PAPER NO. PAPER TITLE
G3 Industrial and Organizational Psychology
S3 Experimental psychology and Scientific Research
S4 Psychology Practical: Experiments and Tests
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UNIVERSITY OF PUNE
Syllabus of T.Y.B.A. Psychology
G3: INDUSTRIAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL (I/O) PSYCHOLOGY
OBJECTIVESTo
acquaint the students with:
1. Historical background and future prospects of I/O Psychology
2. Role of job analysis in preparation for personnel selection
3. The process and methods of personnel selection
4. Significance and methods of training and development
5. Sources, uses and methods of performance evaluation
6. Different approaches to motivation
7. Basic leader skills and models of leadership
TERM I
TOPIC 1: NATURE AND SCOPE OF INDUSTRIAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL
(I/O) PSYCHOLOGY [14 periods]
1. I/O Psychology: Meaning , subject matter and functions of Industrial Psychology
2. Development of I/O Psychology
3. I/O Psychology NOW
4. Future of I/O Psychology
TOPIC 2: PERSONNEL SELECTION [14 periods]
1. Determining job requirements: Uses and types of job information, and job analysis
2. Recruiting job applicants: Recruitment techniques
3. Personal history assessment: Standard application blanks, bio data items, resume and
letter of reference
4. Assessment of current behavior: Interviews, psychological testing and assessment
centers
TOPIC 3: EMPLOYEE TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT [14 periods]
1. Training needs assessment
2. Training design
3. Techniques for training knowledge and skill
4. Training programme evaluation
TOPIC 4: EVALUATING JOB PERFORMANCE [14 periods]
1. Uses of performance evaluation: Downsizing, fair employment, employment-at-will
and seniority
2. Sources of evaluation: The evaluator and performance information
3. Appraisal rating systems: Graphic rating scales and rating errors
4. Non-rating evaluation methods: Checklists and comparison methods
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TERM II
TOPIC 5: MOTIVATION [14 periods]
1. What is work motivation?
2. Need theories: McClelland, Herzberg
3. Cognitive theories: Goal Setting Theory, Self Efficacy Theory
4. Using motivation theory at work
TOPIC 6: JOB SATISFACTION [14 periods]
1. Job satisfaction as a job attitude
2. Components of job satisfaction: Satisfaction with work, with pay and with
supervision
3. Measuring job satisfaction: Job Descriptive Index, Minnesota Satisfaction
Questionnaire, Need Satisfaction Questionnaire, Faces Scale
4. Relationship of job satisfaction to productivity and withdrawal behavior.
TOPIC 7: LEADERSHIP [14 periods]
1. Leadership: Meaning, nature and styles
2. Approaches to leadership: Human Relations, Theory X & Theory Y
3. Fiedler’s Contingency Model
4. Specific leader skills
a. Leadership through power
b. Leadership through vision: Transactional and Transformational
c. Leadership through persuasion
TOPIC 8: ENGINEERING PSYCHOLOGY [14 periods]
1. History and scope of engineering psychology
2. Time and Motion Study
3. Person-Machine System
4. Work space design
BOOKS FOR READING:
1. Berry, L.M. (1998), reprint 2010. Psychology at work: An introduction to Industrial and
Organizational Psychology. N.Y.: McGraw-Hill International Editions.
2. Aamodt, M.G. (2007). Industrial and organizational psychology: An applied approach.
US: Thomson & Wadsworth.
3. Schultz, D. and Schultz, S. E. (2006). Psychology and work today. 8th ed. N.D.: Pearson
Edu.
4. Robbins, S.P.; Judge, T.A.; and Sanghi, A. (2009). Organizational behaviour. N.D.:
Pearson Prentice Hall.
5. McShane, et al. (2006). 1st reprint. Organizational behaviour. N.D.: Tata McGraw-Hill
6. Miner, J.B. (1992). Industrial-Organizational Psychology. N.Y.: McGraw-Hill
7. Pandit, R., Kulkarni, A.V. & Gore, C. (1999). Manasashastra: Audyogik aani vyavasayik
upayojan. Nagpur: Pimpalapure & Co.
8. Luthans, F. (1995). Organizational behavior (7th ed). New York: McGraw- Hill, inc.
9. Robbins, S.P. & Sanghi, S. (2007). Organizational behavior (11th ed.). New Delhi: Pearson
Education.
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S3: EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY AND
SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH
OBJECTIVES-
1. To acquaint the students with the basic concepts of experimental psychology and
research methodology,
2. To develop the spirit of scientific inquiry in the students,
3. To help them generate ideas for research, as well as develop hypotheses and
operational definitions for variables.
