1.1 Psychology optional (UPSC) | Paper 1 Unit 1 Micro-syllabus | Notes in description.

Описание: Paper 1 Unit 1 Micro-syllabus
1. Definition of psychology

2. Historical antecedents
2.1 Contributions by Hippocrates, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Descartes, August Comte, Kant, Locke, Berkeley, Hume, Hartley, Leibniz, Weber, Fechner.
2.2 Perspectives in psychology - Structuralism, Functionalism, Behaviourism, Biological perspective, Psychoanalytical, Humanistic, Gestalt.

3. The trends in 21st Century
3.1 Multicultural perspective
3.2 Positive psychology
3.3 Cognitive science
3.4 Evolutionary psychology

4. Psychology and scientific methods
4.1 what is science
4.2 difference between natural and social sciences
4.3 What makes a knowledge discipline scientific
4.4 What is the scientific status of psychology

5. Relationship of psychology with other social sciences and natural sciences
5.1 Relationship of psychology with History, Anthropology, Sociology, Economics, Political science
5.2 Relationship of psychology with Physics, Chemistry and Biology

6. Application of psychology to societal problems
6.1 Clinical psychology, school and educational psychology, military psychology, organizational psychology, sports psychology, political psychology, community psychology, social psychology, correctional psychology, engineering psychology

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