• ISBN13: 9788126903016
• Binding: Hardcover
• Subject: Education & Psychology
• Publisher: Atlantic Publishers & Distributors (P) Ltd
• Publisher Imprint: Atlantic
• Publication Date: June 21, 2003
• Pages: 272
• Original Price: INR 475.0
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 290 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. 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.

• 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.