1. MSc (Behavioural Science)

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1 CHOICE BASED CREDIT SYSTEM FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY PG PROGRAMS 1. MSc (Behavioural Science) The programme conducted by the Department of Psychology introduces the intricacies of human behaviour, and the genetic, neural and biological bases for human behaviour, and their impact on cognitive and emotional processes. It will explain how we function in interpersonal, social and organisational contexts and introduce methods of research to study human behaviour. Courses and Credits Course Code Core Courses Electives Courses Hours Credits (12 Core courses including a Dissertation / Project) (6 Elective Courses ) Trimester 1 MPSB131 Core 1 Neuroscience of behaviour MPSB132 Core 2 Career Planning and Development MPSB133 Core 3 Organisational Dynamics and change Trimester 2 MPSB231 Core 4 Mental health at the workplace MPSB232 Core 5 Economic and consumer behaviour MPSB243 Elective 1 Mental health promotion Trimester 3 MPSB331 Core 6 Behavioural research - 1 MPSB332 Core 7 Social, cultural and family dynamics MPSB343 Elective 2 Managerial Psychology Trimester 4 MPSB431 Core 8 Psychology of Health and Wellness MPSB432 Core 9

2 Developmental transitions and change management MPSB443 Elective 3 Behavioural decision making Trimester 5 MPSB531 Core 10 Behavioural research - 2 MPSB532 Core 11 Human - Machine Interface MPSB543 Elective 4 Emotional Intelligence and Leadership. Trimester 6 MPSB631 (Dissertation/ project) MPSB642 Elective 5 Peace, Conflict and Mediation strategies MPSB643 Elective 6 Goals and motivations for Individuals and teams 12 Core Courses 6 Electives Courses 72 Credits

3 DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY Syllabus: Career Planning and Development. Course Title Career Planning and Development Course Code Credits Total Hours Total Marks Course Objectives This course is designed to help an understanding of the career planning and development in organizational contexts. Scientific knowledge is needed to understanding the different trends and issues in career planning and development, also the role of Psychological assessment and testing in career development. Learning Outcomes After completing this module, you should be able to, Explain Career planning and development. Explore individual and group differences in career interests, needs, and values. Develop a personal career plan. Gain an understanding of ways organizations can assist individuals in pursuing their career goals. Gain an appreciation of emerging Trends and issues in career development Able to administer basic psychological testing and assessment tools.

4 Unit 1: Introduction (15hrs) Career planning, Career development, goal setting, individual career planning, career planning process, impacts of technology on career planning, Need for career development services. Unit 2: Theories of career planning and Development (15hrs) Holland s Theory of vocational choice, Theory of work adjustment, Brown s value based theory, Super s life span/life space theory, Krumboltz s social learning theory. Unit 3: Trends and Issues (15hrs) Career information, the job hunt, Career counselling, Ethics, Coaching, Use of technology, Job placement services. Unit 4: Testing and Assessment in Career development (15hrs) Methods: Interview, Observation, Survey, Questionnaire, GD, Competency mapping. Applications: Assessment of Aptitude, Interests, Motivation, Personality, Values References Brown,D (2007). Career Information, Career Counselling and Career development. Boston: Pearson Inc. Patton,W& McMahon, M. (2014). Career development and systems theory - connecting theory and practice. Rotterdam: sense publishers. Anastasi, A. & Urbina, S. (1997). Psychological testing. N.D.: Pearson Education.

5 SOCIAL, CULTURAL AND FAMILY DYNAMICS (MPSB332) SYLLABUS NO OF CREDITS: 4 NO OF HOURS: 60 UNIT I 10 hours INTRODUCTION Definition: Social psychology, Culture and Family; Research methods: hypotheses testing, types of research design UNIT II SOCIAL INFLUENCE 20 hours Self: Self concept, Self esteem, Self presentation; Group: Social facilitation, Social-loafing, Group think; Attitudes, persuasion, conformity and compliance; Role of family and culture in these UNIT III 20 hours SOCIAL RELATIONS Affection, Aggression and Altruism; Prejudice and Stereotypes; Conflict and Peace making

