- Teacher: Safa K M
This course is an introduction to basic concepts of Cognitive Psychology. Course will cover theories and researches done in the area of Cognitive Psychology. Topics covered will be an introduction to cognition, reasoning, memory, language comprehension , language production, problem solving, reasoning and decision making.
- Teacher: Somasundaram G
This course provides a fundamental understanding of statistics and an overview of research process. The course explores statistical concepts and procedures such as central tendency an variability, hypothesis testing, etc. The broad range of research methods and research methodologies underlying them would also be explored. It covers topics such as problem formulation, operationalization, writing research proposal, research designs and data analysis.
- Teacher: Pramod Dinakar
- Teacher: Ajaykumar K
- Teacher: Bindu M P
The course introduces various experimental psychology concepts, psychometric tests and assessments commonly used in various settings. Apart from the basic experiments in Psychology the paper also introduces various aptitude tests, interest tests, intelligence tests, personality tests, motivation tests and creativity tests etc. The students will get familiarized with its administration, results analysis and reporting. The course also aim to train the students in few softwares related to the development of cognitive experiments.
- Teacher: Kavita R Shanmughan
This core course provides a fundamental understanding of individual differences and uniqueness of personhood. The course examines both biological, environmental and epigenetic determinants of personality. Different approaches to the study of personality and theories emanating from such approaches are examined. Applications of personality psychology in various spheres is also examined. This course further introduces psychopathology by tracing its historical origins and merging them with contemporary views of abnormal behaviour. Further, it explores the various viewpoints on the causal factors of abnormal behaviour. This course also covers the process of clinical assessments and diagnosis. The etiology, clinical picture, diagnosis, and treatment of a few psychological disorders would be covered.
- Teacher: Sreevalsa Kumar
This core course provides a fundamental understanding of individual differences and uniqueness of personhood. The course examines both biological, environmental and epigenetic determinants of personality. Different approaches to the study of personality and theories emanating from such approaches are examined. Applications of personality psychology in various spheres is also examined. This course further introduces psychopathology by tracing its historical origins and merging them with contemporary views of abnormal behaviour. Further, it explores the various viewpoints on the causal factors of abnormal behaviour. This course also covers the process of clinical assessments and diagnosis. The etiology, clinical picture, diagnosis, and treatment of a few psychological disorders would be covered.