Syllabus

Course Code: HD-101    Course Name: Theories of Human Development, Psychology and Behaviour

MODULE NO / UNIT COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE NOTES
1 Meaning &Significance of Theories of Human Development.
1.Experimental Psychology:
-Nature, Historical background-Contributions of Weber, Fechner, Wundt, Galton.
2.Freud’sPsychoanalytic Theory:
-Freudian Theory-Cross Cultural relevance, CurrentStatus.
2 3. Neo-Freudians-Alfred Adler, Carl Gustav Jung, Eric Erickson-Cross Cultural relevance, Current status.
4. Learning Theory: Pavlov, Watson, Skinner- Cross-Cultural relevance and Current Status.
5. Cognitive Development Theory: Piaget’s Theory- Cross- Cultural relevance and Current Status.
3 6. Moral Development Theory: Kohlberg’sTheory- Cross- Cultural relevance and Current Status.
7. SocialLearning and Social Cognition Theories: Bandura’s Theory,Cross-Cultural relevance and Current Status.
8. Field Theory: Levin’s Life Space-basic concepts and contributions, Tolman’s Purposive Behaviourism –basic concepts and contributions.
4 9.Theories of the Self:Vygotsky’s Socio-CulturalPerspective, Roger’sSelf Theory, Myers Briggs Type Indicator, Mead’s and Maslow’s Theory of Self Actualisation.
10.Ecological Theory-UrieBronfenbrenner.
11.Humanistic Psychology and Developmental Theory.
12. Language Theory- Chomsky’s Theory of language development.
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