The following activity is a seminar that I do with my second-year students to get them to think critically about Adverse Childhood Experiences. We do this seminar after watching the Ted Talk by Nadine Burke Harris and reading the study by Felitti et al (1998).Below you will see the way I run seminars in my second-year course; you will also see a guide for this discussion and some of the key ideas...

The following quiz is what I give students after reading Felitti et al (1998) for homework. I use the quiz as a self-assessment. After giving the quiz, we go over the questions together. I do not "score" it. You could collect it and just give feedback or you could come up with your own scoring system.Below you will find a copy of the quiz - either to photocopy or as a slide show. Suggested...

The following in-class assessment is a way in which I get students to practice for their internal assessment. I give this assessment when we have finished studying the Working Memory Model.Our students all have laptops. If they have laptops, they should be able to finish this task in 45 minutes. Writing by hand may take longer. You may also want to give it as a take-home assignment or assessment.A...

The following is a sample Paper 3 that looks at an experimental study.Below you will find the stimulus piece, followed by the static questions.A copy of the mock paper is included to give students as an in-class assessment.Potential answers are included in the hidden boxes below. Student copyStimulus PieceLabban and Etnier (2011) carried out a study to determine the effects of exercise on long-term...

This chapter looks at the fundamentals of psychology. What is psychology and how do psychologists do their job? The focus of this chapter is on research methods. It is important to understand research methods so that you can evaluate studies in psychology. You may find yourself referring back to these chapters throughout the course to remind yourself of the strengths and limitations of the research...

Essential understandingsOur behaviour is influenced by others, even when we believe that we are acting independently.We have both an individual and a social identity which influences our behaviour.Behaviours are learned through our interaction and observation of others.Stereotypes affect behaviour.The sociocultural approachPsychologists recognize that human behaviour can only be fully understood if...

This section of the site is devoted to materials that may be used to organize and assist students in the setting up and carrying out of the internal assessment. The section includes suggestions for experiments to replicate, reminders of restrictions for the internal assessment, planners and checklists, as well as samples of IA's which students should consult before starting their report writing....

The following set of practice papers are not official IB papers. As of the creation of this page, there is only one specimen paper available. All of the papers are created here by me, based on examiner experience.The questions for the papers are always the same. An explanation of the questions is given below.For each exam, there is a set of sample responses. Remember that in the new curriculum the...

The following assignment is something that I give to my students for homework, but this could also be done as an in-class exercise. This is part of our discussion of strengths and limitations of experiments. It is a good study to use because you can come back to it when you look at cognitive biases later in the course.After you have discussed it in class, you may want to give them the other reading...

This lesson focuses on the role of neurotransmission in human behaviour - specifically, on memory.In keeping with the rest of the content of this mini unit on the biology of memory, acetylcholine will be the primary example given. However, there are other examples of neurotransmission affecting behaviour throughout the course; for example, dopamine and addiction; serotonin and depression; or serotonin...