Psychology Practical Experiments

MA –I- Psychology CBCS Syllabus 2019-20 (SPPU)

SEMESTER-II
EP-204: PSYCHOLOGY PRACTICAL: EXPERIMENTS

Objectives:
To acquaint the students with:
1. The various areas of experimentation in psychology
2. Skills required in conducting experiments in psychology
3. Applications of experimental design and report writing style

UNIT:1 EXPERIMENTS ON LEARNING (ANY THREE)
1. Problem solving ( Hanoi’s Tower, Heart & Bow Puzzle, Wiggly Blocks)
2. Method of serial anticipation
3. Conditioning: Verbal or hand withdrawal
4. Retroactive or proactive interference
5. Paired Associate learning
6. Bilateral transfer in Mirror Tracing/maze learning

UNIT-2 :EXPERIEMENTS ON MEMORY (ANY TWO)
1. Forgetting
2. Short term Memory
3. Effect of Mnemonic strategy on memory
4. The effect of coding on memory
5. Immediate memory
6. Memory for Associated and Un-associated pairs of words
7. Recall and Recognition




UNIT-3: EXPERIMENTS ON MOTIVATION AND EMOTION (ANY THREE)
1. Determining aspiration level
2. Knowledge of Result (KoR)
3. Zeigarnik Effect
4. Goal Setting
5. Effect of anxiety on performance

UNIT-4:EXPERIMENTS ON COGNITIVE PROCESS (ANY TWO)
1. Perceptual Defense
2. Concept formation
3. Mental imagery
4. Rational Learning
5. Stroop effect in serial learning
6. Time perception
7. Phi-Phenomenon
8. Measurement of illusion




READINGS:
1. Rajamanickam, M. (2005). Experimental Psychology: with Advanced Experiments,Volume 1 & 2. New Delhi: Concept Publishing Company.
2. Mohsin, S. M. (1975). Experiments in psychology. Orient Longman.
3. Mohanthy. Experiments in psychology.
4. Parameshwaran, E. G. & Rao, B. T. (1968). Manual of experimental psychology. Bombay: Lalvani Publishing House.
5. Tinker, M.A. & Russell, W.A. Introduction to methods in experimental psychology.Appleton – Century Crofts.
6. Jalota, S. (1962). Experiments in psychology. Asia Publishing House.
7. Galloti, K. M. (2004). Cognitive psychology in and out of the laboratory. USA: Thomson Wadsworth.
8. Sternberg, R.J. (1996). Cognitive psychology. NY: Harcourt Brace College Publishers.
9. Guenther, R.K.(1998). Human cognition. NJ: Prentice-Hall.
10. Baker, L.M., Weisiger, C. & Taylor, M.W. (1960). Laboratory experiments in general psychology. Oxford Univ. Press.
11. Berkowitz, L. (1974). Advanced experimental social psychology. Academic Press.
12. Debold, R.C. (1968). Manual of contemporary experiments in psychology. Prentice-Hall.
13. Fergusson, E. D. (1976). Motivation: An experimental approach. Holt Rinehart & Winston.
14. Friedenberg, J., Silverman, G. (2006). Cognitive science: An introduction to the study of mind. London: Sage Publications.
15. Collins, M. & Drever, J. (1930). Experimental Psychology. London: Methuen & Co. Ltd.
16. Snodgrass J. G., Levy-Berger, Hyden (1985). Human Experimental Psychology. New York: Oxford University Press.
17. Kuppuswamy, B. (1952). Elementary Experiments in Psychology. London: Oxford University Press.