B.Tech

This Subject Includes

• Course No: HS 121
• Course: B.Tech
• Semester: V
• Title: Understanding Psychology: Individual and Work Settings
• Stream: Psychology

• The nature and scope of Psychology: various perspectives, methods; psychological development: development of self, personality adjustment; stress in day-today life and coping mechanisms; mental hygiene; social cognition: attribution in social context, attribution errors and biases; work psychology: work place design, ergonomics; psychological aspects of human-computer interaction.

  Texts:

  1. Schultz, D., & Schultz, S. Psychology and Work Today. Pearson Books, 2004

  2. Baron, R., & Byrne, D. Social Psychology. Prentice Hall of India (10 Edn),2002

  3. Smith, E., Hoeksema, S., Fredrickson, B., & Loftus, G. Introduction to Psychology. Thompsons and Wadsworth Co, 2003

  Reference:

  1. Dix, A., Finlay, J., Abowd, G., & Beale, R. Human - Computer Interaction.Pearson Books. 2008