11 AS/ NIOS Psychology Annual Plan

Unit One - July to October

Developmental Psychology

  • Core Studies

Bandura, A, Ross, D and Ross, S A (1961), Transmission of Aggression Through Imitation of Aggressive Models.
Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology.63(3).pp. 575–582 Freud, S (1909), Analysis of a phobia of a five-year-old boy.Pelican Freud Library.Vol. 8. Case Histories 1, pp. 169–306
Langlois, J H, Ritter, J M, Roggman, L A and Vaughn, L S (1991), Facial Diversity and Infant Preferences for Attractive Faces.Developmental Psychology.27(1). pp. 79–84
Nelson, S A (1980), Factors Influencing Young Children's Use of Motives and Outcomes as Moral Criteria. Child Development. 51. pp. 823–829

Describe and evaluate the developmental core studies in relation to methodology, approaches and perspectives, and issues and debates.

  • Key Concepts

Attachment, Learning theory, Classical & Operant conditioning, Social learning theory, Harlow’s studies, Imprinting &Monotropy, Bowlby’s theories, types of attachment, Cultural variations, maternal sensitivity vs temperament, Disruption & privation, Institutional care & long term effects, Child-minding & daycare, Social development - effects of peer relations, effects of aggression, research findings and implications

  • NIOS Modules

Mod 1 (1) – Psychology: Understanding human nature
Development of psychology, scope & fields of psychology, approaches in psychology
Mod 3 (1-4)– Developmental processes
Growth & Development, Principles & processes of Development, Cross-sectional & Longitudinal approach to study, stages of development, areas & domains – physical , motor, cognitive, moral, psych-social, Language & Personality, Adolescence – physical & psychological changes, secondary sex characteristics of boys & girls, features of adulthood, adjustments of old age

Cognitive Psychology

  • Core Studies

Mann, S, Vrij, A and Bull, R (2002), Suspects, Lies, and Videotape: An Analysis of Authentic High-Stake Liars. Law and Human Behavior.26(3). pp. 365–376
Loftus, E F and Pickrell, J E (1995), The Formation of False Memories. Psychiatric Annals. 25. December 1995. pp. 720–725
Baron-Cohen, S, Wheelwright, S, Hill, J, Raste, Y and Plumb, I (2001), The 'Reading the Mind in the Eyes' Test Revised Version: A Study with Normal Adults, and Adults with Asperger Syndrome or High-functioning Autism. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry.42(2). pp. 241–251
Held, R and Hein, A (1963), Movement-Produced Stimulation in the Development of Visually Guided Behavior. Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology.56(5). pp. 872–876Describe and evaluate the cognitive core studies in relation to methodology, approaches and perspectives, and issues and debates.

  • Key Concepts

Models of memory, multi-store model: encoding, capacity & duration, learning & memory, STM & LTM, Clunking &recency effect, memory span, Working memory model, Phonological loop, word length effect, visio-spatial sketchpad, gender differences, Central Executive, Episodic buffer, Eyewitness testimony, memory enhancement, mnemonic techniques & mindmaps

  • NIOS module

Mod 2 – Key psychological processes
Experiments in Learning, factors affecting Learning, Transfer of learning, Learning disability, constructive nature of Memory, Thinking, Problem solving, Reasoning, relationship between Language & Thought, Motivation, Self efficacy, life goals & Values, Conflict &Resolution, Theories of Emotion, physiology & expressions of Emotion
Mod 1 (5) – Attention & perception
Attention & Perception, Laws of Perceptual Organization, Illusions, Perception of shapes & space

Research methods

  • Key Concepts

Methods & techniques - Experimental method, lab-field-natural experiments, strengths and weaknesses, studies using correlational analysis, observation techniques, self- reports including questionnaire & interview, case studies
Investigation design - Aims & hypothesis, Experiment design, Variables, experimental & control groups, Reliability & Validity, Ethics, sampling techniques, demand characteristics,
Data analysis & interpretation - presentation of quantitative data : graphs, scattergrams, tables, Measures of central tendency: ranges & standard deviations, Analysis & interpretation of correlational data, positive& negative correlation, Correlational coefficients, qualitative data, content analysis

  • NIOS module

Mod 1 (2) – How psychologists study
Basic & Applied Psychology, Experimental & Non Experimental methods, Psychological tools, Ethics, Statistical concepts & analysis

Unit Two – November to February

Social Psychology

  • Case Studies

Milgram, S (1963), Behavioral Study of Obedience. Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology.67(4). pp. 371–378
Haney, C, Banks, C and Zimbardo, P (1973), A Study of Prisoners and Guards in a Simulated Prison. Naval Research Reviews.26(9). pp. 1–17
Piliavin, I M, Rodin, J and Piliavin, J (1969), Good Samaritanism: An Underground Phenomenon? Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.13(4). pp. 289–299
Tajfel, H (1970), Experiments in Intergroup Discrimination. Scientific American. 223. pp. 96–102

Describe and evaluate the social core studies in relation to methodology, approaches and perspectives, and issues and debates.

