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This document provides an introduction to a psychology course, including the course plan, reference books, topics, marks distribution, goals of psychology, and major subfields of psychology. The course will cover 14 topics in psychology over 15 sessions. Students will be evaluated based on quizzes, assignments, and a final exam. The goals of psychology are described as describing behavior, explaining behavior, making predictions about behavior, and changing or influencing behavior. The major subfields discussed are clinical, counseling, school/educational, organizational/industrial, developmental, sports, health, forensic, social/personality, brain science/cognitive, climate/environmental, and educational psychology.

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Topic 1 Introduction

This document provides an introduction to a psychology course, including the course plan, reference books, topics, marks distribution, goals of psychology, and major subfields of psychology. The course will cover 14 topics in psychology over 15 sessions. Students will be evaluated based on quizzes, assignments, and a final exam. The goals of psychology are described as describing behavior, explaining behavior, making predictions about behavior, and changing or influencing behavior. The major subfields discussed are clinical, counseling, school/educational, organizational/industrial, developmental, sports, health, forensic, social/personality, brain science/cognitive, climate/environmental, and educational psychology.

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Topic: Introduction to psychology

Session 1
Course Plan
Reference books:
1. Understanding psychology by Robert S Feldman
10th Edition
2. Psychology in Action by Karen Huffman –
9th Edition

3. Psychology by Ciccarelli. S.K & White. J.N –


4th Edition
Topics
1. Introduction to psychology 9. Intelligence
2. Approaches of psychology - I 10. Social Psychology
3. Approaches of psychology - II 11. Abnormal Psychology
12. Stress ,Health & Coping
4. Personality 13. Memory & Forgetting
5. Research in psychology 14. Positive Psychology
6. Learning / Behaviorism 15. Final Exam
perspective
7. Motivation
8. Emotions
Marks Distribution

Marks Head Total Marks


Quizzes/ work sheets/ classroom
40*
activities (sectional Marks)
Assignments/Activities/Presentations/
30*
Webinars participations/reflections etc
Final Exam 30
Total Marks 100
Goals of Psychology
Many people are not quite so sure about what
psychology does.

What purpose does psychology serve?


What are its goals?
1. One of the first goals of psychology is simply to
describe behavior. Through describing the behavior
of humans and other animals, we are better able to
2. Second, psychologists are also interested in
understand it and gain a better perspective on what
is considered normal and abnormal. explaining behavior in addition to merely
describing it. Why do people do the things they
do? What factors contribute to development,
personality, social behavior, and 
3. Another primary goal of psychology is to make mental health problems?
predictions about how we think and act. Once we
understand more about what happens and why it
happens, we can use that information to make
4. Finally, and perhaps most importantly,
predictions about when, why, and how it might
psychology strives to change, influence, or
happen again in the future. control behavior to make constructive and
lasting changes in people's lives.
MAJOR SUB FIELDS OF PSYCHOLOGY
• Social & Personality Psychology
• Clinical Psychology
• Counseling Psychology
• School & educational Psychology
• Organizational/Industrial Psychology
• Developmental Psychology
• Sports Psychology
• Health Psychology
• Forensic Psychology
Brain science and cognitive psychologists
study how the human mind thinks,
remembers and learns. They apply
psychological science to understand how
we make decisions and perceive our world
This involves helping people
who have mental health concerns
or problems. The aim is to help
people cope more successfully
with their lives.
This involves dealing with
people who have personal
problems or problems in
relationships. The aim is to
help people deal with the
stresses of their everyday life.
This involves improving people’s
performance in the work place,
by reducing stress factors, for
example, or by making sure that
the best candidate is chosen for a
specific job.
This involves working with
businesses and within industry
to promote an understanding of
how and why consumers behave
and choose products. Marketing
and advertising are areas that
use this type of psychology.
Climate and environmental psychologists
use psychological science to improve the
interactions of people with the world
around us.
This involves enhancing and
improving personal sports performance.
The psychologist works with sportsmen
and women, teams, coaches and sports
clubs. He /she devises better training
programmes to improve competitive
performance.
This involves working with
school aged children, young
adults, teachers, parents etc.
Educational support is offered to
pupils, parents and teachers.
Social psychologists use psychological
science to understand how we
perceive ourselves in relation to the rest
of the world and how this perception
affects our choices, behaviors and
beliefs.
This involves working with criminals
in an effort to understand and/or
change their behaviour. It usually
involves working closely with the
police and prison staff. It can cover
the rehabilitation of criminals as well
as finding the perpetrators of an
individual crime.
Developmental psychologists study
how people grow and adapt over the
course of their lives. They apply their
research to help people overcome
developmental challenges and reach
their full potential.

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