4. To help students understand the basic steps in scientific research,
5. To equip the students with the basic information and knowledge about testadministration
and scoring, and interpretation of the obtained results,
6. To enable the students to undertake an independent small-scale research project.
TERM I
TOPIC 1: PSYCHOPHYSICS [14 Periods]
1. Basic concepts in Psychophysics: Sensitivity, Threshold, Point of Subjective Equality,
Constant and Variable Errors
2. Method of Limits: Computation of RL and DL
3. Method of Constant Stimuli: Computation of RL and DL
4. Method of Average Error: Computation of PSE & CE
5. Modern Psychophysics: Signal Detection Theory
TOPIC 2: ATTENTION AND PERCEPTUAL PROCESSSES [14 Periods]
1. Nature, definition and determinants of attention
2. Kinds of attention: Voluntary, involuntary, habitual, selective, divided and sustained
3. Theories of attention: Automatic Vs Controlled Processing, Feature Integration
4. Perception: Nature, characteristics and processes involved
5. Visual space perception: Monocular and Binocular cues
TOPIC 3: THINKING [14 Periods]
1. Thinking: Nature, definition and kinds
2. Tools of thinking: Images, cognitive map and language
3. Trial and error and insight in thinking
4. Theories of thinking: Central Theory and Peripheral-Central Theory
5. Creative thinking: Nature and stages
TOPIC 4: INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTING [14 Periods]
1. Definition, types, characteristics and uses of psychological tests
2. Reliability: Definition and types
3. Validity: Definition and types
4. Norms: Definition and types
5. Social and ethical issues in psychological testing
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TERM II
TOPIC 5: SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH [14 Periods]
1. Developing ideas for research: Cultural context, personal experience, literature, internet
2. Characteristics of the scientific method
3. Goals of research
4. Types of scientific research: Pure vs. applied., descriptive vs. analytical, quantitative vs.
qualitative, conceptual vs. empirical
5. Research approaches: Experimental, inferential, and simulation
TOPIC 6: VARIABLES, CONSTRUCTS, RESEARCH PROBLEM AND
HYPOTHESIS [14 Periods]
1. Variables: Meaning, types.
2. Construct vs. concept
3. Operational and constitutive definition of variables
4. Research Problem: Sources, types, and criteria of a good problem.
5. Hypothesis: Meaning, types, and criteria.
TOPIC 7: SAMPLING TECHNIQUES [14 Periods]
1. Basic concepts: Universe, sample and sampling
2. Sampling methods: Requisites and advantages
3. Types of probability sampling
4. Types of non-probability sampling
5. Sampling: Distribution and error
TOPIC 8: METHODS AND TECHNIQUES OF DATA COLLECTION
[14 Periods]
1. Observation: Natural, Systematic, Controlled, Participative vs. Non-participative
2. Laboratory experiments, field experiments and field studies
3. Questionnaire and interview
4. Survey
5. Case study
BOOKS FOR READING-
1. Zachmeister, J.E., Zachmeister, E.B., and Shaughnessy, J.J. (2009). Essentials of
research methods in psychology. N.D.: Tata McGraw-Hill.
2. Mishra, B.K. (2008). Psychology: The study of human behavior. N.D.: PHI Learning.
3. Singh, A.K. (2006). Tests, Measurements and research methods in behavioural sciences.
Patna: Bharati Bhavan.
4. Postman, L. & Egan, J.P. (1949), reprint 2009. Experimental psychology: An
introduction. ND: Kalyani Publication.
5. D’Amato, M.R. (2009). Experimental psychology: Methodology, psychophysics and
learning. N.D.: Tata McGraw-Hill.
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6. Woodworth, R.S. & Schlosberg, H. (reprint 2008, 6th ed.), Experimental Psychology.
ND: Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd.
7. Kerlinger, F.N. (1995). Foundations of behavioral research. New York: Rinehart
Winston. Inc. Surjeet Publications.
8. McBurney, D.H. and White, T.L. (2007). Research methods. US: Cengage
9. Kothari, C.R. (reprint 2009). Research methodology: Methods and techniques. New
Delhi: Wiley Eastrn Ltd.
10. Desai, B. and Abhyankar, S.C. (2001). Prayogik Manasashastra ani Samshodhan
Paddhati. Pune: Narendra Prakashan.
11. Solso, R.L., MacLin, M.K. (2008). Experimental psychology: A case approach. N.D.:
Dorling Kindersley Pvt. Ltd.
12. Chadha, N.K. (2009). Applied psychometry. N.D.: Sage Publications.
13. Anastasi, A. & Urbina, S. (2009). Psychological testing. N.D.: Pearson Education.
14. Myers, A. and Hansen, C. (2002). Experimental Psychology. U.S.: Thomson Wadsworth.
15. Chadha N.K.(2009),Applied Psychometry,Sage Publication Pvt Ltd.New Delhi.
16. KaplanR.M.&Saccuzzo D.P.(2005) Psychological Testing,Principles ,Applications and
Issues.Sixth Ed. Cengage Learning India, Pvt Ltd.
