Basic Psychological Processes

By Dr. N. D. S. NAGA SEEMA | The English And Foreign Languages University (Host University)

Learners enrolled: 1540

About the Course: Basic Psychological Processes

• This course addresses the needs of beginners in psychology.

• It also meets the needs of students of social sciences like education, nursing, social work, physiotherapy,

management, law and other courses which require a basic grounding in psychology.

• The topics covered are introduction, biological bases of behavior, sensory and perceptual processes, learning,

memory and forgetting, motivation, emotion, thinking and reasoning, states of consciousness, personality and intelligence.

• It contains review materials, assignment, case studies, practice questions to help you understand and

remember the concepts

• It has continuity of existing classic theories and studies, which forms the basis

Summary

Course Status :	Completed
Course Type :	Core
Duration :	12 weeks
Category :	Humanities and Social Sciences
Credit Points :	4
Level :	Undergraduate
Start Date :	24 Jan 2022
End Date :	30 Apr 2022
Enrollment Ends :	28 Feb 2022
Exam Date :

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Course layout

Week 1

1. Definition, Nature and Scope of Psychology and Goals of Psychology

2. Methods of Studying Human Behaviour

3. Structure of a Neuron –Neural process, Neurotransmitters

4. central Nervous system

Week 2

1. Endocrine system

2. Difference between Sensation and Perception, Types of Sensations

3. Vision

4. Sensory processes

Week 3

1. Attention: Environmental and Personal Factors

2. SENSORY AND PERCEPTUAL PROCESSES- DEPTH PERCEPTION MONOCULAR AND BINOCULAR CUES

3. Classical Conditioning

4. Operant Conditioning

Week 4

1. OBSERVATIONAL LEARNING

2. motivational and cognitive influences of verbal learning

3. MEMORY

4. Forgetting

Week 5

1. Amnesia

2. Concept of motivation

3. Theory of Hierarchy of needs and Motivational Conflict

4. Nature and Types of Emotions

Week 6

1. Theories of Emotion

2. Nature and Types of Thinking

3. Theories of Intelligence

4. Creativity

Week 7

1. Concept and Nature of Personality

2. Trait and Type Approaches

3. Psychoanalytic Approach to Personality

4. Other Psychodynamic Approches to Personality

Week 8

1. Humanistic Approach

2. Socio_Cognitive_Approach_to_Personality

3. Personality Assessment;Inventories

4. Personality assessment:Projective Tests

Week 9

1. Nature & Definition of Intelligence

2. Genetic & Environmental Influences on Intelligence

3. Concepts - types and processes in concept formation

4. Types of Intelligence Tests

Week 10

1. Extremes of Intelligence ﻗ°±Distribution of Intelligence, Exceptional and Gifted

2. Perception: Gestalt Principles of Perceptual Organization

3. Perceptual Constancies

4. Methods of Improving Memory – Mnemonics, Organization, Elaboration, Rehearsal - Part-01

Week 11

1. Perceptual Constancies - Durgesh Nandini

2. Methods of Improving Memory – Mnemonics, Organization, Elaboration, Rehearsal,-Part-02

3. Reasoning-Deductive and Inductive

4. Problem solving and Decision making

Week 12

1. Characteristics of Consciousness, Levels of Consciousness, Altered States of Consciousness

2. Nature and Stages of Sleep, Sleep deprivation and Sleep Disorders

3. Drug-induced states

4. Hypnosis and Meditation

5. Dynamics of Human Behaviour – Motivation Cycle, Types of Motives: Biogenic, Sociogenic, Psychogenic (Achievement, power and affiliation) and Intrinsic and extrinsic

Books and references

1. Morgan C.T., (1980). King, R.A., Weiss, J.R., & Schoples, J. (1986). Introduction to Psychology (7th Ed),. New Delhi: Tata McGraw Hill.

2. Nolen-Hoeksema,S. Barbara L. Fredrickson, Geoff R. Loftus and Willem A. Wagenaar (2009). Atkinson & Hilgard’s introduction to psychology (15th Ed) Cengage Learning

3. Kalat, J.W. (2008) Introduction to Psychology (8th Ed) Thomson Wadsworth

References

Baron, R.A. , (2001). Psychology. New Delhi: Pearson Education.
Feldman, .R.S., (2008). Essentials of Understanding Psychology (7th Ed). New Delhi: Tata McGraw hill Education Pvt Ltd.
Fernald. L.D, & Fernald, P.S., (2007). Munn’s Introduction to Psychology (5th Ed) Delhi: AITBS Publishers & Distributors.
Galotti, K.N., (2004). Cognitive Psychology: In and Out of the laboratory (3rd Ed). Delhi: Wads worth
Martin, G.N., Neil R. Carlson, N.R., Buskist,W. (2010).Psychology(4th Ed) Pearson
Solso, R.L. (2001). Cognitive Psychology (6th Ed.). New Delhi: Pearson Education Inc.

Instructor bio

Dr. N. D. S. NAGA SEEMA

The English And Foreign Languages University (Host University)

Dr. Seema, Ph.D. (Psychology), is currently an Assistant Professor at the Centre for Health Psychology, School of Medical Sciences, University of Hyderabad, India. She is involved in teaching to students under undergraduate and postgraduate psychology programmes for a substantial period of time. She is a recipient of Young Scientist Award 2010 instituted by the Indian Academy of Applied Psychology, one of the oldest professional bodies in India that is dedicated to the field of Psychology. She imparts professional skill training to the young scholars at Undergraduate and Postgraduate levels on not only psychological assessment and evaluation in the State-of-the-art Psychology Laboratories, but also psychological intervention in hospital and community settings. She has undergone several professional training programmes and workshops on research methodology, cognitive drill therapy, hypnotherapy, psychotherapeutic approaches to chronic illnesses, environmental sciences, leadership and organization development, and neurofeedback orientation.

