Maharashtra State Board 12th Standard Board Exam Psychology Syllabus - Free PDF Download
Maharashtra State Board Syllabus 2025-26 12th Standard Board Exam: The Maharashtra State Board 12th Standard Board Exam Psychology Syllabus for the examination year 2025-26 has been released by the MSBSHSE, Maharashtra State Board. The board will hold the final examination at the end of the year following the annual assessment scheme, which has led to the release of the syllabus. The 2025-26 Maharashtra State Board 12th Standard Board Exam Psychology Board Exam will entirely be based on the most recent syllabus. Therefore, students must thoroughly understand the new Maharashtra State Board syllabus to prepare for their annual exam properly.
The detailed Maharashtra State Board 12th Standard Board Exam Psychology Syllabus for 2025-26 is below.
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Maharashtra State Board 12th Standard Board Exam Psychology Revised Syllabus
Maharashtra State Board 12th Standard Board Exam Psychology and their Unit wise marks distribution
Maharashtra State Board 12th Standard Board Exam Psychology Course Structure 2025-26 With Marking Scheme
| # | Unit/Topic | Weightage |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Psychology : A Scientific Discipline | |
| 2 | Intelligence | |
| 3 | Personality | |
| 4 | Cognitive Processes | |
| 5 | Emotions | |
| 6 | Psychological Disorders | |
| 7 | First Aid in Mental Health | |
| 8 | Positive Psychology | |
| Total | - |
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Syllabus
1 Psychology : A Scientific Discipline
- Introduction to Psychology: a Scientific Discipline
- Key Features of Science
- History of Psychology as a Science
- Research Methods in Psychology
- Experimental method
- Survey method
- Observation method
- Case study method
- Correlation studies
- Challenges in Establishing Psychology as a Science
- Importance of Rationality
2 Intelligence
- Intelligence
- Perspectives on Intelligence
- Measurement of Intelligence
- History of Measurement of Intelligence
- Concept Related to Measurement of Intelligence
- Types of Intelligence Tests
- Individual Tests of Intelligence
- Group Tests of Intelligence
- Verbal Tests of Intelligence
- Non-Verbal Tests of Intelligence
- Applications of Intelligence Testing in Various Areas
- New Trends in Intelligence
- Social Intelligence
- Artificial Intelligence
- Emotional Intelligence
- Components of Emotional Intelligence
- Self awareness
- Self-regulation
- Self-motivation
- Empathy
- Social skills
3 Personality
- Personality: Concept and Definition
- Meaning of personality
- Definition of personality
- Factors Shaping Personality
- Perspectives of Studying Personality
- Allport’s theory of personality
- Carl Jung’s Theory of Personality
- Jung's classification of personality types
(1) Introvert
(2) Extrovert - The Eight Preferences
(3) Ambivert - Personality functions - Feeling, Thinking, Sensing, and Intuitive
- Jung's classification of personality types
- Big Five Factor Model of Personality: (Ocean)
- Openness to Experience (Imaginative vs Narrow Interest)
- Extraversion (Enthusiastic vs Reserved)
- Conscientiousness (Organized vs Easy-going)
- Agreeableness (Friendly vs Un-Cooperative)
- Neuroticism (Composed vs Nervous)
- Measurement of Personality
- Behavioural Analysis
- Self Report Inventories
- Projective Methods
- Rorschach’s Ink-Blot Test
- Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)
- Sentence-completion test
4 Cognitive Processes
- Cognitive Processes
- Attention
- Aspects of Attention
- Perception
- Phenomena Associated with Perception
- Definition and Core Elements of Thinking
- Types of Thinking
- Concept Learning
- Processes of Learning
5 Emotions
- Concept of Emotions
- History of Emotions - Theories of Emotions
- Basic Emotions
- Plutchik’s Model
- Physiological Changes During Emotions
- Emotional Well-being
- Achieving Emotional Well Being
- Benefits of Emotional Well Being
- Emotional Abuse
- Managing Emotions
- Anger Management
6 Psychological Disorders
- Introduction to Psychological Disorders
- Nature of Psychological Disorders
- Criteria for Psychological Disorders
- Mental Wellness
- Mental Disorders - Its Classification
- Major Psychological Disorders
- Anxiety Disorders
- Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders
- Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorders
- Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders
- Dissociative Disorders
- Salient Features of Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders and Dissociative Disorders
- Depressive Disorders
- Bipolar and Related Disorders
- Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders
- Neurodevelopmental Disorders
- Disruptive, Impulse-Control and Conduct Disorders
- Feeding and Eating Disorders
- Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders
- Effects of Alcohol: Some Facts
- Commonly Abused Substances
- Anxiety Disorders
- Generalized anxiety disorder
- Phobic disorders
- Depressive Disorders
- Bipolar Disorder
- Trauma and Stress Related Disorders
- Acute Stress Disorder
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
- Substance-related and Addictive Disorders
- Schizophrenia
- Schizophrenia - meaning; main types; characteristics.
- Basic nature of Schizophrenia - characteristics of Disorganized Catatonic and Paranoid Schizophrenia (symptoms).
- Identifying and Treating Psychological Disorders
7 First Aid in Mental Health
- First Aid in Mental Health
- Need for First Aid in Mental Health
- The ALGEE - Action Plan
- First Aid in Mental Illness
- First Aid in Depression
- First Aid in Anxiety
- Certain Behavioural Issues
- Internet and Social Media Usage
8 Positive Psychology
- Positive Psychology
- Importance and Need of Positive Psychology
- Happiness
- Theories of Happiness
- Determinants of Happiness
- Optimism
- Optimist Versus Pessimist
- Empathy
- How Can Empathy Be Nurtured?
- Mindfulness
- Mindfulness Meditation
- Resilience
- Importance of Resilience
- The 7 C’s of Resilience
- Types of Resilience
