Thanks John I’m also a little confused about the 15-marker on concepts. If students don’t need to learn specific studies in detail, how are they expected to apply research/studies when answering a 15-mark concept question?
Cognitive dissonance: Changing behaviorHi John, just a quick question about the new Psychology syllabus. For each context, do students need to know two studies, or would one well-learned study be enough? I’m also a little confused...
Concepts and critical thinkingDear Matt, They would not be penalized for this. A discussion of class, age, or gender differences is appropriate for this question on differences between populations.
Prevalence: Substance abuseDear Joelle, They haven't moved. They are in the textbook (ebook) under Assessment. https://thinkib.net/psychology/page/59908/experiments-contrasting-methods
Practical: InterviewDear Maria, That would still be a "subject specific" essay, not an interdisciplinary one. As for the concepts, you can see a sample that I created here: https://thinkib.net/psychology/page/72189/sample-1-adult-exercise-behavior I...
Interdisciplinary EEsDear Durrain, Most students do include a citation, although this is not strictly required by the IB
Supervising Extended EssayDear Maria Julia, The types of questions have not changed, so these are both fine. They will have to operationalize psychological resilience in the introduction. As for the changes, you will find a summary here:
Forming the research questionDear Camilla, Yes, they may cite an existing tool as a way they informed themselves for developing their own tool. As for the scoring, I think that is ok, but I will ask Laura what she thinks.
IA TemplateDear Stacey, Thank you for catching that! Fixed. Happy Thursday!
Biological explanations: addiction
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Site authorDear Camilla So long as the scoring system is general enough to be applied to the questions that the student has designed themselves, then that is fine. The key is to be totally transparent, say why they have consulted this existing tool, which...
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