Syllabus class 11 2021 of sociology , psychology, English, and hindi of bihar board
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SOCIOLOGY SYLLABUS
Unit 1 Sociology, Society and its Relationship with other Social
Sciences
• Introducing Society: Individuals and collectivities.
Pluralities and Inequalities among societies.
• Introducing Sociology: Emergence. Nature and Scope.
• Relationship with other Social Science disciplines
Unit 2 Terms, Concepts and their use in Sociology
• Social Groups and Society
• Social Stratification
• Status and Role
• Society & Social Control
16 Periods
Unit 3 Understanding Social Institutions
• Family, Marriage and Kinship
• Work & Economic Life
• Political Institutions
• Religion as a Social Institution
• Education as a Social Institution
20 Periods
Unit 4 Culture and Socialization
• Defining Culture
• Dimensions of Culture
• Socialization
• Agencies of Socialisation
&Sociology
B. UNDERSTANDING SOCIETY
Unit 7 Social Change and Social Order in Rural and Urban
Society
• Social Change: Types, Causes and Consequences
• Social Order: Domination, Authority and Law;
Contestation, Crime and Violence
• Concepts: Village, Town and City
• Social Order and Social Change in Rural and Urban
Areas
Unit 9 Introducing Western Sociologists
• The Context of Sociology
• Karl Marx on Class Conflict
• Emile Durkheim : Division of Labour in society
• Max Weber:Interpretive Sociology, Ideal Type &
Bureaucracy
Unit 10 Indian Sociologists
• G.S. Ghurye on Caste and Race
• D.P. Mukherjee on Tradition and Change
• A.R. Desai on the State
• M.N. Srinivas on the Village
PSYCHOLOGY STUDIES
Unit I What is Psychology?
The topics in this unit are:
1. Introduction
2. What is Psychology?
Psychology as a Discipline
Psychology as a Natural Science
Psychology as a Social Science
3. Understanding Mind and Behaviour
4. Popular Notions about the Discipline of Psychology
5. Evolution of Psychology
6. Development of Psychology in India
7. Branches of Psychology
8. Themes of Research and Applications
9. Psychology and Other Disciplines
10.Psychologists at Work
11.Psychology in Everyday Life
16 Periods
Unit II Methods of Enquiry in Psychology
The topics in this unit are:
1. Introduction
20 Periods
2. Goals of Psychological Enquiry
Steps in Conducting Scientific Research
Alternative Paradigms of Research
3. Nature of Psychological Data
4. Some Important Methods in Psychology
Observational Method
Experimental Method
Correlational Research
Survey Research
Psychological Testing
Case Study
5. Analysis of Data
QuantitativeMethod
Qualitative Method
6. Limitations of Psychological Enquiry
7. Ethical Issues
Unit III The Bases of Human Behaviour
The topics in this unit are:
1. Introduction
2. Evolutionary Perspective
3. Biological and Cultural Roots
4. Biological Basis of Behaviour
Neurons
5. Structure and Functions of Nervous System and
Endocrine System and their Relationship with
Behaviour and Experience
The Nervous System
The Endocrine System
6. Heredity: Genes and Behaviour
7. Cultural Basis : Socio-Cultural Shaping of Behaviour
Concept of Culture
8. Enculturation
9. Socialization
10.Acculturation
20 Periods
Unit IV Human Development
The topics in this unit are:
16 Periods
1. Introduction
2. Meaning of Development
Life-Span Perspective on Development
3. Factors Influencing Development
4. Context of Development
5. Overview of Developmental Stages
Prenatal Stage
Infancy
Childhood
Challenges of Adolescence
Adulthood and Old Age
Unit V Sensory, Attentional and Perceptual Processes
The topics in this unit are:
1. Introduction
2. Knowing the world
3. Nature and varieties of Stimulus
4. Sense Modalities
5. Attentional Processes
Selective Attention
Sustained Attention
6. Perceptual Processes
Processing Approaches in Perception
7. The Perceiver
8. Principles of Perceptual Organisation
9. Perception of Space, Depth and Distance
Monocular Cues and Binocular Cues
10.Perceptual Constancies
11.Illusions
12.Socio-Cultural Influences on Perception
14 Periods
Unit VI Learning
The topics in this unit are:
1. Introduction
2. Nature of Learning
3. Paradigms of Learning
4. Classical Conditioning
Determinants of Classical Conditioning
5. Operant/Instrumental Conditioning
17 Periods
Determinants of Operant Conditioning
6. Key Learning Processes
7. Observational Learning
8. Cognitive Learning
9. Verbal Learning
10.Skill Learning
11.Factors Facilitating Learning
12.Learning Disabilities
Unit VII Human Memory
The topics in this unit are:
1. Introduction
2. Nature of Memory
3. Information Processing Approach: The Stage Model
4. Memory Systems: Sensory, Short-term and Long-
term Memories
5. Levels of Processing
6. Types of Long-term Memory
Declarative and Procedural; Episodic and
Semantic
7. Memory as a Constructive Process
8. Nature and Causes of Forgetting
Forgetting due to Trace Decay, Interference and
Retrieval Failure
9. Enhancing Memory
Mnemonics using Images and Organisation
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