how to get a 7 in the ib psychology ia
Summary
TLDRThis video script offers a comprehensive guide to tackling the Internal Assessment (IA) for IB Psychology students. The presenter shares personal experience, emphasizing the importance of selecting a familiar study, such as Loftus and Palmer, for ease of replication. They provide detailed advice on structuring the IA, including crafting an engaging introduction, explaining research design and sampling methods, and discussing controls and materials. The script also covers the analysis and evaluation of results, suggesting improvements for future research. Additional tips include adhering to word count guidelines, seeking teacher feedback, and utilizing resources like Think IB for support. The presenter encourages students to approach the IA with diligence and confidence, aiming for a high score.
Takeaways
- 📚 The video discusses the Internal Assessment (IA) for the International Baccalaureate (IB) Psychology course, emphasizing it as an opportunity to secure a significant portion of the final grade.
- 🎯 The IA accounts for about 20% of the total grade, with Standard Level potentially having a slightly higher weight due to the absence of Paper 3.
- 📈 The presenter suggests that the IA can be a source of substantial grade improvement, citing personal experience and observations of peers.
- 📝 The first step in the IA process is selecting a study, often from a provided 'menu' by teachers, with a recommendation to choose one that is familiar and easy to replicate.
- 🏫 The study should be feasible within the environment, such as a school, and should yield quick results for discussion purposes.
- 🔍 The introduction of the IA should be comprehensive, defining all key concepts and linking them to real-world relevance, occupying about a quarter of the total word count.
- 📉 The 'Exploration' section, the longest part of the IA, details the study's procedure, research design, sampling method, controls, materials, and analysis.
- 📊 The analysis section involves presenting results in tables and graphs, and discussing statistical significance without necessarily understanding the complex math behind it.
- 🔍 The 'Evaluation' section requires reflection on the study's strengths and weaknesses, considering aspects like research design, participant sampling, and potential confounding variables.
- 🔑 For further research, suggestions can be made for how the study could be expanded or improved, even if these suggestions are not intended to be implemented.
- 📖 The appendix is a non-word-count section where additional materials like informed consent, debriefing notes, instructions, and raw data can be included for completeness.
Q & A
What is the purpose of the video?
-The purpose of the video is to guide viewers on how to approach and excel in the Internal Assessment (IA) for the IB Psychology course.
How much of the grade does the IA contribute to in the video's context?
-The IA contributes about 20% to the grade, although it is mentioned that for standard level it might be worth 25%.
What does the video suggest as the first step in preparing for the IA?
-The first step suggested is to pick a study from an 'IA menu' provided by the teachers, choosing one that is familiar and looks easy to replicate.
Why does the video recommend choosing the Loftus and Palmer study for the IA?
-The Loftus and Palmer study is recommended because it is common, easy to replicate, and allows discussion on relevant topics like schema and reconstructive memory.
What is the recommended approach for writing the introduction of the IA?
-The introduction should be comprehensive, defining all concepts used, linking them to real-world relevance, and explaining theories like reconstructive memory in a simple and engaging way.
How long should the introduction be in terms of word count?
-The introduction should be around a quarter of the total IA word count, which in the video was approximately 560 words out of a total of 2200.
What are some key elements to include in the exploration section of the IA?
-The exploration section should include details about the procedure, research design, sampling method, participant specifics, controls, materials, and analysis.
How should statistical analysis be presented in the IA?
-Statistical analysis should be presented with results in a table, followed by a graph for visual representation, and an explanation of what the data indicates.
What is the focus of the evaluation section in the IA?
-The evaluation section focuses on discussing the strengths and weaknesses of the study design, research methods, and any potential confounding variables.
What advice does the video give for the final stages of the IA?
-The video advises to use the draft to identify areas for improvement, to complete all sections thoroughly, and to seek feedback from teachers for further refinement.
Outlines
📚 Introduction to the Psychology IA
The speaker begins by welcoming viewers back to their channel and introducing the topic of the Internal Assessment (IA) for the International Baccalaureate (IB) Psychology course. They mention that the IA is a significant but manageable part of the course, worth about 20% of the final grade, with Standard Level students potentially having a higher weight. The speaker shares their own experience of scoring seven out of a possible maximum and encourages viewers to choose a study they are familiar with, such as Loftus and Palmer, which is commonly chosen and easy to replicate. The importance of understanding the study and its relevance to real-world issues, such as witness statements and violent crime rates, is emphasized.
