Psychology

Assessment

Paper 1 (SL/HL) – 3 compulsory short answer questions on the Biological, Cognitive and Sociocultural approaches. Three essay choices from the approaches. One essay to be written (50% SL / 40% HL). 2 hours. Paper 2 (SL/HL) – SL to do one essay from the options. HL to do two essays, one from each option (25% SL / 20% HL). SL 1 hour / HL 2 hours. Option 1: Psychology of Human Relationships Option 2: Developmental or Abnormal Psychology Paper 3 (HL) – Stimulus material given. 3 compulsory questions (20%). 1 hour. Students are given a bank of questions which could be asked. They then apply their answer to the stimulus material given. Internal Assessment (SL/HL) – Word count 1800 – 2200 (25% SL / 20% HL). Experiment on memory. Internally assessed and externally moderated.