environment in intellectual development. Method of assessment of intelligence. 8. Define personality, list determinants of personality, understand different theories of personality and learn methods of personality assessment. COURSE CONTENTS Behavioural Sciences – II Semester 1. Introduction: General introduction to Behavioural Psychology What is behavioural psychology, components, individual differences and applications of behavioural sciences in patient care and medical education. 2. Motivation Definition of motivation, theories, types –physiological and social motives, Maslow‘s hierarchy ofPsychiatry 143 motives, clinical application 3. Emotion and its application to health Theories of emotions, type and impact on health. 4. Learning and conditioning. Components of learning, classical conditioning, operant conditioning, cognitive, social, biological and observational learning. Methods of effective learning, behaviour and cognitive therapy. 5. Cognitive process and memory Sensation, perception, illusion, memory process, short term and long term memory, causes of forgetting and methods to improve memory. 6. Thinking and problem solving Definition of thinking, components of thinking-imagery recollection, language, steps in problem solving, abnormalities in thinking, decision making. 7. Intelligence: General concepts and techniques for assessment. Theory of intelligence, growth of intelligence, stability of intelligence, determinants of intelligence, assessment of intelligence, extremes of intelligence.
environment in intellectual development. Method of assessment of intelligence. 8. Define personality, list determinants of personality, understand different theories of personality and learn methods of personality assessment. COURSE CONTENTS Behavioural Sciences – II Semester 1. Introduction: General introduction to Behavioural Psychology What is behavioural psychology, components, individual differences and applications of behavioural sciences in patient care and medical education. 2. Motivation Definition of motivation, theories, types –physiological and social motives, Maslow‘s hierarchy ofPsychiatry 143 motives, clinical application 3. Emotion and its application to health Theories of emotions, type and impact on health. 4. Learning and conditioning. Components of learning, classical conditioning, operant conditioning, cognitive, social, biological and observational learning. Methods of effective learning, behaviour and cognitive therapy. 5. Cognitive process and memory Sensation, perception, illusion, memory process, short term and long term memory, causes of forgetting and methods to improve memory. 6. Thinking and problem solving Definition of thinking, components of thinking-imagery recollection, language, steps in problem solving, abnormalities in thinking, decision making. 7. Intelligence: General concepts and techniques for assessment. Theory of intelligence, growth of intelligence, stability of intelligence, determinants of intelligence, assessment of intelligence, extremes of intelligence.