B.A. Psychology
4th Semester Syllabus
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MJC-5 : Abnormal Psychology
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Unit 1: Introduction
◦Definition and Nature of Abnormal behaviour
◦Historical Background of Abnormal Psychology
◦Criteria of abnormality
◦Classification System : DSM
◦5 and ICD
◦11
Unit 2: Models of Abnormality
◦Biological model
◦Psychodynamic model
◦Behaviourist model
◦Cognitive model
Unit 3: Psychological Disorders
◦Phobias
◦Symptoms
◦Types and Causes
◦Obsessive Compulsive Disorders
◦Clinical picture, and Causes
◦Depressive Disorders
◦Clinical picture and Causes
◦Schizophrenia
◦Clinical picture
◦Types and Causes
Unit 4: Neurodevelopmental Disorders
◦Intellectual Disorders- Meaning
◦Types, and Causes
◦Autism Spectrum Disorder- Meaning
◦Clinical picture and Causes
◦Attention Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder- Meaning
◦Clinical picture and Causes
Reference Books:
- Carson, R. C., Butcher, J. N., Mineka, S. & Hooley, J. M. Abnormal Psychology, Pearson.
- Wilson, Nathan, O'leary Clark. Abnormal Psychology: An integrating Perspective. Allyn and Bacon.
- Sarason, I. G & Sarason, B. R. (2005). Abnormal Psychology: The Problem of MaladaptiveBehavior, Eleventh Ed. Prentice Hall.
- Comer, R. J. Abnormal Psychology: Princeton University, Worth Publishers, New York.
- Lauren B. Alloy, Neil S. Jacobson, Joan Acocella Abnormal Psychology: Current Perspectives, McGraw Hill.
- Singh A.K. Manovikriti Manovigyan, Motilal Books.
- Coleman, J.C. Abnormal Psychology and Modern Life, Scott Foreman and Company.