Best including IAS, UGC - NET, GRE, M.A./M.Sc. The complete psychology notes are divided into seven volumes (see details below). You can purchase the material using any of the methods given below.
Volume I: (Click here to View Sample) Chapters included are:
1. Psychological Tests and Individual Differences
2. Applied Psychology
, Training, Recruitment, Development, Marketing, Participative Management and Advertisement)
2. Educational Psychology (Career Counseling, Educational Guidance, Vocational Guidance, Psychological tests in
Volume III (Click here to View Sample) Chapters included are:
1. Introduction to Psychology (Concept, Nature and Scope of Psychology)
2. Methods of Psychology (Sampling Design, Methods of Data Collection, Introspection, Interview, Questionnaires, Schedules, Case Study Method, Observation, Experimental Methods, Psychometric Methods, Psychophysical Methods, Methodological Problems in Psychology)
3. Research Aptitude (Scientific Research, Types of Research, Research Design, Hypothesis, Variables, Sampling, Format of Scientific Research, Types of Psychological Research, Laboratory Experiment, Field Experiment, Field Studies, Survey Research, Principles of Experimental Design, Types of Experimental Design)
4. Development of Human Behavior (Hereditary and Environment, Learning and Maturation, Culture and Personality, Measurement of Human Behavior, Socialization, National Character)
5. Attention and Perception (Introduction to Sensation, Thresholds, Perception, Perceptual Process, Barriers to Perception, Depth Perception, Perceptual Constancy, Gestalt Theory, Illusions, Perception of Pain, Selective Perception, Perceptual Vigilance, Theories of perception, Person Perception, Attribution Theories, Perception and Personality, Perceptual Abnormalities, signal Detection Theory, Attention, Characteristics of Attention, Effects of Attention, Classification of Attention, Factors of Attention, Distraction)
Volume IV: (Click here to View Sample) Chapters included are:
1. Emotions:Concept and definition, Characteristics, Basic Emotions, Plutchik’s Emotional Wheel, Measurement of Emotions, Physiological Basis of Emotions, Major areas involved with emotions, Theories of Emotions- James Lange Theory, Canon Bard Theory, Motivational Theory, Schachter’s Theory, Arnold’s Theory, cognitive Appraisal Theory, Arousal Theory
2. Motivation: Concept and Definition, Characteristics, Motivating and demotivating factors, Motives and
3. Personality: Characteristics of Personality, Traits of Personality, Determinants of Personality, Theories of Personality: Type Approach (Hippocrates, Sheldon, Indian Approach, Krestschmer, Jung), Trait Approach (Allport, Cattell), Type-cum-Trait Approach (Eysenck), Psychoanalytic Approach (Freud, Jung, Erickson, Alder), Humanistic Approach (Maslow, Rogers), Learning ( Dollard and Miller, Bandura and Walter), Measurement of Personality: Questionnaire, Projective Techniques, Rating Scales, Observation, Interview, Sociometry, Situational Test
4. Aptitude:Concept and Definition, Assumptions, Characteristics of Aptitude, Aptitude in various branches, Aptitude Tests and Classification, Important Tests, Limits of Aptitude Tests
5. Creativity: Concept and Definition, Nature of Creativity, Important Tests, Construction of Creativity Tests, Teaching Problem solving, Teaching Creativity
6. Language:Concept and
Volume V: (Click here to View Sample) Chapters included are:
1. Intelligence: Concept and Definition, Characteristics, Functions, Operations and Determinants of Intelligence, Theories of Intelligence (Unifactor Theory, Two-Factor Theory, Sampling Theory, Group
Factor Theory, Guilford's Theory, Robert Sternberg's Theory of Triarchic Intelligence, Howard Gardner's Theory of Multiple Intelligences, Ceci's Bioecological Theory of Intelligence and Cattell's Theory), IQ and its Distribution, Limits of IQ Tests, Social Intelligence, Emotional Intelligence, Measurement of Intelligence, Common Subtests, Common Intelligence Tests
2. Communication: Concept and Definition, Principles and Importance, Process and Objectives, Content, Communication Situations, Barriers to Communication, Removal of Communication Barrier, Effective
3. Interests: Concepts and Definition, Characteristics, Types of interests, Purpose of interest testing, Measurement of interests
4. Values: Concepts and Definition, Characteristics, Motivational Property of Values, Types of Values, Test of Values, Difference between attitude and values
5. Attitude: Concepts and Definition, Characteristics, Approaches, Nature, Determinants, Factors affecting attitude development and change, Measurement of Attitude, Types of rating scales, Nominal Scale, Ordinal Scale, Interval scale, Ratio Scale, Thurstone Scale, Likert Scale, Guttman Scale, Q-sort technique, Multi-Dimensional Scaling, Social Distance Scale, Stapel's Scale, Semantic Differential, Graphic Scale, Theories of Attitude Change, Classical Conditioning, Instrumental Conditioning, Social Judgment Theory, Self-Perception Theory, Heider and Newcomb’s Balance Theory, Osgood and Tannenbamm’s Congruity Theory, Cognitive Dissonance Theory
6. Creativity: Nature and Characteristics, Nurturing and stimulation of creativity, Characteristics of creative person, Creative Process, Levels of Creativity
7. Drugs and Its Induced Changes: About Drugs, Types of Drugs, Some Common Drugs - Caffeine, Cannabis, Cocaine, Alcohol, Amphetamines, Hallucinogens, Inhalants, Nicotine, Opiates, Phencyclidine, Sedatives, hypnotics and anxiolytics, Steroids
8. Sleep: Sleep Measurement, Types of Sleep, Pattern of Sleep, Daydreams, Sleep Theories, Sleep Disorders
9. Dreams: About Dreams, Dream Content, Dream Theories
10. Extrasensory Perception
11. Psycho-cybernetic Imagery: Concept, Hypnosis, Self-Hypnosis and Autosuggestion, Cybernetics
12. Problem Solving: Concept and definition, Nature, Rules of Problem Solving and Steps of Problem Solving
13. Concept Formation: Characteristics, Types of Concepts, Process, Steps, Factors, Determinants and Strategies of Concept Formation
14. Reasoning: Concept and definition, Types of Reasoning
15. Thinking: Characteristics, Tools, Types of Thinking
Volume VI: (Click here to View Sample) Chapters included are:
1. Memory: Basics of Memory, Models of Memory - Atkinson-Shiffrin Model, Levels of Processing Model, The Working Memory Model; Memory Process - Sensory, STM and LTM; Measurement of Memory, Economy and Training in Memory
2. Forgetting: Concept and Definition, Ebbinghaus Forgetting Curve, Causes, Types and Theories of Forgetting
3. Learning: Concept and Def
structure and types, Neurotransmitters and its types, Potentials, Transmission of Nerve Impulse, Synaptic Transmission, Brain and Nervous System, CNS, Brain Structure and its functions, PNS
5. Important Model Questions: Short Notes, Long Questions and One Line Answers
6. Psychology Glossary
Volume VII: (Click here to View Sample) Chapters included are:
1. Big Five Theory of Personality: Theory, Difference between Big Five, Five-Factor Model and Five-Factor Theory
2. Research Methods: Experimental Designs: Pre-Experimental Design, Quasi-Experimental Design, True Experimental Design, Diagnostic and Prognostic Research
3. Psychology of Terrorism