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Vinayaka Missions University,Directorate of Distance Education Salem India

POST GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN GUIDANCE & COUNSELLING 1 Yr. BASIC PSYCHOLOGY[PGDGC](3020401) UNIT - 01 PSYCHOLOGY - MEANING - DEFINITION - INTRODUCTION - SOME EARLY VIEWS OF PSYCHOLOGY. UNIT - 02 SPECIALTIES WITHIN PSYCHOLOGY - KEY PERSPECTIVES - SPECIALTIES WITHIN PSYCHOLOGY - METHODS. UNIT - 03 NATURALISTIC OBSERVATION - CASE STUDIES - SURVEYS - EXPERIMENTS. UNIT - 04 HUMAN DEVELOPMENT - DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY - THE CHILDHOOD YEARS PHYSICAL GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT. UNIT - 05 COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT - SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT - THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEX RATES AND SEX DIFFERENCES. UNIT - 06 ADOLESCENCE - ADULTHOOD AND AGING AND THE END OF LIFE SPAN - ADOLESCENCE BEHAIOUR. UNIT - 07 THINKING - CONCEPT FORMATION - PROBLEM SOLVING CRITICAL THINKING REASONING - DECISION MAKING. UNIT - 08 LANGUAGE - LANGUAGE AND COGNITION - LANGUAGE ACQUISITION - LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT. UNIT - 09 INTELLIGENCE - THEORIES ON INTELLIGENCE - ASSESSMENT - EXTREMES OF INTELLIGENCE - INFLUENCES ON INTELLIGENCE. UNIT - 10 CREATIVITY - NATURE OF CREATIVITY - STEPS IN CREATIVITY - PROCESS CHARACTERISTICS OF CREATIVE THINKERS. UNIT - 11 MOTIVATION - APPROACHES IN MOTIVATION - PRIMARY MOTIVES AND LEARNED MOTIVES - EMOTIONS - CLASSIFICATION IN EMOTION. UNIT - 12 PERSONALITY - THEORIES OF PERSONALITY - DEFINITION - ASSESSMENT OF PERSONALITY - BEHAVIORAL ASSESSMENT - COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT.

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