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SOCIOLOGY SYLLABUS

Unit 1 Sociology, Society and its Relationship with other Social

Sciences

• Introducing Society: Individuals and collectivities.

Pluralities and Inequalities among societies.

• Introducing Sociology: Emergence. Nature and Scope.

• Relationship with other Social Science disciplines

Unit 2 Terms, Concepts and their use in Sociology

• Social Groups and Society

• Social Stratification

• Status and Role

• Society & Social Control

16 Periods

Unit 3 Understanding Social Institutions

• Family, Marriage and Kinship

• Work & Economic Life

• Political Institutions

• Religion as a Social Institution

• Education as a Social Institution

20 Periods

Unit 4 Culture and Socialization

• Defining Culture

• Dimensions of Culture

• Socialization

• Agencies of Socialisation

&Sociology

B. UNDERSTANDING SOCIETY

Unit 7 Social Change and Social Order in Rural and Urban

Society

• Social Change: Types, Causes and Consequences

• Social Order: Domination, Authority and Law;

Contestation, Crime and Violence

• Concepts: Village, Town and City

• Social Order and Social Change in Rural and Urban

Areas

Unit 9 Introducing Western Sociologists

• The Context of Sociology

• Karl Marx on Class Conflict

• Emile Durkheim : Division of Labour in society

• Max Weber:Interpretive Sociology, Ideal Type &

Bureaucracy

Unit 10 Indian Sociologists

• G.S. Ghurye on Caste and Race

• D.P. Mukherjee on Tradition and Change

• A.R. Desai on the State

• M.N. Srinivas on the Village

PSYCHOLOGY STUDIES

Unit I What is Psychology?

The topics in this unit are:

1. Introduction

2. What is Psychology?

Psychology as a Discipline

Psychology as a Natural Science

Psychology as a Social Science

3. Understanding Mind and Behaviour

4. Popular Notions about the Discipline of Psychology

5. Evolution of Psychology

6. Development of Psychology in India

7. Branches of Psychology

8. Themes of Research and Applications

9. Psychology and Other Disciplines

10.Psychologists at Work

11.Psychology in Everyday Life

16 Periods

Unit II Methods of Enquiry in Psychology

The topics in this unit are:

1. Introduction

20 Periods

2. Goals of Psychological Enquiry

Steps in Conducting Scientific Research

Alternative Paradigms of Research

3. Nature of Psychological Data

4. Some Important Methods in Psychology

Observational Method

Experimental Method

Correlational Research

Survey Research

Psychological Testing

Case Study

5. Analysis of Data

QuantitativeMethod

Qualitative Method

6. Limitations of Psychological Enquiry

7. Ethical Issues

Unit III The Bases of Human Behaviour

The topics in this unit are:

1. Introduction

2. Evolutionary Perspective

3. Biological and Cultural Roots

4. Biological Basis of Behaviour

Neurons

5. Structure and Functions of Nervous System and

Endocrine System and their Relationship with

Behaviour and Experience

The Nervous System

The Endocrine System

6. Heredity: Genes and Behaviour

7. Cultural Basis : Socio-Cultural Shaping of Behaviour

Concept of Culture

8. Enculturation

9. Socialization

10.Acculturation

20 Periods

Unit IV Human Development

The topics in this unit are:

16 Periods

1. Introduction

2. Meaning of Development

Life-Span Perspective on Development

3. Factors Influencing Development

4. Context of Development

5. Overview of Developmental Stages

Prenatal Stage

Infancy

Childhood

Challenges of Adolescence

Adulthood and Old Age

Unit V Sensory, Attentional and Perceptual Processes

The topics in this unit are:

1. Introduction

2. Knowing the world

3. Nature and varieties of Stimulus

4. Sense Modalities

5. Attentional Processes

Selective Attention

Sustained Attention

6. Perceptual Processes

Processing Approaches in Perception

7. The Perceiver

8. Principles of Perceptual Organisation

9. Perception of Space, Depth and Distance

Monocular Cues and Binocular Cues

10.Perceptual Constancies

11.Illusions

12.Socio-Cultural Influences on Perception

14 Periods

Unit VI Learning

The topics in this unit are:

1. Introduction

2. Nature of Learning

3. Paradigms of Learning

4. Classical Conditioning

Determinants of Classical Conditioning

5. Operant/Instrumental Conditioning

17 Periods

Determinants of Operant Conditioning

6. Key Learning Processes

7. Observational Learning

8. Cognitive Learning

9. Verbal Learning

10.Skill Learning

11.Factors Facilitating Learning

12.Learning Disabilities

Unit VII Human Memory

The topics in this unit are:

1. Introduction

2. Nature of Memory

3. Information Processing Approach: The Stage Model

4. Memory Systems: Sensory, Short-term and Long-

term Memories

5. Levels of Processing

6. Types of Long-term Memory

Declarative and Procedural; Episodic and

Semantic

7. Memory as a Constructive Process

8. Nature and Causes of Forgetting

Forgetting due to Trace Decay, Interference and

Retrieval Failure

9. Enhancing Memory

Mnemonics using Images and Organisation

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