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S4: PSYCHOLOGY PRACTICAL: TESTS AND EXPERIMENTS
OBJECTIVES:
1. To familiarize the students with the use of elementary statistical techniques,
2. To give practical experience to the students in administering and scoring psychological
tests and interpreting the scores,
3. To acquaint the students with the basic procedure and design of psychology experiments,
4. To encourage and guide the students to undertake a small-scale research project.
SECTION A: STATISTICS
Statistics is a part of Practical paper. Teachers should conduct one lecture per week throughout
the year for Statistics. See the “Guidelines for S4 Paper” for other details.
Objectives:
1. To acquaint the students with the basic statistical concepts
2. To train them in solving simple statistical problems.
Topics to be covered:
1. Frequency distribution
2. Measures of central tendency: Mean, Median, Mode for grouped and ungrouped data
3. Measures of variability: Range, Standard Deviation and Quartile Deviation (Q1, Q3 and
Q) for grouped and ungrouped data.
4. Rank Difference Correlation.
SECTION B: TESTS
SECTION C: GROUP TESTING OR PROJECT
SECTION D: EXPERIMENTS
TERM I: SECTION B & C
I] GENERAL ABILITY TESTING (any two)
1. Malin’s Verbal / Performance Scale
2. Standard Progressive Matrices (SPM)
3. Draw-a-Man Test
4. Binet Kamath Test
5. Test of Creativity
II] SPECIAL ABILITY TESTING (any one)
1. Differential Aptitude Tests (DAT)- Any two sub tests
2. Dexterity test
3. Scientific Aptitude Test
III] PERSONALITY (any three)
1. Eysenck Personality Questionnaire
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2. Children Apperception Test
3. Sentence Completion Test
4. 16 PF
5. Introversion-Extraversion Test
6. Interest inventory
IV] ADJUSTMENT (any one)
1. Family
2. School
3. Marriage
4. Adjustment Inventory
V] TESTING OF ATTITUDE (any one)
1. Marriage
2. Religion
3. Optimism-pessimism
VI] VALUES (any one)
1. Differential values test
2. Value orientation
SECTION C: GROUP TESTING OR PROJECT
GUIDELINES FOR GROUP TESTING OR PROJECT
GROUP TESTING:
1. For group testing, a small sample (n=20 at least) should be taken.
2. Any one standardized psychological test should be administered to the sample.
3. Responses should be scored as per the instructions given in the manual.
4. Report for group testing should be structured as follows:
a. Purpose of the group testing
b. Description of the test, e.g. author, psychometric properties, uses of test, etc.
c. Tabular presentation of scores and results
d. Qualitative analysis, if applicable
e. Interpretation at group level
f. Any other relevant finding
g. Conclusion
h. References
PROJECT:
1. For project, a sample of at least 30 subjects should be taken
2. Project report should be structured as followsa.
Introduction and definition of basic concepts
b. Rationale/significance of the study
c. Hypothesis
d. Sample
e. Tools for data collection
f. Statistical analysis
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g. Results, discussion and conclusion
h. Limitations and suggestions
i. References
Note:
1. Group testing or project is mandatory
2. Decision to allow students to conduct group testing or project will be at the discretion of
the head of the department
3. The report of group testing or project should be submitted separately.
TERM II: SECTION D
I] PSYCHOPHYSICS
1. Method of Limits- RL or DL
2. Method of Constant Stimuli- RL or DL
3. Method of Average Error: PSE and CE
II] ATTENTION (any one)
1. Divided attention
2. Span of attention
3. Stroop effect
III] PERCEPTUAL PROCESSSES (any two)
1. Illusion
2. Size constancy
3. Retinal color zones
4. Reaction time
5. Depth perception
IV] THINKING AND PROBLEM SOLVING (any one)
1. Effect of mental set on problem solving
2. Maze learning
3. Problems solving- Pyramid puzzle / Wiggly Blocks / Heart-and-Bow puzzle
V] LEARNING (any one)
1. Bilateral transfer
2. Effect of knowledge of results
3. Habit interference
4. Serial learning
VI] MEMORY (any one)
1. Recall and recognition
2. Retroactive inhibition / Proactive inhibition
3. Short Term Memory
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GUIDELINES FOR S4 PAPER
GUIDELINES FOR THE CONDUCT OF PRACTICAL
1. Each batch of students should consist of 12 students.
2. If the number of students exceeds even by 1, a separate batch should be formed for
conduct of practical.
3. Each batch will conduct practical twice per week with three lecture periods per session.
4. Total workload per batch will be 6 lecture periods.
5. In addition 1 separate lecture will be held for Statistics per week for the entire class.
6. Practical examination will be held annually.
7. Students should visit an industry, mental hospital, general hospital, central jail, remand
home, ashram, or correctional institute / organization. The teacher accompanying the
students can claim TA/DA as per the University rules.
8. The concerned teacher should verify the completion of practical journal as well as group
testing or project report and issue a completion certificate signed by the head of the
department.
