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I've a question that has been bugging me since the beginning of the year, because as far as I have understood, we answer three short answer questions, one in each level of analysis, and write an essay. My teacher says that all short answer questions come from learning outcomes, but also that all essay questions are based on learning outcomes. But how does one distinguish between an "essay outcome" and a "short answer outcome"? Can anybody explain this to me? Is it simply a matter of how complex the question is? I'm confused.
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Hi all, thought I would just upload the IB Psychology HL revision guide I made for my CAS Major. This guide isn't perfect but from the feedback I got from my teacher and people that are using it I feel that it is a very solid revision guide. There is generally evaluation for most of research and I have lots of supporting and counter research provided. I hope this helps you guys revise because I know Psychology is a pain in the ass to revise for. Please don't take this work and say its your own, I spent a lot of time on it. By the way, in case your interested the major sources I used are the Pearson Baccalaureate Psychology textbook, the IB course companion and the oxford…
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Hello all I believe we are all studying hard for the May exam! I am sharing the same pain as well. However, I read the rubric for psychology's essays and I have to say that marks are easily obtained if you follow a certain structure in writing your essay. I wish we can all share essay structure techniques here and get feedbacks from others as well. Here are my techniques: - KNOW THE COMMAND TERM. I can't stress this enough. Every mark scheme will stress that, 'The answer satisfy the command term.' If you missed this step I don't think you will do well at all. How you break down the question and plan your essay are base on the command term. - Always plan before you writ…
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Here are the links to the notes and sample works for Psychology that we have on our Files archive. To be able to download files, you have to be a VIP member or a VIP subscriber. Please see the FAQ for information on how to become a VIP or how to buy a VIP subscription. If you want to donate and contribute files to our archive, please see this announcement or this FAQ section. Core stuff SL/HL Psychology Syllabus (First Exams 2011) Biological Level Cognitive Level Sociocultural Level Options Sample Exam Answers* Qualitative Research Methods HL Only Paper 3 Resources Internal Assessment Stuff Sample Internal Assessments Additional guides to assist you with y…
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I sat my IB Psych SL exam last year (anticipated yay!) and I have a fairly good understanding of how to structure a good response to P1 (which is pretty much the same for P2 as well). I thought I'd share. Before I start, I think it is imperative that you get in to the habit of planning your response - it doesn't take long, and it will save you!! It will make you organise your ideas logically and certainly improve the quality of your language. You will be forced to be prudent in your evaluation, and examiners will totally see that you know what you are talking about! The concise and general steps to planning and answering questions 1. Read the Q twice (or as many times…
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So I thought I was all set up and ready, and did my IA recently. Let's just say it didn't go as well as it could. Several things went wrong. So I'm going to post them here so anyone else doing the IA can learn from my mistakes. 1. When you are recruiting people to be a part of your study, make sure you give them something physical with your information and officially take down their names and contact numbers. Make sure it seems like something that can't just be skipped if they feel like it, because apparently going to a Psychology study doesn't automatically rank as something important in peoples minds. I didn't do this and my partner ended up running around school recrui…
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Hey! Could someone please list out the psychology Paper 1 and paper 2 questions for the past three years, especially May 2014 session? thanks
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I noticed that there was a sample here, but I couldn't download it. After searching I finally found one, here it is for other non-VIP members. Sample consent form • I have been informed about the nature of the research. • I understand that I have the right to withdraw from the research at any time, and that any information/data about me will remain confidential. • My anonymity will be protected as my name will not be identifiable. • The research will be conducted so that I will not be demeaned in any way. • I will be debriefed at the end of the research and will have the opportunity to find out the results at a later date. I give my informed consent t…
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Psychology Answers and questions for IB may exam 2013 :D 1 2 3
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Hey guys This is for any last minute psychology doubts, that you guys have can all be openly discussed here Any predictions or question discussion (as in doubts) can also be done here. (my option is health psychology) -----> any1 has the psychology specimen paper?
