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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.