CBSE 12th Class Psychology Syllabus

Course Structure

Units	Topics	Marks
Unit 1	Variations in Psychological Attributes	9
Unit 2	Self and Personality	10
Unit 3	Meeting Life Challenges	7
Unit 4	Psychological Disorders	10
Unit 5	Therapeutic Approaches	7
Unit 6	Attitude and Social Cognition	8
Unit 7	Social Influence and Group Processes	7
Unit 8	Psychology and Life	6
Unit 9	Developing Psychological Skills	6
Total		70

Course Syllabus

Unit I: Variations in Psychological Attributes

• Introduction
• Individual Differences in Human Functioning
• Assessment of Psychological Attributes
• Intelligence
• Theories of Intelligence
• Theory of Multiple Intelligences −
  • Triarchic Theory of Intelligence
  • Planning, Attention-arousal, and Simultaneous successive
  • Model of Intelligence
• Individual Differences in Intelligence
• Variations of Intelligence
• Culture and Intelligence
• Emotional Intelligence
• Special Abilities
  • Aptitude − Nature and Measurement
• Creativity

Unit II: Self and Personality

• Introduction
• Self and Personality
• Concept of Self
• Cognitive and Behavioural Aspects of Self
  • Self-esteem, Self-efficacy and Self-regulation
• Culture and Self
• Concept of Personality
• Major Approaches to the Study of Personality −
  • Type Approaches
  • Trait Approaches
  • Psychodynamic Approach
  • Behavioural Approach
  • Cultural Approach
  • Humanistic Approach
• Assessment of Personality
  • Self-report Measures
  • Projective Techniques
  • Behavioural Analysis

Unit III: Meeting Life Challenges

• Introduction
• Nature, Types and Sources of Stress
• Effects of Stress on Psychological Functioning and Health
  • Stress and Health
  • General Adaptation Syndrome
  • Stress and Immune System
  • Lifestyle
• Coping with Stress
  • Adaptation and Adjustments (From the CBSE Supplementary Reading Material)
  • Stress Management Techniques
• Promoting Positive Health and Well-being
  • Life Skills
  • Human Strengths and Virtues from the CBSE Supplementary Reading Material)

Unit IV: Psychological Disorders

• Introduction
• Concepts of abnormality and psychological Disorders
• Classification of Psychological Disorders
• Factors Underlying Abnormal Behaviour
• Major Psychological Disorders
  • Anxiety Disorders
  • Somatoform Disorders
  • Dissociative Disorders
  • Mood Disorders
  • Schizophrenic Disorders
  • Behavioural and Developmental Disorders
  • Substance-use Disorders

Unit V: Therapeutic Approaches

• Nature and process of psychotherapy
  • Therapeutic relationship
• Types of therapies
  • Psychodynamic Therapy
  • Behaviour Therapy
  • Cognitive Therapy
  • Humanistic-existential Therapy
  • Biomedical Therapy
  • Alternative Therapies
  • Zen (From the CBSE Supplementary Reading Material)
  • Counselling (From the CBSE Supplementary Reading Material)
• Rehabilitation of the Mentally III

Unit-VI: Attitude and Social Cognition

• Introduction
• Explaining Social Behaviour
• Nature and Components of Attitudes
• Attitude Formation and Change
  • Attitude Formation
  • Attitude Change
  • Attitude-Behaviour Relationship
• Prejudice and Discrimination
• Strategies for Handling Prejudice
• Social Cognition
• Schemas and Stereotypes
• Impression Formation and Explaining
• Behaviour of Others through Attributions
  • Impression Formation
  • Attribution of Causality
• Behaviour in the Presence of Others
• Pro-social Behaviour
  • Factors Affecting Pro-social Behaviour

Unit-VII: Social Influence and Group Processes

• Introduction
• Nature and Formation of Groups
• Type of Groups
• Influence of Group on Individual Behaviour
  • Social Loafing
  • Group Polarisation
• Conformity, Compliance, and Obedience
• Cooperation and Competition
  • Determinants of Cooperation and Competition
• Social Identity
• Intergroup Conflict: Nature and Causes
• Conflict Resolution Strategies

Unit-VIII: Psychology and Life

• Introduction
• Human-Environment Relationship
  • Different Views of the Human-Environment Relationship
• Environmental Effects on Human Behaviour
  • Human Influence on the Environment
  • Noise
  • Pollution
  • Crowding
  • Natural Disasters
• Promoting Pro-environmental Behaviour
• Psychology and Social Concerns
  • Poverty and Discrimination
  • Aggression, Violence, and Peace
  • Mahatma Gandhi on Non-violence
  • Health
  • Impact of Television on Behaviour
  • Media and Human Values (From the CBSE Supplementary Reading Material)
  • Human Rights (From the CBSE Supplementary Reading Material)
  • Citizenship (From the CBSE Supplementary Reading Material)
  • Promotion of Peace (From the CBSE Supplementary Reading Material)

Unit-IX: Developing Psychological Skills

• Introduction
• Developing as an effective Psychologist
• General Skills
  • Intellectual and Personal Skills; Sensitivity to Diversity
• Observational Skills
• Specific Skills
  • Communication Skills
  • Psychological Testing Skills
• Interviewing Skills
• Counselling Skills

Practical Work

• Development of case profile −
  • Using appropriate methods like, interview, observation and psychological tests
• Test administration −
  • Students are required to administer and interpret five tests.
• In Practical examination, the student will be required to administer and interpret two psychological tests.