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The details about test are:

Test Duration: 120 minutes

Total Questions: 80 MCQs covering Research Methods & Statistics (10 questions), Psychological Assessment (15 questions), Psychiatry (10 questions), Neuropsychology (10 questions), Social Psychology (10 questions), Child and Adolescent Psychology (10 questions) and Psychotherapy (15 questions)

Max Marks: 320

Marking Scheme: +4 for every correct answer, -1 for every wrong answer, 0 for every wrong answer

Syllabus:

Research Methods & Statistics: Concept of probability, non-probability distribution, measures of central tendency, dispersion skewness and kurtosis, hypothesis testing. Sampling techniques, Different methods of sampling, Sample size, and methods of minimizing non-sampling errors. Epidemiological studies, Case control studies, Cohort studies, Prevalence, Incidence. Experimental designs – randomized design, factorial design, crossover design and non-experimental designs. Parametric tests and Non-parametric statistical methods. Longitudinal studies: models of longitudinal research, measurement of change, survival analysis. Methods of Multivariate Analysis: Assumptions and utility of multivariate methods, Multiple Regression Analysis, Factor Analysis, Cluster Analysis, Discriminant Analysis, Path Analysis and Statistical software packages like SPSS

Psychological Assessment: Test construction: Item writing, item analysis, Test standardization: reliability, validity and norms. Types of tests: Projective tests, Intelligence, Aptitude, Personality, Attitude scales and interest inventories, Educational measurement and evaluation.

Psychiatry: History taking and MSE, Historical Conceptions of Abnormal Behavior, Approaches to Psychopathology. DSM V and ICD 10 Classification - Symptoms, Factors, Vulnerability: Organic disorders, Psychotic Disorders, Substance Related Disorders, Anxiety Disorders, Somatoform Disorders, Dissociative Disorders, Mood Disorders and Suicide, Sleep disorders, Eating Disorders, Sexual dysfunctions and Paraphilia’s.

Neuropsychology: Neural communication, Human Nervous system: structure and functions, The Brain: Structure and functions of different Lobes, Receptors, effectors and adjustment mechanisms, Sensory processing: Vision, Audition, Gustation, Olfaction, Somatosenses, Vestibular System and Kinesthetic System, Physiology of Learning and Memory, Sleep and waking: stages, disorders and physiological mechanism of sleep and walking. Neuropsychological assessments.

Social Psychology: Definition and Scope of Social Psychology, Social Cognition, Social Influence, Prosocial Behavior, Group Behavior, Leadership, Attitudes, Applied Social Psychology - Law, Health & Environment

Child and Adolescent Psychology: Developmental Process-Nature and principles, factors influencing development- Biogenic, Sociogenic, Psychogenic, Stages of Development, Different domains of development: Sensory- motor, cognitive, language and emotional, social and moral, Theories of Development – Psychoanalytic, Behavioristic and Cognitive. Mental retardation and other childhood Disorders.

Psychotherapy: Types, Techniques, Processes, Indications and contraindications in: Psychoanalytic (Classical and other Dynamic therapies), CBT, Behavior Therapies, Interpersonal, DBT, Gestalt, Solution Focused, Schema Focused, ACT, Hypnotherapy, EMDR, Supportive Psychotherapy, Crisis Interventions. Brief Psychotherapies.

Test Time/Date: 9.30 AM, Tentatively Aug 3rd week, 2020. The department test will be followed by Subject interview (SI) and General Interview (GI) for the shortlisted candidates.

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The detailed syllabus for M.Phil. Clinical Psychology for Manipal Entrance Test are as follows:-

There will be Total 80 Multiple choice Questions with Maximum 320 marks covering Research Methods & Statistics (10 questions), Psychological Assessment (15 questions), Psychiatry (10 questions), Neuropsychology (10 questions), Social Psychology (10 questions), Child and Adolescent Psychology (10 questions) and Psychotherapy (15 questions)

Research Methods & Statistics : - Concept of probability, non-probability distribution, measures of central tendency, dispersion skewness and kurtosis, hypothesis testing. Sampling techniques, Different methods of sampling, Sample size, and methods of minimizing non-sampling errors. Epidemiological studies, Case control studies, Cohort studies, Prevalence, Incidence. Experimental designs – randomized design, factorial design, crossover design and non-experimental designs. Parametric tests and Non-parametric statistical methods. Longitudinal studies: models of longitudinal research, measurement of change, survival analysis. Methods of Multivariate Analysis: Assumptions and utility of multivariate methods, Multiple Regression Analysis, Factor Analysis, Cluster Analysis, Discriminant Analysis, Path Analysis and Statistical software packages like SPSS.

Psychological Assessment : - Test construction: Item writing, item analysis, Test standardization: reliability, validity and norms. Types of tests: Projective tests, Intelligence, Aptitude, Personality, Attitude scales and interest inventories, Educational measurement and evaluation.

Psychiatry : - History taking and MSE, Historical Conceptions of Abnormal Behavior, Approaches to Psychopathology. DSM V and ICD 10 Classification - Symptoms, Factors, Vulnerability: Organic disorders, Psychotic Disorders, Substance Related Disorders, Anxiety Disorders, Somatoform Disorders, Dissociative Disorders, Mood Disorders and Suicide, Sleep disorders, Eating Disorders, Sexual dysfunctions and Paraphilia’s.

Neuropsychology : - Neural communication, Human Nervous system: structure and functions, The Brain: Structure and functions of different Lobes, Receptors, effectors and adjustment mechanisms, Sensory processing: Vision, Audition, Gustation, Olfaction, Somatosenses, Vestibular System and Kinesthetic System, Physiology of Learning and Memory, Sleep and waking: stages, disorders and physiological mechanism of sleep and walking. Neuropsychological assessments.

Social Psychology : - Definition and Scope of Social Psychology, Social Cognition, Social Influence, Prosocial Behavior, Group Behavior, Leadership, Attitudes, Applied Social Psychology - Law, Health & Environment

Child and Adolescent Psychology : - Developmental Process-Nature and principles, factors influencing development- Biogenic, Sociogenic, Psychogenic, Stages of Development, Different domains of development: Sensory- motor, cognitive, language and emotional, social and moral, Theories of Development – Psychoanalytic, Behavioristic and Cognitive. Mental retardation and other childhood Disorders.

Psychotherapy : - Types, Techniques, Processes, Indications and contraindications in: Psychoanalytic (Classical and other Dynamic therapies), CBT, Behavior Therapies, Interpersonal, DBT, Gestalt, Solution Focused, Schema Focused, ACT, Hypnotherapy, EMDR, Supportive Psychotherapy, Crisis Interventions. Brief Psychotherapies.