🔍 Detailed Breakdown of the IA Structure
The speaker provides a detailed breakdown of the IA structure, starting with the introduction, which should be about a quarter of the total word count. They discuss the importance of defining key concepts like memory, schema, and reconstructive memory, and linking them to real-world applications. The speaker also covers other sections of the IA, including the procedure, research design, sampling method, controls, materials, and analysis. They emphasize the need for specificity, especially in defining variables and hypotheses, and suggest that students should not worry about word count in their first draft, as it can be edited down later.
📈 Discussing the Analysis and Evaluation of the IA
This paragraph delves into the analysis and evaluation sections of the IA. The speaker explains how to present results in tables and graphs, and the importance of explaining these findings in a simple and understandable manner. They also discuss the statistical analysis, suggesting the use of tools like a stats calculator to avoid errors. The evaluation section is highlighted as a place to discuss the study's strengths and weaknesses, research design, participant sampling, and potential confounding variables. The speaker also suggests including a section for further research and concludes with the importance of a strong final sentence.
📝 Completing the IA with References and Appendix
The speaker discusses the final components of the IA, which include references and an appendix. They guide on how to use an APA reference generator for proper citation and emphasize that the appendix, while not counted towards the word count, is essential for providing additional information such as informed consent, debriefing notes, instructions, and raw data. The speaker provides examples of what to include in the appendix and stresses the importance of ethical considerations in research.
🗣️ Tips and Encouragement for Completing the IA
In the final paragraph, the speaker offers tips and encouragement for completing the IA. They advise students to use their draft as a tool for identifying areas of improvement and to seek feedback from teachers. The speaker also recommends using resources like Think IB for additional guidance and suggests that students set aside dedicated time to work on the IA. They conclude by expressing confidence in the students' ability to complete a successful IA and the hope that everyone achieves high marks.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Internal Assessment (IA)
💡Loftus and Palmer
💡Schema
💡Reconstructive Memory
💡Leading Questions
💡Word Count
💡Research Design
💡Sampling Method
💡Controls
💡Statistical Analysis
💡Evaluation
Highlights
Introduction to the Internal Assessment (IA) for IB Psychology, emphasizing its importance in securing a good portion of the grade.
The IA is worth approximately 20% of the grade, with Standard Level possibly worth 25%.
Personal experience sharing an increase in grade from the draft to the final IA.
Advice on choosing a study for the IA, recommending familiarity and ease of replication.
Loftus and Palmer study as a common and easy option for the IA with a focus on schema and reconstructive memory.
Importance of understanding the study's relevance to real-world scenarios, such as witness statements and violent crime rates.
Tips on writing the introduction, emphasizing clarity and linking concepts to real-world applications.
The introduction should define key concepts and theories, such as reconstructive memory and schema.
Advice on writing a first draft that is too long, allowing for editing and refinement with teacher feedback.
Details on the exploration section, including procedure, research design, sampling method, and controls.
The importance of specificity in defining variables and hypotheses in the study.
Materials and analysis section overview, including statistical tools and graph interpretation.
The evaluation section should discuss strengths and weaknesses, including research design and participant sampling.
Suggestions for further research to enhance the study's impact.
The conclusion should summarize the study's findings and their significance.
Instructions on creating an appendix, including informed consent, debriefing, and raw data.
Emphasis on the importance of understanding the study's methodology and being able to justify design choices.
Advice on using resources like Think IB for guidance on writing the IA.
Encouragement and confidence-building for students undertaking the IA, highlighting the manageable nature of the task.
