Unit-I: Teaching Aptitude  Effective communication: Verbal and non-

verbal, inter-cultural and

 Teaching: Concept, objectives, levels of
group communications, classroom communication
teaching (memory,
 Barriers to effective communication
understanding and reflective), characteristics and  Mass-media and society
basic requirements
Unit-V: Mathematical
 Learner’s characteristics: Characteristics of
Reasoning and Aptitude
adolescent and adult
learners (academic, social, emotional and  Reasoning and its types
cognitive), individual
 Number series, letter series, codes and
differences
relationships
 Factors affecting teaching related to: Teacher,
Learner, Support material,  Mathematical aptitude
Instructional facilities, Learning environment and
Unit-VI: Logical Reasoning
Institution
 Methods of teaching in institutions of higher  Understanding the structure of arguments:
learning: Teacher centred Argument forms, structure of
vs. learner centred methods; offline vs. online categorical propositions, mood and figure, formal
methods (Swayam, and informal
Swayamprabha, MOOCs etc.). fallacies, uses of language, connotations and
 Teaching support system: Traditional, modern denotations of terms,
and ICT based classical square of opposition
 Evaluation systems: Elements and types of  Evaluating and distinguishing deductive and
evaluation, evaluation in inductive reasoning
Choice Based Credit System in higher education,  Analogies
computer based  Venn diagram
testing, innovations in evaluation systems  Indian Logic
 Pramanas: Pratyaksha (Perception), Anumana
Unit-II: Research Aptitude
(Inference), Upamana
 Research: Meaning, types, and characteristics, (Comparison), Shabda (Verbal testimony),
positivism and postpositivistic Arthapatti (Implication) and
approach to research Anupalabddhi (Non-apprehension)
 Methods of research: Experimental, descriptive,  Structure and kinds of Anumana (inference),
historical, qualitative Vyapti (invariable
and quantitative methods relation), Hetvabhasas (fallacies of inference)
 Steps of research
Unit-VII: Data Interpretation
 Thesis and article writing: Format and styles of
 Sources, acquisition and classification of data
referencing
 Quantitative and qualitative data
 Application of ICT in research
 Graphical representation (bar-chart, histograms,
 Research ethics
pie-chart, table-chart
Unit-III: Comprehension and line-chart) and mapping of data
 Data interpretation
 Questions will be asked from the given passage
 Data and governance
Unit-IV: Communication Unit-VIII: Information and Communication
Technology (ICT)
 Communication: Meaning, types and
 ICT: General abbreviations and terminology
characteristics of communication
 Basics of Internet, Intranet, E-mail, Audio and
Video-conferencing
 Digital initiatives in higher education and psychology; Lack of distinct disciplinary
 ICT and Governance identity.
Unit-IX: People, Development and Western: Greek heritage, medieval period and
Environment modern period. Structuralism, Functionalism,
 Development and environment Psychoanalytical, Gestalt, Behaviorism,
 Human and environment interaction Humanistic-Existential, Transpersonal, Cognitive
 Environmental issues: Local, regional and revolution, Multiculturalism. Four founding paths
global; air pollution, water of academic psychology - Wundt, Freud, James,
pollution, soil pollution, noise pollution, waste, Dilthey. Issues: Crisis in psychology due to strict
climate change and its adherence to experimental-analytical paradigm
socio-economic and political dimensions (logical empiricism). Indic influences on modern
 Impacts of pollutants on human health psychology.
 Natural and energy resources: Solar, Wind,
Soil, Hydro, Geothermal, Essential aspects of knowledge paradigms:
Biomass, Nuclear and Forests Ontology, epistemology, and methodology.
 Natural hazards and disasters: Mitigation Paradigms of Western Psychology: Positivism,
strategies Post-Positivism, Critical perspective, Social
 Environmental Protection Act (1986), National Constructionism, Existential Phenomenology, and
Action Plan on Climate Co-operative Enquiry. Paradigmatic
Change, International agreements/efforts - Controversies. Significant Indian paradigms on
Montreal Protocol, Rio psychological knowledge: Yoga, Bhagavad Gita,
Summit, Convention on Biodiversity, Kyoto Buddhism, Sufism, and Integral Yoga. Science
Protocol, Paris Agreement, and spirituality (avidya and vidya). The primacy
International Solar Alliance of self-knowledge in Indian psychology
Unit-X: Higher Education System 2. Research Methodology and Statistics
 Institutions of higher learning and education in Research: Meaning, Purpose, and Dimensions.
ancient India Research problems, Variables and Operational
 Evolution of higher learning and research in Definitions, Hypothesis, Sampling.
post-independence India Ethics in conducting and reporting research.
