Gujarat Board Psychology Syllabus for Class 11

Standard: 11
Psychology

UNIT 1 :What is Psychology?

Introduction

-Psychology as a subject
-Subject matter of Psychology
-Psy. as a modern subject.
-Milestone in the history of Psychology
-Approaches of the study of Psychology
-Biological, Behaviouristic, cognitive
-Psycho - dynamic, Humanistic
-Socio - cultural fields of Psychology.

UNIT 2: Methods of Study Psychology

-Introduction
-The Goals of Psychology
-Methods of study Psychology
-Observation, Experimental. (Correlational Method) Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Studies
-Case - history method
-Instruments for study of Psychology
-Tests
-Interview
-Questionnaire

UNIT 3: Biological basic of behaviour

-Introduction
-Evolutionary Prospective
-Genes and behaviour
-Brain and Nervous system (Relaxes Box)
-Biology of Behaviour - The nervous System (Box), Method of studying Briain.
-M. R. 1. (Box)
-Endocrine glands

UNIT 4: Socio Cultural Basis of Behaviour

-Introduction
-What is culture ?
-Relation between human behaviour and culture
-socialization and accult aration

UNIT 5: Development of life-spsn.

-Introduction
-What is development ?
-Growth, Maturity, concept of development, principles of development,
-Factors affecting development, Critical Periods of Development.
-Revolutionary stages in development, (Indian views about stages of development)
-Infant stage, childhood stage, Developmental Tests & Characteristics.
(Childhood in India (Box))
-Adolescence stage
-Characteristics and challenges
-Adult stage - stages and challenges
-Old age
-Problems of Old age and dealings with them [Gsmily ant Human Development (Box)]


UNIT 6. Sensory and Perceptual Processes.

-Introduction
-Definition of sensation
-Meaning and types of ……..
-Visual, Audition, Smell, Taste & Tactile
-Process of Attention
-Determinants of attention
-Characteristics of attention
-Attention and Perception
-Process of Perception
-Principles of Perceptual Organisation (optical illusion (Box))
-Depth and Distance perception reception of individual.
-Social perception.

UNIT 7: Process of Learning

-Introduction, what is learning ? How does an individual learns ? Classical conditioning,
-Instrumental conditioning.
-Social Learning, Verbal learning and organisational process
-Learning of skill
-Process of learning, Extinction,
-Reinforcement, Generalisation and discrimination
-Transfer of Learning
-General and specific learning
-Determinants of Learning
-Continuous and Partial rein or cement
-Motivation, Preparedness
-Learned Helplessness.
[Learned Indolence, Self - Punitive Habits (Box)]
-Factors affecting Learning
-Difficulties in learning, Practical applications of Learning principles,

UNIT 8 - Process of memory

-Introduction, what is memory ?
-Stages of memory.... Encoding, Storage, Retrieval
-Tridimensional model of memory
-Long Tern memory
-Declarative and procedural memoriam Episodic and Semantic memory.
-Measurement of memory
-Forgetting - Encoding Failure, Storage Failure and
-Failure of retrieval, Amnesia
-Improving Memory [Emotion and Memory (Box)]

UNIT 9 : Cognitive Processes

-Introduction
-Process of Information and it's measurement.
-What is thinking ?
-Logical reasoning, problem solving,
-Judgment and decision making
-Creative thinking

UNIT 10 : Language and Communication

-Introduction, Language, nature and characteristics,
-Origin of language,
-Language and thought
-Process of Communication
-Verbal and Non-verbal Communication
-skills of Communication
-obstacles of Communication

UNIT 11 : Motivation and Emotions

-Introduction, what is motivation ? (Needs)
-Maslow's mind, Biological needs.
-Main psychological motives,
-Achievements, Affiliation and Power
-Emotions Internal & external
-Frustration
-Conflict and Anxiety
-Nature of emotions
-Expression of emotions
-Physical and counseling base
-Relation between emotion and motives (related to examination)

UNIT 12: Stages of Development

-Introduction : Cognitive Development - Piaget's Theory.
-Principle of Piagano related to intellectual development
-Socio emotional development, [Temperament (Box)]
-Greed
-Paternal methods of child upbringing
-Stages of psycho-social development [erikson]
-Moral development [Piaget, Kohiberg]
-Development of Values [Values in relation to Indian Context (Box)]
-All round development of a child
-Practical for Semesters I and II
(1) One Project
(2) Three practical related to the following areas
Education, Memory, Motivation, Perception, Attention, Thinking.