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ORIGINAL STUDY COMPANION PADIKAM CLASS 11 | HUMANITIES / ELECTIVE Psychology CBSE / NCERT core lessons | Academic year 2026-27 9 chapter lessons Quick explanations, core points, exam practice and chapter-specific notation in one consistent format. Padikam explanations are independently written. Official textbooks are used as the coverage map, chapter sequence and terminology reference. PADIKAM | CBSE NCERT CLASS 11 1

Contents 01 Understanding Psychology 02 Methods of Enquiry in Psychology 03 Human Development 04 Sensory, Attentional and Perceptual Processes 05 Learning 06 Human Memory 07 Thinking 08 Motivation and Emotion 09 Practical Work and Psychological Enquiry Study rhythm Read the quick explanation, recall the core points aloud, then answer the prompts without looking back. Use the official textbook links for full prescribed readings, activities and diagrams. Textbook and verification links

1. https://cbseacademic.nic.in/web_material/CurriculumMain27/SecPart2/Psychology_SecP2_2026-27.pdf
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CHAPTER 01 Understanding Psychology Quick understanding Study behaviour, experience and mental processes scientifically while recognising biological, social, cultural and historical context. Core points Check your learning Psychology is both a natural and social science. Distinguish behaviour, experience and mental process. Popular beliefs need evidence before they become psychological knowledge. Explain psychology's relation with another discipline. Different branches apply shared ideas to varied human problems. One-line recall Psychology is both a natural and social science. PADIKAM | CBSE NCERT CLASS 11 3

CHAPTER 02 Methods of Enquiry in Psychology Quick understanding Select ethical methods that match a research question and produce interpretable psychological evidence. Core points Check your learning Observation, experiment, correlation, survey, testing Choose a method for three research and case study answer different questions. questions. Correlation does not establish cause. Explain informed consent, confidentiality and debriefing. Reliability, validity, sampling and ethics shape confidence in findings. One-line recall Observation, experiment, correlation, survey, testing and case study answer different questions. PADIKAM | CBSE NCERT CLASS 11 4

CHAPTER 03 Human Development Quick understanding View development as lifelong change shaped by biology, relationships, culture and historical circumstances. Core points Check your learning Development is multidimensional and has both Compare maturation and learning. continuity and change. Analyse one adolescent challenge Prenatal life, infancy, childhood, adolescence, through multiple influences. adulthood and ageing present different tasks. People influence and are influenced by their contexts. One-line recall Development is multidimensional and has both continuity and change. PADIKAM | CBSE NCERT CLASS 11 5

CHAPTER 04 Sensory, Attentional and Perceptual Processes Quick understanding Explain how sensory systems register stimulation while attention and perception select and organise meaning. Core points Check your learning Absolute and difference thresholds describe sensory Apply Gestalt principles to a visual limits. pattern. Selective and sustained attention depend on person Distinguish sensation, attention and and task factors. perception. Perception uses organisation, depth cues, constancies and expectations. One-line recall Absolute and difference thresholds describe sensory limits. PADIKAM | CBSE NCERT CLASS 11 6

CHAPTER 05 Learning Quick understanding Understand relatively lasting change through conditioning, observation, cognition, verbal practice and skill acquisition. Core points Check your learning Classical conditioning links stimuli; operant Analyse a habit through conditioning. conditioning links behaviour with consequences. Compare observational and cognitive Reinforcement increases behaviour and is not the learning. same as reward in every case. Learning is affected by motivation, feedback, practice and prior knowledge. One-line recall Classical conditioning links stimuli; operant conditioning links behaviour with consequences. PADIKAM | CBSE NCERT CLASS 11 7

CHAPTER 06 Human Memory Quick understanding Follow information through encoding, storage and retrieval across sensory, short-term and long-term systems. Core points Check your learning Depth and organisation improve encoding. Design a memory experiment. Long-term memory includes episodic, semantic and Apply imagery and organisation procedural forms. mnemonics to study material. Forgetting may reflect decay, interference or retrieval failure. One-line recall Depth and organisation improve encoding. PADIKAM | CBSE NCERT CLASS 11 8

CHAPTER 07 Thinking Quick understanding Study concepts, reasoning, problem solving, decision-making, creativity and the relationship between language and thought. Core points Check your learning Mental representations support categorisation and Solve and explain a problem using inference. named steps. Problem-solving obstacles include rigid sets and Compare convergent and divergent misleading assumptions. thinking. Creative thinking combines fluency, flexibility, originality and evaluation. One-line recall Mental representations support categorisation and inference. PADIKAM | CBSE NCERT CLASS 11 9

CHAPTER 08 Motivation and Emotion Quick understanding Connect needs, goals and arousal with emotional experience, expression and regulation. Core points Check your learning Biological and psychosocial motives direct and Analyse a goal using intrinsic and energise behaviour. extrinsic motivation. Maslow presents needs as a hierarchy, not a rigid Propose healthy strategies for managing universal ladder. a negative emotion. Emotion includes bodily arousal, interpretation, expression and cultural meaning. One-line recall Biological and psychosocial motives direct and energise behaviour. PADIKAM | CBSE NCERT CLASS 11 10

CHAPTER 09 Practical Work and Psychological Enquiry Quick understanding Plan a small ethical study and conduct simple experiments with accurate records, interpretation and reflection. Core points Check your learning A project may use observation, interview, survey or Design a project on sleep, peer pressure questionnaire. or social media. An experiment varies an independent variable and Draft variables, controls and debriefing measures a dependent variable under controls. for a simple experiment. A report states question, method, evidence, conclusion, limitations and ethics. One-line recall A project may use observation, interview, survey or questionnaire. PADIKAM | CBSE NCERT CLASS 11 11