How exactly do i study psychology SL ?

[Guest Zoya (aka: ziasha)]

Hey guys i would be very glad if someone could help me by telling me how i can study for psychology. I just don't understand abnormal psychology.

[Shahad]

What i find most efficient is by writing out each syllabus point in a notebook.

And then summarizing important points from my textbooks in a way i understand it.

What textbook do you use for psych?

And also case studies is extremely important in psychology.

you need at least three for each syllabus point.

And know the command terms.

If a certain question comes up on the exam about evaluating something.

Even if you write an amazing essay describing something, you will still get marked down.

So make sure you know the command terms well.

[Guest Zoya (aka: ziasha)]

ohh i have never tried that but now i will

the book i use is Psychology course companion (IB diploma programme)

Yeah i understand the commend terms pretty well but i have trouble remembering all the psychologists and their names.

Our higher level and standard level are exactly the same except i have Hindi sl not indonesian

[Shahad]

Hopefully it works.

Haha, glad to talk to someone with same subjects as me. =D

I chose abnormal psychology as my option too.

I actually liked that option as there were not as much case studies than in the core topics.

Like in the symptoms of disorders, you just source it from the diagnostic manual or something.

As for the textbook, in my IB 1, my class used the course companion, but this year we use the pearson baccalaureate for psych.

But i found that each book lacked something sometimes, so i used both mainly to write my notes.

Usually the book provides quite a lot of case studies, so I suggest choosing case studies which you can remember.

And what I did was make a list of all the case studies i used in abnormal psychology with a few word summary to remind me what they did.

Instead of flipping through all my notes trying to find it.

That really helped remembering all the case studies.

[Guest Zoya (aka: ziasha)]

ohh thats cool i study from that book too, i find it better then course companion.

Ohh yeah i do write notes for bio and chem but psychology is not one of my very liked subjects so yeah

there are time i choose maths hl over psychology so u can imagine..

BUT THANKS for the major advise i shall take that into action.

[Shahad]

yeah sometimes that book is actually much better.

But in abnormal psychology, the pearson book was not so good towards the end.

I liked the etiology and treatment for depression a lot better in the course companion.

and yeah i understand what you mean, I always tend to neglect psychology unless i have a test or exam haha.

I usually do math once a day but leave psychology to once a month lol.

and no problem. =D

message me if you require any help.

[Guest Zoya (aka: ziasha)]

hahaha yeah i agree to that. I soo do the same thing man. Nice to know i am not the only one.

Yeah thanks and yes i won't hesitate at all.