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IB Psychology HL
Study IB Psychology HL through concepts, research contexts and the study of human behaviour.
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What you study in IB Psychology HL
Study behaviour and mental processes through integrated biological, cognitive and sociocultural perspectives.
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IB Psychology HL exam skills
Practise the command terms, data handling and extended reasoning used across IB assessment.
- Follow command termsMatch the depth and structure of the response to the exact instruction.
- Use data as evidenceRead units and uncertainty, identify patterns and support conclusions with values.
- Build mark-efficient explanationsLink cause, evidence and subject vocabulary without repeating the prompt.
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IB Psychology HL assessment
The HL course combines external examinations with a research proposal.
You design a research proposal to investigate a population of interest using one of four class-practical research methods.
This page follows the IB Psychology course with first assessment in 2027.
Paper 3 assesses analysis and interpretation of research data and contributes 30% of the HL grade.
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