Bihar BSEB Intermediate Psychology case studies
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The BSEB Intermediate Psychology examination is the Class 12 psychology paper set by the Bihar School Examination Board for students in the Science, Commerce and Arts streams who choose psychology as one of their optional subjects. It is a school-leaving board paper rather than a professional certification: the score feeds into the Intermediate marksheet used for college admission and, in some cases, eligibility checks. The syllabus is the NCERT-aligned Class 12 psychology course, so the paper moves between theory-heavy topics such as schools of thought, personality approaches and psychopathology, and applied topics such as stress and coping, attitude change, group processes, environmental psychology and basic counselling and interviewing skills. There is also a small practical component involving experiments, psychological testing, case study or project work, assessed through a record file and, in many centres, a viva. The Bihar BSEB Intermediate Psychology case studies are 5 cases and about 5,034 words.
1The Girl Who Is 'Only Exam-Stressed'
Anita, 17, is a Class XII student in a district town. After failing two unit tests in October she has been low for about six weeks.
983 words, about 5 min2Eleven Hours a Day and a Headache Every Morning
Ravi, 16, is preparing for the Intermediate examination. For four months he has studied eleven hours a day, slept five hours and given up cricket.
970 words, about 5 min3Three Therapists, One Bank Clerk, One Budget
Sunil, 29, is a bank clerk in Gaya. For eight months he has washed his hands forty to sixty times a day and checked the gas stove about fifteen times before leaving home.
996 words, about 5 min4Three Sources, Three Different Meenas
At a career-counselling camp in Patna, Meena, 18, completes three assessments. On a self-report personality inventory she scores very high on extraversion and very low on anxiety.
1,030 words, about 5 min5Five Hands in a Health Meeting
In a district health programme, a newly posted block supervisor calls a meeting of five field volunteers. He instructs them to tell mothers in the village that during summer a six-month-old should be given only water and no breast milk, because 'that is what seniors in Patna do'.
1,055 words, about 5 min