GUIDELINES FOR ASSESSMENT
1. While preparing the programme for final examination, the number of students in any
given batch should not exceed 8.
2. The examiners should set paper on the spot.
3. Three subsets of question papers should be set per batch. These subsets should be
considered as one set for billing purpose.
4. Before conducting the examination the external examiner should confirm that all the
guidelines mentioned in the syllabus were strictly followed while teaching and
conducting the practical. The examiner should also see whether the number of practical
conducted is as per the specifications given in the syllabus.
5. While appearing for the final examination, students must produce the fair journal
containing the report of the practical duly completed and signed by the concerned teacher
and head of the department. Group Testing report or Project report (whichever is
applicable) should be submitted separately.
6. External Examiner should allow students to appear for final examination only on
producing the Completion Certificate.
7. The structure of the question paper for S4 will be as follows:
· Statistics (any two problems)
· Question paper/ preference sheet for practical
i. The question paper will contain 2 sections – section I & section II.
ii. Section I will contain 4 questions based on tests.
iii. Section II will contain 4 questions based on experiments.
iv. The student will give 2 preferences for each section.
v. Out of the four preferences given by the student, the final choice of the
question to be attempted will be of the external examiner.
· Group Testing or Project Assessment
i. Group testing- The examiner should assess group testing report and
conduct viva on the following points:
a. Purpose of the group testing
b. Name of the test used
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c. Statistics used
d. Results
e. Conclusion
ii. Project- The examiner should assess project report and conduct viva on
the following points:
a. Hypothesis
b. Sample
c. Tools for data collection
d. Method/s for statistical analysis
e. Results
f. Conclusion
8. Break up of marks will be as follows:
· Statistics 20 marks
· Instructions and conducting 10 marks
· Practical Report 15 marks
· Journal 20 marks
· Practical Viva 20 marks
· Group Testing or Project
i. Report 10 marks
ii. Viva 05 marks
TOTAL MARKS 100 marks
9. The duration for practical examination will be of three and a half clock hours per batch.
10. Assessment of statistics and practical report should be done by the external examiner
only.
11. Instructions & conducting, journal, viva, groups testing or project report should be
assessed by the internal and external examiners. Average marks of the two examiners
should be taken as final assessment.
12. Difference of more than 25% marks between the internal and external examiners in
assessment on any of the items mentioned above should be settled mutually.
13. The following items should be considered for billing purpose, as per the revised rates of
examiners’ remuneration of Pune University.
· Paper setting
· Remuneration per student per examiner
· Translation
· Subsequent paper setting (i.e. Statistics)
· Model answer of Statistics
14. Total remuneration for the examination should be equally divided between the two
examiners.
Books for Reading:
1. Rajamanickam, M. (2005). Experimental Psychology: with Advanced Experiments,
Volume 1 & 2. New Delhi: Concept Publishing Company.
2. Mohsin, S. M. (1975). Experiments in psychology. Orient Longman.
3. Mohanthy. Experiments in psychology.
4. Parameshwaran, E. G. & Rao, B. T. (1968). Manual of experimental psychology.
Bombay: Lalvani Publishing House.
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5. Tinker, M.A. & Russell, W.A. Introduction to methods in experimental psychology.
Appleton – Century Crofts.
6. Jalota, S. (1962). Experiments in psychology. Asia Publishing House.
7. Galloti, K. M. (2004). Cognitive psychology in and out of the laboratory. USA: Thomson
Wadsworth.
8. Postman, L. & Egan, J.P. (1949), reprint 2009. Experimental psychology: An
introduction. ND: Kalyani Publication.
9. D’Amato, M.R. (2009). Experimental psychology: Methodology, psychophysics and
learning. N.D.: Tata McGraw-Hill.
10. Woodworth, R.S. & Schlosberg, H. (reprint 2008, 6th ed.), Experimental Psychology.
ND: Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd.
11. Desai, B. and Abhyankar, S.C. (2001). Prayogik Manasashastra ani Samshodhan
Paddhati. Pune: Narendra Prakashan.
12. Anastasi, A. & Urbina, S. (2009). Psychological testing. N.D.: Pearson Education.
13. Chadha N.K.(2009),Applied Psychometry,Sage Publication Pvt Ltd.New Delhi.
14. KaplanR.M.&Saccuzzo D.P.(2005) Psychological Testing,Principles,Applications
and Issues.Sixth Ed. Cengage Learning India,Pvt Ltd.
15. Test manuals
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SAMPLE QUESTION PAPER PER BATCH PER SET
Set _____________
Seat No. _____________
Question 1- Statistical problems
Question 2- Read the following questions carefully, and mark your two preferences each for
Section I and Section II:
Section I
Sr. No. Preference No. Questions
1.
2.
3.
4.
Section II
Sr. No. Preference No. Questions
1.
2.
3.
4.