Transcripts
[Music]
right so hello welcome back to my
channel
this is another ib psychology video
because my last one seems to do quite
well
um not necessarily in views i mean it's
got a decent amount of views but
i get a lot of people coming to my
instagram dms
and then being like i just watched this
video
help and i'm happy to help so
here you go this is going to be about
the ia which is the internal
assessment which is quite an easy part
of psychology i think it's a really
nice place to secure
a good chunk of marks i've even made
notes of this video i don't normally
make notes because i just talk
rubbish like for my psychology general
video
i was just spewing rubbish i didn't have
any specific tips
other than like you know pay attention
in your lessons
i've actually got notes so
let's begin all about the psychology ia
so i think it's worth about 20 of your
grade i think it's different for a
standard level
i think for standard level it's worth 25
potentially because they don't have a
paper three but regardless
you can easily do well in the ia
easily so i got seven in the ia
um i think my grade went up by like one
mark from my draft to my final one like
it really didn't
change but i also know people that went
from like 14 marks to like 20
so so first step for the ia
is you have to pick a study often your
teachers will give you like an ia menu
and then they'll give you like six
studies that you can pick from
and you just pick um if this happens
pick one you're familiar with pick one
that looks easy
i had loftus and palmer which is
probably the most common one that is
done for the psychology ia
and it's a very easy study to replicate
it really is
you have to think logically what can you
do within the environment you're in
like we were in a school well you're in
a school because you're doing the ib but
you're in a school what can you do
and what will be the easiest to do you
basically want something that's going to
get you
quick results they don't have to be good
results my results are awful
they just have to exist you just you
want something that can get you results
that you can talk about and that
mentions like themes
that you can actually understand as in
if you're
gonna pick a study on like the dual
process model and you don't understand
the google process model
your introduction's ruined basically
because your introduction is where you
kind of
explain everything and if you don't know
what you're explaining you're not going
to get any marks so it is always
i am going to recommend doing lotters
and palmer i know that your teacher
might pick for you but
if you have the option of loftus and
palmer it's very easy and it doesn't
matter that everyone do
does it it doesn't matter that everyone
does it no one cares
the examiners aren't like oh everyone
did loftus and palmer that's like dog
with you mark no they couldn't care less
most people in our class did loftus and
palmer i think we had some people doing
maybe badly in hitch we had some people
doing some other things but lotus and
palmer
very easy place to start because you
literally can talk about schema
reconstructive memory and bartlett
quite possibly the nicest things in ib
psychology they really are
they're very easy sections to talk about
so first up
introduction i'm i'm gonna tell you the
word count of everything i did
mine was exactly 2 200 words you have 2
200. mine was exactly on the doll and it
was difficult to get it down so i think
i started on 2500
and then i had to cut it down because
there's so much you can say there really
is
you if you're under the word count
you need to talk more like if you're
significantly under
you really need to talk more because you
could get the marks
but why not add words that will get you
the marks
so basically for the introduction my
introduction was 562 words
references your citations don't count in
your word count
i counted the citations because i wasn't
going to go through and minus the
citations but
it was around 560 words for my
introduction which is
a quarter it's about a quarter of your
whole ia
and yeah it should be your introduction
is is what it says on the tin you need
to tell people what's going on
you're writing it as if someone knows
nothing about psychology you need to
tell them about psychology
you need to define all your concepts i'm
going to use the example of loftus and
palmer
because i did loftus and palmer you need
to define
you know memory schema reconstructive
memory
and you want to link that all to the
world
why is it relevant like why why bother
doing this study
so i think i put that like violent crime
rates were going up
um and then like witness statements and
because this was
you know related to witness statements
i've got my link i'm done
like it was literally my first sentence
was like as violent crime rates are like
soaring
you know site whoever said that you know
more people are giving witness
statements you know witness statements
are becoming distorted
loftus and palmer did that you're
welcome you want a real world link and
they're quite easy to find especially if
you do lost some palmer because
reconstructive memory so you want your
real world link you want to define
reconstructive memory all of that kind
of stuff but don't just say
reconstructive memory is this
that's not fun find a funky way to kind
of incorporate it
because you don't just want to say like
schema is this
reconstructive memory is this because
it's just
it doesn't flow you want your ia to flow
like you want to link all of your
concepts together
and then you kind of you know you define
it you look at the theories
like you know your reconstructive memory
theory what is reconstructive memory
tell me about it i don't just tell me
reconstructive memory is
blah blah blah no tell me actually about
it
um let's say i know nothing about it and
i'm reading your ia
if you've just said like reconstructed
with memory is when your memory is
reconstructed
no it's that's rubbish that's not good i
don't understand anything from that
so you want to explain it simply
but you also you've got a lot of words
to explain it
in your first draft don't care about the
word count
because you can go back and edit it it's
better to hand in something
for your draft way too many words
because then your teacher can just cross
out a whole paragraph like this is awful
get rid of it
rather than you handing in something
that's you know
2 000 words your teacher isn't going to
tell you
