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Hi all, does anyone know if its absolutely essential that I know what year a piece of research is done and if i get the date wrong will i lose marks? E.G. I only write Barlett conducted a study about schema... or E.G. I write Bartlett (1934) instead of (1932).
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Just chose psych, and I have about a month to change it to history if I want. SO, I want your honest opinions... Is psychology HL considered a "soft" subject for top unis like oxbridge/ivy league?
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1.Is there any famous twin & adaptation studies that are easily compared, and discussed?(It can be any studies from the textbook). It have to be based the principle that "Pattern of behaviour can be inherited" 2.Animal studies that may inform our understanding of human behaviours, cognitions, emotions. 3.behaviours are products of the anatomy and physiology of our nervous and endocrine systems). I need for every question at least 3 studies.
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hey so it's around time for us to pick our IA topics and the study we want to do. Most of my HL class are leaning towards memory and some kind of study related to memory i was just wondering if it's in anyway become some sort of a cliche or overdone... especially a study like Elizabeth Loftus' into false memories and such thank you.
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My group is having trouble with our IA Lit. Reviews. We can't find any full procedures of studies that we want to relate our study to. We're doing Neiser 1964 We found Malpass and Kravitz 1969 (only brief descriptions available that summarize but doesn't go into the depth that we want.) Same with Yarmey and Kent 1980 We'd be really thankful if there are any sites that can help us find all these information!
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Hey I got my Psych IA due on Friday and I'm freaking out 'cause I can't figure out this Mann-Whitney U test. So we have U = N1N2 + ((N1(N1+1))/2) – R1 where N1 is the number of data entries in column 1 and N2 is the same for the second column? And R1 is the sum of the ranks of column 1? That sounds weird to me and I don't see a correlation can be established when you aren't even looking at the actual values, but that's what I heard. Furthermore I'm getting a U value of 90 which is just ridiculous when a correlation is apparent just from looking at the columns. Can a savvy psych student help me out real quick?
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According to the newest syllabus 2011 Psychology, I've found few learning outcomes(I have SL), From the part of Cognitive level of analysis, there are some questions that I can't figure out how should I answer to them: Explain how principles that define the cognitive level of analysis may be demonstrated in research (that is, theories and/or studies). Discuss ethical considerations related to research studies at the cognitive level of analysis. Evaluate schema theory with reference to research studies. Syllabus: P.S. I'm wondering if the final exam with SL will give the same questions as in the syllabus
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Hi everyone, I want to get some information about some researches/theories or case studies that are related to culture and behavior. Any ideas?
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hi, I made these for my revision (converted them to pdf so you can read them) and they've gotten me 7s on the last 3 assessments and the mock so thought to put them up and see if anyone is interested. Hope they help -Katanne (aka. KAW) These notes were for the examination session May 2010. The files have been moved to the old syllabus files section.
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Hello guys, I am new to this forum and I have decided to join because I found some of the discussions really helpful. Thanks to all the people who are a part of the forum. I am in my second year of IB and I have taken Psychology HL. I am doing my IA on the serial position effect. My report is due in two days. For the statistical -analysis I have done two tests: non-parametric (Mann-Whitney U test) and parametric test (t-test). I wanted some help with the deciding the significance values or the p-values. i really do not understand what they mean. My results are not significant at p < 0.05 and at p < 0.01 for both the test. Does this mean I have to accept my nu…
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I have no idea what to put in it! Help me please!
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I understand that in the results section, mean shows proximity and standard deviation illustrates distribution, but how else are these results relevant?
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I thought I could start a topic where we could help each other on the exams in May, with tips what to do/not to do, etc - my teacher told me something about this year being the new year for psychology, the syllabus changed or something I wasn't exactly concentrating. So, Paper 1 - Paper 2 - Paper 3 - I'm pretty lost myself, so I hope this thread helps ...
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Hello guys! I'm about to hand in my IA, which was a replication of Stroop's experiment "Studies of interference..." Nevertheless, some controversy has arisen about which things DO count towards word count and which do not. As far as I'm concerned, the IA should have the same guidelines the Extended Essay has, right? And that means the Abstract, parenthetical citations, the name of tables/figures AND the tables/figures themselves do not add up to the word count. However, there's this radical movement (that includes my teacher) that says that the abstract, the name of figures/tables AND tables DO add up to the word count. I personally believe that's completely insane, yet I…
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I just got my Psychology HL IA back and I was wondering if anyone knows the past/common grade boundaries for the 1-7 grades corresponding to raw scores. I have the grade boundaries document, but Psych HL isn't included. AHHH, anyone help?
