Maharashtra Board 12th Psychology Syllabus 2025-26: Download PDF Below

Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education

Prateek Tomar
Prateek Tomar

The Maharashtra Board publishes the Maharashtra Board 12th Psychology syllabus 2026 on its official website. It includes 8 units, which are further divided into different sub-topics. The syllabus is designed to provide overall knowledge to students. You should cover up each of the chapters to prepare for the board exams. The students can also go through the Maharashtra class 12 Exam Pattern 2026 to get familiar with the types of questions asked and the marking scheme followed. In the exam you will get MCQs, very short questions, short questions, and long answer questions. Ensure you possess in-depth knowledge of the syllabus in order to write correct answers. Prepare the syllabus well to score good marks in theory exam of 80 marks and practical exam of 20 marks. For more information about the Psychology syllabus, continue reading the article.

DownloadMaharashtra class 12 Psychology Syllabus 2025-26 here

Maharashtra class 12 Psychology Syllabus 2026

The detailed unit-wise Maharashtra Board 12th Psychology Syllabus of the academic session 2026 has been provided below:

Unit

Unit Name

Topics

1

Psychology: A Scientific Discipline

  • Introduction to Psychology: a scientific discipline
  • Key features of Science
  • History of Psychology as a Science
  • Research methods in Psychology
  • Challenges in Establishing Psychology as a Science
  • Importance of Rationality

2

Intelligence

  • Definitions of intelligence
  • Perspective on intelligence
  • Types of intelligence tests
  • Applications of intelligence testing in various areas
  • New trends in intelligence
  • Emotional intelligence

3

Personality

  • Definitions of Personality
  • Factors shaping personality
  • Perspectives of studying personality
  • Carl Jung's theory of personality
  • Big five factor model of personality
  • Measurement of personality

4

Cognitive Process

  • Cognitive Processes
  • Attention
  • Aspects of Attention
  • Perception
  • Phenomenon associated with perception
  • Definition and core elements of thinking
  • Types of thinking
  • Concept learning
  • Processes of learning

5

Emotions

  • Concept of emotions
  • History of emotions
  • Basic emotions
  • Psychological changes during emotions
  • Emotional well-being
  • Emotional abuse
  • Managing emotions

6

Psychological Disorders and Therapies

  • Introduction to Psychological Disorders
  • Nature of Psychological Disorders
  • Criteria for Psychological Disorders
  • Mental Wellness
  • Mental Disorder - Its classification
  • Major psychological disorders
  • Identifying and Treating Psychological disorders

7

First Aid in Mental Health

  • First Aid in Mental Health
  • Need for First Aid in Mental Health
  • The ALGEE - Action plan
  • First Aid in Mental Illness
  • Certain Behavioural Issues

8

Positive Psychology

  • Positive Psychology
  • Importance and Need of Positive Psychology
  • Happiness
  • Theories of Happiness
  • Determinants of Happiness
  • Optimism
  • Optimist vs Pessimist
  • Empathy
  • How can empathy be nurtured?
  • Mindfulness
  • Mindfulness meditation
  • Resilience
  • Importance of resilience
  • The 7C's of resilience
  • Types of resilience

Maharashtra class 12 Psychology Syllabus 2026: Practical Exam

The Maharashtra Board class 12 Psychology syllabus 2026 for the practical exam has been given below:

Practicals: (Based on continuous Evaluation)

Practicals of Psychology is classified among three major aspects: Project, Psychological Testing and Case Studies. There will be continuous evaluation of these practicals by the internal examiner who will essentially be the teacher supervising and monitoring the practical work. He will internally evaluate the student for 20 marks and submit it to the examining authority under his hand and signature. The Nature of Practicals

A. Project

The student shall be required to undertake one project which would involve the use of different methods of enquiry and related skills.

OR

B. Psychological

Testing The student shall be required to conduct five Psychological tests related to the topic covered in the course. Psychological testing would involve using standardized Psychological assessment devices in different domains i.e. intelligence, aptitude, personality, stress, anxiety, depression, attitude, prejudice etc.

OR

C. Case Studies

The Student shall be required to prepare one case profile. The case profile will include the developmental history of the subject using both qualitative (observation, interview, rating, etc.) and quantitative approaches.

Maharashtra class 12 Psychology Syllabus 2026: How to download

To download the syllabus, follow the steps given below:

Step 1: Go to the official website of Maharashtra State Board - mahahsscboard.in.

Step 2: On the home page, click on the ‘Subjects & Syllabus’ option.

Step 3: From the drop-down options, select the option ‘class 12 General Subject Codes and Syllabus’.

Step 4: The MSBSHSE 12th syllabus PDF links for all subjects will open up on the screen.

Step 5: Download the English syllabus pdf and save it for future use.

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