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1. Perceptual Processes

• Approaches to the Study of Perception : Gestalt and physiological approaches.
• Perceptual Organization : Gestalt, Figure and Ground, Laws of Organization.
• Perceptual Constancy : Size, Shape and Brightness, Illusion; Perception of Depth and Movements.
• Role of motivation and learning in perception.

2. Learning Process

• Classical conditioning : Procedure, Phenomena and related issues.
• Instrumental learning : Phenomena, Paradigms and theoretical issues.
• Reinforcement: Basic variables and schedules.
• Verbal learning : Methods and materials, organizational processes.

3. Memory and forgetting

• Memory Processes : Encoding, Storage, Retrieval.
• Stages of Memory : Sensory memory, Short – term Memory ( STM ) and Long – term Memory ( LTM ).
• Episodic and Semantic memory.
• Theories of Forgetting : Interference, decay, retrieval.

4. Thinking and Problem Solving

• Theories of thought processes : Associationism, Gestalt, Information processing.
• Concept formation : Rules and strategies.
• Reasoning : Deductive and inductive.
• Problem – Solving : Type and strategies.
• Role of concepts in thinking.

5. Motivation and Emotion

• Basic Motivational Concepts : Instincts, needs, drives, incentives, motivational cycle.
• Approaches to the Study of Motivation : Psychoanalytical, ethological, S – R Cognitive, humanistic.
• Biological Motives : Hunger, thirst, sleep and sex.
• Social Motives : Achievement, affiliation, approval
• Exploratory behaviour and curiosity
• Physiological correlates of emotions.
• Theories of emotions : James – Lange, Canon – Bard, Schachter and Singer.
• Conflicts : Sources and types.

6. Human Abilities

• Intelligence : Biological, Social, Eco – cultural determinants.
• Theories of intelligence : Spearman, Thurston, Guilford.
• Individual and group differences : Extent and causes.
• Measurement of human abilities.

7. Personality

• Determinants of personality : Biological and socio – cultural.
• Approaches to the study of personality : Psychoanalytic, neo – freudian, social learning, trait and type, cognitive.
• Personality Assessment : Psychometric and projective tests.
• Self – Concept : Origin and development.

8. Research Methodology

• Research problems, hypothesis, variables and their operationalization
• Types of psychological research.
• Methods of Psychological Research : Experimental, Quasi – experimental, case studies, field studies and cross – cultural studies.
• Methods of data collection : Observation, interview, questionnaire, tests and scales. Non – parametric tests

9. Measurement and Testing

• UGC NET Test Construction : Item writing, item analysis.
• UGC NET Test Standardization : Reliability, validity and norms.
• Types of Tests : Intelligence, aptitude, personality – characteristics and important examples.
• Attitude scales and interest inventories.
• Educational measurement and evaluation.

10. Biological Basis of Behaviour

• Receptors, effectors and adjuster mechanisms.
• Neural impulse : Origin, conduction and measurement.
• Sensory system : Vision and Audition.
• Human nervous system : Structure and functions.

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