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Attraction: Cognitive explanationsAh, you are right. And I checked it the last time you asked as well! Clearly, I need to practice my "find" skills with my computer! I am not sure that I understand what you mean in paragraph 3 above. Tables 3.1 and following...
EnculturationStudents may use animal research without having to make a direct link to human behavior. We study animals to get a better insight into human behavior, so the IB clarification was that this would be acceptable.
Neurochemistry of loveDear John, Thanks so much for the clarification about the wording in P1-C. So the wording names the content item, not the area. Good! Thanks. Regarding Table 3.3 in the Psychology guide: in the December 2025 version Enculturation...
EnculturationDear John, One of my students answered question 1a by referring to the role of vasopressin in long-term attachment, and then citing the Winslow et al study on prairie voles. This seems wrong to me, but just wanted to check with you, as the question...
Neurochemistry of loveDear Dexin, Just to clarify, it is Paper 2, Question 3, right? The question would be to compare and contrast experiments with questionnaires. This is a general question and not linked specifically to their practical.
Practical: The ExperimentYes, that is only for the one-year course. It is not an optimal strategy, but we don't see any other way. It will be very difficult even to get through three contexts, let alone four.
Rethinking the one-year SL courseHi John, I have a question regarding questionnaire design in an anchoring bias experiment. Some of my students conducted a laboratory experiment on the Anchoring Effect, where two different questionnaires were distributed. The independent variable...
Practical: The ExperimentThank you for this, John. Just to be clear, the suggestion here is to omit H+WB or Human Development to save time - completely omit, or just in a Year 1 SL course? Keep all 4 contexts if one has a 2 year course? thanks for the clarification....
Rethinking the one-year SL course
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Hi again John, Sorry, reading my recent blurb back, it was a little confusing. Probably expresses how my brain is working trying to figure this all out. As I only have one IB sample paper to refer to, I guess I am relying on your...
Rethinking the one-year SL course