Psychology Semester-2

Introduction to Cognitive Psychology

1. Meaning and Nature of Cognitive Psychology
2. Scope of Cognitive Psychology
3. Current Status of Cognitive Psychology
4. Parallel Distributed Processing Approaches (PDP)
5. Artificial Intelligence
6. Meaning and Types of Attention
7. Theories of Attention
8. Pattern Recognition

Learning

1. Definition and Types Learning
2. Theories: Classical Conditioning
3. Theories: Operant Conditioning
4. Theories: Thorndike's Law
5. Theories on learning
6. Effective Methods of Learning

Language

1. Meaning of Language
2.  Basic Principles of Language
3. Noam Chomsky Contribution to Lingiustics

Memory and Forgetting

1.  Meaning of Memory
2. Laws of Memories
3. Stages of Memories
4. Short Term Memory (STM)
5. Working Memory
6. Long Term Memory (LTM)
7. Memory Improvement Strategy
8. Introduction to Forgetting
9. Reasons of Forgetting
10. Abnormal Forgetting

Intelligence

1. Meaning and Definition of Intelligence
2. Determinants of Intelligence (Biochemical Factors)
3. Determinants of Intelligence (Socio-Cultural Factors)
4. Level of Intelligence
5. Classification of Intelligence
6. Distribution of Intelligence
7. Mental Defectiveness
8. Types of Intelligence Test
9. Binet Simon Test of Intelligence
10. Welch-ester's Test
11. Performance Test
12. Uses of Intelligence Test