Applied Psychology

Table of Content

APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY

Introduction

• Meaning of Psychology
• Development of psychology Scope,
• branches and methods of psychology
• Relationship with other subjects
• Significance of psychology in nursing
• Applied psychology to solve everyday issues

Biological basis of behavior Introduction

• Body mind relationship
• Genetics and behaviour
• Inheritance of behaviour
• Brain and behaviour.
• Psychology and sensation sensory process- normal and abnormal

Mental health and mental hygiene

• Concept of mental health and mental hygiene
• Characteristic of mentally healthy person
• Warning signs of poor mental health
• Promotive and preventive mental health strategies and services
• Defense mechanism and its implication
• Frustration and conflict types of conflicts and measurements to overcome
• Role of nurse in reducing frustration and conflict and enhancing coping
• Dealing with ego

Developmental psychology

• Physical, psychosocial and cognitive development across life span Prenatal through early childhood, middle to late childhood through adolescence, early and mid-adulthood, late adulthood, death and dying
• Role of nurse in supporting normal growth and development across the life span
• Psychological needs of various groups in health and sickness Infancy, childhood, adolescence, adulthood and older adult
• Introduction to child psychology and role of nurse in meeting the psychological needs of children
• Psychology of vulnerable individuals challenged, women, sick etc.
• Role of nurse with vulnerable groups

Personality

• Meaning, definition of personality
• Classification of personality
• Measurement and evaluation of personality – Introduction
• Alteration in personality
• Role of nurse in identification of individual personality and improvement in altered personality

Cognitive process

• Attention definition, types, determinants, duration, degree and alteration in attention
• Perception Meaning of Perception, principles, factor affecting perception,
• Intelligence Meaning of intelligence – Effect of heredity and environment in intelligence, classification, Introduction to measurement of intelligence tests Mental deficiencies
• Learning Definition of learning, types of learning, Factors influencing learning – Learning process, Habit formation
• Memory-meaning and nature of memory, factors influencing memory, methods to improve memory, forgetting
• Thinking types, level, reasoning and problem solving.
• Aptitude concept, types, individual differences and variability
• Psychometric assessment of cognitive processes Introduction
• Alteration in cognitive processes

Motivation and emotional processes

• Motivation meaning, concept, types, theories of motivation, motivation cycle, biological and special motives
• Emotions Meaning of emotions, development of emotions, alteration of emotion, emotions in sickness handling emotions in self and other
• Stress and adaptation stress, stressor, cycle, effect, adaptation and coping
• Attitudes Meaning of attitudes, nature, factor affecting attitude, attitudinal change, Role of attitude in health and sickness
• Psychometric assessment of emotions and attitude Introduction
• Role of nurse in caring for emotionally sick client

Psychological assessment and tests – introduction

• Types, development, characteristics, principles, uses, interpretation
• Role of nurse in psychological assessment

Application of soft skill

• Concept of soft skill
• Types of soft skill visual, aural and communication skill
• The way of communication
• Building relationship with client and society
• Interpersonal Relationships (IPR): Definition, Types, and Purposes, Interpersonal skills, Barriers, Strategies to overcome barriers
• Survival strategies managing time, coping stress, resilience, work life balance
• Applying soft skill to workplace and society Presentation skills, social etiquette, telephone etiquette, motivational skills, teamwork etc.
• Use of soft skill in nursing

Self-empowerment

• Dimensions of self-empowerment
• Self-empowerment development society
• Professional etiquette and personal grooming
• Role of nurse in empowering others.