West Bengal Board Class 11 Psychology Syllabus 2024-25: Download In PDF!

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Unit – 1

What is Psychology

i) Introduction

ii) Definition and scope of Psychology Psychology as a discipline and its evolution Psychology as natural and social science

iii) Understanding mind and behaviour

iv) Psychology in India

v) Branches in Psychology

vi) Relevance of psychology in everyday life

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Unit – 2

Methods of enquiry in Psychology

i) Introduction

ii) Steps in conducting scientific research

iii) Methods of Psychology with advantages and limitations, Quantitative and qualitative methods, Observation,

. Experimentation,

. Correlational research,

. Survey research,

. Interview

. Case study

iv) Psychological testing,

v) Ethical Issues

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Unit – 3

Bases of Human Behaviour

i) Introduction

ii) Evolutionary perspective

iii) Biological bases of behaviour,

Structure and functions of neuron

iv) Classification of Nervous system - Structure and functions

v) Endocrine system and its relation with behaviour and experience

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Unit – 4

Sensory, Attentional and Perceptual processes

i) Introduction

ii) Types of senses - Visual, auditory, olfactory, tactual, gustatory

Special senses

Organic senses - visceral, motor Other senses - kinaesthetic, vestibular

iii) Attentional process

Determinants of attention, shift, fluctuation, oscillation, selective and sustained attention

iv) Perception

Perceptual Process, Principles of perception,

. Perception of space, depth, distance, motion,

. monocular and binocular cues

v) Illusion, types of illusions

vi) Social and cultural influences on perception

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Unit – 5

Thinking

i) Introduction

ii) Nature of thinking Building blocks of thought

iii) Culture and thinking

iv) The process of thinking

Problem-solving, Reasoning, Decision making

v) Nature and process of creative thinking

vi) Thought and language

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Unit – 6

Human Development

i) Introduction

ii) Meaning of development

Concept of growth, maturation and evolution

iii) Lifespan perspective on development

iv) Factors influencing development(Heredity & Environment)

v) Overview of developmental stages -

. Prenatal development,

. Infancy( Motor, Cognitive, Socio-emotional),

. Childhood, ( Motor, Cognitive, Socio-emotional)

. Adolescence and its challenges, ( Physical, Moral, Cognitive)

vi) Adulthood and Old age

Consult Question Pattern to be published by the Council

Unit – 7

Learning

i) Introduction

ii) Nature of Learning

iii) Paradigms of learning

. Classical conditioning - Pavlov

. Instrumental conditioning - Skinner

. Observational learning

. Cognitive learning

. Verbal learning Skill learning

iv) Transfer of learning

v) Factors facilitating learning

vi) Learning disabilities

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Unit – 8

Human Memory

i) Introduction

ii) Nature of Memory

iii) Information processing approach: the stage model

iv) Memory systems: Sensory, short term and long-term memories

v) Types of long-term memory - declarative, procedural, episodic and semantic

vi) Levels of processing

vii) Forgetting - concept, nature, causes

viii) Theories of forgetting -

.Trace,

. decay,

. Interference and retrieval failure

ix) Enhancing memory

Unit – 9

Motivation

i) Introduction

ii) Nature of Motivation

iii) Types of motives -

Biological, psychological, social

iv) Maslow’s hierarchy of needs

v) Extrinsic and intrinsic motivation – Differences with examples

Unit – 10

Emotion

i) Introduction

ii) Nature of emotions

iii) Expression of emotion -

Emotional Expression and Labelling Culture and emotion

iv) Managing negative emotions

vi) Enhancing positive emotions