PSYCHOLOGY Std 11 (ISC)

PROJECT GUIDELINES 2024-2025

AWARENESS OF PSYCHOLOGY IN DIFFERENT FIELDS

I. IMPORTANT DATES

Guidelines/Submissions: Date:
15th May 2024
1st Term Project Guidelines
Basic concepts: Individual Drafts Submission 8th July 2024
Data Analysis: 9th – 11th July 2024
Basic concepts (Final): 16th July 2024
1st Term Project Treatment of Data 16th July 2024
1st Term Project Submission 29th July 2024
Viva will take place on the assigned Project date.

II. GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS

• Basic concepts will be written at home neatly.
• Total No. of Pages (Only Basic Concepts): Approximately 25 sides.
• Paper: Only A4 size inter-leaf pages are to be used for writing.
• Ink: Use Blue colour ink to write.
• Written matter: Needs to be only on the right-hand side of the page.
• Margin: Leave half an inch margin on the right-hand side of the page.
• New concepts: To be written on a new page. Subtopics can be continued on the same page.
• File: You will use only A4 size white transparent file.
• Avoid plagiarism.
• Certificate page will be provided.
• Attach all your test material towards the end in the Appendix.

III. SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS

A. CERTIFICATE PAGE: (Will be provided by the school).

B. JNS COVER PAGE: JNS typed page: Name, Std., Div., Name of the Project, Year.

C. INDEX: In a tabular form (Sr. No., Topic, Page no, Signature of Teacher)

D. ASSESSMENT WILL BE BASED ON A WRITTEN REPORT WHICH SHOULD COVER:

1. AIM: To study the awareness of Psychology in different fields.

 2. BASIC CONCEPTS: Definition of concepts used and related theory.

a. Fields of Psychology:
• Introduction: Definition & Nature of Psychology. (Matter to be taken from the Textbooks or the
Notes provided).
• Fields of Psychology: Clinical, Counselling, Developmental, Educational, Organizational
and Social Psychology. (Matter to be taken from the Textbooks or the Notes provided).
• Concepts/Techniques/Methods used in each field (Research needs to be done on each field,
using online information).
• Work of at least two Psychologists (Research needs to be done on each field, using online
information).
• One Case study (Research needs to be done in any one field, using online information).

b. Scientific Methods in Psychology

• Observation; Longitudinal and Cross- sectional; Case study; Survey; Experimental. (To be
taken from Textbooks or Class notes).

c. Statistics: (To be taken from Textbooks or Class notes).

• Basic Statistical Concepts, Descriptive, Frequency distribution and Measures of Central
tendency.

3. METHOD
i. Sample of the Study: 10 (5 males & 5 females) non-psychology (Std. 10 and 11 of age group
14-16) students.
ii. Procedure followed (data collection, nature of raw data)
• Add two questions to the questionnaire of two different fields of psychology, which are not a
part of the questionnaire already. [Students to frame and add approved, two MCQs, in the
questionnaire, like the questions asked, for two different fields of psychology]
• Provide the questionnaire to Random Non-Psychology students.
(All working sheets will be part of the project.)
iii. Treatment of data:
• Include a statistical treatment of data using different types of graphs, and diagrams.
• Plot any gender differences in the responses.
iv. Result and Discussion:
• What type of method of Psychology was used in the project?
• Is there a higher score for females or males? What are the potential reasons?
• Were there any biases or stereotypes attached? What are the potential reasons?
• Personal Learning
v. Conclusion
vi. Acknowledgement
 4. BIBLIOGRAPHY
Books – Format:
Author's last name, first initial. (Publication date). Book title (In Italics). Additional information. City of
publication: publishing Company.
Examples:
• Morgan, C.T., & King, R. A. (2006). Introduction to Psychology, 7th Edition, Tata McGraw-Hill
Edition, New York.
Website or Webpage - Format:
• Online periodical:
Author's name. (Date of publication). Title of article. Title of Periodical, volume number, retrieved
month day, year, from full URL
• Online document:
Author's name. (Date of publication). Title of work. Retrieved month day, year, from full URL
Eg:
Devitt, T. (2001, August 2). Lightning injures four at a music festival. The Why? Files. Retrieved
January 23, 2002, from http://whyfiles.org/137lightning/index.html

5. APPENDIX
Attach all the filled questionnaires in this section.

6. MARK ALLOCATION PER STUDY [15 marks]:

Basic Concepts 3 marks

Method (correctness of procedure) 4 marks
Results and Discussion 4 marks
Viva 4 marks

