PSYCHOLOGY SYLLABUS (ARTS Stream)
Academic Year (2021 - 22)
SYLLABUS FOR HIGHER SECONDARY FINAL YEAR COURSE
One Paper - Time - Three Hours - Marks 100
Introduction:
Psychology is the one of the fast growing sciences.
There is no human endeavour which is not affected by the knowledge of
psychology. Thus psychology has made inroad into many new domain. Psychology is
introduced as an elective subject at the higher secondary stage of education.
As a discipline, psychology specializes as the study of experiences, behaviours
and mental processes of human being within a sociocultural context. This higher
secondary course of psychology purports to introduce the learners to the basic ideas,
principles and methods of psychology so as to enable them to understand
themselves and their social world better. The specific objectives of Higher
Secondary Second year course of Psychology are:
1.
To develop an understanding about the psychological
attributes on which people differ from each other.
2.
To give a clear concept about self and personality.
3.
To develop an awareness among students about life
challenges and the ways to cope with these challenges.
4.
To develop an understanding among students about the
major psychological disorders.
5.
To familiarize students with basic nature and
process of psychotherapy.
6.
To acquaint student with attitude and social cognition
process.
7.
To develop an understanding among students about
social influence and group process.
8.
To enable learners to apply psychology to common
problems of life.
9.
To acquaint students with psychological skill.
Total Marks:
70 (Theory)
Periods:
180
Unit wise Distribution of Marks and Periods (Theory):
|
Unit No. |
Title |
Marks |
Periods |
|
Unit-1: Unit-2: Unit-3: Unit-4: Unit-5: Unit-6: Unit-7: Unit-8: Unit-9: |
Variations
in Psychological Attributes Self
and Personality Meeting
life challenges Psychological
Disorders Theropeutic
Approaches Attitude
and Social cognition Social
Influence and Group processes Psychology
and life Developing
Psychological skills |
10 10 6 6 6 8 8 8 8 |
20 22 16 16 18 24 24 20 20 |
|
|
Total |
70 |
180 |
Unit wise Distribution of Course contents:
Unit-1: Variations in Psychological Attributes
1)
Individual differences in human functioning.
2)
Assessment of Psychological attributes.
3)
Intelligence: Theories of Intelligence.
v Theory
of Multiple Intelligence.
v Triarchic
theory of Intelligence.
v Planning,
Attention arousal and simultaneous-Successive Model of Intelligence.
4)
Individual difference in Intelligence.
5)
Culture and Intelligence.
6)
Emotional Intelligence.
7)
Special Abilities.
Unit-2: Self and personality
1)
Concept of Self.
2)
Cognitive behavioural aspects of Self–Self esteem,
Self-efficacy and Self-regulation.
3)
Culture and Self.
4)
Concept of personality.
5)
Major Approaches to the study of Personality-Type
Approach, Trait Approach, Five factor Model of personality, Psychodynamic
Approach, Behavioural Approach, Cultural Approach, Humanistic Approach, Healthy
Personality.
6)
Assessment of personality.
Unit-3: Meeting life Challenges
1)
Nature, Types and Sources of Stress.
2)
Effect of Stress on Psychological Functioning and
health.
3)
Coping with stress.
4)
Promoting positive health and well-being.
Unit-4: Psychological Disorders
1)
Concept of Abnormality and Psychological Disorders.
2)
Classifications of Psychological Disorders.
3)
Factors Underlying Abnormal Behaviour.
4)
Major Psychological Disorders.
Unit-5: Therapeutic Approaches
1)
Nature and process of Psychotherapy.
2)
Types of Therapies.
3)
Rehabilitation of the Mentally ill.
Unit-6: Attitude and Social Cognition
1)
Explaining Social Behaviour.
2)
Natural and Components of Attitudes.
3)
Attitude formation and change.
4)
Prejudice and Discrimination.
5)
Strategies for Handling Prejudice.
6)
Social Cognition.
7)
Schemas and Stereotypes.
8)
Impression Formation and Explaining.
9)
Behaviour of others through Attribution.
10)
Behaviour in presence of others.
11)
Pro-social behaviour.
Unit-7: Social Influences and Group Process
1)
Nature and promotion of Groups.
2)
Types of Groups.
3)
Influence of group an Individual behaviour.
4)
Conformity, Compliance and Obedience.
5)
Co-operation and competition.
6)
Social Identity.
7)
Inter-group conflict: Nature and causes.
8)
Conflict Resolution Strategies.
Unit-8: Psychology and Life
1)
Human Environment Relationship.
2)
Environmental Effects on Human Behaviour Pollution,
Crowding, Natural Disasters.
3)
Promoting pro-environmental Behaviour.
4)
Psychology and social concerns.
v Poverty
and discrimination.
v Aggression,
violence and peace.
v Mahatma
Gandhi on Non-violence.
v Health.
v Impact
of Television on Behaviour.
Unit-9: Developing Psychological Skills
1)
Developing an Effective Psychologist.
2)
General Skills.
3)
Observational Skills.
4)
Specific Skills.
5)
Interview Skills.
6)
Counselling Skills.
PSYCHOLOGICAL
PRACTICAL (H.S. 2nd Year)
Total
Marks- 30
Periods-60
(Projects, Psychological Testing, Case Studies, etc.)
The students shall be required to prepare one case profile and
conduct five practical’s related to the topics covered in the course. The case
profile will include developmental history of the subject, using both
qualitative (observation, interview, rating etc.) and quantitative approaches. Practicals
would involve using standardized psychological assessment devices in different
domains (intelligence, personality, aptitude, adjustment, attitude,
self-concept and anxiety).
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