UNIT - I

1. Introduction to Psychopathology : The Concept of Normality and Abnormality 2. Mental Illness : Meaning, Signs, Symptoms and Syndromes, Causes of Abnormal Behaviour 3. Mental Deficiency : Meaning, Characteristics, Classi-fication, Biological, Psychological, Social and Cultural Factors and Treatment 4. Psychological Models of Psychopathology : Psycho-dynamic, Behavioural, Cognitive, Existential, Humanis-tic, Ethical, Social & Cultural and Biological Models (View Point) 5. Stress : Nature, Definitions, Types, Factors & Sources (PTSD), Acute Stress Disorder and Coping with Stress and Defence Mechanism 6. Psychosomatic or Psychophysio-Logical Disorders : Symptoms, Causes and Treatment 7. Anxiety Disorder : Panic disorder, Phobia, Obsessive, Compulsive Disorder, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Symptoms, Types, Etiology and Treatment 8. Dissociative Disorder 9. Phychotic Disorder : Symptoms, types, etiology and treatment—Schizophrenia and Delusional disorder 10. Mood Disorder : Manic-Depressive Psychosis, Causes, Mixed or Bipolar episode, Obesity, Dysthymia, Factors and Treatment 11. Personality Disorders : Dissociative, Impulsive, Anti-social, Schizoid, Border-line, Avoidance and Dependent.

UNIT - II 

1. Social Psychology : Nature and Scope,  Methods of Social Behaviour 2. Socialization : Meaning, Process, Principles, Deter-minants (Mechanism) and Agents 3. Perception Knowledge 4. Perceiving Groups : Prejudice, Stereotypes, Conflict and Sources, Dynamics and Remedial Techniques 5. Interpersonal Attraction 6. Nature, Formation and Components of Attitude 7. Group Dynamics : Definition, Importance, Influent Structure, Function, Types and Social Facilitation 8. Nature of Group : Structure, Group Power, Deter-minants, Social Loafing and Group Cohesiveness 9. Decision Making : Social Theory, Confermity, Comp-liance, Obedience and Inter-Group-Conflict 10. Leadership : Definition, Nature, Function Traits, Situational, Interactional, Contingency and Behavioural  Approsches 11. Communication : Definition, Process, Elements, Functions, Types, Verbal and Non-Verbal Communica-tional Strategy, Language and Social Interaction Barriers to Communication 12. Aggression : Personal and Social Determinants, Biological, Situational and Social Learning Theory, Control on Aggression 13. Helping Behaviour (Pro-social Behaviour) : Personal, Situational and Socio-cultural Determinants, By Stander Effect and Theoretical Perspective.

UNIT - III

1. Practical Psychology.