Psychology Syllabus in Performing Art Therapy
OBJECTIVES: After completion of this course, students will understand basic concepts of psychology and its relation with performing art therapy. They will understand determinants of child development and basic concepts of Mental health (30 classes) COURSES: A. Introduction : Scope of Psychology in performing art therapy, Sensation, and perception, attention, short and long term memory, classical conditioning, trial and error and operant conditioning. Thinking, Intelligence (8 classes) B. Child development: Characteristics and determinants of development - Heredity and Environment, Brain localization and behaviour, Physical development, Language development, Emotional development, Intellectual development, Social development, Personality development. (12) C. Personality: Characteristics of personality, Psychodynamic theories of personality, Adler and Bandura’s model of personality (4 classes) C. Mental health: Principles of mental health. Models of adjustment and maladjustment, Characte