Her research activities are focussed primarily on Health Psychology and specifically on Community Health Psychology, Health Communication, Biopsychosocial Health of Women, and Yoga. Her primary area of teaching includes Developmental Psychology, Counselling Psychology, Health Communication, and Social Psychology. Dr. Seema has been involved in content development and visual aids in e-learning for University Grants Commission- Consortium for Education Communication (UGC-CEC). She has also launched programme under MOOCS—a flagship programme of Government of India. She has to her credit several national and international publications.

Teaching Experience

• Assistant Professor (Group-A, Stage-II) at Centre for Health Psychology, University of Hyderabad, Central University Campus P.O., Gachibowli, Hyderabad-500046, India since June 2015 till date

• Assistant Professor (Group-A, Stage-I) at Centre for Health Psychology, University of Hyderabad, Central University Campus P.O., Gachibowli, Hyderabad-500046, India since April 2009 to June 2015

Professional and Research Experience

 Supervises four Ph.D. Scholars in the Centre for Health Psychology, University of Hyderabad in the broad areas of School Health, Cognition, and Interventional studies in Health Psychology

 Extends her expertise as consultant to public and private sector organizations under extension and outreach program

 Extends her expertise as Member of Selection Committee for Recruitment in State Government Agencies and Public and Private Sector Organizations

Research Publications

1. Seema, N. (2019). Post-traumatic growth: Positive transformation beyond resilience. In R.

K. Pradhan & U. Kumar (Eds.), Emotion, Well-being and Resilience: Theoretical Perspective and Practical Applications (In press). US: Apple Acdemic Press. ISBN: 978-1- 77188-890-5

2. Seema, N, Shravanthi, and Aarti Nagpal, N. (2017). Impact of obesity on stress in women during first trimester. Indian Journal of Health and Well-being. Vol 8, No 11. 1397-1400.

3. Rana, S., Rufus, N., Seema, N.D.S.N., & Nandinee, D. (2016). Role of Expressed Emotion and Gender in Adversarial Growth of People with Type 2 Diabetes. Journal of the Indian Academy of Applied Psychology, 42(2), 264.

4. Seema, N. (2015). Spirituality and coping among antenatal women. Indian Journal of Health & Wellbeing, 6 (12), 1241-1243.

5. Seema, N. A holistic health to successful aging. Elderly Issues and Challenges: The Indian Psychological Perspectives (pp. 140-145). Prasad psycho corporation ISBN:978-93-84764- 03-6

6. Seema, N. (2011). Adolescents’ academic stress and its personal correlates. Indian Journal of Health and Well-being, 2, 475-477.

7. Seema, N. (2009). Alleviating Geriatric Depression: Effectiveness of Psychological Intervention. Behavioural Issues in Aging: Care Concern and Commitment (pp. 194-202). New Delhi: Concept Publishing Company.

8. Seema, N. (2009). Women Spirituality and Mental Health. Health and Well-Being: Some Emerging trends (pp. 144-150). New Delhi: Global Vision Publishing House.

9. Seema, N. (2009). Reproductive and mental health of married adolescent girls in Visakhapatnam. Reproductive Health Management (pp. 165-185). Akansha Publishing House.

10. Seema, N. (2009). Therapies of Extreme’ Progrmme d’ e’ducation individualisee: theorie et pratique en Andhra Pradesh, Inde. Medeine and Hygiene (pp. 199-220). Geneva.

11. Seema, N. (2009). Women Spirituality and Mental Health’ Health and Wellbeing: Some Emerging Trends. (pp. 144-150). New Delhi: Global Vision Publishing House.

12. Seema, N. (2009). Prevalence of low back pain, Sleeplessness and Headache towards Occupational Stress. Health Psychology and Counseling (pp. 203-227). New Delhi: Discovery Publishing House Pvt. Ltd.

13. Seema, N. (2009). Stress and Sexual Dysfunction: The Effect of Psychological Intervention. Health Psychology and Counseling (pp. 48-70). New Delhi: Discovery Publishing House Pvt. Ltd.

14. Seema, N. (2008). Physical and Mental Health problems among steel plant employees of Visakhapatnam. International Research Journal of Social Sciences, 1(1), 135-144.

15. Seema, N. (2008). Depression in Elderly: Incidence, Health Problems and Interventional Effectiveness. Behavioral Scientist, 9(1), 3-8.

16. Seema, N. (2007). Risk factor modification through psychosocial Intervention among HIV/AIDS Patients. A.P.Akademi of Sciences, 11(2), 101-104.

17. Seema, N. (2007). Anxiety among housewives and working women. Stress, Coping and Management (pp. 99-107). New Delhi: Sonali Publications.

18. Seema, N. (2007). Emotional Intelligence and Mental Health. Social Science International, 23(2), 61-71.

19. Seema, N. (2007). Adjustment and Learning problems among school children, Kakatiya University Journal of Social Sciences, 3(1), 231-247.

Course certificate

30 per cent for in course Assessment And 70 Per cent for end term proctored exam

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