MPC-004 Important Topics

MPC-004 Important Topics for Exams from Previous Years Papers

All these topicss are from IGNOU's Previous Years Question Papers.
These are those topics which were mostly repeated in exams.

1. Experimental method, research, studies of human obedience, group
2. Interpersonal attraction & factors contributing to it
3. Pro-social behavior and its theories
4. Perception – Person, Self, errors of attribution that people generally make in understanding other’s behavior
5. Attitude – formation, change, factors affecting change & formation
6. Prejudice and Discrimination
7. Compliance & its principles
8. Social conflicts – causes, effects, nature, forms, types
9. Methods of conflict resolution
10. Group cohesion
11. Schemas & impression formation
12. Behavior – collective, crowd, aggressive
13. Groups – theories of formation, characteristics/features, dynamics
14. Aggression – measurement, method for reduction, theories
15. Stereotypes
16. Obedience & experimental studies of human obedience
17. Correlation method – meaning, merits, demerits
18. Social Identity Theory
19. Informed Consent
20. Conformity
21. Co-operation & its types
22. Social influence & its areas
23. Quasi-Experiment