Assam HS Class 11-12 Psychology study plan

Define psychology in your own words and distinguish it from pseudoscience and common-sense reasoning about behaviour

List and explain the major schools of thought (structuralism, functionalism, behaviourism, Gestalt, psychoanalysis, humanistic, cognitive) with one defining feature each

Identify the main subfields of psychology and match each to a realistic applied setting

Describe the steps of the scientific method and explain why empirical evidence outranks anecdote in psychology

Build a one-page glossary of 25 core terms from Domains 1 and 2 with definitions in your own wording

Differentiate experimental, quasi-experimental, correlational and case-study designs and state one strength and one limitation of each

Explain independent and dependent variables, control groups, and sources of confounding in a design you invent yourself

Distinguish reliability from validity and give one example of each in a hypothetical study

Outline the ethical requirements for research with human participants, including informed consent, deception, debriefing and confidentiality

Interpret a simple correlation coefficient and explain why correlation does not establish causation

Compare observation, interview, questionnaire and psychological test methods on objectivity, cost and suitability

Describe the stages of report writing in psychological research and list what belongs in each section

Define development and distinguish growth, maturation and development

Summarise the key claims of Piaget's stages of cognitive development and identify one classroom implication of each stage

Explain the major physical, motor and perceptual milestones of infancy and early childhood

Compare attachment styles and explain how early caregiver interaction shapes socio-emotional development

Describe language development milestones and the difference between reinforcement and inborn-capacity explanations

Outline adolescent physical, cognitive and socio-emotional changes and relate them to identity formation

Explain Kohlberg's levels of moral reasoning with one example of reasoning at each level

Describe the structure and function of the eye and ear and trace the pathway from receptor to brain

Explain absolute threshold, difference threshold and signal detection in your own examples

Distinguish bottom-up from top-down processing and give a real-life illustration of each

Explain selective and divided attention and describe the factors that influence attention

Describe Gestalt principles of perceptual organisation and common perceptual constancies

Define learning and distinguish it from maturation and reflex behaviour

Explain classical conditioning with a labelled example and describe extinction, spontaneous recovery and generalisation

Explain operant conditioning, reinforcement schedules and punishment, and design one behaviour-shaping plan

Compare observational learning with conditioning accounts and state the role of cognition

Revisit Domain 4 weak spots by re-attempting missed quiz items and writing corrections

Consolidate Domains 1 to 3 by producing condensed revision notes from memory, then checking against your glossary

Practise 30 mixed objective questions under timed conditions and log every error by domain

Write full-length answers to two long-answer questions from Domains 2 and 3 within the exam time limit

Identify the three weakest concepts so far and re-teach each to yourself in writing

Run two full mock papers covering all five domains under strict timing and mark them honestly

Review the error log and re-test only previously missed concepts until each is answered correctly twice

Recite core definitions, theorists and stage models aloud without notes

Finalise a one-page formula-and-terms sheet for last-day revision