Dear Neeru You are very welcome. Thank you for the feedback.
Planning the practicalsDear Hafsa The research "method" for psychology is always going to be a literature review. Under this curriculum, we would expect to see in the introduction an explanation of the research that is being used and how it will be used effectively...
Supervision of EEHi Laura and John, One of the student is looking at the impact of mindfulness on perceived exam anxiety. For mindfulness, is it recommended that they come up with the module of mindfulness training on their own or can they use an...
Internal Assessment (teacher)Dear Neeru No, this is an independent measures design, but, reading through it, there is no random allocation of participants to conditions, so it is a quasi-experiment. In the exam, for P1A, the student should identify in Q1 if their experiment...
KFC and anchoringDear Katie It is not listed in the guide . Purposive sampling really covers most sampling for qualitative research, but refers to the nature of the sample rather than an actual technique. Opportunity and snowball sampling are both purposive.
Sampling techniquesDear Leah Yes, but material from here can be used to answer 1A questions, though not directly asked about in them.
Lesson plans: Human AttractionDear Chelsea John is well, but has been travelling, so I am the question-answerer for one more day. Hypothetical examples as we have given for Paper 1A are fine so long as they are relevant. The nature of the questions for 1C means that the...
Paper 1: Section CDear Mamta You have to make them visible for students. You can do this by clicking on the lock at the top of the page. The are not automatically visible in case teachers want to use them for in-class of homework tasks.
Paper 1 Writing samplesDear Rachael The ethical guidelines are in the IB psychology guide and are the same as for the class practicals, so nothing that could cause distress. Anti-bullying programmes or the effects of bullying should be ok, but sensitively handled....
IA: Introduction
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Thank you so much, Laura!
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