GUIDELINES FOR SCORING, RESULTS & DISCUSSION, AND CONCLUSION

METHOD:
i. SAMPLE OF STUDY: Write a paragraph on:
a. Details of the sample-
• No. of Participants (5 males and 5 females)
• Total Age Range of all the participants.
• Age range of males and females.

ii. PROCEDURE: Write a paragraph on how the research was conducted.

iii. TREATMENT OF DATA:

1. PART I + PART II =………….

E.g.: (4 + 16) = 20 (Maximum Score)
 2. NORMS
0----------------5---------------10-------------15---------------20

No. Range Description

1 0-5 Not Aware
2 6-10 Somewhat Aware
3 11-15 Aware
4 16-20 Very Much Aware

3. GRAPHS- BAR GRAPH

a. Male
b. Female
c. Total
i. Average (Males)= Sum of all the males /5
ii. Average (Females)= Sum of all the females /5

iv. RESULT AND DISCUSSION

1. Type of Method?
• Overall results: Average of all 10 participants= Sum of all the scores/10
2. Scores of males or females? The Potential reasons?
3. Biases or Stereotypes? Reasons?
4. Any Research supporting your findings?

v. CONCLUSION
1. Overall Conclusion of the results
2. Limitations
3. Scope of Improvement
4. Personal Learning.
 PARTICIPANT CONSENT FORM

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to gather data regarding awareness of different fields of psychology
among teenagers.

Procedure: The researcher (Grade 11 student of Jamnabai Narsee School) will hand out the questionnaire to the
participant. Participants must make sure to read the instructions carefully and fill out the questionnaire
accordingly.

Voluntary Participation and Confidentiality: Your participation in this study is entirely voluntary and you
may refuse to complete the study at any point. You may also stop at any time and ask the researcher any
questions you may have. Your name will never be connected to your results or to your responses to the
questionnaires. Information that would make it possible to identify you or any other participant will never be
included in any sort of report. The data will be accessible only to those working on the project.

Statement of Consent:
I have read the above information. I have asked any questions I had regarding the study and they have been
answered to my satisfaction. I consent to participate in this study.

(Compulsory to fill the below information)

Name of Participant_________________________________________
Date: __________

Age: ____________

Gender: __________

Signature of Participant ____________________________________________

Thank you for your participation!

 FIRST TERM PROJECT Std 11 (ISC)
AWARENESS OF PSYCHOLOGY 2024-2025
IN DIFFERENT FIELDS
QUESTIONNAIRE
PART I. (4 Points)

How is Psychology important in the day-to-day life of individuals and organizations?

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PART II. (16 Points)

Instructions: Given below are some statements, which indicate the nature of work done in various fields of
psychology. Below every statement, there are four options which include fields of psychology. Your task is to
identify the correct option which correctly matches the statement.
1. The main purpose of this field of psychology is to study how people influence one another.
Psychologists working in this field also examine attitudes and how people are affected by first
impressions.
a. Industrial & Organizational Psychology.
b. Social Psychology
c. Developmental Psychology
d. Counseling Psychology

2. This field of psychology focuses on the study of individual growth from the prenatal period through
old age. There are generally three areas of this study – childhood, adulthood and lifespan.
a. Developmental Psychology
b. Clinical Psychology
c. Social Psychology
d. Counseling Psychology

3. The psychologist in this field treats various mental disorders by using therapy and conducts
research. Psychologists in this field usually work in a hospital.
a. Counseling Psychologist
b. Developmental Psychologist
c. Industrial & Organizational Psychologist
d. Clinical Psychologist
 4. This field of psychology focuses on increasing the efficacy of learning in schools by planning the
appropriate curriculum, by motivating students using various psychological interventions.
a. Counseling Psychology
b. Social Psychology
c. School & Educational Psychology
d. Clinical Psychology

5. The purpose of this field of psychology is to select, hire and train employees in the company by using
various psychological tests and interventions. This field also focuses on maintaining positive
interpersonal relationships among employees and developing good human-relation skills. They also
do research on consumer attitudes toward the company’s products.
a. Clinical Psychology
b. Social Psychology
c. Counseling Psychology
d. Industrial & Organizational Psychology

6. The psychologists working in this field deal with people who have milder emotional and personal
problems. They also help people in planning their career or educational programmes using various
psychological tests. They also work to resolve various problems with family and marriage.
a. Counseling Psychologist
b. School & Educational psychologist
c. Clinical Psychologist
d. Social Psychologist

[Question nos. 7 and 8 will need to be framed by you and approved by your teacher. Post approval you can add
them to the questionnaire in continuation. You can conduct the study only after the questions have been
approved and added]

Signature: ______________