Banaras Hindu University, College of Nursing
Institute of Medical Sciences
B.Sc. Nursing I year,
SUBJECT - PSYCHOLOGY
Subject Coordinator: Dr. Jyoti Srivastava.
Teachers: Ms. Vinee Shweta Samual & Ms. Namrata
Placement: First year Time: Theory - 60 hours
Course Description:
This course is designed to assist the students to acquire knowledge of fundamentals of psychology
and develop an insight into behaviour of self and others. Further it is aimed at helping them to practice
the principles of mental hygiene for promoting mental health in nursing practice.
S.No. Date & Name of the
Name of the Topic
time Faculty Member
1. Unit-1. Introduction Ms. Vinee Shweta
History and origin of science of psychology
2. Definitions & Scope of Psychology Ms. Vinee Shweta
Methods of Psychology & Relevance to nursing
3. Unit-2. Biology of behavior : Body mind relationship- Ms. Namrata
modulation process in health and illness
Genetics and behavior: Heredity and environment
4. Importance of psychology in Nursing Ms. Namrata
Brain and behavior: Nervous System, Neurons and synapse,
5. Association Cortex, Rt and Lt Hemispheres, Psychology of Ms. Namrata
Sensations
Muscular and glandular controls of behavior
6. Nature of behavior of an Ms. Namrata
organism/Integrated responses
7. Unit-3. Cognitive processes Dr Jyoti Srivastava
Attention: Types,
8. Attention: determinants, Duration & degree, alterations Dr Jyoti Srivastava
9. Perception: Meaning, Principles Dr Jyoti Srivastava
10. Perception: factors affecting, Errors Dr Jyoti Srivastava
11. Learning: Nature Dr Jyoti Srivastava
12. Learning: Types, Dr Jyoti Srivastava
13. Learning: learner and learning, Factors influencing Dr Jyoti Srivastava
14. Learning: laws & process, transfer, study habits Dr Jyoti Srivastava
15. Learning Theories Dr Jyoti Srivastava
16. Memory: Meaning, Types, Nature Factors influencing Dr Jyoti Srivastava
17. Methods of memorizing and Forgetting Dr Jyoti Srivastava
18. Theories of memory Dr Jyoti Srivastava
Name of the
Date & time Name of the Topic
Faculty Member
19. Thinking: Types and levels, stages of development, Dr Jyoti Srivastava
Relationship with language and communication
20. Stages of cognitive development Dr Jyoti Srivastava
21. Intelligence: Meaning, classification Dr Jyoti Srivastava
Individual differences in in Intelligence
22. Concept of Mental Age & Intelligence Quotient Dr Jyoti Srivastava
23. Intelligence: uses, theories Dr Jyoti Srivastava
24. Aptitude: Concept, types, Individual differences and Dr Jyoti Srivastava
variability
25. Psychometric assessments of cognitive processes Dr Jyoti Srivastava
26. Alterations in cognitive processes, Application in Dr Jyoti Srivastava
Nursing
27. Unit- 4. Motivational and Emotional Processes: Ms. Vinee Shweta
Motivation: Meaning, Concepts, Types
28. Motivation: Motives and behavior & Theories Ms. Vinee Shweta
29. Frustration, Conflicts & conflict resolution Ms. Vinee Shweta
30. Emotions & stress Emotion: Definition, components, Ms. Vinee Shweta
31. Changes in emotions, theories emotional adjustments, Ms. Vinee Shweta
emotions in health and illness
32. Stress: stressors, cycle, effect, adaptation & coping Ms. Vinee Shweta
33. Attitude: Meaning, nature, development, factors Ms. Vinee Shweta
affecting, Behavior and attitudes, Attitudinal change
34. Psychometric assessments of emotions and attitudes Ms. Vinee Shweta
Alterations in emotions, Applications in Nursing
35. Unit-5. Personality: Meaning, Definitions, features, Ms. Namrata
characteristics & types
36. Topography of Personality Ms. Namrata
37. Psychometric assessments of personality Ms. Namrata
38. Theories of Personality Ms. Namrata
39. Factors affecting development of personality Ms. Namrata
40. Alterations in personality Ms. Namrata
41. Personality: Applications in Nursing Ms. Namrata
S.N. Name of the
Date & time Name of the Topic
Faculty Member
42. Unit 6: Developmental Psychology: Age span and Ms. Vinee Shweta
Developmental stages
43. Characteristics of children during infancy and early Ms. Vinee Shweta
childhood
44. Characteristics of the adolescence Ms. Vinee Shweta
45. Characteristics of people in early and middle adulthood Ms. Vinee Shweta
46. Characteristics of people in late adulthood or old age Ms. Vinee Shweta
47. Psychology of vulnerable individuals- challenged, Ms. Vinee Shweta
women, sick, etc
48. Psychology of groups Ms. Vinee Shweta
49. Unit 7: Mental hygiene and mental Health Ms. Namrata
Concepts of mental hygiene and mental health
50. Characteristics of mentally healthy person Ms. Namrata
51. Warning signs of poor mental health Ms. Namrata
52. Promotive and Preventive mental health strategies and Ms. Namrata
services
53. Ego Defense mechanisms and implications Ms. Namrata
54. Personal and social adjustments Ms. Namrata
55. Guidance and counseling Ms. Namrata
56. Role of nurse in Mental hygiene and mental Health Ms. Namrata
57. Unit: 8: Psychological assessment & tests: Ms. Vinee Shweta
Types, development
58. Characteristics of Psychological assessment & tests Ms. Vinee Shweta
59. Principles, Uses and Interpretations of Psychological Ms. Vinee Shweta
assessment & tests
60. Role of nurse in psychological assessment Ms. Namrata
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EVALUATION CRITERIA: Paper -IV, Subject -Psychology, Duration -3HRS
Internal Assessment-25 , ExternalAssessment-75, Total Marks= 100
Internal Assessment: 25 Marks (to be send to the University)
