Dear Renate There is currently only a genetics lesson plan, not a chemical messengers lesson plan. They only need to know one argument. And since genetics does not easily fit anywhere else, that was our priority in creating the lessons....
Lesson planning: DepressionDear Stuti, The problem is that there needs to be both a literary argument and a psychological argument - and the conclusion has to weigh those two arguments and see which one is stronger. In addition, the student has to find peer-reviewed...
Planning the EEHi John, I'm new to teaching DP psychology and just looking at the first lessons for HL. Could you clarify if students are required to know how to calculate the standard deviantion score or only to be able to interpret its meaning/significance?
Interpreting data: Descriptive statisticsHi John & Laura Thanks for this page and the work you put into it! I use the Koluchová material and the concept question at the end works well with my students. One thing I keep getting stuck on here is the model paragraph for...
Brain developmentDear John and Laura,I have quite a few students who proprose studies investigating the relationship between X variable and anxiety - e.g. "how does a certain coaching style affect anxiety". I'm unsure how this would work when it comes to the data...
Data collection tool: IA experimentDear Emma Yes, this is correct. They will need to do everything necessary to reach the top band of the descriptors given above. If you look at the example IA, and the teacher's marking and comments, that we have here, you can see how this applied...
IA: Data collectionDear John and Laura, thank you for your exceptional resources and support. My question relates to the below information from the In Practice - TSM and FAQ sections on My IB. As the data collection tool in an experiment becomes the procedure used...
IA: Data collectionDear John, Do you think that I could teach about the placebo effect in treatment of depression (Kirsch etc) as an HL Extension - Motivation? Thanks! Renata
Depression: Biological treatmentDear John, I can see that the lesson plan for biological explanations of MDD- chemical messengers is inactive. Is this by design, as I guess you are covering chemical messengers in the relationships context, right? Would that mean that you are...
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Site authorI would not recommend that approach. The placebo effect is based on expectancy, not really motivation. Although expectations may influence motivation, for example, believing that a treatment will be effective may increase the likelihood of continuing...
Depression: Biological treatment