SYLLABUS Ph. D. PROGRAMME 2014-17 Department of Psychology Dr. Harisingh Gour University (A Central University) Sagar (M.P.) 470003
Department of Psychology Ph. D. in Psychology, 2014-17 Course Code Title of the Course Credit Page No. SEMESTER I PSY C141 Communication of Research 4 PSY C142 Research Design 4 PSY C143 Indian Psychology 4 PSY E144 (Any one of the following) Personality and Health Psychology 4 Applied Social Psychology: Theoretical Perspective 4 New Trends in Human Memory: Part I 4 Higher Mental Processes 4 PSY C145 Review of Literature and Origin of Problem 8 SEMESTER II PSY C241 Computer Application 4 PSY C242 Qualitative Research Methods 4 PSY C243 Indian Psychology II 4 PSY C243 Cultural Psychology PSY C244 (Any one of the following) Health Psychology: Methodological Issues and Measures 4 Applied Social Psychology: Methodological Issues 4 New Trends in Memory: Part II 4 Methodological Issues in Process Study 4 PSY C245 Research Proposal Writing 8 Page 2 of 19
Semester I Communication of Research PSY C141 Course Coordinator: Sri Sanjay Kumar Unit-I The Basics of Communication: 1. What is Communication? 2. The Communication Process. 3. Approaches to Communication. 4. One way Communication 5. Two Way Communication 6. The Source encoder 7. Methods of Communication 8. Barriers of effective Communication Unit-II Scientific Paper Writing: 1. What is a Scientific Paper. 2. Sections of Scientific Paper. 3. Style 4. Ethics- Plagiarism 5. Publication Process(APA) 6. Responding to editors /Reviewers Comment. 7. Writing a research paper Unit-III Oral Communication / Presentation Technique: 1. Initial Planning 2. Understanding the Context 3. Analyzing the Audience Preparation 4. Organization the Presentation 5. Using Visual Aids in Presentation Designing Visuals 6. Making the Presentation 7. Appearance / Handling Question Unit-IV Other Technique of Communication: 1. Effective poster Presentation 2. Communication to Policy Maker 10 Hrs. 9 Hrs. 9 Hrs. 6 Hrs. Unit-V APA Publication Manual: 6 Hrs. 1. Content and Organization of Manuscript 2. Expression of Ideas 3. References Reference: 1. APA Publication Manual - (6 th Edition ) American Psychological Association Washington, DC 20036. 2. Health Research: Oral and Written Communication Technique. June 2005. Ethiopian science and Technology Communication. Aadis Ababa Ethiopian 3. Chapter 10 Communicating Research : Libdoc. Who. Int. A Practical Guide for health Researchers. Page 3 of 19
Semester I Research Design PSY C142 Course Coordinator: Prof. S. J. Singh Unit-I 10 Hrs. Research Design: The meaning and need for designing research; the domain of multivariate statistics; Experimental and non-experimental research; Computers and multivariate statistics. Unit-II Kinds of research questions: Degree of relationship among variables, Significance of group differences, Predicting group membership, determining structure. Unit-III Combining variables, number and nature of variables to include, data appropriate for multivariate statistics. Unit-IV 6 Hrs. Research questions and associated statistical techniques. Unit-V Conditioning matrices: Honest correlations, missing data, outliers, assumptions, common data transformation, and elementary evaluation of data. Reference: Tabachnick,B. G. and Fidell, L. S.(1983) Using multivariate statistics. Harper & Row Publishers, New York Page 4 of 19
Semester I Indian Psychology I PSY C143 Course Coordinator: Prof. P. K. Rai Unit-I Introducing Indian Psychology Unit 2 Transpersonal Psychology in the Bhagavad Gītā: Reflections on Consciousness, Meditation, Work and Love Unit 3 Yoga Psychology: Theory and Application Unit 4 Psychology in the Advaita Vedānta Unit 5 Psychological Theories and Practices in Āyurveda 1. Cornelissen, R. M. M., Misra, G., Varma, S. (2011). Foundations of Indian Psychology (Vol. 1): Concepts and Theories. New Delhi: Pearson. 2. Cornelissen, R. M. M., Misra, G., Varma, S. (2011). Foundations of Indian Psychology (Vol. 2): Practical applications. New Delhi: Pearson. 3. Rao, K. R., Paranjpe, A. C., Dalal, A. K. (2008). Handbook of Indian Psychology. New Delhi: Foundation Books. Page 5 of 19