Write the material you require for conducting the practical assigned to you:
1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
G3 Industrial and Organizational Psychology
S3 Experimental psychology and Scientific Research
S4 Psychology Practical: Experiments and Tests
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UNIVERSITY OF PUNE
Syllabus of T.Y.B.A. Psychology
G3: INDUSTRIAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL (I/O) PSYCHOLOGY
OBJECTIVESTo
acquaint the students with:
1. Historical background and future prospects of I/O Psychology
2. Role of job analysis in preparation for personnel selection
3. The process and methods of personnel selection
4. Significance and methods of training and development
5. Sources, uses and methods of performance evaluation
6. Different approaches to motivation
7. Basic leader skills and models of leadership
TERM I
TOPIC 1: NATURE AND SCOPE OF INDUSTRIAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL
(I/O) PSYCHOLOGY [14 periods]
1. I/O Psychology: Meaning , subject matter and functions of Industrial Psychology
2. Development of I/O Psychology
3. I/O Psychology NOW
4. Future of I/O Psychology
TOPIC 2: PERSONNEL SELECTION [14 periods]
1. Determining job requirements: Uses and types of job information, and job analysis
2. Recruiting job applicants: Recruitment techniques
3. Personal history assessment: Standard application blanks, bio data items, resume and
letter of reference
4. Assessment of current behavior: Interviews, psychological testing and assessment
centers
TOPIC 3: EMPLOYEE TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT [14 periods]
1. Training needs assessment
2. Training design
3. Techniques for training knowledge and skill
4. Training programme evaluation
TOPIC 4: EVALUATING JOB PERFORMANCE [14 periods]
1. Uses of performance evaluation: Downsizing, fair employment, employment-at-will
and seniority
2. Sources of evaluation: The evaluator and performance information
3. Appraisal rating systems: Graphic rating scales and rating errors
4. Non-rating evaluation methods: Checklists and comparison methods
3
TERM II
TOPIC 5: MOTIVATION [14 periods]
1. What is work motivation?
2. Need theories: McClelland, Herzberg
3. Cognitive theories: Goal Setting Theory, Self Efficacy Theory
4. Using motivation theory at work
TOPIC 6: JOB SATISFACTION [14 periods]
1. Job satisfaction as a job attitude
2. Components of job satisfaction: Satisfaction with work, with pay and with
supervision
3. Measuring job satisfaction: Job Descriptive Index, Minnesota Satisfaction
Questionnaire, Need Satisfaction Questionnaire, Faces Scale
4. Relationship of job satisfaction to productivity and withdrawal behavior.
TOPIC 7: LEADERSHIP [14 periods]
1. Leadership: Meaning, nature and styles
2. Approaches to leadership: Human Relations, Theory X & Theory Y
3. Fiedler’s Contingency Model
4. Specific leader skills
a. Leadership through power
b. Leadership through vision: Transactional and Transformational
c. Leadership through persuasion
TOPIC 8: ENGINEERING PSYCHOLOGY [14 periods]
1. History and scope of engineering psychology
2. Time and Motion Study
3. Person-Machine System
4. Work space design
BOOKS FOR READING:
1. Berry, L.M. (1998), reprint 2010. Psychology at work: An introduction to Industrial and
Organizational Psychology. N.Y.: McGraw-Hill International Editions.
2. Aamodt, M.G. (2007). Industrial and organizational psychology: An applied approach.
US: Thomson & Wadsworth.
3. Schultz, D. and Schultz, S. E. (2006). Psychology and work today. 8th ed. N.D.: Pearson
Edu.
4. Robbins, S.P.; Judge, T.A.; and Sanghi, A. (2009). Organizational behaviour. N.D.:
Pearson Prentice Hall.
5. McShane, et al. (2006). 1st reprint. Organizational behaviour. N.D.: Tata McGraw-Hill
6. Miner, J.B. (1992). Industrial-Organizational Psychology. N.Y.: McGraw-Hill
7. Pandit, R., Kulkarni, A.V. & Gore, C. (1999). Manasashastra: Audyogik aani vyavasayik
upayojan. Nagpur: Pimpalapure & Co.
8. Luthans, F. (1995). Organizational behavior (7th ed). New York: McGraw- Hill, inc.
9. Robbins, S.P. & Sanghi, S. (2007). Organizational behavior (11th ed.). New Delhi: Pearson
Education.
4
S3: EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY AND
SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH
OBJECTIVES-
1. To acquaint the students with the basic concepts of experimental psychology and
research methodology,
2. To develop the spirit of scientific inquiry in the students,
3. To help them generate ideas for research, as well as develop hypotheses and
operational definitions for variables.
