Andhra Pradesh Board Psychology Syllabus for Class 12

 PSYCHOLOGY (Syllabus)

I. Motivation: Instincts, Needs – types of needs – Physiologi-cal; social and Psychological needs;
Maslow’s theory of Hi-erarchy of needs, Role of intrinsic and extrinsic motivation in learning.

II. Human Abilities: Intelligence – Origin of Intelligence tests, concept of I.Q., Extremes of
Intelligence distribution: – Gifted and challenged; Emotional Intelligence; Aptitudes; Creative
thinking.

III. Social behavior: Inter personal attraction – proximity, physi-cal appearance, similarity,
complimentality. Impression for-mation and management. Pro- social behaviour – Empathy,
altruism

IV. Groups and Leaderships: Classification of Groups, Group Dynamics – Social facilitation,
loafing and inhibition. Characteristics of a leader. Emergence of a leader;

V. Communication Skills: Communication process; verbal and non-verbal communication skills
– Interpersonal com-munication – Transactional Analysis approach.

VI. Personality: Meaning and definition of personality; Healthy personality Development; self
perception, self confidence, goal setting, decision –making. Ego-defence mechanisms,
Personality assessment: Self report measures and projec-tive techniques.

VII. Issues in contemporary society : Competition, test anxi-ety, conflicts and frustrations,
aggression, depression, sui-cidal tendencies. Drug addiction.

VIII. Health Psychology : Psychology of well-being; Stress man-agement: Relaxation,
Meditation, Yoga, Thought stopping, Rational emotive therapy.