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Paper - I

Unit - I : Introduction - Psychology as a science, Methods, Recent trends, Areas, Relationship between Psychology and Behavioural Sciences.

Unit - II : Indian Psychology - Indian and Westrern Approaches, Applications of Yoga and Meditation, Psychotherapy in Indian Tradition.

Unit - III : Theories of personality - Theories of Freud, Cattell Kurt Lewin, Allport, Skinner, Bandura, Carl Rogers

Unit - IV : Psychological Testing - Congnitive Abilities: Tests of Intelligence, Memmory, Creativity, Aptitutde and Interests.

Unit - V : Measurement of Personality - Questionnaries, Inventories Projective Tests, Rating - Scales.

Unit - VI : Mental Health Assessment - Type 'A' Personality, Anger scale, Adjustment Inventories, Anxiety scales, Scales of neuroticism, problem check - lists, well - being scales.

Unit - VII : Research Methods - Nature of Types of hypothesis Variables, Types of Research Design: Factorial Designs Expost - Facto designs, within subject Design, survey Designs.

Unit - VIII : Simpling Techniques - Probability and non - probability sampling.

Unit - IX : Test Construction - Item preparation and Analysis Types and estimation of Reliability and Validity.

Unit - X : Statistical Analysis - Non - Parametric Tests Analysis of variance, Correlations, Factor Analysis, Regression.

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Paper - II

Unit - I : Guidance and Counselling - Concepts and goals, Different Approaches, Counselling applied to Family, Educational and Industrial Institutions.

Unit - II : Counselling to special groups - Delinquents, Terminallyill people, Aged, Addicts, people in crisis, Parents of Mentally Retarded and other disadvantaged groups.

Unit - III : Psychological Therapies:Behaviours Modification, - Positive and Negative reniforcements, Relaxation Techniques, Asserrtive Training, Desensitization Procedures.

Unit - IV : Cognitue Therapies - Rational-Emotive Therapy, Congnitive Restructuring, Bio-Feedback.

Unit - V : Educational Psychology: Problems of students, Classroom Management, Training of Students, Teachers and Parents for Academic Achievement, Personality development of students, Improvement of school Climate.

Unit - VI : Industrial and Organisational Psychology - Psychological Assessment for recruitment, Types of Training for motivation and Productivity, Team building, Performance appraisal, Conflict Resoultion and Job Satisfaction, Organisational Development.

Unit - VII : Health Psychology - Stress - Causes, effect and Coping Strategies, Barriers to effective health Promotion; Techniques for health promotion.

Unit - VIII : Psychopathology: Personality Disorders, Anxiety Disorders, Psychotic Disorder - causes Symptoms and Treatment.

Unit - IX : Consumer and Marketing Psychology - Consumer Needs, Strategies for influencing consumer Behaviour; Marketing Research, Advertising.

Unit - X : Psychology in Every Day life - Application of psychology for Self Family and Community Development, New frontiers of Applied Psychology.