6 UNIT IV 10 hours APPLICATIONS Application of Social, cultural and family dynamics: Business, Health, Law, etc REFERENCES ESSENTIAL READINGS Brehm, S.S. and Kassin, SN (1996) Social Psychology, 3rd edition. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. Myers, D.G (2002) Social Psychology, 7th international edition. New York: McGraw Hill Companies. RECOMMENDED READINGS Baron, Robert A. and Byrne, D. (2001).Social Psychology 8 th Edition (Reprint).New Delhi: Prentice-Hall of India Pvt Ltd. Baumeister.R.F. and Bushman,B.J. (2008).Social Psychology and Human nature.belmont,ca: Thomson Wadsworth

7 Psychology of Health and Wellness Course Title Psychology of Health and Wellbeing Course Code Credits Total Hours Total Marks Course description This course will introduce the students to the field of health psychology, providing an overview of the basic concepts, examining how psychological theories and research are applied to enhance health and well-being and to prevent and illness. Students will be exposed to a range of specialized topics like stress and coping, pain, chronic illness management, and health and behaviour, and thereby acquire knowledge of a wide range of psychological principles and empirically validated procedures. The application of skills and core knowledge will be developed through independent study experiences Course Objectives and Learning outcomes At the completion of the course, students will be able to: 1. Understand and describe the models and theories that are used to explain health risk and health-enhancing behaviors 2. Understand the importance of pain, and the impact of stress on health and well being 3. Identify and analyze the chronic illness and its management 4. Gain awareness on health compromising and health enhancing behaviors.

8 Unit I: Introduction (12 Hours) Definition: Concept, Assumptions, Mind-body relationship; Functions and need of health psychologists; Biomedical Model and Bio-psychosocial model. Unit II: Stress and Coping (12 Hours). Theories of stress (Selye and Lazarus), Stress and health: Sources of Chronic Stress, Stress related illness(ptsd and Acute stress disorder, Digestive system disorders, Asthma, Recurrent Headaches) Psychoneuroimmunology,Moderators of the stress experience, Coping with Stress Unit III: Pain (12 Hours) Psychological factors and pain, Individual differences in reactions to pain, Types of Pain, Assessment of Pain, Pain Control Techniques. Unit IV: Chronic illness and Management (12 Hours) Cardiovascular diseases, Cancer, AIDS, Living with chronic illness, Quality of life, Emotional response to chronic illness, Rehabilitation, psychological interventions

9 Unit V: Health and Behavior (12 Hours) Health compromising behaviors: Smoking, Alcoholism and substance abuse, Health enhancing behaviour: Weight control, Diet, Exercise, Yoga. References Essential Reading 1. Taylor, S.E. (2006). Health Psychology. New Delhi : Tata Mc Graw-Hill 2. Sarafino, E.P. & Smith, T.W. (2012). Health Psychology : Biopsychosocial interventions. New Delhi : Wiley References 1. Ayers, S., Baum, A., McManus, C., Newman, S., Wallston,K., Weinman,J., & West,R. (2007). Cambridge Handbook of Psychology, Health and Medicine (2ndEd). Cambridge University Press 2. Brannon, L., McNeese, J. F., & Updegraff, J. A. (2014).Health Psychology an introduction to behavior and health (thed). Delhi: Cengage Learning 3. Lyons, A.C. & Chamberlain, K. (2006). Health Psychology A Critical Introduction. Cambridge University Press 4. Straub, R.O. (2014). Health Psychology a BioPsychosocial Approach (4thEd). Worth Publishers A Macmillan Higher Education Company.

10 Behavioural Research UNIT 1 Science and scientific approach Science and common sense; Scientific Research; Types of Research; Research Approaches (Qualitative and quantitative); Research and Scientific Method; The scientific Approach (Problem-Obstacle-Idea, Hypothesis, Reasoning-Deduction, Observation-Test-Experiment); Hypothetico-deductive method; An overview of philosophical, paradigm and interpretive frameworks (Philosophical assumptions, Post-positivism, social constructivism, Advocacy/participatory, pragmatism, interpretive communities etc) UNIT 2 Measuring people variables, people and qualitative critique Scales of measurement; Variables (types); Behavioural constructs; operational definitions of behavioural constructs; Reliability and validity; Samples (Probability and non probability based sampling methods, Sample size); Introducing quantitative and qualitative debate; Relative values of quantitative and qualitative studies; Ethical concerns UNIT 3 Research Designs Purpose and principles - Quantitative: Experimental, quaziexperimental, non experimental, correlational; Qualitative: Designing, approaches (Thematic analysis; Narrative research, Phenomenological research, Grounded theory, Ethnographic research, Case study research); Comparison studies: Cross sectional, longitudinal, Cross cultural; others: Observational methods, Interviews

