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Examination Subject M.Sc. Final Psychology Course Number H-501 Course Title Full Marks Perception 100 1. Nature of Perception: Meaning of Perception and criteria of objectivity in Perception, Phenomenal and physicalistic perception. Veridical and non veridical Perception; Role of Perception in learning and behavior. 2. Nature of Theory: Views on the role of the theories in Psychology. The significance of theories and the task ahead, attitude towards theory appraisal, Criteria for evaluating theory. 3. Classical Theories: Stands of classical theories, The mind-body problem, Introspection, Associationism and core-context theory, functionalism, Nativism versus Empiricism, Configurationism. 4. Gestalt Theory: Basic concept of Gestalt Theory, Cortico-electrical field theory, Difficulties and Success of the Gestalt Theory. 5. Adaptation level Theory: Perceptual norm and Frame of Reference, Meaning and appraisal adaptation level, theory, testing the theory, generatizing the theory. 6. The Associative Approach: Cell assernbly and the phase sequence, Nature of Associative theory, Hebb’s figural identity, Genetic and motor evidence that perception is learned, Evaluation of Hebb’s system. 7. Directive State theory: Statement of the theory, Experimental evidence in favour of the theory, Reformulation of the directive state theory, Evaluation of the directive state movement. 8. Set Approach: The phenomenon of set, the effects of set as revealed in psychological experiments, the psychology of set, Translation of hypothesis theory into set concept. 9. Probabilistic Functionalism: Distal Relationships, Intermediate objects, The role of probabilistic Weighting Combining of cues, Appraisal of Brunswik’s Contribution. 10. Transactional functionalism: Appraisal of transactional functionalism of the Ames group. Examination Subject M.Sc. Final Psychology Course Number H-502 Course Title Full Marks Learning 100 1. Nature of Learning: Learning performance and maturation, verbal and motor learning. The history of learning theory; major issues of controversy in learning theory. 2. Basic principles and background of Pavlovian conditioning: processes and concepts of classical conditioning; physiological basis of classical conditioning; Basic types of conditioning Pavlov’s contribution and his position on major issues. 3. American approaches to contiguity conditioning: Watson and Guthrie; Watson’s position on major issues; Guthrie’s contiguity theory of learning and his position on major issues; Estc’s Stimulus sampling theory. 4. Learning through reinforcement: Thorndike and Hull, Thorndike’s early theory and its later revision; Thorndike’s positions on major issues; Structure of Hull’s theory ; Major interverning variables, Hull’s explanation of behavioral chaining; Changes of Hull’s theory from 1943-1952; Spencer’s contributions to Hullian theory; Hull’s position on major issues. 5. Skinner’s approach to the contiguity and reinforcement issue: Skinner and generalizability of the laws of learning, Schedules of reinforcement; Skinner’s positions on major issues. 6. Cognitive alternatives: Tolman’s Cognitive theory; place learning, latent learning, incidental learning; Tolman’s positions on major issues. Gestalt learning theory: Wertheimer, Kohler, Koffka and Lewin. Gestalt positions on major issues. A biocognitive Sensory-motor theory of Maria Montessori and Lewin Research on the effectiveness of the Montessori Method; Montessori’s position on major issues. 7. New-Hullian approaches of Two-Factor principles: Primary principles of the Miller and Dollard theory, Dollard’s and Miller’s positions on major issues Mowers Two-Factor Theory of Learning and his position on major issues. 8. Application of learning theories: Classical Conditioning, Operant conditioning and Gestalt principles. 9. A Short review of development in the study of reinforcement-related learning.