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PSYCHOLOGY

Category: Department of Clinical Medicine & Surgery

Faculty: Faculty of Clinical Sciences

Year of Study: 1

Semester: 1

Module Outcomes:

Pre-requisite; Communication Skills

Competence

This module is designed to enable the learner apply principles of human psychology in health care.

Module Outcomes

By the end of this module, the learner should;

Demonstrate understanding of the influence of psychology on health.
Demonstrate understanding of the physical, cognitive and socio-emotional influences on human behavior
Demonstrate understanding of motivation and emotion influence on human behavior.
Demonstrate understanding of personality influences on health care.

Course Content

Introduction to psychology;

historical background, foundations of psychology, goals of psychology schools of thought, contemporary approaches, methods used in studying psychology, branches, relevance of psychology in health care practice.

Human growth and development; factors influencing human development, theories of development, stages of human development:

Prenatal Development;

Neonatal; infancy; childhood; puberty; adolescence; adulthood, old age, aging, death and dying.

Cognitive psychology;

learning, memory, thinking, language, intelligence.

Motivation and emotions;

Motivation types, theories, types of motives,

Emotions- Physiology, chemistry, theories, expression, and experience.

Personality;

types, theories of personality development.

HUMAN PSYCHOLOGY-1.pdf

Lessons

Introduction to psychology

Introduction to Psychology

LECTURE 1 psychology intro.pptx

Human growth and development;

Human Psychology- Growth and Development 1.pptx

Prenatal Development

Psychology-Personality cont.pptx

Cognitive psychology

Cognitive psychology.pptx

Motivation and emotions

Motivation, psychology.pdf

Personality

Personality psychology📜 .pdf

Complete psychology Notes

PSYCHOLOGY COMPLETE NOTES.pptx

Review questions

Define psychology.1mk
Explain any five branches of psychology-10mks
Discuss relevance of psychology to nursing-10mks
State five factors influencing personality-5mks
Explain importance of personality in nursing-5mks
Discuss about Freud’s theory of personality development-10mks
Explain four learning theories. -20mks
State three types of memory-6mks
State five causes of stress -5mks
List six symptoms of stress-3mks
Explain five common defense mechanism-10mks
Explain five factors influencing growth and development-10mks
Discuss application of theories of personality development in growth and development

State bills of rights for a dying person -5mks

Discuss the role of a nurse in promoting psychological/mental health -10mks

psychology review questions.docx