PSC Chhattisgarh Prelims - Psychology Syllabus
Updated on: Apr 2, 2013
The syllabus of Psychology of PSC Chhattisgarh Prelim Exam is given in this section.
1. Scope and methods
2. Development of behavior
3. Motivation and emotion
4. Learning
5. Remembering and forgetting
6. Perception
7. Thinking
8. Intelligence
9. Personality
10. Socialization
11. Groups
12. Leadership
13. Attitudes
14. Abnormal behaviour
1. Scope and methods
- Subject matter
- Methods of study
- Nature of psychological experiments
2. Development of behavior
- Genetic factors in human development
- Structure and functions of brain, endocrine glands
- Environmental factors in human development
- Maturation
3. Motivation and emotion
- nature of motivation
- classification of motives biogenic, socio-gemo and uncoinscious motives
- hierarchy of motives
- nature of emotions
- Physiological correlates of emotions
4. Learning
- basic theories of learnings trial and error, insight, imitation
- classical conditioning and operant conditioning
- learning and motivation
- transfer of training
5. Remembering and forgetting
- nature & theories
- measurement of retention
- retroactive and proactive inhibitions
- factors influencing forgetting
- short term and long term memory
6. Perception
- nature
- perceptual organization
- perception of form, colour and depth
- perceptual constancy and illusions
- role of motivational and social factors in perception
- perceptual defence
7. Thinking
- concept formation
- reasoning; inductive and deductive
- problem solving
8. Intelligence
- Its nature and theories
- factors influencing intellectual development
- measurement of intelligence verbal and non- verbal tests
- intelligence and creativity
9. Personality
- Its nature
- trait vs. type approach
- biological and socio-cultural determinants of personality
- personality assessment techniques-objective and projective
10. Socialization
- meaning and nature of socialization
- factors influencing socialization
11. Groups
- nature , type and structure of groups
- group norms, goals and moral
12. Leadership
- its nature
- functions of a leader
- theories of leadership
13. Attitudes
- its nature and formation
- factors influencing attitude change
- measurement of attitudes, Thurstone's equal appearing interval scale, Likert's summation rating scale and Bogardus social distance scale
14. Abnormal behaviour
- criteria of abnormality
- dynamics of abnormal behaviour
- psychoneuroses- anxiety neurosis. hysteria and epilepsy, obsessive -compulsive, phobia.
- psychoses - schizophrenia , paranoid reactions, manic depressive
- treatment of mental disorders; psychoanalysis, behaviour therapy, electro-chemical therapy and group therapies.
- types of defense mechanisms
- reactions to frustration, conflict its nature & types