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Hi, I am woking on my Psychology Internal Assessment now. In my school no one has ever gotten Level 7 for IA, however I want to ensure my mark is as high as possible. So, I am wondering if any of you have samples of your own Internal Assessment or any samples teachers provided you with. If anyone could provide these, this would be VERY helpful! Thanks
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I am in the Pre-IB year this year, and doing IB this coming September. My HLs are Chemistry, Biology and either Psy. or English A1. My english is'nt too bad, I think I can get a 5 or so in English A1 HL. However, I also considered the possibility of psychology HL, and moving English A1 to Sl so I can have a higher chance in getting a 6 or a 7. However, putting psy. in HL when I haven't touched it before may be risky, and I may risk getting a 4 or 5 or maybe even not passing. Does anyone know if psychology HL is risky for someone who hasn't done it before, and whether English A1 HL will be better or not? Thank you
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does the abstract for a HL psychology IA have a maximum/minimum word limit? if yes what is it?
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I've decided to do a study based on Loftus and Zanni (1975) for my IA, but I'm having trouble finding the actual published article. It's the study where a car crash was shown to the subjects, and either "Did you see the broken headlight?" or "Did you see a broken headlight?" were asked. Anyone know where I could find it?
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I've been lurking up my old material from Psychology and I can't get a clear grip of how the Cognitive Appraisal Theory Works... Is there anyone with a kind soul who can explain this theory to me?
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I can't seem to find the data of Neisser's 1964 experiment including the visual search with angular letters (K, E, L) Could anyone link me possibly? Thanks!
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Okay so I have just realized how unprepared I actually am for the psychology exams. You see, for the first whole year our teacher never used past exams or introduced us to how exam questions are set up. Instead our tests were really simple such as 'define imprinting', 'give an example of positive and negative reinforcement' and etc. Then when in our second year, we started with the real questions and it's a huge difference, especially the 20 points one. I have been having a real hard time to actually do well on those. I am predicted a 6 but I'm aiming for a 7 yet the past tests that I've done, I've only been given a 5. I just find it so hard to know what the examiner are…
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Dear everyone, Am I the only one who is having trouble finding the supporting studies for their original research?? I couldn't find anything relevant to my study. I am doing Glanzer and Cunitz (1966) the primacy and recency effect on the free recall of the list of words. I am only doing one part of the experiment (only the recency effect, not the primacy). It is about the list of the words that people need to remember. One group of participants is doing maths problems after learning the words and then recalling and one is recalling the words immediately after they learned it. Results show that those doing math problems after, remember better the first words and less the…
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Approximately how long should the 8 mark essay question and the 22 mark essay question be in length?
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IA Topic help
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So I would like to write about Freud and I am interested in the fields of histery or dream... Can you propose me some topics about it or just give me some idea about what I could talk about... It is urgent and I am the only one who writes IA in psychology...gaaah...Please please please HELP!!! Thanks
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What type of testing would i use to conclude my experiments validity for my IA?
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Hello All. My teacher is prepping us for psychology HL 3. Based on the syllabus, the test will be testing our knowledge and understanding of qualitative research and methodology. I asked my teacher whether inferential statistic and its analysis will be essential to complete this paper. She was not so sure about it. It would be a great help if you guys can clarify this for me and my class. We didn't spend any time on inferential statistic at all. For my internal assessment I have to seek aid from my maths teacher. And I will be taking mock exam paper 3 in a week so I really want to know that before I go in to take the test. Thank you in advance!
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Is Psych HL considered one of the harder HL courses in IB? I was thinking of taking it, but I already have three HL's and my IB coordinator (who also happens to be both the IB psych SL and HL teacher) says it's a very intensive course. On the other hand the IB seniors have told me that it's not that hard.
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I was wondering if anyone had pointers on how to properly answer a paper 3 question for HL psych.. I'm really lost. Thanks!
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Hey everyone, Im atm working on my Psychology HL IA, and am wondering if the titles and subtitles count towards the final word count, or if its just the body paragraphs which I should add up together. Thanks!