4. To help students understand the basic steps in scientific research,
5. To equip the students with the basic information and knowledge about testadministration
and scoring, and interpretation of the obtained results,
6. To enable the students to undertake an independent small-scale research project.
TERM I
TOPIC 1: PSYCHOPHYSICS [14 Periods]
1. Basic concepts in Psychophysics: Sensitivity, Threshold, Point of Subjective Equality,
Constant and Variable Errors
2. Method of Limits: Computation of RL and DL
3. Method of Constant Stimuli: Computation of RL and DL
4. Method of Average Error: Computation of PSE & CE
5. Modern Psychophysics: Signal Detection Theory
TOPIC 2: ATTENTION AND PERCEPTUAL PROCESSSES [14 Periods]
1. Nature, definition and determinants of attention
2. Kinds of attention: Voluntary, involuntary, habitual, selective, divided and sustained
3. Theories of attention: Automatic Vs Controlled Processing, Feature Integration
4. Perception: Nature, characteristics and processes involved
5. Visual space perception: Monocular and Binocular cues
TOPIC 3: THINKING [14 Periods]
1. Thinking: Nature, definition and kinds
2. Tools of thinking: Images, cognitive map and language
3. Trial and error and insight in thinking
4. Theories of thinking: Central Theory and Peripheral-Central Theory
5. Creative thinking: Nature and stages
TOPIC 4: INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTING [14 Periods]
1. Definition, types, characteristics and uses of psychological tests
2. Reliability: Definition and types
3. Validity: Definition and types
4. Norms: Definition and types
5. Social and ethical issues in psychological testing
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TERM II
TOPIC 5: SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH [14 Periods]
1. Developing ideas for research: Cultural context, personal experience, literature, internet
2. Characteristics of the scientific method
3. Goals of research
4. Types of scientific research: Pure vs. applied., descriptive vs. analytical, quantitative vs.
qualitative, conceptual vs. empirical
5. Research approaches: Experimental, inferential, and simulation
TOPIC 6: VARIABLES, CONSTRUCTS, RESEARCH PROBLEM AND
HYPOTHESIS [14 Periods]
1. Variables: Meaning, types.
2. Construct vs. concept
3. Operational and constitutive definition of variables
4. Research Problem: Sources, types, and criteria of a good problem.
5. Hypothesis: Meaning, types, and criteria.
TOPIC 7: SAMPLING TECHNIQUES [14 Periods]
1. Basic concepts: Universe, sample and sampling
2. Sampling methods: Requisites and advantages
3. Types of probability sampling
4. Types of non-probability sampling
5. Sampling: Distribution and error
TOPIC 8: METHODS AND TECHNIQUES OF DATA COLLECTION
[14 Periods]
1. Observation: Natural, Systematic, Controlled, Participative vs. Non-participative
2. Laboratory experiments, field experiments and field studies
3. Questionnaire and interview
4. Survey
5. Case study
BOOKS FOR READING-
1. Zachmeister, J.E., Zachmeister, E.B., and Shaughnessy, J.J. (2009). Essentials of
research methods in psychology. N.D.: Tata McGraw-Hill.
2. Mishra, B.K. (2008). Psychology: The study of human behavior. N.D.: PHI Learning.
3. Singh, A.K. (2006). Tests, Measurements and research methods in behavioural sciences.
Patna: Bharati Bhavan.
4. Postman, L. & Egan, J.P. (1949), reprint 2009. Experimental psychology: An
introduction. ND: Kalyani Publication.
5. D’Amato, M.R. (2009). Experimental psychology: Methodology, psychophysics and
learning. N.D.: Tata McGraw-Hill.
6
6. Woodworth, R.S. & Schlosberg, H. (reprint 2008, 6th ed.), Experimental Psychology.
ND: Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd.
7. Kerlinger, F.N. (1995). Foundations of behavioral research. New York: Rinehart
Winston. Inc. Surjeet Publications.
8. McBurney, D.H. and White, T.L. (2007). Research methods. US: Cengage
9. Kothari, C.R. (reprint 2009). Research methodology: Methods and techniques. New
Delhi: Wiley Eastrn Ltd.
10. Desai, B. and Abhyankar, S.C. (2001). Prayogik Manasashastra ani Samshodhan
Paddhati. Pune: Narendra Prakashan.
11. Solso, R.L., MacLin, M.K. (2008). Experimental psychology: A case approach. N.D.:
Dorling Kindersley Pvt. Ltd.
12. Chadha, N.K. (2009). Applied psychometry. N.D.: Sage Publications.
13. Anastasi, A. & Urbina, S. (2009). Psychological testing. N.D.: Pearson Education.
14. Myers, A. and Hansen, C. (2002). Experimental Psychology. U.S.: Thomson Wadsworth.
15. Chadha N.K.(2009),Applied Psychometry,Sage Publication Pvt Ltd.New Delhi.
16. KaplanR.M.&Saccuzzo D.P.(2005) Psychological Testing,Principles ,Applications and
Issues.Sixth Ed. Cengage Learning India, Pvt Ltd.
