Mandir, 1988.

Baron, R.A., Byrne, D,& Bhardwaj,G (2010). New Social Psychology (12th Ed).
New Delhi: Pearson.

Chadha, N.K.(2012). Social Psychology, McMillan: New Delhi.

Kretch and Crutchfield(1948). Theory and Problems of Social Psychology, New

York: McGraw Hill.

Practicals:

▪ Social Distance
▪ Social Attitude
▪ Leadership Styles
▪ Prejudice measurement
▪ Altruism Scale
▪ Sociometry

PSY7002T Applied Psychology (Elective Course 2)

Course Outcome:
The objective is to study major applied areas of psychology (eg. Clinical,
industrial, school, forensic, human factors. Environment etc). To make the
students understand how psychological theories and principles related to
everyday life and applied knowledge of behaviour modification and life skill
training.

Unit 1

Nature, Scope and Mental Health:

Meaning, nature and scope of applied Psychology, Historical development of

Applied Psychology, Fields of Applied Psychology.

Mental Health: Meaning and history of Mental Health Movement; Causes of

mental health problems; Prevention and Promotion of Mental Health.

Unit 2

Psychology applied to Education and Guidance:

Introduction to Learning, Motivation and Learning, Maturation and Learning,
Favourable conditions for learning, Formation of Habits, Breaking of habits.

Importance of Guidance; Intelligence Test and Personality test: Meaning,

Classification and Application.

Unit 3

Psychology applied to Crime Understanding:

Introduction to Crime, Causes of Crime; Juvenile Delinquency: Introduction to

Juvenile Delinquency, Causes, measures for reforming juvenile delinquents.

Crime Detection: Association Reaction Method, Polygraph methods,

autonomic changes in Emotions, Respiratory responses, Psycho galvanic
responses, Blood Pressure and Brain Waves.

Unit 4

Psychology Applied to Industry and Business:

Application in selection, Selection tools- Interview, Personnel data Record,

Psychological Tests, Job Analysis.

Industrial Morale: Introduction to Industrial Morale, factors of Industrial

Morale.

Unit 5

Psychology of Work, Accidents and Environment:

Course of Work; Characteristics of work curve, Fatigue, Kinds of Fatigue.

Nature and causes of Accidents, Prevention and Safety Procedures.

Territory and Community design; Crowding, Urban Public Space, Designing

more Habitable Environment.

Books Recommended:

Burt: Applied Psychology, Asia Publishing House, New Delhi, 1966.

Brown Berrien and Russel: Applied Psychology, Onperd and IBH, New Delhi,
1966.

Sharma Ram Nath: Applied Psychology, Kedarnath Ram Bath, Meerut, 1972

Glimer, V.H: Applied Psychology, Tata McGraw Hill, New Delhi, 1979.
Practicals:

▪ Work and Rest

▪ Knowledge of Results as an Incentive
▪ Aspiration and Incentive
▪ Battery of Performance of Intelligence
▪ Interest Inventory
▪ Vocational Preference.

Semester VI

PSY7003T Counselling Psychology (Elective Course 1)

Course Outcome:
To develop an understanding of basic concepts, techniques of counselling. To
acquaint the learner with the challenges of counselling.

Unit 1

Introduction:

Concept of Counselling, Goals of Counselling, Counselling as a profession:

training, skills and ethics. Counselling process and relationship. Difference
between Guidance and Counselling.

Unit 2

Historical Perspective:

Development of the Profession, Stages of the development of the profession;

Traditional Activities of counsellors, Counselling in India.

Unit 3

Techniques of Counselling:

Psychoanalytic techniques, Humanistic approaches, Behavioral Techniques,

Cognitive Techniques.

Unit 4

Counselling Applications
Child Counselling, Family Counselling, Career Counselling, Crisis Intervention:
Suicide, Grief and Sexual Abuse.

Unit 5

Contemporary Trends:

Indian approaches: Yoga and Meditation, Counselling and Technology,

Expressive Techniques: Art, Music, Dance.

Books Recommended:

Aguilera, D.C.(1988). Crisis Intervention: Theoryand Methodology (8 th Ed.) P

hiladelphia: Mosby

Belkin, G.S.(1988). Introduction to Counselling (3rd Ed.) Iowa: W.C. Brown.

Burnard, P.(2009). Counselling Skills Training Book of Activities. Viva Books,

New Delhi.

Capuzzi, D. & Gross, D.R.(2007). Counselling and Psychotherapy: Theories and

Intervention (4th Ed.) New Delhi. Pearson.

PSY7004T Developmental Psychology (Elective Course 2)

Course Outcome:
To equip the learner with an understanding of the concept and process of
Human Development across the life span. To Impart an understanding of the
various domains of Human Development.

Unit 1

Introduction and Prenatal Development:

Nature and Meaning of Development, Characteristic of Development: Factors

of Development.

