1. IB Psych 5.7.18 Today’s Agenda: Paper 1 Practice HW:
SAQ (25 minutes)
HW:
Take care of your business
Turn in:
Nothing
Take out :
Planner
Notes
Note-taking devices
Today’s Learning Objectives:
I can prepare in order to be brilliant for the IB Exam

2. “Describe”: 9 Times (60%) “Explain”: 4 Times (26.67%)
Trends…
Over the past 5 IB Psychology Papers:
Paper 1, Section A used the following Command Terms:
“Describe”: 9 Times (60%)
“Explain”: 4 Times (26.67%)
“Outline”: 2 Times (13.33%)
This is not to say that there might not be other CT, but these are merely the trends…and I believe in the power of history…

3. “Discuss”: 10 Times (66.67%) “Examine”: 3 Times (20%)
Trends…
Over the past 5 IB Psychology Papers:
Paper 1, Section B used the following Command Terms:
“Discuss”: 10 Times (66.67%)
“Examine”: 3 Times (20%)
“Evaluate”: 2 Times (13.33%)
This is not to say that there might not be other CT, but these are merely the trends…and I believe in the power of history…

4. “Compare & Contrast”: 3 Times (4%)
Trends…
Over the past 5 IB Psychology Papers:
Paper 2, used the following Command Terms:
“Discuss”: 23 Times (30.67%)
“Evaluate”: 19 Times (25.33%)
“TWE”: 5 Times (6.67%)
“Compare & Contrast”: 3 Times (4%)
“Examine”: 3 Times (4%)
“Explain”: 3 Times (4%)
“Contrast”: 2 Times (2.67%)
“Analyze”: 1 Time (1.33%)
This is not to say that there might not be other CT, but these are merely the trends…and I believe in the power of history…

5. Lots of websites out there…here’s a couple I suggest beyond thinkib
Lots of websites out there…here’s a couple I suggest beyond thinkib.net
A suggested structure is laid out fairly well by this source…
Some useful studies, broken down by Learning Outcome—click on IB Psychology Content button
Good linking of studies to learning outcomes