Psychology

Course summary

The IB Psychology syllabus has three components: Core, Options and the Internal Assessment. Core: Approaches to understanding behaviour An introduction to the approaches of researching behaviour and the three approaches to understanding behaviour: the biological approach, the cognitive approach, and the sociocultural approach. Options: Applied psychology units The contribution and the interaction of the above three approaches can be best understood through the options. There are four options in the course (HL students will study two while those taking SL will study one), which focus on areas of applied psychology: abnormal psychology, developmental psychology, health psychology, and psychology of human relationships.