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Psychology
9 sections available · 44 chapters available
Free Psychology study notes for IB Diploma Programme (DP) - SL & HL students. Each chapter breaks down a key concept with examples and practice prompts you can turn into AI drills in the thinka app.
Content: approaches to understanding behaviour
Biological approach to understanding behaviour
Cognitive approach to understanding behaviour
Sociocultural approach to understanding behaviour
Integrating the three approaches
Concepts
Bias
Causality
Change
Measurement
Perspective
Responsibility
Context: health and well-being
Explaining mental health and disorders
Health behaviour, stress and well-being
Treatment and promoting well-being
Class practical: interview and focus group
Context: human development
Explaining human development
Cognitive and social development
Influences on development across the lifespan
Class practical: observation
Context: human relationships
Forming and maintaining relationships
Group dynamics and social influence
Conflict, prosocial and antisocial behaviour
Class practical: survey and questionnaire
Context: learning and cognition
Explaining learning
Memory and cognitive processing
Thinking, decision-making and cognitive bias
Class practical: experiment
Research methodology
Research questions, aims and hypotheses
Experimental methods and design
Non-experimental and qualitative methods
Sampling and populations of interest
Bias, credibility and generalization
Ethics in psychological research
Writing a research proposal
HL extensions (HL only)
The role of culture in shaping behaviour
The role of motivation in shaping behaviour
The role of technology in shaping behaviour
Interpreting graphs and quantitative findings
Analysing qualitative findings and synthesizing sources
Exam skills
Command terms and structured-response technique
Short-answer questions on content areas
Applying content to an unseen situation
Concept-based extended response essays
Questions on your class practicals
Evaluating an unseen research study
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