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functions, Peripheral Nervous system- organization, development and functions, Endocrine system- organization, development and
functions, Hormonal imbalance and behavior, Genetic bases of behavior. Sleep and Waking: Physiological mechanism of sleep and
waking- Stages and functions of sleep- REM and NREM, Biological Clock-ciacardian Rhythm and Zeitgebers, Disorders of sleep.
Physiological basis of motivation and emotion: Neural basis of hunger and thirst, fear, aggression, emotional expression and
recognition. Physiological basis of learning and memory: Synaptic plasticity, long-term potentiation, NMDA receptors and long-term
depression, amnesia and its anatomy, role of hippocampus and amygdala in learning and memory.
References:
1. N. Carlson, Physiology of behavior. New Delhi: Pearson Education Inc. (2013).
2. J.P.J. Pinel, Biopsychology. New Delhi: Pearson Education Inc. (2013).
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3. C.F. Levinthal, Introduction to physiological psychology, 3 Edition. New Delhi: PHI. (2005).
4. B. Kolb, I.Q. Whinshaw, An introduction to brain and behavior. New York: Worth Publishers. (2013).
5. J.W Kalat, Biological psychology. CA: Wardsworth/Thomson Learning (2012).
6. F. Toates, Biological psychology. NJ: Pearson Education Inc. (2011).

PS6203: STATISTICS AND DATA ANALYSIS [2 1 0 3]
Introduction of statistics in psychology: Nature and Types of data, Presentation of data, Levels of measurement, Measures of
central tendency and variability, Percentiles and Percentile ranks. Normal distribution: Concept and principles of normal
probability, Divergence from normality, applications of normal distribution. Correlation, Regression and Prediction: Pearson
Product-moment correlation, other methods of correlation, Multiple Regression Analysis (linear and stepwise). Significance of
difference between means and ANOVA: Testing of hypotheses, substantive and null hypothesis, 't' test, Analysis of variance one
way, two way, factorial ANOVA with two or more variables. Non-parametric statistics: Nature, principles and uses of non-
parametric Techniques-Median test, Chi-square test, Wilcoxon test, Mann-Whitney U-test, Kruskal-Wallis H test, Kendall's
coefficient of concordance. Applications of computers in statistics: MS-Excel, SPSS, R-Statistical Software.
References:
1. B. Mohanty, S. Misra, Statistics for behavioral and social sciences. New Delhi: Sage Publications India. (2016).
2. V. Veeraraghavan, S. Shetgovekar, Textbook of parametric and non-parametric statistics. New Delhi: Sage Publications
India. (2016).
3. S. K Mangal, Statistics in Psychology and Education. New Delhi: PHI. (2012).
4. E. N., Aron, E. C. Aron, Statistics for Psychology. (6th ed.), New Delhi: Pearson Education. (2006).
5. Leerkes, M. Esther, SPSS Manual Fundamental Stats for Behavioral Sciences, UK: Cengage. (2003).
6. H.E., Garret, R.S. Woodworth, Statistics in psychology and education. New Delhi: Vakils Feffer & Simons Ltd. (1981).

PS6204: PSYCHOPATHOLOGY-II [3 1 0 4]
Eating and Feeding Disorders: Feeding Disorders- pica, rumination disorder, avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder; Eating
Disorders- anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge-eating disorder; Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders: Schizophrenia, other
schizophrenia spectrum disorders- brief psychotic disorder; schizophreniform disorder, delusional disorder, schizoaffective
disorder. Personality Disorders and Impulsive-Control Disorder: Types of Personality Disorders- personality characterized by odd or
eccentric behavior, schizotypal personality disorder, personality characterized by dramatic, emotional or erratic behavior, antisocial
behavior and criminality, personality characterized by anxious or fearful behavior; Impulsive-Control Disorders- kleptomania,
intermittent explosive disorder, pyromania. Substance Related and Addictive Disorders: Substance use and abuse, non-chemical
addictions and other forms of compulsive behavior, depressants, Gambling disorder. Culture Bound Syndromes: Cultural
considerations and formulation of psychiatric illness.
References:
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1. T.F. Oltmanns, R.E. Emery, Abnormal psychology, 8 Ed. New Delhi: Pearson Education. (2017).
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.J. Ray, Abnormal psychology. New Delhi: SAGE Publications. (2014).
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3. American Psychiatric Association. Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental Disorders, (5 ed.). Washington, D.C.:
American Psychiatric Association. (2013).
4. Benjamin James Sadock, Virginia Alcott Sadock & Pedro Ruiz’s. (2014). Kaplan and Sadock’s synopsis of psychiatry.
Eleventh Edition. Wolters Kluwer.
5. V Veeraraghvan, S. Singh, A textbook of abnormal and clinical psychology. New Delhi: McGraw Hill (2014).

PS6230: PRACTICUM- II GENERAL MENTAL HEALTH ASSESSMENT [0 1 6 4]
The candidates will conduct and report ten practicals related to the theory courses of current semester. The practicals are as under:

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