CBSE Class 12 Psychology Syllabus 2024-25 - CBSE 12th Class Psychology Syllabus Download PDF

CBSE Class 12 Psychology Syllabus 2024-25: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) released the class 12 psychology syllabus 2024-25 on March 23, 2024. The board release the CBSE 12th Psychology syllabus for the academic session 2024-25 on its official website at cbseacademic.nic.in . For this AY 2024-25, some of the topics have been removed like Therapeutic Approaches, Attitude and Social Cognition, Social Influence and Group Processes, etc. The biological basis of behavior, sensation and perception, learning, memory, thinking, language, motivation, emotion, personality, abnormal psychology, and social psychology will be covered in the CBSE Class 12 syllabus 2023–2024 . Along with the syllabus, students must also check CBSE Class 12 Exam Pattern 2024 .

The exam is divided into two parts: Part A and Part B. There are 20 short answer questions in Part B and 80 multiple-choice questions in Part A.  The subject offers students the chance to research the study of human experiences, behaviors, and mental processes within a socio-cultural historical context. The syllabus is organized in a way that helps students understand how psychological knowledge and practices are contextualized, how different factors affect behavior and mental processes, and the complexity of behavioral processes. After completing the syllabus students must also check CBSE Class 12 Psychology Previous Year Question Paper and CBSE Class 12 Psychology Sample Paper 2024 .  Candidates can review the entire CBSE Class 12 Psychology curriculum for 2023–2024 in this article, which contains the course content, structure, format of the exam questions, and more. They can also download the syllabus PDF from the link at the bottom.

CBSE Class 12 Psychology syllabus 2024-25 PDF

The CBSE Class 12 Psychology syllabus 2024-25 PDF is a detailed document that describes the themes and learning outcomes for the Psychology subject in the 12th grade. Download CBSE Class 12 Psychology syllabus 2024-25 PDF

CBSE Class 12 Psychology syllabus 2024-25 - Course Structure

The two components of the CBSE Class 12 Psychology syllabus for 2023–24 are theory and project work. The project work component is worth 30 points, while the theoretical part is worth 70 points. The final grade for the subject is calculated by averaging the project and theoretical grades. The course structure for the CBSE Class 12 psychology syllabus for 2023–24 is shown in the table below.

Units	Topics	Marks
I	Variations in Psychological Attributes	13
II	Self and Personality	13
III	Meeting Life Challenges	9
IV	Psychological Disorders	12
V	Therapeutic Approaches	9
VI	Attitude and Social Cognition	8
VII	Social Influence and Group Processes	6
	TOTAL	70

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CBSE Class 12 Psychology Syllabus 2024-25 - Question Paper Design

The CBSE Class 12 Psychology Syllabus 2023–24 question paper design is divided into Part A and Part B. Part A contains 80 mutiple-choice questions, each worth one marks. Part B contains 20 short answer questions, each worth two marks. The question paper has 100 points in total. The question paper format for the CBSE Class 12 psychology syllabus for 2023–2024 is shown in the table below.

I. Board Examination: Theory
Time 3 hours Max Marks 70
Competencies	Marks	Weightage%
Remembering and Understanding: Exhibiting retention of previously learned content by recalling facts, vocabulary, fundamental ideas, and answers. Organizing, contrasting, translating, interpreting, giving descriptions, and articulating important ideas to demonstrate understanding of facts and concepts.	25	35
Applying : Solve problems in new situations by applying acquired knowledge, facts, techniques and rules in a different way.	31	45
Formulating, Analysing, Evaluating, and Creating: Examining and dissecting data by locating causes or motivations. Draw conclusions and gather data to back such generalization, expressing and defending viewpoints while evaluating facts, and the veracity of theories. combining information together in a unique way by putting components together in a new pattern or offering different answers.	14	20
Total	70	100
II Practicals: 30 Marks

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CBSE Class 12 Psychology Syllabus 2024-25 Practical

A. Using suitable techniques, such as interviews, observations, and psychological testing, build the case profile.
B.  Conducting the tests: Students are required to conduct and interpret five psychological tests that measure a range of psychological traits, including IQ, aptitude, attitude, personality, and so on.
C. During the Practical exam, the student will be expected to give and interpret two psychological exams.

