Behavioral psychology(Nursing): Course Outline

By the completion of this course, learners will be able to:
1. Discuss key concepts, approaches, methods and interventions of modern day psychology.
2. Demonstrate understanding of theories of personality and behavior.
3. Develop understanding of the concepts of health psychology.
4. Discuss social relationships and group behavior.
5. Orient themselves with the concepts of abnormal psychology.
6. Demonstrate an understanding of applying concepts of behavioral psychology to the practice of nursing profession.

Teaching/Learning Strategies:
Interactive lectures, discussions, readings, presentations, quizzes, and field trips.

This unit orients learners to behavioral psychology and various perspective of psychology.
At the end of this unit learners will be able to:
1. Define Behavioral Psychology.
2. Outline the major perspectives which
developed into modern psychology.

This unit outlines the brain/behavior relationships and how heredity influences behavior. At the end of this unit learners will be able to:
1. Discuss biological influences on behavior
2. Discuss how heredity and environment interact to produce the development of behavior.
3. Discuss research methods used in
behavior genetic research.

This unit helps learners to identify and describe influence of social perception on
behaviour.
At the end of this unit learners will be able to:
1. Understand basic principles of social perception.
2. Understand the process of self and other
perception and sources of errors involved in
formulating such perceptions.
3. Discuss perceptual inaccuracy with
reference to prejudice.
4. Identify ways to approach self and others
positively.

This unit helps learners develop understanding about the constructive role of self- disclosure and how communication skills can be used effectively in order to do so.
At the end of this unit learners will be able to:
1. Demonstrate the understanding of the ways involved in achieving effective communication.
2. Demonstrate understanding of using effective communication in complex situations.
3. Identify circumstances leading to self-disclosure.
4. Develop understanding of the role of self-closure in psychological health and its use in interpersonal conflicts.

This unit helps learners to establish gender/behavior relationships and how it influences adjustment.
At the end of this unit learners will be able to:
1. Demonstrate understanding about stereotypes attached to gender differences.
2. Discuss impacts of adhering to traditional gender roles on behavior.
3. Discuss changing gender roles.

This unit outlines major milestones of adult personality and impact of emotional intelligence on adult relationship.
At the end of this unit learners will be able to:
1. Discuss Adult developmental transitions in martial and intimate relationship.
2. Discuss age roles and social clocks and its influences on behavior.
3. Discuss issues in marriage, leading to divorce.
4. Discuss adjustment to divorce and its impact on individual and family behavior.
5. Develop understanding about significance of “Emotional Intelligence” in intimate interpersonal and work situations

This unit outlines concepts of health psychology and how it contributes to psychological health.
At the end of this unit learners will be able to:
1. Identify determinants of peoples’ health related behavior.
2. Develop understanding about the role of locus of control and attribution styles in serving as protective measures for psychological health.

This unit identifies and describes the role of stress in an individual life and how self-modification principles can be used to moderate its effects.
At the end of this unit learners will be able to:
1. Identify major sources of psychological
stress.
2. Identify factors influencing stress
intolerance.
3. Develop understanding about achieving
self-control through self-modification.

This unit outlines major theories of personality & behavior and then role in the development of personality.
At the end of this unit learners will be able to:
1. Demonstrate understanding of theories of
personality and behavior.
2. Discuss the relevance of these theories to
the development of healthy personality.
3. Identify various ways of assessing
personality.

This unit outlines and describes the process of counseling and how it can be effectively utilized in professional relationships.
At the end of this unit learners will be able to:
1. Demonstrate understanding of the
counseling process.
2. Demonstrate understanding of applying
counseling techniques in various scenarios.