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Hi! I'm doing Psych SL, and I'm aiming for a 7, while currently getting sixes. I've found out that there are waaay too many studies for me to memorize all the researchers and years conducted, and I so I wonder: what significance do these factors have? If you can perfectly explain the idea of a study without producing the name and year, will you be punished? --- Also, I'm using this book: http://www.amazon.com/IB-Psychology-Course-Companion-byHannibal/dp/B005MKBLHO/ref=sr_1_6?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1358512872&sr=1-6&keywords=ib+psychology And each chapter has learning outcomes, with questions that seem like they could be on exams. Are all of them possibilities…
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Whats psychology IB all about? is it hard? i have never taken psychology before in iGCSE as it is not available
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Can some people from the Northern Hemisphere shed some light on the grade boundaries for the new syllabus, previously it was around 67% for a 7, not sure if they have changed much since the course was changed. Cheers
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There has always seemed to me to be a startling lack of resources when it comes to IB Psychology. Up until now my class has been using an A-Levels textbook, which was quite inconvenient, as you can imagine - different course and all. We looked online for ages for an actual IB one, but alas, none could be found. But today, for the first time, I held in my hands a textbook which actually contained within it the IB Psychology course... and let me tell you, friends - it was a damn good feeling. B) It's an Australian one that's only just been published. I don't know if other countries have published textbooks for IB Psych, but up until now I've never been able to find one.…
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IB Psychology Paper 1 revision Guide
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Dear all, For those that are worried about paper 1 in psychology, I suggest you buy the Revision Guide online: http://osc-ib.com/ib-revision-guides/Defau...e=IB-Psychology You should not encounter any problems in the exam hopefully if you understand the revision guide as it has everything you need to know for paper 1 in Psychology, which is the hardest of all papers.
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So..there is a new book for the IB psychology. : http://www.oup.com/oxed/international/ibdiploma/psychology/ So i was wondering, does anybody have it? Is it good? What are your opinions on this book? I really need a book for psychology but I would love tyo have somebodys opinion before I buy it.
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For my Psychology IA I am replicating the Mozart effect study done by Rauscher et al. in 1993. My teacher has archived all of the studies people have replicated in the past (the original documents from online or books), but the only one she doesn't have is the Mozart effect. She told me it was difficult to find, and when I looked online and in some extra Psych books, I couldn't find it anywhere. Does anyone know where I can get the document on the original study. Online would be amazing because my school library is short on Psychology books, but if someone knows of a book, I can do my best to get my hands on it Thanks in advance
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Okay so I'm an SL student and I'm going over my IA for last minute corrections and my teacher counted me off on criterion G because she said my abstract wasn't very good. I'm not even really sure what needs to be in it, so I was wondering if anybody had any suggestions on how to write a good abstract. Thanks for the help.
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So, i was wondering - is there anyone out there who's managed to pull a 7 for either HL psych, or an A for a psych EE? If so, what did you find set you apart from most students? Was there anything particularly notable that you did? Cause in my school there has yet to be a HL student to score a 7 or an A in EE - why and how does this happen!?
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I just got my Psychology HL IA back and I was wondering if anyone knows the past/common grade boundaries for the 1-7 grades corresponding to raw scores. I have the grade boundaries document, but Psych HL isn't included. AHHH, anyone help?
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Hey, I am contemplating whether to do Psychology SL or HL (obviously from the title haha). I honestly do not see the logic of understanding and memorising over 12 essays for each syllabus point for each chapter. when only one essay of each chapter will appear on the exam. Thats a probably of less than 10% that the essay you studied will be on the exam depending on each chapter. Is it not just the probably of being lucky on the exam? Moreover, didnt only 4% get a 7 for Psychology HL last year? Although I am doing exceptionally well in the subject, I just do not feel motivated to study Psychology whatsoever. Many people find it stupid that I want to do SL and take up anothe…
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We just started on the Psych IA last week and I already feel like it's going to be a major disaster I already changed my topic thrice because I couldn't find any resources whatsoever on my previous topics. We don't have public libraries where I live, and the Psychology books at my school library provide little to no information on my topic. I'm now doing the levels of processing, specifically Craik and Lockhart's 1972 study, and I'm really liking it. But, I'm in desperate need for the actual study. I can't seem to find it. I found replications, criticisms...anything related to the study, you name it, I have it, except for the actual thing. I searched on Ebsco, Proquest, …
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IA Neisser 1964?
