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Syllabus of Higher Secondary
Standard - 11 & 12
(General Stream - English Medium)
Implemented From June - 2004 in Standard - 11, Implemented From June - 2005 in Standard - 12

Psychology (141)

Standard: 11

UNIT 1 :What is Psychology?

• Introduction

  • Psychology as a subject

  • Subject matter of Psychology

  • Psy. as a modern subject.

  • Milestone in the history of Psychology

  • Approaches of the study of Psychology

  • Biological, Behaviouristic, cognitive

• Psycho - dynamic, Humanistic

• Socio - cultural fields of Psychology.

UNIT 2: Methods of Study Psychology

• Introduction

• The Goals of Psychology

• Methods of study Psychology

• Observation, Experimental. (Correlational Method) Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Studies

• Case - history method

• Instruments for study of Psychology

• Tests

• Interview

• Questionnaire

UNIT 3: Biological basic of behaviour

• Introduction

• Evolutionary Prospective

• Genes and behaviour

• Brain and Nervous system (Relaxes Box)

• Biology of Behaviour - The nervous System (Box), Method of studying Briain.

• M. R. 1. (Box)

• Endocrine glands

UNIT 4: Socio Cultural Basis of Behaviour

• Introduction

• What is culture ?

• Relation between human behaviour and culture

• socialization and accult aration

UNIT 5: Development of life-spsn.

• Introduction

• What is development ?

• Growth, Maturity, concept of development, principles of development,

• Factors affecting development, Critical Periods of Development.

• Revolutionary stages in development, (Indian views about stages of development)

• Infant stage, childhood stage, Developmental Tests & Characteristics.

• (Childhood in India (Box))

• Adolescence stage

• Characteristics and challenges

• Adult stage - stages and challenges

• Old age

• Problems of Old age and dealings with them [Gsmily ant Human Development (Box)]

UNIT 6. Sensory and Perceptual Processes.

• Introduction

• Definition of sensation

• Meaning and types of ……..

• Visual, Audition, Smell, Taste & Tactile

• Process of Attention

• Determinants of attention

• Characteristics of attention

• Attention and Perception

• Process of Perception

• Principles of Perceptual Organisation (optical illusion (Box))

• Depth and Distance perception reception of individual.

• Social perception.

UNIT 7: Process of Learning

• Introduction, what is learning ? How does an individual learns ? Classical conditioning,

  • Instrumental conditioning.

  • Social Learning, Verbal learning and organisational process

  • Learning of skill

  • Process of learning, Extinction,

  • Reinforcement, Generalisation and discrimination

  • Transfer of Learning

• General and specific learning

  • Determinants of Learning

  • Continuous and Partial rein or cement

  • Motivation, Preparedness

  • Learned Helplessness.

• [Learned Indolence, Self - Punitive Habits (Box)]

• Factors affecting Learning

• Difficulties in learning, Practical applications of Learning principles,

UNIT 8 - Process of memory

• Introduction, what is memory ?

• Stages of memory.... Encoding, Storage, Retrieval

• Tridimentional model of memory

• Long Tern memory

• Declarative and procedural memoriam Episodic and Semantic memory.

• Measurement of memory

• Forgetting - Encoding Failure, Storage Failure and

• Failure of retrieval, Amnesia

• Improving Memory [Emotion and Memory (Box)]

UNIT 9 : Cognitive Processes

• Introduction
  Process of Information and it's measurement.
  What is thinking ?

• Logical reasoning, problem solving,

• Judgment and decision making

• Creative thinking

UNIT 10 : Language and Communication

• Introduction, Language, nature and characteristics,

• Origin of language,

• Language and thought

• Process of Communication

• Verbal and Non-verbal Communication

• skills of Communication

• obstacles of Communication

UNIT 11 : Motivation and Emotions

• Introduction, what is motivation ? (Needs)

• Maslow's mind, Biological needs.