11 UNIT 4 Analysing the data Quantitative analysis of the qualitative data; Qualitative analysis of qualitative data; Quantitative analysis: Statistics (basics and graphical representation); Significance testing: Parametric and non parametric; Testing the difference between one and two samples; Testing categorical variables; Correlation and regression; Multilevel analysis (ANOVA) UNIT 5 Preparing research proposals and final reporting Preparing a proposal, General purpose of writing a research report, Sections of a standard report, quantitative and qualitative report features, APA format, Importance of formatting Syllabus & Course Plan: Neuroscience of Behaviour Programme: MSc in Behavioural Science Paper Title: Neuroscience of Behaviour Credit Value: 4 Total Hours: 60 (2 hours each on Monday & Wednesday, September- December) Total Marks: 100 Course Description: The paper on Neuroscience of Behaviour aims to familiarize the student with basic neuro-anatomy and the neurocognitive basis of human behaviour.

12 Course Objectives: After the completion of this course students will be able to demonstrate the following competencies 1. Identify basic structures of the nervous system and their functions. 2. Understand the neuro-cognitive processes underlying behaviour. 3. Understand basic research methods in neuropsychology. 4. Demonstrate knowledge of basic principles of neuropsychological assessment. Pedagogy: Didactic lectures, Case studies, Screening of documentaries & Group discussions. (??Field Visit to Brain Lab at NIMHANS) Syllabus: Unit 1 Introduction to neuroscience, Basic neuroanatomy, Communication within and between neurons, Research methods in neuropsychology. Unit 2 Attention, Sensation & Perception Unit 3 Learning & Memory, Emotions, Language. Unit 4 Executive Functions: Planning, Decision making, Response Inhibition, Self-Regulation, etc

13 References Essential Readings: Kolb, B., &Whishaw, I. Q. (2009). Fundamentals of human neuropsychology. New York, NY: Worth Publishers. Carlson, N. R. (2008). Foundations of physiological psychology. Boston, Mass: Allyn and Bacon. Course Plan Sl Date Topic 1 2/9 Introduction to course, Basic Neuroanatomy 2 7/9 Basic Neuroanatomy 3 9/9 Communication within & Between Neurons 4 14/9 Research Methods in Neuropsychology 5 16/9 Attention 6 21/9 Attention 7 23/9 Attention 8 28/9 Sensation 9 30/9 Sensation 10 5/10 Perception 11 7/10 Perception 12 12/10 REVISION/

14 CLARIFICATION 13 14/10 MID SEM? 14 29/10 Learning 15 21/10 Learning 16 26/10 Memory 17 28/10 Memory 18 2/11 Memory 19 4/11 Emotions 20 9/11 Emotions 21 11/11 Emotions 22 16/11 Language 23 18/11 Language 24 23/11 Language 25 25/11 CIA /11 CIA /12 Executive Functions 28 7/12 Executive Functions 29 9/12 Executive Functions 30 14/12 Executive Functions 31 16/12 Executive Functions 32 21/12 REVISION/

15 CLARIFICATION 33 23/12 END SEM? Behavioural Research 2 The course in Behavioural Research (2) offers an understanding on the fundamental and advanced principles and methods in Behavioural Sciences. It covers the essential assumptions of qualitative and quantitative research. Unit 1: Research methods and methodology: Searching the evidences Research question-design-reliability and validity-sample-materials- Procedure-Data analysis issues-compromises Unit 2: Reading and comprehending the research report Batinic, T. S., Svaic, V., & Babic, J. (2014). Differences in emotional competence between individual and team sprots athletes. Retrieved May 22, 2017, from Hrvatska Znanstvena BIBLIOGRAFIJA: _J._-_Differences_in_emotional_competence.pdf Duckworth, A. L., & Quinn, P. D. (2009). Development and validation of the short Grit Scale (Grit-S). Journal of Personality Assessment, 9 (2), Gershoff, E. T. (2002). Corporal punishment by parents and associated child behaviours and experiences: A meta-analytic and theoretical review. Psychological Bulletin, 128 (4),

