UNIT - I 

1. Historical Background of Psychology, Approaches of Behaviour Study, Nature and Field of Psychology; Methods of Psychology—Observation, Experimental, Field Survey, Interview and Questionnaire, 2. Contemporary Perspectives : Biological, Cognitive, Psychoanalytical, Humanistic, Evolutionary and Cross—Cultural Perspectives, 3. Biological Basis of Behaviour—Stimulus, Organism and Responses, Neurons—Structure and Functions of Brain, Spinal Cord, Automatic Nervous System and Glands, 4. States of Mind, 5. Sensory Processes : Visual Sensation—Visual Stimulus, Structure of Eyes, Theory of Colour Vision, Auditory Sensation—Auditory Stimulus, Structure of Ears and Auditory Theory, 6. Attention : Nature, Characteristics, Kinds and Determinants, 7. Perceptual Processes : Meaning, Nature, Chara-cteristics, Figure and Background, Laws of Perceptual Organisation, Illusion and Movement Perception, 8. Learning—Definition, Nature, Theories of Learning— Trail and Error, Insightful Learning, Classical and Instrumental Conditioning, 9. Nature of Memory : Meaning and Definitions, Types and Measures of Retention, 10. Forgetting : Meaning and Causes, Theories of Forgetting-Interference (Encoding Failure), Trace Decay, Retrieval & Inhibition Theory, 11. Motivation—Nature of Motivation, Need, Definition & Types, Innate and Acquired Motivation, Achievement, Power, Affiliation and Approval, 12. Emotion—Nature of Emotion, Meaning and Definition, Physiological Changes in Emotions, Theories of Emotion : James Lange and Cannon-Bard Theory, 13. Problem, Reasoning, Decision-Making, Thinking & Creatives Thinking, 14. Intelligence : Definitions, Concept of I.Q., Environ-mental Influences on Intelligence and Spearman, Thurston and Guilford’s Theory of Intelligence, 15. Culture and Intelligence, Technological Intelligence, Emotional Intelligence, Nature of Aptitude, Types of Aptitude Test, Measurement of Aptitude, Process Oriented Theories (Piaget, Bruner and Stenberg), Creativity and Intelligence and Assessment of Psychological Attributes, 16. Personality : Concept of Personality, Trait and Type Approaches of Personality, Biological, Social and Cultural Determinants of Personality, 17. Assessment of Personality—Self-Report Measures, Projection Techniques & Behavioural Analysis, 

UNIT - II 

1. Nature of Science and Scientific Method, 2. Research Problem, 3. Hypothesis, 4. Variables, 5. Research Design : Meaning, Purposes and Types, 6. Statistics in Psychology : Meaning and Purpose, 7. Frequency Distribution, 8. Graphical Representation of Datas, 9. Measures of Central Tendency : Mean, Median and Mode, 10. Measures of Variability : Range, Average Deviation, Standard Deviation and Quartile Deviation, 11. Correlation : Concept, Linear, Non Linear, Product Moment and Rank Order, 12. Computer Analysis : Preparation of Data Software Packages of Statistics and its Application.