  • Key Concepts

Conformity (majority influence), Temporal, cultural & individual difference factors, Social & normative influence, types of conformity: compliance & internalization, Groupthink, Obedience to authority, Personality, Locus of control, Minority influence & social change

  • NIOS Modules

Module 5 (1-4) – Social & Applied Psychology
Group- Functioning, types & concept, nature of group processes, Stages of group formation, effect on Individual’s behavior, Self growth, Interpersonal attraction, Self-perception, human-environment interaction, effects of human behavior

Physiological Psychology

  • Core Studies

Schachter, S and Singer, J E (1962), Cognitive, Social and Physiological Determinants of Emotional State.Psychological Review.69(5). pp. 379–399
Dement, W and Kleitman, N (1957), The Relation of Eye Movements During Sleep to Dream Activity. Journal of Experimental Psychology.53(5). pp. 339–346
Maguire, E A, Frackowiak, R S J and Frith, C D (1997), Recalling Routes around London: Activation of the Right Hippocampus in Taxi Drivers. The Journal of Neuroscience. 17(18), September 15. pp. 7103–7110
Demattè, M L, Österbauer, R and Spence, C (2007), Olfactory Cues Modulate Facial Attractiveness. Chemical Senses. 32(6). pp. 603–610

Describe and evaluate the physiological core studies in relation to methodology, approaches and perspectives, and issues and debates.

  • Key Concepts

Stress as bodily response, Role of ANS, Pituitary-adrenal system & Sympathomedullary pathway, Stress & Immune system, Individual differences, Effects of stress on body, Psychosomatic illnesses, Impact of life changing events & illnesses, Neuroticism, Workplace stress, Coronary diseases and personality types, Hardiness, Stress management

  • NIOS Modules

Mod 1(3-4) – Biological & Cultural shaping of mind and behavior: Evolution & Heredity, Neuron, CNS, Endocrine System, Genetic influences on behavior, Becoming aware of the world around us: Structure & function of sense organs, Sensory processes, Mind-Brain-Consciousness
Mod 5 (5) – Health Psychology
Health & wellbeing – promoting behaviours, threats & interventions, Self-management & safeguard from Abuse, Safe sex & Sexually transmitted diseases

Psychology Of Individual Differences

  • Core Studies

Rosenhan, D L (1973), On Being Sane in Insane Places.Science. 179. pp. 250–258
Thigpen, C H and Cleckley, H (1954), A Case of Multiple Personality. Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology.49(1). pp. 135–151
Billington, J, Baron-Cohen, S and Wheelwright, S (2007), Cognitive style predicts entry into physical sciences and humanities: Questionnaire and performance tests of empathy and systemizing. Learning and Individual Differences. 17. pp. 260–268
Veale, D and Riley, S (2001), Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the ugliest of them all? The psychopathology of mirror gazing in body dysmorphic disorder.Behaviour Research and Therapy. 39. pp. 1381–1393

Describe and evaluate the individual differences core studies in relation to methodology, approaches and perspectives, and issues and debates.

  • Key Concepts

Psychological abnormality, deviation from social norms, Failure to function, Ideal health & limitations of definitions, Biological, psychodynamic, behavioural& cognitive approaches to psychopathology, Culture bound syndromes, Biological therapies for treatment: Depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, anxiety disorders, ECT, Psychoanalysis, Systematic de-sensitisation, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

  • NIOS Modules

Module 3 (5) – Understanding Individual differences: Psychological assessment, Intelligence – concepts & tests, multiple intelligences, uses of tests
Mod 4 – Self & Personality
Social environment & self -growth, Factors of inter-personal attraction, Role of others in self-perception, Personality – concept & theories, theoretical approaches to personality assessment,
Psychological disorders, Types & Symptoms of Abnormalities
Mod 5 (4) – Psychotherapy: Models, merits & purpose of psychotherapy

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