MSC CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY

UNIT I: Introduction and Background 15 HRS Understanding Science, History, and Philosophy; Psychology and Science; Persistent questions in Psychology and approaches/methods for answering the questions: Mind-Body, nativism-empiricism, mechanism-vitalism, reason – non-reason, objectivity-subjectivity, origin of human knowledge, problem of the Self. UNIT II: Forerunners and the Beginnings of Psychology as a Discipline 15 HRS Social and intellectual contexts of questions of ‘psyche’/’mind’: Greek, Pagan, Christian, Medieval, Islam; The Scientific Revolution and the creation of consciousness – Psychology ‘invented’: Early development of Psychology and Applied Psychology: Psychology of Consciousness, the Unconscious, and adaptation. UNIT III: Psychology in Modernity 15 HRS Shift from mentalism to behaviorism; The rise of cognitivism; Psychology and ‘Minorities’; the rise of Applied Psychology; The ‘Psychologized’ society; The value and role of contemporary Psychology. UNIT IV: Psychology in India and the World: 15 HRS History of Psychology in India; Contemporary Psychology; Impact of Globalization; Post Modernism and Multicultural movements. Women in the History of Psychology; Impact of Religions on Psychology. CIA Evaluation * CIA 1 : Mid Semester Examination : 50 Marks (Conceptual, Analytic and Critical skills) CIA 2: Class participation and Paper presentation: 20 Marks CIA 3: Term Paper (Critical thinking skills, Analytic and Synthetic skills): 20 Marks Attendance: 10 Marks as per University Guidelines *Course plans to indicate break up of marks skill wise and detailed instruction. Instructors to state objectives of CIA clearly End Semester Examination End Semester Examination for 100 Marks testing Analytical skills, conceptual skills, synthesis and critical thinking skills Question paper pattern: See appendix for general pattern for all courses in this programme.