• Main psychological motives,

• Achievements, Affiliation and Power

• Emotions Internal & external

• Frustration

• Conflict and Anxiety

• Nature of emotions

• Expression of emotions

• Physical and counseling base

• Relation between emotion and motives (related to examination)

UNIT 12: Stages of Development

• Introduction : Cognitive Development - Piaget's Theory.

• Principle of Piagano related to intellectual development

• Socio emotional development, [Temperament (Box)]

• Greed

• Paternal methods of child upbringing

• Stages of psycho-social development [erikson]

• Moral development [Piaget, Kohiberg]

• Development of Values [Values in relation to Indian Context (Box)]

• All round development of a child

• Practical for Semesters I and II
  (1) One Project
  (2) Three practical related to the following areas

• Education, Memory, Motivation, Perception, Attention, Thinking.

Standard : 12

UNIT 1 : Intelligence

• Introduction

• What is intelligence ?

• Approaches to understand intelligence (Gardner, Sternberg, J. R Das)

• Culture and intelligence

• measurement of intelligence

• Deficiency

• Talent

• Special abilities : Aptitude [Nature and Measurement]

UNIT 2 : Ego and Personality

• Approach towards ego and personality.

• Concept of ego and self - control

• Indian view about self

• Approaches related to study of personality

• Types of personality (Type A, Type B, Type C, Personalities Bos)

• Special abilities

• Measurement of personality - Projective Measures

• Analysis by

UNIT 3 : Group Process and Social effects

• Introduction, nature of group,

• Formation of group

• Types of group

• Factors affecting types of group,

• Acceptance and obedience

• Effect of group on behaviour of an individual

• Risk

• Leadership

• nature and functions

• Types of leadership

UNIT 4 : Psychological Trends and Social

• Definition and nature of psychological trends

• Measurement

• Formation and Transformation

• Prejudice and differences

• Internal conflicts

UNIT 5 : Coping with Challenges

• What is adjustment ?

• Nature of Stress origin of stress, types of stress.

• Coping with stress

• Mental Health (Optimism and success, factors determining positive health and happiness)

UNIT 6 : Mental………..

• Introduction

• What is abnormal behaviour ?

• Classification of deviances,

• Factors responsible for abnormal behaviour

• Main Psychological abnormalities

• Behavioural abnormalities

• Personal abnormalities

UNIT 7 : Approaches towards Treatment

• Introduction, nature and process

• Types of treatment

• Biomedical counseling

• Psycho-dynamic

• behavioural

• Yoga

• meditation

• Rehabilitation of mentally ill

UNIT 8 : Environment and behaviour

• Introduction

• Relation between individual and environment (personal, ……, regional)

• Environmental stress and its effects

• Noise pollution

• Crowd

• Natural Calamities

• Encouraging environment a approach

• Renewable use of energy

• Protection (green house effect)

UNIT 9 : Institutional Psychology or Organizational Psychology

• Introduction

• Formation and functions of

• Selection of employee

• Training

• Evaluation of work

• Work inspiration

• Advertisement and marketing

UNIT 10 : Psychology and Social Problems

• Introduction

• Social Problems poverty, deprivation of social opportunities,

• Challenges towards National organizations

• Gender differences

• Population explosion

• Effects of means of communication and ..........

• Urbanisation

UNIT 11 : Necessary skills to be a successful Psychologist

• Introduction

• Development as a Psychologist

• Skills to conduct interviews

• Skills to advice

UNIT 12 : Statistics in Psychology

• Introduction

• What is Statistics ? 

• Types of Statistics

• Descriptive Statistics

• Standard of measurement

• Graphical presentation of information and data

• Bar graph

• Multi m angle graph

• Measurement of central tendency

• Standard deviation and

• Concept of Co-relation

• General distribution through curve

• Semester 3 and 4 Practical

• 5 Experiments to be done on the basis of chapters like intelligence, personality, Aptitude, Adjustment, Attitude, Self concept, Anxiety