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It's been a while since we went through your questions and picked out some of the most frequent ones to answer. We get a wide variety of queries, but some come up more often than others, and it helps...
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To be successful on Paper 2, students need knowledge and understanding of research methodology and of how to apply concepts to a previously unseen study.Paper 2 Section A is on the research methodology...
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Hi John, When assessing student work on operant conditioning, is the inclusion of the schdueles of reinforcement absolutley necessary to earn a 4? My students are writing out all 4 of quadrant definitions and giving a good example. Is this a...
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Dear Marga That would only be relevant if there is a question on Perspective. Otherwise, the student should only focus on a cognitive explanation.
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Dear Vicki, The IB has always accepted it. The problem is that there are no human pheromones. So, this has been a problematic question for the entire time we have had this curriculum. I am very happy to see it gone in the new...
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Hi , in case of a question- explain the role of confirmation bias in a human behavior- the child has used similarity attraction as a way to support confirmation bias in the answer and given Markey and Markey study to support it, should we give credit?...
Cognitive theories of attraction