 Oriental, conventional and non-conventional Paradigms of research: Quantitative, Qualitative,
learning programmes in Mixed methods approach
India Methods of research: Observation, Survey
 Professional, technical and skill-based [Interview, Questionnaires], Experimental, Quasi-
education. experimental, Field studies, Cross-Cultural
 Value education and environmental education Studies, Phenomenology, Grounded theory, Focus
 Policies, governance, and administration groups, Narratives, Case studies, Ethnography
PSYCHOLOGY Statistics in Psychology: Measures of Central
1. Emergence of Psychology Tendency and Dispersion. Normal Probability
Psychological thought in some major Eastern Curve. Parametric [t-test] and Non-parametric
Systems: Bhagavad Gita, Buddhism, Sufism and tests [Sign Test, Wilcoxon Signed rank test,
Integral Yoga. Academic psychology in India: Mann-Whitney test, Kruskal-Wallis test,
Pre-independence era; post-independence era; Friedman]. Power analysis. Effect size.
1970s: The move to addressing social issues; Correlational Analysis: Correlation [Product
1980s: Indigenization; 1990s: Paradigmatic Moment, Rank Order], Partial correlation,
concerns, disciplinary identity crisis; 2000s: multiple correlation.
Emergence of Indian psychology in academia. Special Correlation Methods: Biserial, Point
Issues: The colonial encounter; Post colonialism biserial, tetrachoric, phi coefficient.
Regression: Simple linear regression, Multiple Approaches to the Study of Perception: Gestalt
regression. and physiological approaches
Factor analysis: Assumptions, Methods, Rotation Perceptual Organization: Gestalt, Figure and
and Interpretation. Experimental Designs: Ground, Law of Organization
ANOVA [One-way, Factorial], Randomized Block Perceptual Constancy: Size, Shape, and Color;
Designs, Repeated Measures Design, Latin Illusions
Square, Cohort studies, Time series, MANOVA, Perception of Form, Depth and Movement
ANCOVA. Single-subject designs. Role of motivation and learning in perception
3. Psychological testing Signal detection theory: Assumptions and
Types of tests applications
Test construction: Item writing, item analysis Subliminal perception and related factors,
Test standardization: Reliability, validity and information processing approach to perception,
Norms culture and perception, perceptual styles, Pattern
Areas of testing: Intelligence, creativity, recognition, Ecological perspective on perception.
neuropsychological tests, aptitude, Personality Learning Process:
assessment, interest inventories Fundamental theories: Thorndike, Guthrie, Hull
Attitude scales – Semantic differential, Staples, Classical Conditioning: Procedure, phenomena
Likert scale. and related issues
Computer-based psychological testing Instrumental learning: Phenomena, Paradigms and
Applications of psychological testing in various theoretical issues; Reinforcement: Basic variables
settings: Clinical, Organizational and business, and schedules; Behaviour modification and its
Education, Counseling, Military. Career guidance. applications
4. Biological basis of behavior Cognitive approaches in learning: Latent learning,
Sensory systems: General and specific sensations, observational learning.