Semester I Personality and Health Psychology PSY C144 Course Coordinator: Prof. P. K. Rai Unit I Personality and Health: - Progress and problem in psychosomatics and health psychology. Unit II Emotion and Health:- Psychological Toughness; Emotion: self Regulation, positive emotions. Unit III 12 Hrs. Health Promotion and Health Enhancement:- Major Health concerns: HIV/AID; Cancer; Diabetes; and CHD; Health problems of women s; intervention strategies. Unit IV 12 Hrs. Measures of health Research- Qualitative and Quantitative approaches; FGD; Key informant interview; Structured self report measures. Note: This course will also include laboratory work and field work, seminar and other types of presentation 1. David Marks and others(2005) Health Psychology New Delhi: SAGE 2. Micheal Murray (2004) Critical Health Psychology.N.Y palgrave Mac Millan. 3. George A Bonanno (2001) Emotion: Current Issues and Future Directions, N.Y: GuildfordPress. 4. Robert Hogan (1997) Hard Book of Personality Psychology, N.Y: Academic Press. 5. Anspaugh, David, J. (2000) Developing Health Promotion Programs. N.Y Mc Graw Hill Hill Higher Education 6. Stephen Sutton (2004) The Sage Hand book of Health psychology, N.D London; SAGE. Page 6 of 19
Semester I Applied Social Psychology: Theoretical Perspective PSY C144 Course Coordinator: Prof. V. Shrivastava Unit-I Understanding Political Behaviour Unit-II Introducing Women Psychology Unit-III Social Psychology of Technology Unit-IV Metacognition applied issues Unit-V Social Psychology in India 1. Leonie Huddy and David.O. Sears (2013) Oxford Handbook of Political Psychology, New York: Oxford University, Press 2. Rajnarain (1988) Political Psychology: An Outline, Lucknow: Raj Vidya Kendra 3. Kool, V.K. and Agrwal R. (2006) Applied Social Psychology- A Global Perspectives, Atlantic Publisher. New Delhi 4. Martha, A.L.W. (1996) Social Cognition: Integrated Introduction. Sage Publication New Delhi 5. Mishra, G. (1990) Applied Social Psychology in India, New Delhi, Sage 6. Matlin M.W. (2004) Cognition, Wiley 7. Wayne, W.M. (2004) Psychology Applied to Modern Life 8. Dalal A.K. and Mishra G. (2001) Social Psychology, New Delhi: Sage Page 7 of 19
Semester I New Trends in Human Memory: Part I PSY C144 Course Coordinator: Prof. S. J. Singh Unit I Autobiographical Memory: A Historical Prologue What is Autobiographical Memory Unit II Way of searching the context of Memory The Nested Structure in Autobiographical Memory Unit III Schematization of Autobiographical Memory Introduction to Properties of Memory Unit IV Varieties of Intention Remembering what to do: Explicit and Implicit Memory for Intensions Unit V Mechanisms of Retrieval Sensitization in Prospective Memory Theoretical Approaches and some new empirical findings 1. Brandimonte, M., Einstein, G. O, & Mc Daniel, M. A. (1996) Prospective Memory Theory and Application, Lawrence Erlbaum Associate Publisher. 2. Rubin, D. C. (1986) Autobiographical Memory, Cambridge University Press. Page 8 of 19
Semester I Higher Mental Processes PSY C144 Course Coordinator: Dr. I. D. Awasthi Unit I Field of Higher Mental Process Unit II Nature of Scientific Progression Unit III Language of Science Unit IV Language of Psychology Unit V Epistemological Issues 1. Pantin, C.F.A. (2010) Relation Between the Sciences 2. Piaget, J. (1968) Structuralism. Routledge and Kegan Paul London 3. Butts, R.E. and Jaakko, H. (Eds) (1975) Historical and Philosophical Dimensions of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science 4. Kunn, T. (1968) The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. Chicago: University of Chicago Press Page 9 of 19
Semester I Review of Literature and Origin of Problem PSY C145 Credit 8 Page 10 of 19
Semester II Computer Application PSY C241 Course Coordinator: Sri Sanjay Kumar Unit I 7 Hrs. Understanding computer System: Input-output Devices, Software, Hardware. Overview of operating system and application. Unit II 7 Hrs. Software for documentation: word processing, general use of MS Word: creation of files, selecting location of file, text formatting, table creation, printing setup. Unit III 7 Hrs. General use of MS Excel: Data entries. Graphical presentations, statistical analysis by using MS excel. Security of data: password protection, backups. Unit IV 7 Hrs. Preparation of presentation, using MS Power Point. Creation of pdf files using document and other files. Unit V 12 Hrs. Statistical package for social sciences (SPSS): Data entry, data transfer, making graphs, descriptive and inferential statistics; saving of SPSS outputs; Internet and its application in research; Searching methods on internet; E- journals. 1. Rajaraman, V. (4 th Ed.) (2009) Fundamental of Computer, New Delhi: PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd. 2. George Mallpry (2009) SPSS for windows Step by Step: Simple Guide and Reference, New Delhi, Pearson. Page 11 of 19
Unit 1 Unit 2 Unit 3 Unit 4 Unit 5 Ph. D. Psychology Semester II Qualitative Research Methods PSY C242 Course Coordinator: Dr. G. K. Tiwari Introduction of Qualitative Research Methods Phenomenology Grounded Theory Narrative Psychology Discourse analysis. 1. Smith, Johanthan.A. (ed.) (2006) Qualitative Psychology: A practical guide to research methods. Page 12 of 19
