• ISBN13: 9788126903023
• Binding: Hardcover
• Subject: Education & Psychology
• Publisher: Atlantic Publishers & Distributors (P) Ltd
• Publisher Imprint: Atlantic
• Publication Date: June 21, 2003
• Pages: 264
• Original Price: INR 475.0
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 420 grams
• BISAC Subject(s): N/A

General Psychology is prescribed as a compulsory subject for undergraduate and postgraduate degrees of Psychology in every university of India. Though a number of books have been written by Indian and foreign authors on this subject, still a need is felt for a comprehensive Volume, based on authentic studies, both Indian and Western. A fine attempt has been made to meet this need of the students of all the Indian Universities. Starting with introduction to the subject, this book deals with Response Mechanism; Levels of Consciousness; Sensations and Sense Organs; Perception; Attention; Emotion; Motivation; Memory; Imagination and Belief; Thinking and Reasoning; Concept Formation; Learning; Measurement; Intelligence; Creativity; Personality; Language and Communication. Catering to the needs of the students, the teachers, the common readers and the specialists, this book includes everything that a serious student of General Psychology seeks to know. Questions drawn from different examination papers have been given at the end of each Chapter. It is bound to be a prized collection and a valuable asset for everyone interested in this subject.

DR. RAM NATH SHARMA, M.A., D.Phil., D.Litt., has been President, U.P. Philosophers Association for a decade, LMI : Indian Philosophical Association and Darshan Parishad; Director : Sri Aurobindo Research Institute; Chief Editor : Research Journal of Philosophy and Social Science; Head of the Department of P.G. Studies and Research at Meerut College for two decades. He has guided more than two dozen Ph.D. scholars. Dr. Sharma has authored more than one hundred research papers and an equal number of books in the field of Education and Psychology.

• 12. Imagination and Belief
• Classification of Imagination
• Imagination and Thinking
• Imagery
• Memory and Imagination
• Belief and Imagination.
• 13. Thinking and Reasoning
• Nature of Thinking
• Instruments of Thinking
• Spearman's Laws
• Favourable Elements in Thinking
• Unfavourable Elements in Thinking
• Autistic Thinking
• Creative Thinking
• Reasoning
• Training of Rational Thinking.
• 14. Concept Formation
• What is Concept?
• Concept Formation
• Child's Concepts
• Development of Children's Concepts
• Development of Some Important Concepts
• Bruner's Model of Concept Learning
• Jean Piaget.
• 15. Learning and Habit
• Learning and Maturation
• Thorndike's Laws
• Principal Forms of Learning
• Chief Methods of Learning
• Classical Conditioning
• Learning Phenomena
• Discrimination Learning
• Trial and Error
• Insight
• Conditions Favourable for Learning
• Human and Animal Learning
• Learning Curve
• Habit.
• 16. Theories of Learning
• S-R Bond Theory of Thorndike
• Classical Conditioning Theory (Pavlov)
• Sign Gestalt Theory
• Reinforcement Theory
• Difference Between Learning Theories of Hull and Tolman
• Operant Conditioning
• Cognitive Theory of Gestalt
• Levin's Cognitive Field Theory.
• 17. Transfer of Learning
• Meaning and Definition of Transfer
• Kinds of Transfer
• Transfer between Educational Subjects
• Theories Concerning the Transfer of Learning.
• 18. Psychological Measurement
• Types of Psychological Tests
• Psychometric Tests
• Reliability
• Validity
• Norms
• Response Biases and Response Sets.
• 19. Intelligence : Theories and Tests
• Nature of Intelligence
• Intelligence Quotient
• Feeblemindedness
• Theories of Intelligence
• Heritability of Intelligence
• Development of Intelligence Tests
• Forms of Intelligence Tests
• Tests of Special Abilities
• Test of Interests
• Aptitude Tests.
• 20. Individual Differences
• Types of Individual Differences
• Causes of Individual Differences.
• 21. Heredity and Environment
• How Does Heredity Work?
• Effect of Heredity
• Jukes and Edwards
• Environment and Crime
• Individual and Environment
• Heredity and Environment.
• 22. Creativity
• Nature of Creativity
• Creativity and Intelligence
• Creativity and Personality
• Conditions of Creativity
• Measurement of Creativity
• Educational Provisions for Creativity.
• 23. Personality and its Measurement
• Biological Factors Affecting Personality
• Social Factors Influencing Personality
• Development of Personality
• Integration of Personality
• Types of Personality
• Normal and Abnormal Personality
• Measurement of Personality.
• 24. Personality Theories
• S. Freud's Psycho-Analytic Theory of Personality
• Traits Theory of Gordon W. Allport
• Regnancy Theory of Henry A. Murray
• R.B. Cattell Factorial Theory
• Social Learning Theory of Dollard and Miller
• Field Theory of Kurt Lewin
• Current Status of Personality Theories
• The Indian Approach to Personality.
• 25. Language and Communication
• Theories of Language Development
• Non-Verbal Communication : Body Language
• Psychological Basis of Language
• Uses of Language
• The Power of Words;: Importance of Language.
• Objective Type Questions