Nalanda Open University-BA in Psychology (Hons) Part-I-Basic of Psychological Processes (Paper-I) course is taught in the institutes that provide a bachelor of arts in psychology. It makes sure that the fundamentals are clear to each student. People who are training to be future psychologists or counselors need to be adept at this particularly well. No amount of doubt must remain when one prepares for the same.

Importance of the paper

The course is vital if you wish to be a psychologist or a psychiatrist in the near future. Not only has that it also helps you to be adept in psychology but also to understand the human mind better.

Format

The format of the paper is like any other paper of an arts course offered by Nalanda University. The paper has is pretty simple to interpret format wise as it has 10 questions of which one needs to answer 5 only in order to get the full marks. The answers must be in the words of the candidate only.

Paper pattern

The paper covers every chapter be it Definition, Historical origins of Psychology, Psychological Perspectives: Biological, Psychodynamic, Behaviourstics, Biogenic and Sociogenic motives etc

Marking

Each question carries 14 marks and may contain parts too. This is because one has to answer in own words and must try to get the full 70 marks aim.

Time

The paper has to be completed by 3 hours.

Recommended books

The most important books are Morgan & King (1986) : Introduction to Psychology, McGraw Hill, Baron, R.A. (1995) : Psychology; The Essential Science, New York; Allyn & Bacon, Lefton, L.A. (1985) : Psychology, Boston; Allyn & Bacon.