Dear Russell The answer is the same as your other question about having to know all three. And yes, Gottman would also be appropriate for why relationships fall apart. There is a lot of overlap between communication and this question.
HRLP 2.4 Why relationships endDear Russell There is no requirement for specific studies or theories. It is up to you and your students to choose the content that you find the most interesting and easy to evaluate.
HRLP 2.2 Psychology of attractionDear Anni The IB does not specify a required format for essay writing. This sample is not my favorite because I personally would want an introduction that at least states the position of the student with regard to the claim. However,...
Culture and relationships (sample)Dear Russell As long as students can write an essay on one theory or one effect, that is totally fine. There is no requirement that they have more than one theory. I have my own students focus on Gottmann because it is very...
HRLP 2.3 CommunicationDear Ethan, The IB will not accept this in the new curriculum. If it is called a "theory," then it is not considered a "model." This wa a clarification with the Dual Process Theory. In the guide, it was listed as the Dual Process...
LP 4: Schema theoryDear Safa, Yes, that is fine.
Paper 1 clarificationsThanks for these sentence stems John! I was struggling to help my students' answer the new concepts' based questions and this looks really useful.
Concepts: Sentence stemsYes, you are correct. They are only allowed to have one IV. Your suggestion is appropriate.
Internal Assessment (2026)Dear Denis As students are not required to know all details of any study, I did try to simplify it. I have take the percentage out above as this seems to be the most misrepresented information.
Cognitive explanations of addiction
John
Site authorDear Hiba They should not have three conditions. They should only have two.
Independent samples t-tests