16 Grau, R., Salanova, M., & Peiro, J. M. (2001). Moderator effects of self-efficacy on occupational stress. Psychology in Spain, 5 (1), Hertwig, R., Fanselow, C., & Hoffrage, U. (2003). Hindsight bias: How knowledge and heuristics affect our reconstruction of the past. MEMORY, 11 (4/5), Hughes, L. W. (2008). A correlational study of the relationship between sense of humor and positive psychological capacities. Economics & Business Journal: Inquiries & Perspectives, 1 (1), Poerio, G. L., Totterdell, P., Emerson, L. M., & Miles, E. (2016). Social daydreaming and adjustment: An experience-sampling study of socio-emotional adaptation during a life transition. frontiers in Psychology, 7 (13), Shipley, N. L., Jackson, M. J., & Segrest, S. L. (2010). The effects of emotional intelligence, age, work experience and academic performance. Research in Higher Education Journal, 1-18 Unit 3: Developing effective analysis and arguments Identifying arguments-clarity consistency and structure-recognizing underlying assumptions and implicit arguments-identifying flaws in the argument-finding and evaluating sources of evidence Syllogistic reasoning

17 Unit 4: Evaluating research methods 1. The mentality of apes 2. Are older people less likely to misplace things? 3. Do women have better memories than men? 4. Does Graphology work? 5. Is the selective modification model refuted? 6. Is the F-Scale, a valid questionnaire? 7. Does repression cause psychological illness? 8. Does memory fade because of the sheer passage of time? 9. Can positive emotions repair negative feelings? 10. Is the draw a figure test a valid measure of sexual abuse? 11. Do infants think an object that disappears has ceased to exist? 12. Do violent video games make people aggressive? 13. The Flynn effect: Is each generation more intelligent than the last? 14. Is sexual re-orientation therapy effective? 15. Are people more hostile towards immigrants because they perceive their presence as a threat?

18 Behavioural Decision Making (MPB 443) Total hours: 60 hours Course Description: Behavioral Decision Making is an interdisciplinary field that explains decision making processes, combining ideologies from neuroscience, behavioural economics and social & cognitive psychology. This course aims to familiarize the students with the psychological, economic and neuroscientific underpinnings of human decision making, research methods in decision making and its applications. Pedagogy: Didactic Lectures, Review of journal articles, Group discussions, Documentaries Syllabus: Introduction to Decision Making Social Psychology and Decision Making: Attribution, Group Decision Making, Heuristics, Cognitive Errors Learning and Decision Making: Classical Conditioning, Operant Conditioning and Observational Learning Emotions and Decision Making Behavioural Economics and Decision Making: Game Theory, Prospect Theory and Utility Theory Neuroscience of Decision Making

19 Managerial Psychology Course Objective: This course is interdisciplinary in nature and is offered to those students who want to achieve Managerial capabilities and develop deeper organizational understanding. The course introduces the theories, methods and tools of behavioral sciences especially Organizational Psychology and also provides the opportunities to use them in workplace setting. It focuses on the contemporary issues faced by managers, employees and organizations in a global context. After the completion of this course, you should be able to apply the theories of Organizational Psychology in real life scenarios, be on the path of professional development and find solutions to organizational problems. Module 1 Introduction- Understanding behavioral issues at work. The Individual- Personality, Intelligence, Motivation and job design, Job satisfaction, Attitude, Values and ethics. (12 hours) Module 2 The group- Types and characteristics of groups. Team building- Types of teams, Diversity in teams. Leadership and Management style, Conflict Resolution. (12 hours)

20 Module 3 The Organization- Organization structure and design, Formal and Informal Organization, Organization Culture, International comparisons. Diversity in organizations- gender biases and breaking the glass-ceiling. (12 hours) Module 4 Business Communication- Making Effective presentations writing, cross-cultural differences Business Etiquettes, Networking. (12 hours) Module 5 Psychological Assessments- Types of Tests, Benefits, Applications in work place settings (12 hours)