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APPSC CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST SYLLABUS

December 29, 2016 By Questionpapers

APPSC CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST IN GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE, NELLORE

Syllabus

PAPER-I

GENERAL STUDIES AND MENTAL ABILITY

  1. Events of national and international importance.
  2. Current affairs- international, national and regional.
  1. General Science and it applications to the day to day life Contemporary developments in Science & Technology and Information Technology
  1. Social- economic and political history of modern India with emphases on Indian national movement.
  1. Indian polity and governance: constitutional issues, public policy, reforms and e-governance initiatives.
  2. Economic development in India since independence.
  3. Geography of India with focus on Andhra Pradesh.
  1. Disaster management: vulnerability profile, prevention and mitigation strategies, Application of Remote Sensing and GIS in the assessment of Disaster
  2. Sustainable Development and Environmental Protection
  3. Logical reasoning, analytical ability and data interpretation.
  1. Data Analysis: Tabulation of data

Visual representation of data

Basic data analysis (Summary Statistics such as mean and variance coefficient of variation etc.,) and Interpretation

  1. Bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh and its Administrative, Economic, Social,

Cultural, Political, and legal implications/problems, including

a). Loss of capital city, challenges in building new capital and it’s Financial

implications.

b). Division and rebuilding of common Institutions.

c). Division of employees, their relocation and nativity issues. d). Effect of bifurcation on commerce and entrepreneurs.

e). Implications to financial resources of state government.

f). Task of post-bifurcation infrastructure development and opportunities for investments.

g). Socioeconomic, cultural and demographic impact of bifurcation.

h). Impact of bifurcation on river water sharing and consequential issues.

i). AP REORGANISATION ACT, 2014 on AP and the arbitrariness of certain provisions.

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PAPER-II

PSYCHOLOGY

Unit I – Human Development

Development Process – Nature, Principles and related concepts – maturation, experience Factors in development: Biogenic, Psychogenic, sociogenic

Stages of development

Theories of development – Psychoanalytic, behavioristic and cognitive

Aspects of development – sensorimotor, cognitive, language, emotional, social and moral

Unit II – Perceptual Process

Sensation, Attention and Perception

Approaches to the study of perception – Gestalt and physiological approaches Perceptual organization – Gestalt, Figure and Ground, Laws of Organization Perceptual Constancies – Size, Shape and Brightness. Illusion, Perception of depth and movement .

Perceptual vigilance and perceptual defence. Role of motivation and learning in perception

Unit III – Learning

Definition of learning:Role of maturation and experience in learning Classical conditioning: Procedure, Phenomena and related issues Operant conditioning: Phenomena, Paradigms and related issues Reinforcement: Basic variables and schedules

Theories of learning – Hull, Tolman, Skinner and Bandura Verbal learning – Methods and materals, organizational processes

Application of learning principles – behavior modification, shaping, discrimination learning

Unit IV – Memory and Forgetting

Memory processes – encoding, storage and retrieval Sensory, short term and long term memories

Models of memory – Atkinson and Shiffrin, Craik and Lockhart and Tulving Types of memory – Semantic, Iconic, Episodic, Flashbulb, Autobiographical and Eyewitness

Biological bases of memory – Engram, PET scan, biochemical factors in memory Measurement of memory – recall, recognition and relearning

Improving memory – strageties

Theories of Forgetting – Decay, Interference, Motivated

Organization of long term memory – contribution of Ebbinghaus, Bartlet and Tulvig

Unit V – Thinking, Creativity and Problem Solving

Nature, types and tools of thinking

Theories of thought processes – Associationism, Gestalt, Information Processing Concept formation – Rules and Strategies

Nature and stages in creative thinking Measurement of creativity

Problem solving –stages, types and strategies. Algorythms and Heuristics Barriers to problem solving

Unit VI – Motivation and Emotion

Basic motivational concepts – Instincts, Needs, Drives, Incentives, motivational cycle Approaches to study of motivation – Psychoanalytic, ethological, S-R, Cognitive and Humanistic

Types of motives – biological, psychological and social. Meta needs Cross cultural perspectives of Achievement motivation

Nature and components of emotions Neural mechanisms of emotions

Theories of emotions – James-Lange, Canon-Bard and Schachter and Singer Measurement of emotions – Physiological, expressive and cognitive measures

Unit VII – Human Abilities

Nature of intelligence. Determinants of intelligence – biological, social and environmental Theories of intelligence – Spearman, Thurstone, Guilford, Sternberg, Gardner

Individual and group differences: Extent and Causes Intelligence and creativity relationship

Ability, Aptitude and Achievement

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Measurement of intelligence

Unit VIII – Personality

Definition, nature and significance

Determinants of personality – biological, psychological and sociocultural

Theoretical approaches to study personality – psychoanalytic, neo-Freudian, trait and type, cognitive, humanistic, existential, transpersonal and Indian

Personality assessment – psychometric, projective and behavioural measures

Unit IX – Research Methodology

Research problem, hypothesis, variables and their operationlization

Types of psychological research – exploratory, confirmatory, cross-sectional, longitudinal, ex-post facto, qualitative and quantitative

Methods of research – observational, experimental, field, survey, case-study Sampling – need for sampling, types of sampling – probabilistic and non-probabilistic Research designs – co relational, randomized, matched, time series, trend analysis, factorial

ANOVA, ANCOVA, MANOVA, MANCOVA, Regression, factor analysis

Unit X – Psychological Measurement and Testing

Physical and Psychological measurement Psychological scaling – purpose and methods

Psychological testing – historical origins, definition and significance of psychological tests Steps in test construction

Requisites of a standardized psychological test Types and application of psychological tests

Sources of bias in psychological testing and ethical issues in psychological testing

Unit XI – Social Psychology

Definition, nature and methods of research in social psychology

Social processes – social cognition, social influence, prosocial behavior and aggression Attitudes – nature, change and measurement

Prejudice – causes and amelioration

Unit XII – Psychopathology

Concept of mental illness and mental health

Approaches to understand psychological disorders – psychoanalytic, behavioristic, cognitive, humanistic and existential

Classification of psychological disorders – DSM IV and ICD

Determinants of psychological disorders – biological, psychological and sociocultural Therapies – Psychoanalytic, Behaviouristic, Cognitive, client-centred and RET

Unit XIII – Organizational Behavior

Historical background

Role of psychology in personnel selection Training and performance appraisal Motivation at work – concepts and theories

Leadership – definition, characteristics and theories of leadership Groups – nature, properties and functions, development, dynamics Concepts of organizational culture, effectiveness and development

Unit XIV – Health Psychology

Concept of health: Illness-Wellness continuum. Current perspectives – bio psychosocial and lifespan

Factors determining health and health behavior – genetic, psychological, sociocultural Stress and coping – concepts, sources, models of stress (Lazarus and Selye). Stress management techniques

Acute and Chronic illness – nature and management Health promotion

Unit XV – Counselling

Definition goals and objectives of counselling. Characteristics of an effective counsellor Counselling process, counsellor skills and types of counselling

Approaches to counselling – humanistic, existential, client-centred, cognitive and eclectic Counselling for special areas – educational, vocational, marital, family

Ethics in counselling

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