Semester II Indian Psychology II PSY C243 Course Coordinator: Prof. P. K. Rai Unit I Indian Theories of Perception: An Inter-School Dialogue from Buddhist Perspective Unit 2 Personality in Indian Psychology 7 Hrs. Unit 3 Giving as a Theme in the Indian Psychology of Values Unit 4 10 Hrs. Anchoring Cognition, Emotion, and Behavior in Desire: An Indigenous Model of Psychological Processes from the Bhagavad Gītā Unit 5 Consciousness 7 Hrs. 1. Cornelissen, R. M. M., Misra, G., Varma, S. (2011). Foundations of Indian Psychology (Vol. 1): Concepts and Theories. New Delhi: Pearson. 2. Cornelissen, R. M. M., Misra, G., Verma, S. (2011). Foundations of Indian Psychology (Vol. 2): Practical applications. New Delhi: Pearson. 3. Rao, K. R., Paranjpe, A. C., Dalal, A. K. (2008). Handbook of Indian Psychology. New Delhi: Foundation Books. Page 13 of 19
Semester II Cultural Psychology PSY C243 Course Coordinator: Prof. V. Shrivastava Unit I What is Cultural Psychology? Unit II Culture and Cognition Unit III Culture and Emotion Unit IV Culture and Motivation Unit V Research Methods 1. Kitayama, S. and Cohen, D (2010) Handbook of Cultural Psychology, The Guilford Press Page 14 of 19
Semester II Health Psychology: Methodological Issues and Measures PSY C244 Course Coordinator: Prof. P. K. Rai Unit 1 10 Hrs. Using theory in research: the function of theory; theory and evidence; Issues of theorizing in health psychology; core competencies; planning research: design, sample, measures, analyzing and reporting data in health research; Unit 2 Designing and conducting qualitative studies in the context of health psychology: the importance of good research question with examples; what is qualitative research and when to use; data, processing and presentation; Unit 3 Review questions and inclusion/exclusion criteria; the literature search; summarizing the studies; writing up the review; Unit 4 Writing for publication and grant application; Unit 5 6 Hrs. Surveying different psychological and bio medical measures and in health psychology research. 1. Susan Michie & Charles Abraham(Ed) (2004). Health psychology in practice, UK: Blackwell 2. Michael Murray (2004). Critical Health Psychology.McMillan Palgrave 3. Marks, Murray, Evans & Estacho (2011).Health Psychology: Theory, Research and Practice. Sage publication (South Asia Edition) Page 15 of 19
Semester II Applied Social Psychology: Methodological Issues PSY C244 Course Coordinator: Prof. V. Shrivastava Unit I Voting Behaviour and Leader s Images Unit II Marriage and intimate relationship Unit III Behaviour and Information Psychology Unit IV Metacognition- methodological issues Unit V Indian Social Psychological Research Studies 1. Asthana, H.S. & Shrivastava V. (2007) Political Psychology: Indian Perspectives. Agra : H.P. Bhargava Book House 2. Mrargaret G. H. (1988) A Psychological Examination of Political Leaders 3. Martha, A.L.W. (1996) Social Cognition: Integrated Introduction. Sage Publication New Delhi 4. Mishra, G. (1990) Applied Social Psychology in India, New Delhi, Sage 5. Matlin M.W. (2004) Cognition, Wiley 6. Wayne, W.M. (2004) Psychology Applied to Modern Life Page 16 of 19
Semester II New Trends in Human Memory: Part II PSY C244 Course Coordinator: Prof. S. J. Singh Unit I Strategic Memory search process Autobiographical Memory: A Developmental Perspective Unit II Public Memories and their Personal Context Temporal reference system and Autobiographical Memory Unit III Autobiographical Memory across the life span Aging and Prospective Memory: Does Prospective memory decline with Age Unit IV Prospective Memory and Frontal lobes Neuropsychological approaches in the study of Prospective Memory Unit V The neurology of Prospective Memory Prospective Memory and Medication adherence 1. Brandimonte, M., Einstein, G. O, & Mc Daniel, M. A. (1996) Prospective Memory Theory and Application, Lawrence Erlbaum Associate Publisher. 2. Rubin, D. C. (1986) Autobiographical Memory, Cambridge University Press. Page 17 of 19
Semester II Methodological Issues in Process Study PSY C244 Course Coordinator: Dr. I. D. Awasthi Unit I Problem of Observing Process vis-à-vis Product Unit II Unit of Analysis can be changed to observe the process Unit III Knowledge and Behaviour Unit IV Changing the role of variables Unit V Algorithm and other languages to discover the process 1. Pantin, C.F.A (2010) Relation Between the Sciences 2. Piaget, J. (1968) Structuralism. Routledge and Kegan Paul London 3. Butts, R.E. and Jaakko, H. (Eds) (1975) Historical and Philosophical Dimensions of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science 4. Kunn, T. (1968) The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. Chicago: University of Chicago Press Page 18 of 19
Semester II Research Proposal Writing PSY C245 Credit 08 Page 19 of 19