The course will introduce students to selected topics in Psychology as decided by the instructor.
The course will introduce students to major social issues facing the society and help them appreciate the relevance of psychology theory and research to the understanding of these issues. The course will provide a balance between major social psychology perspectives, research in the field and... Read more
The course will introduce students to major health & wellbeing related issues in individual and group life and provide an up-to-date and thorough grounding in the theories, concepts and empirical findings in social psychology of health and wellbeing. Students will learn about the issues such... Read more
The course will focus on current relevant and emerging issues, and experiments in the field of cognitive psychology.
The course is aimed at offering an advance understanding of a discrete research problem in cognitive psychology (e.g., functional – locational specialization, modularity of the mind, learning- memory, executive functions, cognitive and motor control)
This course examines the dynamics of leadership and change processes in society and in organisations drawing on the research inspired by social identity and self-categorisation theories. It will focus on - Great man and the cult of personality, Issues of context, contingency, transaction and... Read more
Personality: Meaning & Assessment. Psychoanalytic & Neo-Psychoanalytic Approach ; Behavioural Approach; Cognitive Approach; Social- Cognitive Approach; Humanistic Approach; The Traits Approach; Models of healthy personality: the notion of the mature person, the self-actualizing... Read more
The course will enable students to review major theories of psychology, the historical background of the theories as well key issues and concepts of each. The course will also provide students an understanding of the propositions of each theory, advances, research support and a critique of the... Read more
The social being- introducing the social psychological approach, Historical roots, theories and methods. Person and social perception and social judgements. Social cognition and social thinking. The social self- cognitive, affective and behavioural aspects of self. Positive social behaviours-... Read more
The course introduces Political Ecology as a theoretical approach and as a development critique under global capitalism. Political Ecology distinctly applies the principles of political economy to understand the relationship between social ecology, culture, and the environment. This inter-... Read more
