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Major Applications of Psychology-I [1]

Paper Code: 
PSY 322
Credits: 
6
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

Course Outcomes (COs):

 

Course Outcomes

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment Strategies

 
 

On completion of this course, the students will be able to:

CO96: Demonstrate the ability to choose appropriate research design, the research methods and develop advanced critical thinking skills.

CO97: Appraise the scientific basis behind the principles of educational psychology and invent the evidence-based application of technology in teaching & learning

CO98: Acquiring knowledge about the dynamics of sports life and enhancing the performance by applying psychological remedies.

CO99: To discover the individual and organizational processes.

CO100: Demonstrate the ability to articulate independently and creatively about human Social Behavior and the cultural influences that affect our behavior

Approach in teaching:

Interactive Lectures, Discussion, Tutorials, Reading assignments, Demonstration, Team teaching

Learning activities for the students:

Self-learning assignments, Effective questions, Simulation, Seminar presentation, Giving tasks, Field practical

Class test, Semester end examinations, Quiz, Solving problems in tutorials, Assignments, Presentation, Individual and group projects

 

 

 

12.00
Unit I: 
Research Methods

Designing impactful research: Choosing among possible research designs, Use more than one design, Use single-case and between-groups designs, Common research problems and their solutions

12.00
Unit II: 
Applying Psychology to teaching

Knowledge about educational psychology makes better teachers, Creating a positive environment for Learning & Teaching- Motivation & Perception of Self: Behavioural & Social Cognitive View of Motivation, Role of Self Perception in Motivation, Motivating students with technology; Classroom Management: Authoritarian, Permissive & Authoritative Approaches to classroom management, Preventing problems, Techniques for dealing with Behaviour problem

12.00
Unit III: 
Sports Psychology

Sports & Exercise Defined; Effects of Attention, Emotion and Mood on Performance; Psychological Skills Training, Ethics in Sport Psychology

12.00
Unit IV: 
Human Resource Management

Performance management, Strategic Workforce Planning: workforce planning: levels of planning, the strategic planning process, talent inventory, forecasting workforce supply and demand, workforce demand, control and evaluation

12.00
Unit V: 
Behavioural Economics

Introduction, Prospect theory: loss aversion, finders keepers, the value function, the fourfold way; Paradoxes: The Ellsberg paradox, mental accounting, preference reversal, primed, The choice architects, Man versus machine, fake news.

Essential Readings: 

·       Brough, P. (2019). Advanced Research Methods for Applied Psychology: Design, Analysis and Reporting. (1st Ed.), Routledge: New York.

·       Snowman, J., Biehler, R. and Mccown R. (2012). Psychology Applied to Teaching. (13th Ed.), Wadsworth, Cengage Learning: USA

·       Steg, L., Buunk, P.A., and Rothengatter, T. (2008). Applied Social Psychology: Understanding & Managing Social Problems. Cambridge University Press: New York

·       Rothmann. I. & Cooper, C., (2008). Organizational & Work Psychology: Topics in Applied Psychology. Hodder Education: London

·       Orrell, D. (2021). Behavioural Economics: Psychology, neuroscience, and the human side of Economics. Hotscience series. Icon Books Ltd.: London.

References: 

·       Anastasi, Anne. (1979). Fields of Applied Psychology, International Student Edition (2nd Ed.), Tokyo: McGraw Hill

·       Galliher, John H. (1989). Criminology-Human Rights, Criminal Law and Crime. US: Prentice Hall Inc.

·       Geron, E. (Ed) (1985). Handbook of Sports Psychology. Vol. I aviv. Wingate Institute.

·       Jospe, Micheal; Nieberding Joseph; Cohon, Barry d. (1980). Psychological Factors in Health Care. Toronto: Lexington Books.

·       Shanmugam. T.E. (1987). Community Psychology. Madras: Utsav Publishers.

·       Silverman, W.G.H. (ed.) (1981). Community Mental Health – A Source Book for Professionals. New York: Praeger Publishers,

·       Steve, G.C. Cohen, F. and Adler. N.E.  (1988). Health Psychology – A Handbook. San Francisco:  Jersey Bass. 

Academic Year: 
2023-2024 [2]

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