Psychology study material from NOS

[Download] Psychology study material from NOS (National Open School)

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• This is absolutely free study-material provided by National Open School. (No Piracy here)
• Psychology is not my optional subject, so I’m not really sure, how much of following is relevant or useful in UPSC exam. I request the senior players with psychology optional, to comment here/ send me email .

Module I: Foundations of Psychology

1. Psychology: Understanding Self and Others
2. How Psychologists Study?
3. Biological and Cultural Shaping of Mind and Behaviour
4. Becoming Aware of the World Around Us
5. Attention and Perception

Module II: Key Psychological Processes

6. Learning Process and Acquiring Skills
7. Remembering and Forgetting 
8. Going Beyond the Reality: Thinking and Reasoning
9. Motivation
10. Emotions

Module III: Developmental Processes

11. Development: Its Nature
12. Domains of Development
13. Adolescence
14. Adulthood and Aging
15. Understanding Individual Differences: The case of Intelligence

Module IV: Self and Personality

16. What is Self?
17. Self and Psychological Processes
18. Personality Theories
19. Personality Assessment
20. Psychological Disorder

Module V: Social and Applied Psychology

21. Group Processes
22. Person Perception and Interpersonal Attraction
23. Man Environment Interaction 
24. Psychotherapy 
25. Health Psychology

Module VI: Optional Module

(A) World of Work

26. Education and work
27. Career Development
28. Vocational Choice and Vocational Adjustment
29. Stress and Your Health
30. Stress management and Well-Being

(B) Facilitating Early Childhood Education

26. Developmental Patterns in Early Childhood
27. Play Centre: Objectives
28. Play Centre: Structural Details
29. Planning and Conducting Programmes
30. Involvement of Parents and Community in a Play Centre