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Hi there! I'm taking Psychology SL and I'm having some trouble figuring out how to answer an SAQ. We have done some practice ones in class, but they have all been unsuccessful (mine and also other students'). Although there is an explanation of how to answer one in the book, the explanation of our teacher often contradicts the one that is printed. I am confused, and nervous about my exams in May. Could someone please give me a basic outline of how to answer an SAQ? What needs to be there, how specific it needs to be? Also, is there a recommended word count? I would be glad if you could help me.
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Could anyone give me a straightforward definition of social identity theory? I've looked it up and gotten a few different results, and nothing is making much sense... Thanks!
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Hi, I want to do my extended essay in psychology even though its not in my 6 subjects. This interest in doing it in the subject is because i want to pursue psychology in university. Do you think its a good idea doing it?? And if so what kind of topics should i choose? PS: I am doing peer counselling as part of my CAS activity, should I use my client as my Case Study in the essay if i go ahead with it? Thank you so much for all your help!!!
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I did an experiment which involved collecting results from two groups which were performing under different conditions. So I have random results from participants but I am confused what sort of graphs to produce and whether it is interval/ratio data or some other type of data? So the example would be each group had 10 different people getting different scores.
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I missed the lesson where my teacher explained inferential statistics we have to use for our IA, and now she refuses to explain it again. So my question is: what exactly are inferential statistics, how do i use them, and how do i know which one to pick? Please help
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Evaluate the Social Identity theory in the sociocultural level of analysis with reference to relevant studies. I have everything thing I need in terms of strengths and weaknesses however I cannot find any studies against the theory and have been looking for hours. Please help x
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Hey, so I'm just finishing up my IA report for HL psychology and was wondering whether I could reference sources that I don't actually have with me... What I mean to say is, can I use a reference that is referenced by a review/study that I'm referencing? Sorry about the confusion
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So I am in Psych SL, and have just completed the experiment portion of my IA. I need some good sources about the study I replicated. Where could I find information about the Loftus and Zanni study in 1975 about a/the broken headlight? Also, if one's results are completely different from the findings of the original study, how might one handle this in writing his or her IA? Any help to the above questions would be much appreciated.
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Is anyone doing Levels of Processing as their internal???
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Is Psych HL considered one of the harder HL courses in IB? I was thinking of taking it, but I already have three HL's and my IB coordinator (who also happens to be both the IB psych SL and HL teacher) says it's a very intensive course. On the other hand the IB seniors have told me that it's not that hard.
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My ia is due tommorros
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This may seem like a strange question...but, Do graders count the number of words in your IA???
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I had just a simple question: which form of citation should I use for my Psychology IA? I work best with Turabian, because I love using footnotes rather than in-text citations, but I realized that most people use MLA or APA. Which one should I use? Is there a specific one that HAS to be used for the IB Psychology IAs?
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Hello all I'm stressing out, (while revising for health option on stress, hah) My school has been very carefree about Psychology. We studied the whole course based on Crane's course companion only. May is coming up and I want to revise the whole course, do you guys know sources or method of reviewing? Any input would be helpful since I am isolated and clueless from how IB psychology should be. Thanks in advance guys!
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I am working on my Psych SL IA and I am having difficulty in deciding what statistics to use beyond mean, median, mode, and standard deviation. What other statistical tests are used, especially ones that would look good to ib?
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Hi! I'm having trouble finding Lit Reviews for my Psych IA. I'm investigating Miller's (1956) theory on chunking. I seem to be able to find only abstracts of chunking studies not full ones. I would really appreciate if anyone could help find some links to full studies. Or any suggestions on where to go look for them. Thanks!
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Hey, I am in Year 12 currently doing the IB year 1 and I need some assistance. A brief note before I move onto opening a topic, I have just finished conducting my first experiment for psychology SL. - The aim of the study to gather information regarding to the theory that "people who have larger dilated pupils look significantly attractive" - These are suggested when people drink alcohol that intern make their pupils dilated, this makes people attracted to each other hence the statement that "the more beer you have, the fitter someone becomes". - Other studies suggest that it is an Intimate connection, in other words "Love at first sight" and is a natural reacti…
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For my Psychology IA I am replicating the Mozart effect study done by Rauscher et al. in 1993. My teacher has archived all of the studies people have replicated in the past (the original documents from online or books), but the only one she doesn't have is the Mozart effect. She told me it was difficult to find, and when I looked online and in some extra Psych books, I couldn't find it anywhere. Does anyone know where I can get the document on the original study. Online would be amazing because my school library is short on Psychology books, but if someone knows of a book, I can do my best to get my hands on it Thanks in advance
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I have a psychology test coming up. And I need help with one issue. Can anyone explain Freud's motivation theory? I mean - I'v got notes about: constant struggle between ID, EGO, SUPEREGOI don't really get it. Thanks, Matt
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For my Psychology IA, I'm replicating Loftus and Palmer. I'm doing SL so it has to be as close as possible to the real experiment. I'm doing the first part mainly, which involves asking about the speed of the cars involved in a car crash. For this I need a video where the MPH of the cars is known. So far I've been able to find a lot of video 100+ MPH, but in the interest of being as close as possible to the actual experiment, I want the cars to be going from 20 MPH to 40 MPH. Anyone have any?