receptors and processes Verbal learning and Discrimination learning
Neurons: Structure, functions, types, neural Recent trends in learning: Neurophysiology of
impulse, synaptic transmission. Neurotransmitters. learning
The Central and Peripheral Nervous Systems – Memory and Forgetting
Structure and functions. Neuroplasticity. Memory processes: Encoding, Storage, Retrieval
Methods of Physiological Psychology: Invasive Stages of memory: Sensory memory, Short-term
methods – Anatomical methods, degeneration memory (Working memory), Long-term Memory
techniques, lesion techniques, chemical methods, (Declarative – Episodic and Semantic; Procedural)
microelectrode studies. Non-invasive methods – Theories of Forgetting: Interference, Retrieval
EEG, Scanning methods. Failure, Decay, Motivated forgetting
Muscular and Glandular system: Types and 6. Thinking, Intelligence and Creativity
functions Theoretical perspectives on thought processes:
Biological basis of Motivation: Hunger, Thirst, Associationism, Gestalt, Information processing,
Sleep and Sex. Feature integration model
Biological basis of emotion: The Limbic system, Concept formation: Rules, Types, and Strategies;
Hormonal regulation of behavior. Role of concepts in thinking Types of Reasoning
Genetics and behavior: Chromosomal anomalies; Language and thought
Nature-Nurture controversy [Twin studies and Problem solving: Type, Strategies, and Obstacles
adoption studies] Decision-making: Types and models
5. Attention, Perception, Learning, Memory Metacognition: Metacognitive knowledge and
and Forgetting Metacognitive regulation
Attention: Forms of attention, Models of attention Intelligence: Spearman; Thurstone; Jensen;
Perception: Cattell; Gardner; Stenberg; Goleman; Das, Kar &
Parrila
Creativity: Torrance, Getzels & Jackson, Guilford, Group dynamics, leadership style and
Wallach & Kogan effectiveness. Theories of intergroup relations
Relationship between Intelligence and Creativity [Minimal Group Experiment and Social Identity
7. Personality, Motivation, emotion, stress and Theory, Relative Deprivation Theory, Realistic
coping Conflict Theory, Balance Theories, Equity
Determinants of personality: Biological and socio- Theory, Social Exchange Theory]
cultural Applied social psychology: Health, Environment
Approaches to the study of personality: and Law; Personal space, crowding, and
Psychoanalytical, Neo-Freudian, Social learning, territoriality.
Trait and Type, Cognitive, Humanistic, 9. Human Development and Interventions
Existential, Transpersonal psychology. Developmental processes: Nature, Principles,
Other theories: Rotter's Locus of Control, Factors in development, Stages of Development.
Successful aging.
Seligman's Explanatory styles, Kohlberg’s theory
Theories of development: Psychoanalytical,
of Moral development. Behavioristic, and Cognitive
Basic motivational concepts: Instincts, Needs, Various aspects of development: Sensory-motor,
Drives, Arousal, Incentives, Motivational Cycle. cognitive, language, emotional, social and moral.
Approaches to the study of motivation: Psychopathology: Concept, Mental Status
Psychoanalytical, Ethological, S-R Cognitive, Examination, Classification, Causes
Humanistic Psychotherapies: Psychoanalysis, Person-centered,
Gestalt, Existential, Acceptance Commitment
Exploratory behavior and curiosity
Therapy, Behavior therapy, REBT, CBT, MBCT,
Zuckerman's Sensation seeking Play therapy, Positive psychotherapy,
Achievement, Affiliation and Power Transactional Analysis, Dialectic behavior
Motivational Competence therapy, Art therapy, Performing Art Therapy,
Self-regulation Family therapy.
Flow Applications of theories of motivation and
Emotions: Physiological correlates learning in School
Factors in educational achievement
Theories of emotions: James-Lange, Canon-Bard,
Teacher effectiveness
Schachter and Singer, Lazarus, Lindsley. Guidance in schools: Needs, organizational set up
Emotion regulation and techniques
Conflicts: Sources and types Counselling: Process, skills, and techniques
Stress and Coping: Concept, Models, Type A, B, 10. Emerging Areas
C, D behaviors, Stress management strategies Issues of Gender, Poverty, Disability, and
Migration: Cultural bias and discrimination.
[Biofeedback, Music therapy, Breathing exercises,
Stigma, Marginalization, and Social Suffering;
Progressive Muscular Relaxation, Guided Child Abuse and Domestic violence.
Imagery, Mindfulness, Meditation, Yogasana, Peace psychology: Violence, non-violence,
Stress Inoculation Training]. conflict resolution at macro level, role of media in
8. Social Psychology conflict resolution.
Nature, scope and history of social psychology Wellbeing and self-growth: Types of wellbeing
Traditional theoretical perspectives: Field theory, [Hedonic and Eudemonic], Character strengths,
Resilience and Post-Traumatic Growth.
Cognitive Dissonance, Sociobiology,
Health: Health promoting and health
Psychodynamic Approaches, Social Cognition. compromising behaviors, Life style and Chronic
Social perception [Communication, Attributions]; diseases [Diabetes, Hypertension, Coronary Heart
attitude and its change within cultural context; Disease], Psychoneuroimmunology [Cancer,
prosocial behavior HIV/AIDS]
Group and Social influence [Social Facilitation; Psychology and technology interface: Digital
Social loafing]; Social influence [Conformity, learning; Digital etiquette: Cyber bullying; Cyber
pornography: Consumption, implications; Parental
Peer Pressure, Persuasion, Compliance,
mediation of Digital Usage.
Obedience, Social Power, Reactance]. Aggression.