CBSE Class 12 Psychology Syllabus 2024-25 Marks distribution

CBSE Class 12 Psychology syllabus 2024-25 marks distribution is as follows:

Case Profile and Practical File	Marks
Viva Voce (Case Profile & Two Practicals)	05 Marks
Two practicals (10 marks for reporting and 5 marks for doing the practicals).	15 Marks
Total	30 Marks

CBSE Class 12 Psychology 2024-25 Course Content

UNIT 1 Variations in Psychological Attributes The topics in this unit are:

1. Introduction
2. Individual Differences in Human Functioning
3. Assessment of Psychological Attributes
4. Intelligence
5. Information Processing Theory, Planning, Attention-Arousal, and Simultaneous Successive Model of Intelligence, Psychometric Theories of Intelligence, Theory of Multiple Intelligences; Triarchic Theory of Intelligence.
6. Individual Differences in Intelligence
7. Culture and Intelligence
8. Emotional Intelligence
9. Special Abilities: Aptitude: Nature and Measurement.
10. Creativity

UNIT 2 Self and Personality The topics in this unit are:

1. Introduction
2. Self and Personality
3. Concept of Self
4. Cognitive and Behavioural aspects of Self
5. Culture and Self
6. Concept of Personality
7. Type approaches, trait approaches, psychodynamic and post-Freudian approaches, behavioral approaches, cultural approaches, and humanistic approaches are the main approaches to the study of personality.
8. Behavioural analysis, self-report measures, projective techniques, and personality evaluation

UNIT 3 Meeting Life Challenges

The topics in this unit are:
1. Introduction
2. Nature, Types and Sources of Stress
3. Stress's effects on psychological health and functioning Stress and Immune System, General Adaptation Syndrome, and Lifestyle
4. Coping with Stress, Stress Management Techniques
5. Promoting Positive Health and Well-being, Life Skills, Positive Health

UNIT 4 Psychological Disorders

The topics in this unit are:
1. Introduction
2. Concepts of Abnormality and Psychological Disorders, Historical Background
3. Classification of Psychological Disorders
4. Factors Underlying Abnormal Behaviour
5. Major Psychological Disorders: Anxiety Disorders, Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders, Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorders, Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders, Dissociative Disorders, Depressive Disorder, 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

UNIT 5 Therapeutic Approaches

The topics in this unit are:
1. Nature and Process of psychotherapy Therapeutic relationship
2. Types of Therapies Behaviour Therapy Cognitive Therapy Humanistic-Existential Therapy Alternative Therapies Factors contributing to healing in Psychotherapy Ethics in Psychotherapy
3. Rehabilitation of the Mentally Ill

UNIT 6 Attitude and Social Cognition

The topics in this unit are:
1. Introduction
2. Explaining Social Behaviour
3. Nature and Components of Attitudes
4. Attitude Formation and Change Attitude Formation Attitude Change Attitude-Behaviour Relationship
5. Prejudice and Discrimination
6. Strategies for Handling Prejudice

UNIT 7 Social Influence and Group Processes

The topics in this unit are Introduction Nature and Formation of Groups Type of Groups Influence of Group on Individual Behaviour, Social Loafing, Group Polarisation.

CBSE Class 12 Psychology Deleted Syllabus 2024-25

Check the complete deleted syllabus of CBSE Class 12 Psychology from the table given below:

No.	Chapter Name	Deleted Topics	Page Number
5	Therapeutic Approaches	Psychodynamic Therapy Biomedical Therapy	94- 96 101-102
6	Attitude and Social Cognition	Social Cognition Stereotypes and Schemas Making an impression and explaining other people's behavior using attributes Behaviour in Presence of Others Pre-Social Behaviour	119-125
7	Social Influence and Group Processes	Conformity, Obedience, and Compliance Cooperation and Competition Social Identity Inter-group Conflicts Conflicts Resolution Strategies	138-149
8	Psychology and Life	Full Chapter	152- 176
9	Developing Psychological Skills	Full Chapter	177- 195

CBSE Class 12 Psychology Prescribed Books 2025

Students of CBSE Class 12 are advised to follow the NCERT books for their exam preparation. Apart from this, they can refer to many other reference books. Some of the prescribed books are:

• Psychology, Class XI, Published by NCERT
• Psychology, Class XII, Published by NCERT
• Psychology The Mind Talks ( For Class XII CBSE )
• CBSE Question Bank Class 12 Psychology, Chapterwise And Topicwise Solved Papers For Board Exams 2025 by Oswaal Editorial Board
• All In One-Psychology CBSE For Exam Class 12th

Note: The above textbooks are also available in Hindi medium.
For more details regarding CBSE Class 12 Exam 2024 , students must keep checking this page for more updates!