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What is the word limit for a Higher Psychology IA?! I am doing it and I'm not sure if there is one or not, I can't remember! Any help would be grateful xo
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Of course, we all know Lockhart's Levels of Processing model. Still though! Any tips for knowing so many freaking research pieces for the May exams?
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Does anybody know how the 0-20 marks on the SL Psych IA correlate to a 7, 6, 5...? Thank you!!!!
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I am looking for an OSC IB Revision Book for Psych HL. Unfortunately, the OSC site won't have them available until March, and I can't find one anywhere else. Does anyone know if there is a place where I might be able to buy a used one or else have one they're finished with that they'd be willing to sell me? If not, could somebody recomend a similar book which I might be able to use to study for my midterm exams? Ok, cheers, and thanks.
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hello everyone i am writing my EE in psychology and the topic is" To what extent females are more prone to anorexia than males" What do u think?
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We're starting our IAs this month, and I haven't been able to find any high-scoring examples, but I really want to do well. If you've taken Psych, what score did you get on your IA? What topic was it on? Do you have any tips or guidance? Thanks in advance!
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Ok, so for my psychology sl class my teacher assigned us to replicate an experiment individually and know he wants us to write our internal assessment without any help, does anyone have any tips on how to write my IA draft
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Hey guys, I'm working on two Essay questions over the holiday, i'm basically rewriting the first one, because i scored only 9/22 on it, but the second one is fresh. the Questions are 1) Evaluate the Social Identity Theory with reference to the relevant studies 2) Discuss the use of Compliance Techniques (Foot in the door, Door in the face.... / Reciprocity, Commitment..... ) I have a raw essay plan already, i just need some examples of what i could think about and what i should point out in the critical thinking section, thank you And by the way, MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!
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For the pschology papers, we must use studies as support for what we write. So does that mean we have to remember the names of the researchers and the date of each experiment? I honesty don't think i can remember all those in the Course Companion, there must be 100+ studies!!! Can't we just remember what the experiments are about?
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I have my IB Psychology semester exam on Tuesday and it is going to be paper 1 (new syllabus so cognitive, biological, and sociocultural). It's basically material from the whole year and I'm kind of freaking out. I DON'T KNOW WHERE TO START. Any tips or helpful notes? Thx.
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So for the Stroop task, my small psychology class was arranged into groups/partners, handed a packet of J. Ridley Stroop's Studies of Interference in Serial Verbal Reactions, and told to go crazy. My teacher told us that we had to replicate the experiment exactly the way it was originally done... This is true, correct, yes? I'm really confused and worried that we didn't do this the way it was supposed to be done. We gave them (our participants) either the NC or the NCWd test first, then switched off... We didn't do NC, NCWd, NCWd, NC or NCWd, NC, NC, NCWd like Stroop did, because my teacher told us that was not the right thing to do. So we only have data for the NC/NCWd o…
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I am doing an experiment testing schemas, which means I cannot inform my participants before the experiment what it is about. However, it says that the participants have to know about the nature of the experiment. For now I have made a "Thank you" letter to each participant where is does say the nature of the experiment, which they are given after. Is this ok?
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I have no idea what statistic test to use, I was thinking about using the Mann Whitney U t-test, but I have two independant groups with before and after results, so two sets of data for each group. How can I conduct the test with these results,? Or would I be better off using a different test? Any you can reccomend? This is driving me up the wall! Thank you
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Estimation of time: Effects of mental activity on the estimation of time: Ornstein hypothesised that the more mental activity we do in a fixed period of time the longer the subjective estimate of that time interval. This could be tested by asking participants to listen to a passage of prose for say 100 seconds and then to estimate when a further 100 seconds of the prose had elapsed. In one group the prose could be read slowly to reduce the amount of mental processing and in the second group the prose would be read out faster. i really like the sound of this, it was on the IA suggestions however I need to have a copy of the original experiment and cannot find it anywhere?…
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I want to do my IA on motivation and I need some help creating tangible incentives for my subjects. Does anyone have any ideas? I was thinking either a ranking system or stickers. Thank you for any ideas
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