Haryana Board HBSE Class 11th Psychology Syllabus 2025, Download PDF Here

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HBSE Class 11 Psychology Syllabus 2025-26 

1. There will be an Annual Examination based on the entire syllabus. 
2. The Annual Examination will be of 60 marks, Practical Examination will be of 20 marks and 20 marks weightage shall be for Internal Assessment. 
3. For Practical Examination: 

• One experiment of 8 marks. 
• Practical record of 4 marks. 
• Viva-voce of 8 marks. 

1. For Internal Assessment: There will be a Periodic Assessment that will include: 

• For 6 marks- Three SAT exams will be conducted with a weightage of 06 marks towards the final Internal Assessment. 
• For 2 marks- One half-yearly exam will be conducted with a weightage of 02 marks towards the final Internal Assessment. 
• For 2 marks- The subject teacher will assess and give a maximum of 02 marks for CRP (Classroom participation). 
• For 5 marks- A project work to be done by students and will have a weightage of 05 marks towards the final Internal Assessment.

5. For 5 marks- Attendance of the student will be awarded 05 marks as: 

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HBSE Class 11 Psychology Course Structure and Marks Distribution

In the table given below, students can find the class 11th Psychology course structure and marks distribution.

HBSE Class 11 Core Structure Of HBSE Class 11 Psychology Detailed Syllabus 2025-26

Chapter I: What is Psychology?

Introduction: What is Psychology? Psychology as a Discipline; Psychology as a Natural Science; Psychology as a Social Science; Understanding Mind and Behaviour; Popular Notions about the Discipline of Psychology; Evolution of Psychology; Development of Psychology in India; Branches of Psychology; Psychology and Other Disciplines; Psychology in Everyday Life

Chapter 2: Methods of Enquiry in Psychology

Introduction: Goals of Psychological Enquiry; Steps in Conducting Scientific Research; Alternative Paradigms of Research; Nature of Psychological Data; Some Important Methods in Psychology; Observational Method, Experimental Method, Correlational Research, Survey Research, Psychological Testing, Case Study, Analysis of Data: Quantitative Method, Qualitative Method, Limitations of Psychological Enquiry; Ethical Issues

Chapter 3: Human Development

Introduction: Meaning of Development; Life-Span Perspective on Development; Factors Influencing Development; Context of Development; Overview of Developmental Stages; Prenatal Stage, Infancy, Childhood, Challenges of Adolescence, Adulthood and Old Age

Chapter 4: Sensory, Attentional and Perceptual Processes

Introduction: Knowing the world; Nature and varieties of Stimulus; Sense Modalities; Functional limitation of sense organs; Attentional Processes; Selective Attention, Sustained Attention; Perceptual Processes; Processing Approaches in Perception; The Perceiver; Principles of Perceptual Organisation; Perception of Space, Depth and Distance: Monocular Cues and Binocular Cues, Perceptual Constancies; Illusions; Socio-Cultural Influences on Perception. 

Chapter 5: Learning

Introduction: Nature of Learning; Paradigms of Learning; Classical Conditioning; Determinants of Classical Conditioning; Operant/Instrumental Conditioning, Determinants of Operant Conditioning; Key Learning Processes; Observational Learning; Cognitive Learning; Verbal Learning; Skill Learning; Factors Facilitating Learning; Learning Disabilities

Chapter 6: Human Memory

Introduction: Nature of memory; Information Processing Approach: The Stage Model; Memory Systems: Sensory, Short- term and Long-term Memories; Levels of Processing; Types of Long-term Memory: Declarative and Procedural, Episodic and Semantic, Nature and Causes of Forgetting: Forgetting due to Trace Decay, Interference and Retrieval Failure, Enhancing Memory: Mnemonics using Images and Organisation;

Chapter 7: Thinking 

Introduction: Nature of Thinking; Building Blocks of Thought; The Processes of Thinking; Problem-Solving; Reasoning; Decision-making; Nature and Process of Creative Thinking; Nature of Creative Thinking; Process of Creative Thinking; Thought and Language; Development of Language and Language Use.

Chapter 8: Motivation and Emotion

Introduction: Nature of Motivation; Types of Motives; Biological Motives, Psychosocial Motives, Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs; Nature of Emotions; Expression of Emotions; Culture and Emotional Expression; Culture and Emotional Labeling; Managing Negative Emotions; Enhancing Positive Emotions.

Practicals:

1. Survey of attitudes towards any social problem
2. Span of attention
3. Muller-Lyer Illusion
4. Impact of meaningfulness of study material on learning
5. STM
6. Problem-Solving
7. Academic Achievement Motivation test

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