Andhra Pradesh Board Psychology Syllabus for Class 11


Andhra Pradesh Board Syllabus for Class 11 Psychology

Psychology
CLASS 11

Unit 1:
Introduction to Psychology
(6 marks) (16 Pds)
Introduction; Development of Psychology as a modern discipline; (MILESTONES IN
THE HISTORY OF PSYCHOLOGY); Psychology and life; Approaches to the study of Psy-
chology and life; Approaches to the study of Psychology-Biological Behaviouristic, Gestalt,
Cognitive, Psychodynamic, Humanistic and Cultural; Fields of Psychology; Psychology in rela-
tion to other disiciplines; (NEW FRONTIERS OF PSYCHOLOGY).
Methods in Psychology
(6 marks) (14 Pds)

Unit 2:
Introduction; Goals of psychological enquiry; Methods of enquiry- Observational, Ex-
perimental, Correlational (SIMULATION); Cross-sectional and Longitudinal studies; (QUALI-
TATIVE METHODS); Case Study; Psychological Tools-Tests, Interviews, Questionnaires;
Ethical issues involved in Psychological studies.
Biological Bases of Behaviour
(6 marks) (14 Pds)

Unit 3:
Introduction; Evolutionary perspective and genetics; (NATURAL SELECTION AND
SOCIOBIOLOGY); Brain and nervous system; (REFLEXES); Functional organisation of brain;
(COMMUNICATION IN THE NERVOUS SYSTEM); [METHODS OF STUDYING
BRAIN (MRI)]; (NEURO-SCIENTIFIC DEVELOPMENTS); (MENTAL CHRONOM-
ETRY); Endocrine system.

Unit 4:
Socio-Cultural Bases of Behaviour
(5 marks) (10 Pds)
Introduction; What is culture? Relationship between culture and human behaviour;
Socialization and acculturation; Cultural organization of social life; (Modernisation, Westenisation
and Sanskritisation).

Unit 5:
Life Span Development
(8 marks) (18 Pds)
Introduction; What is development? (GROWTH, MATURATION, DEVELOPMENT,
EVOLUTION); Principles of Development; Factors influencing development; Critical Periods
of Development; Ecology of human development; Genetic bases of development; Stages of
development; (INDIAN CONCEPT OF STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT); Infancy and Child-
hood -Development tasks and characteristics, (CHILDHOOD IN INDIA); Adolescence-
characteristics and challenges; (SEX ROLE, GENDER AND PEER RELATIONS); Adult-
hood stages and challenges, Old age-coping with problems of the aged, Critical life events
(Career planning, unemployment, marriage, divorce, single parenting, retirement, death and
dying); (FAMILY AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT).

Unit 6:
Introduction;(PSYCHOPHYSICS) (CLASSICAL AND MODERN METHODS).
(SENSEORGANS-EYE AND EAR); Attentional processes; Study of attention-Span,
and Distraction, (Study on Selective Attention), Perceptual organization; (ILLUSION)
(Perceptual Constancy); (Space, Shape and Motion Colour Depth and Distance) per-
ception; (EXTRA-SENSORY AND SUBLIMINAL PERCEPTION); Perception and
the states of consciousness.

Unit 7:
Learning
(8 marks) (18 Pds)
Introduction; What is learning? How do we learn- Classical conditioning; Operant condi-
Sensory-Perceptual Processes

(7 marks) (16 Pds)
tioning; Social Learning; Concept Learning (Processes of learning- Reinforcemen, Discrimina-
tion, Generalization, Extinction); (Verbal learning); Transfer of Learning- Generic and Specific
Factors influecing learningl; Practical applications of learning principles; (LEARNING STYLES)
LEARNING DISABILITY [DISTANCE LEARNING THROUGH INFORMATION TECH-
NOLOGY AND MASS-MEDIA]

Unit 8:
Memory Processes
(8 marks) (18 Pds)
Introduction; What is Memory? (encoding, storage, retreval); [MEMORY RESEARCH
IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE - LANDMARKS]; Multiple Memory systems; [SENSORY,
SHORT-TERM/WORKING MEMORY]; Long term memory- Episodic and Semantic; Lev-
els of processing; Measurment of memory- Explicit and Implicit memory measures; Memory
organisation -categories and hierachical organisation, Construction and reconstruction in memory;
[EYE WITNESS MEMORY]; [SPECIAL MEMORY PHENOMEN]; Forgetting- Encoding
failure, Storage failure and Retreval failures; Amnesia; Improving memory; (EMOTION AND
MEMORY];.

Unit 9:
Cognitive Processes
(6 marks) (14 Pds)
Introduction; What is Thinking; Concept: Reasoning, Problem solving, Judgement and
decision making (Metacognition); {ARTIFICAL INTELLIGENCE}; Creative thinking, [FOS-
TERING CREATIVITY]; [ASSESING CREATIVITY]; [IMAGERY AND COGNITION];
[COGNITIVE SCIENCE]; [HUMAN BRAIN AND THIN-RING]; Information processing
model, Measuring the mental processes.

Unit 10: Language and Communication
(5 marks) (14 Pds)
Introduction; Nature of human language; Language and thought, [Bilingualism,
Role of mother tongue;] Communication Process; Verbal and Non-verbal Communi-
cation; Communication skills and Barriers to Communication; [PERSUASION AND
PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION];

Unit 11: Motivation and Emotion
(6 marks) (14 Pds)
Introduction; What is Motivation? Human needs (Maslow); [PHYSIOLOGICAL
MECHANISMS: HYPOTHALAMUS AND MOTIVAION]; Biological Needs; Major Psy-
chological motives- Achievement , Affiliation and Power, Emerging Concepts- Intrinsic and
Extrinsic motivation ; Attribution, Competence; frustration, Conflict, and Anxiety [YERKES
DODSON LAW]; [ENHANCING MOTIVATON]; Nature of emotions; Expressing emo-
tions; Physiological and cognitive basis of emotios; Relationship between emotion and motiva-
tion; Emotional competence; Culture and emotion.

Unit 12: Facets of Development
(4 marks) (14 Pds)
To be deleted from evaluation however desirable, as optional.
Introduction; Cognitive development-Theories of Piaget and Vygotsky; Socio-emotional
development- Concept of attachement; Stages of psycho-social development (Erikson); Moral
development (Kohlberg); Development of values; Holistic development of child;

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