B.A. (HONOURS) APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY , (Three Year Full Time Programme) COURSE CONTENTS (Effective from the Academic Year 2011-2012 onwards) DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY ,UNIVERSITY OF DELHI

SEMESTER –I

Paper 1: Psychology and its Applications-I

UNIT I:
(a) Nature of Psychology - Definition
(b) Scientific Method, Historical Development and Current Status, Psychology in
India. Biological Basis – Neuron, Structure and Function of Nervous System,
Application

UNIT II: Attention & Perception - Nature, Selective and Divided Attention,
Recognition, Perceptual Constancies, Application

UNIT III: Learning & Memory - Definition, Conditioning, Cognitive Learning,
Observation learning. Memory - Models, Stages, STM, LTM, Improving memory,
Applications

UNIT IV: Motivation &Emotion - Approaches to Understanding, Types of Motives,
Elements of Emotions; Bodily changes and Emotions; Gender, Culture & emotions;
Applications

Reading List:

Atkinson, R. L., Atkinson, R. C., Smith, E. E., Bem, D. J. & Hilgard, E. R. (1990).
Introduction to Psychology. New York: H. B. J. Inc.
Ciccarelli,S. K., Meyer, G. E. & Misra, G. (2010). Psychology: South Asian Edition.
New Delhi: Pearson Education.
Sternberg, R. J. (2010). Cognitive Psychology. New York: Cengage Learning
Passer, M.W. & Smith, R.E. (2010). Psychology: The Science of Mind and Behaviour.
New Delhi: Tata McGraw-Hill

Paper 2: Research Methodology & Statistics- I

Questions will not be asked based on specific formula Use of calculators allowed

UNIT I:
 Tools of data collection: experimental method, survey method (questionnaire
& structured interview), observation method, case study method, Ex-post facto
studies.

UNIT II:
 Test standardization: item analysis, reliability, validity, norms.

UNIT III:
Levels of measurement
 Measures of central tendency
 Measures of dispersion
 Derived scores (only theoretical inputs)
 Normal distribution: nature & properties, finding areas when the score is
known, finding the scores when the area is known

UNIT IV:
 Correlation: a matter of direction, a matter of degree, formulas for Pearson’s
coefficient correlation, factors effecting correlation coefficient.

Reading List:
Aron, A., Aron, E.N., & Coups, E.J. (2007).Statistics for Psychology. (4thEd.) India:
Pearson Education, Prentice Hall.
King, B.M. & Minium, E.W. (2007).Statistical Reasoning in the Behavioral Sciences.
(5th Ed.) USA: John Wiley.

Paper 3: Practicum based on Papers 1 and 2
Practicum based on Paper 1

a) Application of Psychology in everyday life:
Interactive and experiential activities with the use of videos, films, personal
narration in the following:-
- Experiencing positive/negative emotions
- Experiencing relevance of motivation referring to personal goals

b) Understanding and Conduction of Experimental Designs. One experiment to be
done from the following:
- Attention and Perception
- Learning and Memory
Practicum based on Paper 2

Analyzing data- following exercise
- Explanation of levels of measurement, types of data, measures of
central tendencies, measures of dispersion through help of research
data.
- Making inferences of results