Prenatal Development: Carriers of Hereditary, Ovulation and Fertilization

periods of prenatal development, the ovum, embryo and the fetus. Factors
affecting prenatal development.

Unit 2

Infancy and Babyhood Period:

Significance of Birth: Effect of Birth; Effect of Prematurity; Characteristic of the
Infant; Physical and Motor development, Vocalization.

Babyhood Period: Physical, Social, Emotional and Moral development during

babyhood period.

Unit 3

Childhood Period:

Physical, Social, Emotional, Language and Moral Development during early

and the late childhood period.

Unit 4

Puberty and Adolescence Period:

Age of Puberty: Cause of Puberty, Physical Changes at Puberty, Effects of

Physical Changes.

Unit 5

Adulthood and Old Age:

Adulthood: Period of Adjustment; Problems of adjustment; Vocational,

Marital and Family adjustment, Divorce and Remarriage.

Old Age: Period of Decline, Cause of Decline, Psychological Aging, Problem of

Old Age, Generation Gap.

Books Recommended:

Berk,I.E.(2010). Child Development(9th Ed.). New Delhi: Prentice Hall.

Mitchell,P.and Ziegler,F.(2007). Fundamentals of Development: The Psychology

of Childhood, New York: Psychology Press.

Santrock, J.W.(2011). Child Development (13th Ed.). New Delhi: McGraw Hill
Education.

Srivastava, A.K.(1997). Child Development: An Indian Perspective. New Delhi.

Hurlock,EB.(2001) Developmental Psychology: Life Spab Approach. New Delhi:

Tata McGraw Hill.

Lal, J.N., & Srivastava, A.(2001) Modern Developmental Psychology, Agra:

Vinod Pustak Bhandar.
Practicals:

▪ Parent Child Relationship Scale

▪ Family Environment Scale
▪ Study of Values
▪ Impulsiveness scale
▪ Emotional Maturity Scale
▪ Self Concept Inventory
▪ Self Esteem Inventory

Skill Enhancement Courses (SEC)

SEC6156T DEVELOPING EMOTIONAL COMPETENCE

Objective: To help the students learn how to understand and manage

their emotions and develop emotional competencies.

Unit 1: Introduction: importance of recognizing and understanding emotions

in oneself and others, importance of managing one’s emotions.

Unit 2: EQ competencies: self-awareness, self-regulation, motivation, empathy, and

interpersonal skills

Readings:

Goleman, D. (1995). Emotional Intelligence. New York: Bantam Book.

Goleman, D. (1998). Working with Emotional

Intelligence. New York: Bantam Books. Singh, D.

(2003). Emotional intelligence at work (2 nd ed.)

New Delhi: Response Books.

SEC6157T MANAGING STRESS

Objective: To understand the main symptoms and sources of stress and learn ways of
coping with stress.

Unit 1: Stress: Nature of stress, symptoms of stress, sources of stress, Stress and
health

Unit 2: Managing stress: Methods - yoga, meditation, relaxation

techniques, problem focused and emotion focused approaches

Readings:

DiMatteo, M.R. & Martin, L.R.(2002). Health psychology. New Delhi:

Pearson. Neiten, W. & Lloyd, M.A (2007). Psychology applied to
Modern life. Thomson Detmar Learning .

Taylor, S.E. (2006). Health psychology, 6th Edition. New Delhi: Tata McGraw Hill.

SEC7156T MAKING DECISIONS

Objective: Students will learn various strategies through which they can make good
decisions.

Unit 1: Introduction: Basic concepts of decision making, Importance of making

good decisions, self-efficacy.

Unit 2: Making effective decisions: Decisions regarding career,

Decision making in interpersonal context, Decision making at the
workplace

Readings:
 Adler, R.B & Proctor, R.F (2009). Communication Goals and
Approaches. Wadsworth cengage Learning, India

Chadha, N.K. & Bhatia, H. (2014). Career Development-different

voices, different choices. The Readers Paradise: New Delhi.

Sherfield, R.M., Montgomery, R.J., & Moody, P.G. (2009). Developing soft skills.
Pearson Education, India.

SEC7157T SELF AND PERSONAL GROWTH

1. Introduction: Notion of Personality, perspectives, Self as an object and as a

process. Bases of Self knowledge.

2. Self
from a Developmental Perspective: Ideas of William James, M.
Lewis, Mead, Cooley, Robert Kegan; Carl Rogers.

3. Self
in the Indian Thought: contributions of Indian thought to the
understanding of self.

4. Personal Growth: Self and Personal growth; Developing character strengths

and virtues.

Readings:
Carr, A. (2004). Positive Psychology: The science of happiness and human
strength.UK: Routledge. Chadha, N.K. & Seth, S. (2014).
The Psychological Realm: An Introduction. Pinnacle Learning, New Delhi.
Ciccarelli, S. K., & Meyer, G. E. (2010). Psychology: South Asian Edition. New
Delhi: Pearson Education.