
CBSE 12th Psychology Weightage 2023: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is conducting CBSE class 12 psychology paper on April 05, 2023. It is also the last paper with which this year’s board exams will conclude. CBSE psychology is an important subject for the students of arts and humanities stream. The paper for it will be set for 70 marks. As per the official weightage distribution given by the CBSE board, as high as 38 marks of weightage is allocated to three units only out of seven. The rest of the units carry an almost equal weightage, except for Unit 7: Social Influence and Group Processes which has the lowest weightage of 6 marks. A detailed CBSE psychology weightage distribution can be found in below. The distribution as per the typology of questions is also given.
CBSE 12th Psychology 2023: Topic-Wise Weightage
The following is the marks distribution for CBSE 12th 2023 Psychology theoretical exam:
Sr. No. | Unit Name | Weightage |
Unit 1 | Variations in Psychological Attributes | 13 marks |
Unit 2 | Self and Personality | 13 marks |
Unit 3 | Meeting Life Challenges | 9 marks |
Unit 4 | Psychological Disorders | 12 marks |
Unit 5 | Therapeutic Approaches | 9 marks |
Unit 6 | Attitude and Social Cognition | 8 marks |
Unit 7 | Social Influence and Group Processes | 6 marks |
Total | 70 marks |
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CBSE 12th Psychology 2023: Typology of Questions
According to the objective of the questions, the weightage allocation is indicated below:
Type of Question | Weightage Distribution |
Remembering and Understanding | 35% or 25 marks |
Applying | 45% or 31 marks |
Analysing, Evaluating and Creating | 20% or 14 marks |
CBSE 12th Psychology 2023: Weightage for Practicals
The internal assessment is worth 30 marks, which are distributed as follows:
Parameter | Weightage |
Practical File and Case Profile | 10 marks |
Viva Voce (Case Profile and Two Practicals) | 5 marks |
Two Practicals Divided as: Conduct of practicals: 5 marks Reporting for practicals: 10 marks | 15 marks |
Total | 30 marks |
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CBSE 12th Question Bank 2023 PDF |
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