rhapsodysiscaa Posted July 3, 2014 Report Share Posted July 3, 2014 Hello on behalf of my best friend... I wanna ask what is the difference between Psychology SL and HL? My friend is interested with Psychology and she never study Psychology before. Can you explain it for me? Thankss! Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
blindpet Posted July 3, 2014 Report Share Posted July 3, 2014 SL3 teaching hours per week1 optionno qualitative research HL5 teaching hours per week2 optionsqualitative researchslightly longer internal assessment Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhapsodysiscaa Posted July 3, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 3, 2014 Sorry... More specific please? Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
blindpet Posted July 3, 2014 Report Share Posted July 3, 2014 If you want more specific than that you will want to look at the syllabus to get all the answers you seek. 1 Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhapsodysiscaa Posted July 3, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 3, 2014 thank you Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 10, 2014 Report Share Posted July 10, 2014 I first did the SL, but switched to HL later in the first semester. I must admit that I did not see any difference between the two courses in terms of pre-required knowledge, so she should be perfectly fine with HL even without having anterior experience.As for the workload, HL psychology is a bit more work than the SL psychology, but that is the case with any HL subject. Since I found the subject very interesting, I never felt as if we were doing too much. Futhermore I'd do all of the options if possible. Nevertheless, she should be aware that psychology is mostly memorising theories and studies that tend to explain behavior, and then writing 200 words long answers or 1000 words long essays, rather than just one sentence long answers of what certain hormone does to a person's behavior. That being said, SL people have to do one essay less in paper 2 (they do only one option) and have one paper less (they don't do paper 3 on the qualitative data) on the finals, so it is the better option if she is not fond of writing, but really likes psychology. Good Luck! Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhapsodysiscaa Posted July 11, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 11, 2014 I first did the SL, but switched to HL later in the first semester. I must admit that I did not see any difference between the two courses in terms of pre-required knowledge, so she should be perfectly fine with HL even without having anterior experience. As for the workload, HL psychology is a bit more work than the SL psychology, but that is the case with any HL subject. Since I found the subject very interesting, I never felt as if we were doing too much. Futhermore I'd do all of the options if possible. Nevertheless, she should be aware that psychology is mostly memorising theories and studies that tend to explain behavior, and then writing 200 words long answers or 1000 words long essays, rather than just one sentence long answers of what certain hormone does to a person's behavior. That being said, SL people have to do one essay less in paper 2 (they do only one option) and have one paper less (they don't do paper 3 on the qualitative data) on the finals, so it is the better option if she is not fond of writing, but really likes psychology. Good Luck! Thank you so muccchhhhhh!! :) Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 11, 2014 Report Share Posted July 11, 2014 (edited) I first did the SL, but switched to HL later in the first semester. I must admit that I did not see any difference between the two courses in terms of pre-required knowledge, so she should be perfectly fine with HL even without having anterior experience. As for the workload, HL psychology is a bit more work than the SL psychology, but that is the case with any HL subject. Since I found the subject very interesting, I never felt as if we were doing too much. Futhermore I'd do all of the options if possible. Nevertheless, she should be aware that psychology is mostly memorising theories and studies that tend to explain behavior, and then writing 200 words long answers or 1000 words long essays, rather than just one sentence long answers of what certain hormone does to a person's behavior. That being said, SL people have to do one essay less in paper 2 (they do only one option) and have one paper less (they don't do paper 3 on the qualitative data) on the finals, so it is the better option if she is not fond of writing, but really likes psychology. Good Luck! Thank you so muccchhhhhh!! :) No problem, glad to help. Edited July 11, 2014 by OldFashioned Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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