• ISBN13: 9788126903030
• Binding: Hardcover
• Subject: Education & Psychology
• Publisher: Atlantic Publishers & Distributors (P) Ltd
• Publisher Imprint: N/A
• Publication Date: June 21, 2003
• Pages: 536
• Original Price: INR 950.0
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 870 grams

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. SOTI SHIVENDRA CHANDRA, M.A., M.Ed., Ph.D., is Principal of the S.S. Post-graduate College, Shahjahanpur, Rohilkhand University. He has been teaching undergraduate and postgraduate students of education. Besides participating in many seminars and contributing many research papers, Dr. Soti has held several important positions at the university level. He has been co-author with Dr. Ram Nath Sharma in several books on Education including Sri Aurobindo’s Philosophy of Education.

• VOLUME I

• 1. General Principles
• Modern Definition of Psychology
• Psychology as Science of Mental Activities of the Organism
• Psychology as Science of the Activities of the Individual
• Nature of Psychology
• Branches of Psychology
• Aims of Psychology
• Importance of Psychology
• Recent Trends in Psychology.
• 2. Relationship with other Branches of Knowledge
• Psychology and Economics
• Psychology and Cultural Anthropology
• Psychology and Political Science
• Psychology and Radio Technology
• Psychology and Physiology
• Psychology and Sociology
• Social Psychology and Sociology
• Psychology and Biology
• Psychology and Philosophy
• Psychology and Ethics
• Psychology and Logic.
• 3. Methodology of Psychology
• Psychological Research
• Sociometry
• Classical Experimental Design
• Introspection
• Observation
• Introspection and Objective Observation Supplement Each Other
• Experiment
• Field Experiment
• Survey
• Case History
• Developmental Method.
• 4. Response Mechanism
• Response Mechanism
• Glands
• Nervous System
• Autonomic Nervous System
• Localisation of Brain Functions
• Reflex Actions.
• 5. Levels of Consciousness and Dream
• Levels of Consciousness
• The Dreams
• Various Theories about Interpretation of Dreams.
• 6. Sensations and Sense Organs
• Kinds of Sensation
• Structure and Functions of the Eye
• Colour Blindness
• Structure and Function of the Ear
• Weber Fechner Law.
• 7. Perception and Illusion
• Analysis of Perception
• Perception of Distance
• Laws of Perceptual Grouping
• Factors Determining Figure and Background
• Illusion.
• 8. Attention and Distraction
• What is Attention?
• Kinds of Attention
• Conditions of Attention
• Attention and Interest
• Attention and Perception
• Fluctuation of Attention
• Distraction.
• 9. Emotion, Feeling, Sentiment and Character
• Importance of Emotion
• Control over Emotions
• Expression of Emotions
• Simple and Complex Emotional States
• Sympathy
• Emotion and Feeling
• Physical Changes in Emotion
• Theories of Emotion
• Emotional Development
• Emotion, Sentiment and Character.
• 10. Motivation, Instincts and Defense Mechanisms
• Characteristics of Motivated Behaviour
• Motivation in Learning
• Varieties of Motives
• Innate Motives
• Acquired Motives
• Theories of Motivation
• Vector Valence Approach
• Measurement of Motivation
• McDougall's Theory of Instincts
• Instinct and Reflex
• Modification of Instinct
• Instincts in Man and Animal
• Defense Mechanisms.
• 11. Memory, Association and Forgetting
• Processes in Memory
• Favourable Conditions in Memory
• Laws of Association
• Economical Methods of Memorising
• Forgetting.

• VOLUME II

• 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