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S4: PSYCHOLOGY PRACTICAL: TESTS AND EXPERIMENTS
OBJECTIVES:
1. To familiarize the students with the use of elementary statistical techniques,
2. To give practical experience to the students in administering and scoring psychological
tests and interpreting the scores,
3. To acquaint the students with the basic procedure and design of psychology experiments,
4. To encourage and guide the students to undertake a small-scale research project.
SECTION A: STATISTICS
Statistics is a part of Practical paper. Teachers should conduct one lecture per week throughout
the year for Statistics. See the “Guidelines for S4 Paper” for other details.
Objectives:
1. To acquaint the students with the basic statistical concepts
2. To train them in solving simple statistical problems.
Topics to be covered:
1. Frequency distribution
2. Measures of central tendency: Mean, Median, Mode for grouped and ungrouped data
3. Measures of variability: Range, Standard Deviation and Quartile Deviation (Q1, Q3 and
Q) for grouped and ungrouped data.
4. Rank Difference Correlation.
SECTION B: TESTS
SECTION C: GROUP TESTING OR PROJECT
SECTION D: EXPERIMENTS
TERM I: SECTION B & C
I] GENERAL ABILITY TESTING (any two)
1. Malin’s Verbal / Performance Scale
2. Standard Progressive Matrices (SPM)
3. Draw-a-Man Test
4. Binet Kamath Test
5. Test of Creativity
II] SPECIAL ABILITY TESTING (any one)
1. Differential Aptitude Tests (DAT)- Any two sub tests
2. Dexterity test
3. Scientific Aptitude Test
III] PERSONALITY (any three)
1. Eysenck Personality Questionnaire
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2. Children Apperception Test
3. Sentence Completion Test
4. 16 PF
5. Introversion-Extraversion Test
6. Interest inventory
IV] ADJUSTMENT (any one)
1. Family
2. School
3. Marriage
4. Adjustment Inventory
V] TESTING OF ATTITUDE (any one)
1. Marriage
2. Religion
3. Optimism-pessimism
VI] VALUES (any one)
1. Differential values test
2. Value orientation
SECTION C: GROUP TESTING OR PROJECT
GUIDELINES FOR GROUP TESTING OR PROJECT
GROUP TESTING:
1. For group testing, a small sample (n=20 at least) should be taken.
2. Any one standardized psychological test should be administered to the sample.
3. Responses should be scored as per the instructions given in the manual.
4. Report for group testing should be structured as follows:
a. Purpose of the group testing
b. Description of the test, e.g. author, psychometric properties, uses of test, etc.
c. Tabular presentation of scores and results
d. Qualitative analysis, if applicable
e. Interpretation at group level
f. Any other relevant finding
g. Conclusion
h. References
PROJECT:
1. For project, a sample of at least 30 subjects should be taken
2. Project report should be structured as followsa.
Introduction and definition of basic concepts
b. Rationale/significance of the study
c. Hypothesis
d. Sample
e. Tools for data collection
f. Statistical analysis
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g. Results, discussion and conclusion
h. Limitations and suggestions
i. References
Note:
1. Group testing or project is mandatory
2. Decision to allow students to conduct group testing or project will be at the discretion of
the head of the department
3. The report of group testing or project should be submitted separately.
TERM II: SECTION D
I] PSYCHOPHYSICS
1. Method of Limits- RL or DL
2. Method of Constant Stimuli- RL or DL
3. Method of Average Error: PSE and CE
II] ATTENTION (any one)
1. Divided attention
2. Span of attention
3. Stroop effect
III] PERCEPTUAL PROCESSSES (any two)
1. Illusion
2. Size constancy
3. Retinal color zones
4. Reaction time
5. Depth perception
IV] THINKING AND PROBLEM SOLVING (any one)
1. Effect of mental set on problem solving
2. Maze learning
3. Problems solving- Pyramid puzzle / Wiggly Blocks / Heart-and-Bow puzzle
V] LEARNING (any one)
1. Bilateral transfer
2. Effect of knowledge of results
3. Habit interference
4. Serial learning
VI] MEMORY (any one)
1. Recall and recognition
2. Retroactive inhibition / Proactive inhibition
3. Short Term Memory
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GUIDELINES FOR S4 PAPER
GUIDELINES FOR THE CONDUCT OF PRACTICAL
1. Each batch of students should consist of 12 students.
2. If the number of students exceeds even by 1, a separate batch should be formed for
conduct of practical.
3. Each batch will conduct practical twice per week with three lecture periods per session.
4. Total workload per batch will be 6 lecture periods.
5. In addition 1 separate lecture will be held for Statistics per week for the entire class.
6. Practical examination will be held annually.
7. Students should visit an industry, mental hospital, general hospital, central jail, remand
home, ashram, or correctional institute / organization. The teacher accompanying the
students can claim TA/DA as per the University rules.
8. The concerned teacher should verify the completion of practical journal as well as group
testing or project report and issue a completion certificate signed by the head of the
department.
