This paper is aimed at providing the learners an overview of I/O Psychology by describing the various individual, group, and organizational issues at work. This paper also intends at enhancing the understanding of the learner about the world of work and related concerns. The areas covered in the paper include employee selection, placement, training, performance appraisal, motivation and leadership. The paper also intends to give an understanding about attitudes, satisfaction, personality, values and the reactions of employees and employers in an organization. Students also study about the issues related to people in organization and the workplace.
- Teacher: Kavita R Shanmughan
Entrepreneurship is the activity of setting up a
business or businesses, taking on financial risks in the hope of profit. It is
High level of uncertainty and risk taking is involved in the entrepreneurship
process. From a psychological point of view an entrepreneur requires high level
of cognitive and affective control to become successful. This paper provides
the basic understanding of entrepreneurship development process and suggests
deep insights on the psychological basis of the process.
- Teacher: Kavita R Shanmughan
- The course provides a grounding into the broader perspective on health and illness in the bio-psycho-social contexts. The students are introduced to need and scope of health Psychology, conceptual understanding of health and its concomitants. Health compromising and promoting behaviours as well as interventions are discussed. Students are expected to equally focus on coping, social support and resilience. The course facilitates an appreciation of contextual and cultural factors in addition to the bio-medical models of health, illness through out the lifespan. Finally future challenges in health in the Indian context are discussed.
- Teacher: Meenu Rose Paul
Introduction:
This course will provide an overview of the biological basis of behaviour fundamentals of neuropsychology. Further, to develop an understanding of the brain-behaviour relationship and psychological and neurological functioning. The course will also introduce neurological disorders and neuropsychological testing. The aim of the course is to enable students to gain knowledge in neuropsychology and neuropsychological testing. The course will prepare students to take up advanced courses in clinical psychology.
Course Objectives
1. To explore and enable the students to understand the biological basis of experience and behaviour and fundamentals of neuropsychology
2. To develop an understanding of the relationship between Brain-behaviour and psychological disorders and neuropsychology
3. To develop an understanding of neurological dysfunction and disorders.
4. To enable students to gain skills in neuropsychological testing
- Teacher: SARIN DOMINIC
- This course introduces rehabilitation psychology as a profession and practice. In its progression, this course reviews the trajectory of the emergence and progression of rehabilitation psychology and stretches to the ethical and legal aspects surrounding rehabilitation practice. The different psychological models with which rehabilitation is captured and the vital components of rehabilitation process are discussed. An examination of the ways with which people react to their disability and the major factors influencing reactions to disability are explored. Finally, rehabilitation process with special populations is examined.
- Teacher: COE CVV
- Teacher: Meenu Rose Paul