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Madhya Pradesh Board · Class 12 · Psychology

What Variations in Psychological Attributes covers in Madhya Pradesh Board Class 12 Psychology: 4 topics, for the 2026-27 session.

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4 Topics · Madhya Pradesh Board Class 12 Psychology · 2026-27

Topics in Variations in Psychological Attributes

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1. Individual Differences and Assessment

  • Individual differences refer to distinctiveness and variations among people's characteristics and behaviour patterns.
  • Situationism explains behaviour mainly through external factors and situations.
  • Psychological attributes can be assessed through systematic methods.
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2. Intelligence: Meaning and Definitions

  • Intelligence is a key psychological attribute used to understand differences among individuals.
  • The Oxford Dictionary explains intelligence as the power of perceiving, learning, understanding, and knowing.
  • Alfred Binet defined intelligence as the ability to judge well, understand well, and reason well.
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3. Theories of Intelligence

  • Psychometric theories study intelligence as a structure of abilities.
  • Information-processing theories explain how intelligent behaviour works.
  • Binet's theory is the Uni or one-factor theory.
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4. Intelligence Testing, Mental Age, and IQ

  • Binet and Simon made the first successful attempt to formally measure intelligence in 1905.
  • They revised the scale in 1908 and gave the concept of Mental Age.
  • Mental Age means intellectual development relative to the average performance of an age group.

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Individual DifferencesAssessment of Psychological AttributesIntelligenceTheories of IntelligenceIndividual Differences in IntelligenceCulture and IntelligenceEmotional IntelligenceSpecial Abilities

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