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  • General

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  • Module 1 Learning

    1.1 Definition of learning 

    1.2 Types of Learning 

     1.3 Classical Conditioning 

     a) The Basics of Classical Conditioning 

    b) Applying Conditioning Principles to Human Behavior 

    c) Extinction d) Generalization and Discrimination 

    1.4 Operant Conditioning 

     a) Thorndike’s Law of Effect 

    b) The Basics of Operant Conditioning 

     c) Reinforcement 

    d) Positive Reinforcers, Negative Reinforcers and Punishment 

    e) The Pro and Cons of Punishment f) Shaping

  • Module 2 Memory

    2.1 The Foundations of memory 

     a) Sensory Memory 

     b) Short-Term Memory 

     c) Working Memory 

     2.2 Long-Term Memory 

     a) Long-Term Memory Modules 

    b) Semantic Networks 

    c)The Neuroscience of Memory 

    2.3 Autobiographical Memory

  • Module 3 Personality

    3.1 Definition of Personality 

     3.2 Psychodynamic Approaches to Personality 

    a) Freud’s Psychoanalytic Theory i) Structuring Personality ii) Developing Personality iii) Defense Mechanisms 

     3.3 Trait Approaches 

     a) Allport’s Trait Theory 

     b) Cattell and Eysenck 

    c) Big Five Personality Traits 

     3.4 Assessing Personality 

     a) Self-report Measures of personality 

     b) Projective Methods 

     c) Behavioral Assessment

  • Module 4 Intelligence

    4.1 What is intelligence? 

     4.2 Theories of Intelligence a) Fluid and Crystallized Intelligence b) Gardner's Multiple Intelligences 

     4.3 Practical and Emotional Intelligence 

     4.4. Assessing Intelligence - Binet and development of IQ tests 

     4.5 Mental Retardation 4.6 The Intellectually Gifte