GUIDELINES FOR ASSESSMENT
1. While preparing the programme for final examination, the number of students in any
given batch should not exceed 8.
2. The examiners should set paper on the spot.
3. Three subsets of question papers should be set per batch. These subsets should be
considered as one set for billing purpose.
4. Before conducting the examination the external examiner should confirm that all the
guidelines mentioned in the syllabus were strictly followed while teaching and
conducting the practical. The examiner should also see whether the number of practical
conducted is as per the specifications given in the syllabus.
5. While appearing for the final examination, students must produce the fair journal
containing the report of the practical duly completed and signed by the concerned teacher
and head of the department. Group Testing report or Project report (whichever is
applicable) should be submitted separately.
6. External Examiner should allow students to appear for final examination only on
producing the Completion Certificate.
7. The structure of the question paper for S4 will be as follows:
· Statistics (any two problems)
· Question paper/ preference sheet for practical
i. The question paper will contain 2 sections – section I & section II.
ii. Section I will contain 4 questions based on tests.
iii. Section II will contain 4 questions based on experiments.
iv. The student will give 2 preferences for each section.
v. Out of the four preferences given by the student, the final choice of the
question to be attempted will be of the external examiner.
· Group Testing or Project Assessment
i. Group testing- The examiner should assess group testing report and
conduct viva on the following points:
a. Purpose of the group testing
b. Name of the test used
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c. Statistics used
d. Results
e. Conclusion
ii. Project- The examiner should assess project report and conduct viva on
the following points:
a. Hypothesis
b. Sample
c. Tools for data collection
d. Method/s for statistical analysis
e. Results
f. Conclusion
8. Break up of marks will be as follows:
· Statistics 20 marks
· Instructions and conducting 10 marks
· Practical Report 15 marks
· Journal 20 marks
· Practical Viva 20 marks
· Group Testing or Project
i. Report 10 marks
ii. Viva 05 marks
TOTAL MARKS 100 marks
9. The duration for practical examination will be of three and a half clock hours per batch.
10. Assessment of statistics and practical report should be done by the external examiner
only.
11. Instructions & conducting, journal, viva, groups testing or project report should be
assessed by the internal and external examiners. Average marks of the two examiners
should be taken as final assessment.
12. Difference of more than 25% marks between the internal and external examiners in
assessment on any of the items mentioned above should be settled mutually.
13. The following items should be considered for billing purpose, as per the revised rates of
examiners’ remuneration of Pune University.
· Paper setting
· Remuneration per student per examiner
· Translation
· Subsequent paper setting (i.e. Statistics)
· Model answer of Statistics
14. Total remuneration for the examination should be equally divided between the two
examiners.
Books for Reading:
1. Rajamanickam, M. (2005). Experimental Psychology: with Advanced Experiments,
Volume 1 & 2. New Delhi: Concept Publishing Company.
2. Mohsin, S. M. (1975). Experiments in psychology. Orient Longman.
3. Mohanthy. Experiments in psychology.
4. Parameshwaran, E. G. & Rao, B. T. (1968). Manual of experimental psychology.
Bombay: Lalvani Publishing House.
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5. Tinker, M.A. & Russell, W.A. Introduction to methods in experimental psychology.
Appleton – Century Crofts.
6. Jalota, S. (1962). Experiments in psychology. Asia Publishing House.
7. Galloti, K. M. (2004). Cognitive psychology in and out of the laboratory. USA: Thomson
Wadsworth.
8. Postman, L. & Egan, J.P. (1949), reprint 2009. Experimental psychology: An
introduction. ND: Kalyani Publication.
9. D’Amato, M.R. (2009). Experimental psychology: Methodology, psychophysics and
learning. N.D.: Tata McGraw-Hill.
10. Woodworth, R.S. & Schlosberg, H. (reprint 2008, 6th ed.), Experimental Psychology.
ND: Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd.
11. Desai, B. and Abhyankar, S.C. (2001). Prayogik Manasashastra ani Samshodhan
Paddhati. Pune: Narendra Prakashan.
12. Anastasi, A. & Urbina, S. (2009). Psychological testing. N.D.: Pearson Education.
13. Chadha N.K.(2009),Applied Psychometry,Sage Publication Pvt Ltd.New Delhi.
14. KaplanR.M.&Saccuzzo D.P.(2005) Psychological Testing,Principles,Applications
and Issues.Sixth Ed. Cengage Learning India,Pvt Ltd.
15. Test manuals
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SAMPLE QUESTION PAPER PER BATCH PER SET
Set _____________
Seat No. _____________
Question 1- Statistical problems
Question 2- Read the following questions carefully, and mark your two preferences each for
Section I and Section II:
Section I
Sr. No. Preference No. Questions
1.
2.
3.
4.
Section II
Sr. No. Preference No. Questions
1.
2.
3.
4.
Write the material you require for conducting the practical assigned to you:
1)
2)
3)
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