CBSE Class 12 Psychology Syllabus - Free PDF Download
CBSE Syllabus 2025-26 Class 12: The CBSE Class 12 Psychology Syllabus for the examination year 2025-26 has been released by the Central Board of Secondary Education, CBSE. 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 CBSE Class 12 Psychology Board Exam will entirely be based on the most recent syllabus. Therefore, students must thoroughly understand the new CBSE syllabus to prepare for their annual exam properly.
The detailed CBSE Class 12 Psychology Syllabus for 2025-26 is below.
Academic year:
CBSE Class 12 Psychology Revised Syllabus
CBSE Class 12 Psychology and their Unit wise marks distribution
CBSE Class 12 Psychology Course Structure 2025-26 With Marking Scheme
| # | Unit/Topic | Weightage |
|---|---|---|
| 100 | Variations in Psychological Attributes | |
| 200 | Self and Personality | |
| 300 | Meeting Life Challenges | |
| 400 | Psychological Disorders | |
| 500 | Therapeutic Approaches | |
| 600 | Attitude and Social Cognition | |
| 700 | Social Influence and Group Processes | |
| 800 | Psychology and Life | |
| 900 | Developing Psychological Skills | |
| Total | - |
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Syllabus
100 Variations in Psychological Attributes
- Introduction to Variations in Psychological Attributes
- Individual Differences in Human Functioning
- Assessment of Psychological Attributes
- Some Domains of Psychological Attributes
- Assessment Methods
- Intelligence
- Theories of Intelligence
- Theory of Multiple Intelligences
- Triarchic Theory of Intelligence
- Planning, Attention-arousal, and Simultaneous-successive (PASS) Model of Intelligence
- Individual Differences in Intelligence
- Intelligence: Interplay of Nature and Nurture
- Variations of Intelligence
- Types of Intelligence Tests
- Individual or Group Tests,
- Verbal, Non-Verbal, or Performance Tests,
- Culture-Fair or Culture-Biased Tests
- Some Misuses of Intelligence Tests
- Culture and Intelligence
- Intelligence in the Indian Tradition
- Emotional Intelligence
- Special Abilities
- Aptitude : Nature and Measurement
- Creativity
200 Self and Personality
- Introduction to Self and Personality
- Self and Personality
- Concept of Self
- Self as Subject and Self as Object
- Kinds of Self
- Personal Self
- Social Self
- Familial or Relational Self
- Definition of Self
- Cognitive and Behavioural Aspects of Self
- Self-concept
- Self-esteem
- Self-efficacy
- Self-regulation
- Self-control
- Self-instruction
- Self-reinforcement
- Culture and Self
- Personality: Concept and Definition
- Meaning of personality
- Definition of personality
- Major Approaches to the Study of Personality
- Type Approaches
- Trait Approaches
- Five-Factor Model of Personality
- Psychodynamic Approach
- Behavioural Approach
- Cultural Approach
- Humanistic Approach
- Who is a Healthy Person?
