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PS6101: CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY: ASSESSMENT AND DIAGNOSIS [2 1 0 3]
Evolution of Clinical Psychology: History, Nature, Professional activities, Training, Similarities and differences between clinical
psychologists and other related professions. Research Methods in Clinical Psychology: Observational, Epidemiological,
Correlational, Experimental Method, Cross-Sectional Versus Longitudinal approaches. Diagnosis and Classification system of
psychological problems: Psychological models- Behavioural and Cognitive model, Biological models- Development, Assumptions,
Influences on clinical psychology, Current status- integrating biological and psychological models, DSM-5 and ICD-11 classifications.
Psychological Assessment in Clinical Psychology: General issues in psychological assessment, Clinical interview, Intellectual and
educational assessment, Personality assessment, Behavioural assessment, Clinical judgment. Ethical and Legal issues: Ethical
standards, Current issues and challenges in clinical psychology.
References:
1. J.E. Hecker & G.L. Thorpe, Introduction to clinical psychology: Science, practice, and ethics. New Delhi: Pearson Education.
(2005).
2. A.M. Pomerantz, Clinical psychology: Science, practice, and culture. New Delhi: Sage Publications. (2008).
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3. T.J., Trull, E.J. Phares, Clinical psychology: Concepts, methods, and profession, 6 Ed. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth/Thomson
Learning (2001).
4. Mishra, G. Psychology in India- Volume 3: Clinical and health psychology. ICSSR survey of advances in research. New Delhi:
Pearson Education (2010).
5. V. Veeraraghvan, S. Singh, A textbook of abnormal and clinical psychology. New Delhi: McGraw Hill (2014).
6. T. Szasz, The myth of mental illness: Foundations of a theory of personal conduct. New York: Harper Perennial (2010).

PS6102: PERSONALITY PSYCHOLOGY [2 1 0 3]
Foundation issues: Conceptual issues, Nomothetic and Ideographic approaches, Assessment of Personality, Personality and
Situations, Individual differences in personality, Personality and mental health. Psychodynamic Approach: Classical Freudian
psychoanalysis, Neo-Freudians- Carl Jung, Alfred Adler, Karen Horney, Eric Fromm, Eric Erikson. Behavioral and Social-cognitive
Approach: B.F. Skinner, Albert Bandura, George Kelly, Rotter and Mischel. Trait Approach: G. Allport, R. B. Cattel, H.J. Eysenck’s
three-factor model, Costa & McCrae Big Five‐Factor model, Circumflex Model of personality, recent advances in trait approach.
Humanistic-Existential and Eastern Approach: Abraham Maslow, Carl Rogers, Rollo May, Victor Frankel, Indian perspective, Zen and
Buddhism.
References:
1. D. P. Schultz, S. E. Schultz, Theories of personality. Wadsworth: Cengage Learning. (2012).
2. J. Feist, G.J. Feist, Theories of personality, 5/e. NY: McGraw Hill (2005).
3. P.J. Corr, G. Matthews, The Cambridge handbook of personality psychology. New Delhi: Cambridge University Press.
(2009).
4. A.K. Dalal, G. Misra, New directions in Indian psychology. New Delhi: Sage Publications. (2002).
5. Plutchik & H.R. Conte (Eds.) Circumplex models of personality and emotions. Washington, DC: American Psychological
Association. (1997).
6. C.S., Hall, G. Lindzey, J.B. Camobell, Theories of personality, 4th edition. New Delhi: John Wiley and Sons. (2002).

PS6103: SOCIO-CULTURAL INFLUENCES ON BEHAVIOUR [2 1 0 3]
Introduction: Current trends in social and cultural psychology, Approaches to the study of social behavior, Methodological and
ethical issues, Cultural relativity and universality, Cultural transmission. Self in Social and Cultural context: Self and identity-
Organization of self-knowledge, Culture and Self Construal, Perceived self-control and self-regulation, Self-esteem, Self-serving bias,
Self- presentation, Narcissism, Social identity and social comparison models. Social Perception and Social cognition: Theories of
attribution, Biases and errors in attribution, Attitude: Meaning, formation and change, Attitude and Behavior, Social Cognition-
Heuristics and other short-cut strategies, Framing and anchoring, Counterfactual thinking and mental simulation, Affect and social
cognition, Action identification, Culture and Cognition-Major issues and theoretical perspectives. Social and Cultural Influences on
Behaviour: Groups- Nature, formation and its functions, Social influence processes in groups- norms, conformity, compliance,
obedience; Stereotypes, prejudices, discrimination, theories of inter-group relations and conflicts; Pro-social behaviour- factors
influencing helping behaviour; Aggression-Nature, causes and control of aggression; Acculturation- Its framework and
measurement , psychological and socio-cultural adaptations, behavior shifts and acculturative stress. Social psychology of deviance:
Social structure and deviant behaviour, Group relationships and deviance, Social construction of mental health and illness,
Collective behaviour and mass hysteria, Multiculturalism and health and illness.
References:
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1. R.A. Baron, N.R. Branscombe, Social psychology, 13 Edition. New Delhi: Pearson (2017).
2. D.E. Rohall, M.A. Milkie, J.W. Lucas, Social psychology: Sociological perspectives, 3rd edition. New Delhi: PHI (2011).
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3. R.J. Crisp, R. N, Turner, Essential social psychology, 3 Edition. New Delhi: Sage Publications (2014).
4. A. K. Dalal, Cultural psychology of health in India: Well-being, medicine and traditional health care. New Delhi: Sage India
(2016).
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