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SYLLABUS FOR BCS (WRITTEN) EXAMINATION
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PSYCHOLOGY
(POST RELATED)
Subject Code: 171
Total Marks-200
Part-I
(General and Developmental Psychology)
Marks: 100
AGeneral Psychology 50
1. Definition and subject matter of Psychology; Fields of Psychology; Research Methods: Observation,
Survey, Experimental method, Case study.
2. Psychological basis of Behavior : Structure and functions of Central and Peripheral nervous
system Endocrine glands and their effects on behavior;
3. Sensation and Perception : Definition of Sensation and Perception; Visual and auditory
sense. Thresholds and their measurement. Perceptual
organization Depth perception Illusion and hallucinations
4. Motivation and Emotion : Definition of Motivation and Emotion; Physiological and
Social motives; Theories of Motivation, Development of
Emotions Bodily charges in Emotion; Theories of Emotion.
5. Learning and Memory : Definition of Learning. Factor of Learning. Class ical
Conditioning and Operant Conditioning; Observational
Learning, Perceptual Learning. The process of Memory;
Sensory Memory, Short -term Memory and Long term
Memory, Forgetting and its causes!
6. Cognition and Intelligence : Definition of Thinking, Conce pt formation, Problem solving;
Creative Thinking. Cognitive development; Definition of
Intelligence; Measurement of Intelligence -Standford-Binet
and Wachslet‘s- Intelligence Scales.
7. Personality : Definition of Personality. Development of Personality-
Psychoanalytic and Behavioral approaches. Assessment of
personality.
BDevelopmental Psychology 50
8. Development Psychology : Definition of Developmental Psychology. Division of the Life
Cycle, Principles of Development . Methods used in study ing
Development.
9. Beginning of Life : Conception, Prenatal development, Stages of and Factors
affecting prenatal development.
10. The Birth : Birth process, Types of birth and its effect on Development.
11. The Neonate : Physiological functioning. Reflex actions.
12. Infancy : Physical, Language, Social and Emotional Development.
13. Childhood : Physical, Language, Social and Emotional Development.
14. Adolescence : Physical changes. Causes and psychological effects of physical
change, Problems of adolescence: Juvenile delinquency, Drug
addiction, Suicide.