- Assessment of Personality
- Self-report Measures
- Projective Techniques
- Behavioural Analysis
300 Meeting Life Challenges
- Introduction to Meeting Life Challenges
- Nature, Types and Sources of Stress
- Nature of Stress
- Signs and Symptoms of Stress
- Types of Stress
- Sources of Stress
- A Measure of Stressful Life Events
- Effects of Stress on Psychological Functioning and Health
- Four major effects of stress are associated with the stressed state, viz. emotional, physiological, cognitive, and behavioural
- Stress and Health
- General Adaptation Syndrome
- Stress and Immune System
- Lifestyle
- Examination Anxiety
- Coping with Stress
- Three coping strategies are given by Endler and Parker
- Task-oriented Strategy
- Emotion-oriented Strategy
- Avoidance-oriented Strategy
- Stress Management Techniques
- Relaxation Techniques
- Meditation Procedures
- Biofeedback
- Creative Visualisation
- Cognitive Behavioural Techniques
- Exercise
- Promoting Positive Health and Well-being
- Stress Resistant Personality
- Life Skills:
- Assertiveness
- Time Management
- Rational Thinking
- Improving Relationships
- Self-care
- Overcoming Unhelpful Habits
- Diet
- Exercise
- Positive Attitude
- Positive Thinking
- Social Support
- Resilience and Health
400 Psychological Disorders
- Introduction to Psychological Disorders
- Concepts of Abnormality and Psychological Disorders
- Classification of Psychological Disorders
- Factors Underlying Abnormal Behaviour
- 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
500 Therapeutic Approaches
- Nature and Process of Psychotherapy
- Therapeutic Relationship
- Type of Therapies
- Steps in the Formulation of a Client’s Problem
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Behaviour Therapy
- Relaxation Procedures
- Cognitive Therapy
- Humanistic-existential Therapy
- Biomedical Therapy
- Alternative Therapies - Yoga, Meditation
- Rehabilitation of the Mentally Ill
600 Attitude and Social Cognition
- Introduction to Attitude and Social Cognition
- Explaining Social Behaviour
- Nature and Components of Attitudes
- A ‘Green Environment’: The A-B-C Components of an Attitude
- Four significant features of attitudes
- Valence (positivity or negativity)
- Extremeness
- Simplicity or Complexity (multiplexity)
- Centrality
- Attitude Formation and Change
- Attitude Formation
- Attitude Change
- Telling a Lie for Twenty Dollars
- Attitude-Behaviour Relationship
- Prejudice and Discrimination
- An understanding of the meaning of prejudice and how it works in the form of discrimination - causes of prejudice: social learning, realistic competition, social categorization and stereotyping;
- ways in which prejudice can be resisted. Caste, community and gender stereotypes in the Indian context.
- Strategies for Handling Prejudice
- Social Cognition
- Schemas and Stereotypes
- Impression Formation and Explaining Behaviour of Others Through Attributions
- Impression Formation
- Attribution of Causality
- Behaviour of Others Through Attributions
- Impression Formation
- Attribution of Causality
- Behaviour in the Presence of Others
- Pro-social Behaviour
- Factors Affecting Pro-social Behaviour
700 Social Influence and Group Processes
- Introduction to Social Influence and Group Processes
- How people try to change others’ behaviour
- Social norms
- Conformity and obedience - factors affecting them
- What is meant by social norms - why people conform to social norms and why they digress
- Factors affecting Conformity and Obedience
- Asch's study on conformity
- Why and when people obey others - Milgram's experiment
- Nature and Formation of Groups
- What is a Group?
- Why Do People Join Groups?
- Group Formation
- Groupthink
- Type of Groups
- Type of Groups
- Primary and Secondary Groups
- Formal and Informal Groups
- Ingroup and Outgroup
- The Minimal Group Paradigm Experiments
- Influence of Group on Individual Behaviour
- Social Loafing
- Group Polarisation
- Conformity, Compliance, and Obedience
- Conformity
- The Autokinetic Effect
- Group Pressure and Conformity: The Asch Experiment
- Compliance
- Obedience
- Cooperation and Competition
- Sherif’s Summer Camp Experiments
- Determinants of Cooperation and Competition
- Social Identity
- Intergroup Conflict : Nature and Causes
- Conflict Resolution Strategies
800 Psychology and Life
- Introduction to Psychology and Life
- Human-environment Relationship
- Different Views of the Human-Environment Relationship
- The Bishnois and the Chipko Movement
- Environmental Effects on Human Behaviour
- Human Influence on the Environment
- Noise
- Pollution
- Crowding
- Natural Disasters
- Promoting Pro-environmental Behaviour
- Psychology and Social Concerns
- Poverty and Discrimination
- Aggression, Violence, and Peace
- Mahatma Gandhi on Non-violence : Why Does
- Non-violence Work
- Health
- Impact of Television on Behaviour
900 Developing Psychological Skills
- Introduction to Developing Psychological Skills
- Developing as an Effective Psychologist
- General Skills
- Intellectual and Personal Skills; Sensitivity to Diversity
- Individual and Cultural Differences
- Observational Skills
- Specific Skills
- Communication Skills
- Characteristics of Communication
- Some Tips to Improve Your Listening Skills
- Psychological Testing Skills
- Essentials of Psychological Assessment Skills
- Interviewing Skills
- Types of Interview Questions
- Counselling Skills
- Empathy
- Positive regard
- Authenticity
