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Prof. Udai Pareek passed away

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Professor Udai Pareek was a great researcher, consultant, philosopher and teacher in Psychology. He was the ideal role mode of free-lance writer in Psychology. He was attached with several academic and administrative bodies of India and abroad. He completed MA in Psychology from the Department of Psychology, Calcutta university in 1950. Next, he did M.A. in Philosophy from Agra University in 1952. In 1958, he did Ph.D. from Delhi University . He was the Editor of the Journal of Health Management, Indian Psychological Abstracts, Vikalpa and consulting Editor of Administrative Science Quarterly. He had authored and edited around 60 books and more than 350 papers in his lifetime and received many national and international awards in the field of human resource development. He focused researches on different psychological issues (training and development, role stress, organizational design, transformational leadership) in both unorganized (agricultural, small scale industries) and org

Structural Equation Model

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By reading several articles on web site, I am trying to explain the SEM here: ALARM Researchers should not design a complex experiment with too many variables when the knowledge of the subject matter is not well-understood. SEM is built upon a measurement model and a structural model. MEASUREMENT MODEL 1. Error reduction : Using reliability techniques like Cronbach's alpha 2. Determining latent trait : Using factor analysis 3. Predicting : Using regression techniques Source: http://www.creative-wisdom.com/teaching/WBI/SEM.shtml In the above figure, latent trait (the ellipse) has been extracted through the factor analysis of observed variables (rectangles). Observed variable is affected by errors (circles). STRUCTURAL MODEL It can be understood through input-throughput and output relationship following definite path. In other words, input structure predicted throughput and throughput predicted output. Figure source: http://www.creative-wisdom.com/teaching/WBI/SEM.shtml Source: htt

Courses I taught in Performing art therapy

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THE TOPICS COVERED: BASIC CONCEPTS AND SCOPE OF PSYCHOLOGY: IN PERFORMING ART THERAPY Sensation Perception Signal detection Attention and Autism Learning and Memory Consciousness & Unconsciousness Conflict EFFECT OF PERFORMING ART THERAPY ON LAYERS OF CONSCIOUSNESS Application of Rabindrasangeet in psychotherapy Performing art therapy as a tool to elicit unconsciousness CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND PERFORMING ART THERAPY Intellectual development Emotional development Personality development Language development PUBERTY AND ADOLESCENCE MUTI-AXIAL SYSYEM OF DSM-IV GLOBAL ASSESSMENT OF FUNCTIONING (GAF) FOR ADULT AND CHILDREN SCALE GENERAL FORMAT FOR WRITING DISSERTATION AWARENESS GENERATION Both passive and active awareness programs are generated to spread the courses of performing art therapy A. Active: Awareness generation through paper presentation in semina