Stress Management

To introduce the basic concepts of stress and everyday life we experience stress related to various situations. This elective course provides students an understanding how they can make adjustments and manage to cope with stress more effectively. The aim of the course is to help students to gain skills in managing stress.

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Educational Psychology

To introduce  the basic  concepts in Educational Psychology  and the applications to school education. The  aim  of the  elective  course  is to impart basic psychological skills relevant for  a practitioner in an  educational context. 


The  course  will  prepare  students to take  up advanced courses in applied psychology.   


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Community Psychology

To develop understanding  of  community  and its psychological  processes.  This course  will introduce  students to study  the developments in the  field of  community  psychology, its models and applications. The  aim  of the  course  is to help  students to gain an understanding of  how psychology  can be  applied in the community  in  the  Indian context. The  course  will  prepare  students to take  up advanced courses in applied psychology. 

Psychodiagnostics

PS413 Psychodiagnostics

To introduce the psychodiagnostics and develop an understanding of classification and diagnoses of psychological disorders. To impart knowledge on differential diagnostics and the employment of various psychological tests for the assessment of adults and children. The aim of the elective course is to help students to learn using psychological tests for individuals and groups.

 

Module 1:  Introduction to Psychological Assessment (3 sessions)

Topics:

·       Assessment and data collection

·       Processing assessment data

·       communicating the findings

 

Module 2: Classification of Mental Disorders (8 sessions)

Topics:

·       Introduction to Classification of Mental Disorders

·       DSM

·       ICD

·       Similarities and differences

 

Module 3: Behavioral Analysis and Assessment (12 sessions)

Topics:

·       Introduction to Behavioural Assessment

·       Behavioral assessment methods

·       Cattel’s 16PF

·       Neo-five factor inventory

·       Tests of Intelligence – WAIS, BKT, VSMS

 

Module 4: Clinical Assessment

Topics:

·       Clinical assessment and uses of intelligence tests

·       Clinical and diagnostic interviewing

·       MMPI, BDI, HAS, HADS

·       Neuropsychological Assessment

Evaluation

·       End Semester Examination: 40%

·       Mid Semester Examination: 30%

·       Group/Individual Presentation: 15 %

·       Practicum: 15 %