To familiarize with the major concepts, theoretical perspectives and fields in Psychology. To develop a critical understanding of Psychology and apply psychological principles to personal, social and organizational matters. To understand and apply research methods in Psychology including research design, data analysis and interpretation
- To familiarize students to the field of psychology, give them the necessary exposure to develop interest in the field and thus prepare them for post-graduate programme in psychology.
- Appreciate the different branches and emerging fields of psychology
- To understand the fundamental processes underlying human behavior and the process of human development and change from biological and psychosocial perspective.
- To understand the different aspects of human behavior in the social, cultural and
organizational/work context and thus understanding the effects of group membership on individual behavior. - To understand abnormal behavior and the various components that promotes health and well being through papers such and Health psychology and Positive Psychology.
- To introduce students to the basic aspects in experimentation and testing in psychology so that students are able to conduct simple tests and experiments, write brief reports based on the findings from the tests and experiments
- To familiarize students with basic statistical techniques and fundamentals of research methodology. In addition students are trained for the application of the same by engaging them in simple quantitative research in small groups.