Noted, thank you!
Paper 1: Section ADear John, I have a question regarding Paper 1, Section C, for the new IB Psychology syllabus. What is the best way to teach students how to discuss the six concepts in relation to the learning objectives under each context? Are...
Paper 1: Section CDear Arushi Yes, with slight modification: "one strength or one limitation", and always "one strength" or "one limitation" rather than "strengths" or "limitations." This is only a 4-mark question....
Paper 1: Section ADear John, One of my students has completed her Psychology IA based on the following research question: To investigate whether post-event discussion with peers who have witnessed slightly different versions of the same event influences...
IA: Data collectionHi Anthony The samples released by the IB were written before the most recent update to the psychology guide that came out in Dec 2025. In that, under the presentation of the IA, the only two pieces of information required on the title page...
IA checklistNever mind. I just saw that you specified that the candidate code should not appear "in the body" of the IA. Thank you.
IA checklistJohn & Laura, In all of the samples released by the IB, the student's "candidate code" is on the title page. Yet above, you indicate that it is not to be included anywhere in the IA. Can you please clarify?
IA checklistHi Laura and John! Thank you for responding. Would my understanding be correct to theorise the following possible questions for Paper 1A? "Explain/Describe one strength and one limitation of a reductionist approach to the study of human behaviour.""Explain/Describe...
Paper 1: Section AI would hope examiners would not show these biases. If a student is a child of Cuban immigrants, they would not have to say that they are from Cuba. They would explain, however, how being an immigrant could lead to bias in their research....
Writing the discussion
Arianna
Hello John! I would like to ask you for the concept: Perspective, we need to link the study e.g. survey to the different approaches to behavior? I noticed that you included the perspective of participants vs the perspective of...
Practical: Surveys/questionnaires