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Hey. I am having great trouble finding any information on the study done by Neisser in 1964, In relation to Visual search. If anyone knows any books or websites or anything, Help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
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Okay, so. I'm Psychology HL and at my school we use the Oxford course companion for Psychology. But then, I went through past papers, and in paper 1 (the core)and instead of Sociocultural it was Learning and Human perspective. Is that a substitute for Sociocultural or a new topic as a whole? Should I refer to some other book? Please help me out!
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Hi, I would really appreciate some help that anyone can offer me. I am taking exams this may and I am stuck on what to do for paper 3 - specifically the syllabus point 'to what extent can finding be generalized from qualitative studies'. I understand the content of this point, but am so confused as to how I would apply it to a question on an exam? More specifically, how I will read the provided case study and then answer regarding the extent that the results can be generalized, while including information on 'representational', 'inferential' and 'theoretical' generalizations. Please help me to understand this & give me some guidance on how to approach such a quest…
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I'm so lost! What is the best way to structure an LAQ in order to get a 7?
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I'm doing my psych ia right now and i remember my teacher mentioning something like you must include or use a test (inferential stats), and one of the test that my team has written down to use was the mann whitney U test. I've been looking online and researching about it and i tried putting in my own scores and data, it just gave me the central tendency and dispersion stats... i saw on some pdfs that the teacher had given me about some p value, or z score and the critical U value.. but i'm completely confused and i don't really understand it. could anyone explain these to me please? What is, or how do i properly use the mann whitney U test and how do i incorporat…
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I missed the lesson where my teacher explained inferential statistics we have to use for our IA, and now she refuses to explain it again. So my question is: what exactly are inferential statistics, how do i use them, and how do i know which one to pick? Please help
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Does someone have essay samples on some human relationship's objectives
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Hey there, I am in DESPERATE need for Psychology SL May 2008 past papers... does anyone have them/ know where I can get them?? Thanks very much Ella : )
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Hi I am on the last part of my Psychology IA and I just wanna get it over and done with! looked over the criterias and found that the discussion part gave most points. I was therefore wondering if anyone has some general guidelines about what to think about and bring up in this particular part.. thanks in advance
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For my IA I need to operationalize the IV and the DV, my teacher mentioned how to do this but I got confused. Could someone just give me a method with an example please?
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I'm doing my IA first version, and I am a bit unsure of what operational definition means. And more specifically, what it is for the Stroop effect. Could someone clarify? Thanks.
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I understand that paper 2 includes 3 questions from each option. What I'm wondering is whether each question will be from one sub-section of each each (e.g. one on violence, one on relationships, and one on social responsibility in the human relations section). Can I essentially memorize long answers to every question in social responsibility and be sure that one of them will be on the exam? I'm in SL, so I'll only have to answer one.
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Hey guys, I need some advice regarding my Psych HL IA. I've finished the most parts of the writeup of my report (it was quite a pain, took me a few days) and was feeling relieved until I realised I forgot the word count. Turns out I wrote 2700++ words. As I'm HL, my word limit is 1500-2000. So I've currently successfully cut down to 2130 words. No easy feat because I kept feeling that I'm cutting out important stuff. Are there any easier ways to help me cut down my words? What I want to ask is if the stuff under tables and graphs are counted into the word count? Such as Table 1: Table showing the mean and standard deviation for the results obtained in testing the exper…
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what is IB psychology about? I heard that you have to write a report, how many words is that? Also, is there a lot of biology in psychology because I'm not good in biology? Thanks for answering!
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