Psychology Class 12 New Syllabus

Class XII Psychology Syllabus

Chapter 1: Variations in Psychological attributes

Part 1:

Part 2:Intelligence and theories of intelligence Intelligence

Part 3: Individual differences in intelligence and types of tests

Part 4: Culture and intelligence

Chapter 2: Self and Personality

              Part 1: Concept of self

              Part 2: Cognitive and Behavioral aspects of self and Culture and Self

              Part 3: Personality and Type and Trait approaches to study personality

              Part 4: Psychodynamic Approach to study personality

              Part 5: Emotional Intelligence, special abilities and creativity

              Part 6: Assessment of Personality

              Chapter 3: Meeting life challenges

              Part 1: Nature, types and sources of stress

              Part 2: Effects of stress on psychological functioning and health

              Part 3: Coping with stress

              Part 4: Promoting Positive health and well being

              Chapter 4: Psychological Disorder

              Part 1: Concepts of Abnormality and Psychological disorders

              Part 2: Classification of psychological disorders and factors underlying abnormal behaviour

              Part 3: Major Psychological Disorders: Anxiety Disorders, Obsessive compulsive and related disorders, Trauma and stressor related disorder

              Part 4: Somatic Symptom and related disorders, Dissociative disorders, Depressive Disorders, Bipolar and related disorders, Suicide

              Part 5: Schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorders, Neurodevelopmental Disorders

              Part 6: Disruptive, Impulse control and Conduct Disorders, Feeding and Eating Disorders, Substance related and addictive disorders

              Chapter 5: Therapeutic approaches

              Part 1: Nature and process of Psychotherapy

              Part 2: Type of therapies

              Part 3: Psychodynamic Therapy

              Part 4: Behavior Therapy

              Part 5: Cognitive Therapy

              Part 6: Humanistic-Existential Therapy and Biomedical Therapy

              Part 7: Healing, Ethic, Alternate Therapies and rehabilitation

              Chapter 6: Attitude and social cognition

              Part 1: Explaining social behaviour, nature and components of attitude

              Part 2: Attitude formation and attitude change

              Part 3: Prejudice and Discrimination and strategies for handling prejudices

              Part 4: Social cognition, schemas and stereotypes, impression formation and attribution

              Part 5: Behavior in the presence of others and Pro-social behavior

              Chapter 7: Social influences and group processes

              Part 1: Nature and formation of groups

              Part 2: Type of groups and influence of group on individual behaviour

              Part 3: Conformity, Compliance and Obedience

              Part 4: Cooperation and Competition

              Part 5: Social Identity, Intergroup Conflict and Conflict resolution strategies

              Chapter 8: Psychology and life

              Part 1: Human-Environment Relationship, Environmental effects on human behaviour

              Part 2: Human Influence on Environment

              Part 3: Crowding and Natural Disasters

              Part 4: Promoting Pro-Environmental Behaviour, poverty and discrimination

              Part 5: Aggression, Violence and Peace and Health

              Chapter 9: Developing psychological skills

              Part 1: Developing as an effective psychologist 

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