specifically where to add things and
what to add like they'll say you know
bulk up your introduction on your
reconstructive memory definition
but you don't really know what to do
there so it's better to write too much
and then you want to summarize your
study so for reconstructive memory
i'm pretty sure we i did
bartlett like we were redoing loftus and
palmer but the original study for
reconstructive memory
was bartlett very easy study to just you
just say like
you know bartlett studied this in
whatever year
he did this he found this and then lost
his partner did this
and then you said like obviously like
you know we're doing lots of some parma
like here you go then you put your iv
your dv
your null hypothesis and your
experimental hypothesis
you literally just put independent
variable codon
what it is dependent variable colon what
it is but you have to operation
operationalize it is that the word you
have to like
properly explain it your teacher should
tell you how to do this
but if not you can find a lot of
examples online i got confused at the
beginning and i wasn't sure like i
wasn't being specific enough
with it but you want to very
specifically say it as in your dependent
variable
you will say like you know the exact
speed bracket
miles per hour given by participants
after watching this something like that
you can't just say like
speed given by participants you need to
be very specific and then
your introduction is completed your
introduction is done read over it
several times
you've got so much time to do an ia like
so much time
i think for my psychology one it didn't
take me long
but you you you've got a lot of time to
do it we started ours in year 12
um and finished it in year 13 and did
the actual study in year 13
in year 12 in like summer we wrote our
introductions and stuff like that
some people didn't if your teacher sets
it to you in year 12 in summer
do it in year 12 in summer so then you
have the exploration
this is the chunkiest section this was
809 words so this bit split up into
quite a few different sections you want
to talk about the procedure
mine was 183 words talking about the
procedure
which is literally you saying we are
going to make participants sit and watch
this video you just explain
exactly what you were doing it doesn't
have to sound fancy because
it's not you're literally gonna say like
students will sit
watching this on a laptop screen
at this time of day
simple then you want to talk about your
research design
this was 93 words it's not difficult you
just say like
this is repeated measures this is
independent measures this is matched
pairs
which one is it what does that mean like
you know this is an independent measures
design because
participants are only going to watch the
video once and then you kind of feel
like why
why have you done that what does that
mean like you can say why you've done
that by kind of
slating the other methods and being like
well if we done repeated measures
this would have happened you're done
it's not even 100 words that bit
and then you want to talk about your
sampling method which is how you got
your sample
it's probably gonna be opportunity or
volunteer and then we literally
walked into a classroom and we're like
can we steal the students
or we went into like the study center
can we use you
you just basically explain like you know
we are going to go into
our thick form study center and
if anyone's there and they want to take
part they will take part what's that
an opportunity sample why are we using
that well because it's the most
convenient one for us to do
what does that mean but you don't want
to explain your actual
participants as in your sample like
don't don't explain about them yet
because then
oh what did i say 131 words this one
then
you don't want to talk about your actual
participants i used 150 words for this
you just say like you know our
participants are 16 to 19 year old ib
students
we are excluding anyone that studied ib
psychology
for this reason we are only doing men
for this reason like
be as specific as you can as in i think
i said like
like you know do they have to have
english as their first language do they
have to be fluent in english
do you want people with specific hair
colors do you want people with
like wearing specific outfits like
literally be as specific as you can
write down every single trait you're
looking for
and just kind of try and shove it all
into a nice little paragraph
then we move on to the controls this is
about 100 words mine was 106.
you basically very simply say what you
are controlling we're going to control
it by
asking everyone at the same time of day
or doing all of our study in one
chunk so that they can't you know go and
tell other people about the study
so things to mention about controls how
are you keeping it standardized
are you giving them standardized
instructions hint
yes you are so controls i thought about
the age range how we're only going to do
students within
these ages because we don't know how
it's going to affect other people and we
don't
want to know then you move on to the
materials this is
very bog standard it's 134 words
you literally put materials and then
like bullet point what you've used
as in everything in your appendix which
i will talk about in a minute
like consent form you know colon
we made this consent form to keep study
ethical
one sentence about why you've done each
thing pretty much and then we move on to
the analysis which no one ever likes
because it's
stats and numbers and stuff like that
mine was 313
words i think it didn't i don't think
you count words in the table
so it was probably less than that
because i didn't take it away
so you basically shove your results in a
table either the mean
standard deviation done and you
basically then just say you know i seen
by figure 1
the mean was this the standard deviation
was this the mean was bigger in this one
standard deviation was bigger in this
one
basic things like that and then pretty
much after that
you put in a graph make it on excel very
easy
you know keep it simple and then you
just explain it as seen by figure 2
this this and this i also when
describing my
figure two which was my graph basically
just said you know
the data appears to indicate that when
you use
a more emphatic word you know people
will get a higher speed
you know i can't officially say that
that is what it did indicate because i
haven't done my stats
like you know it looks like it's heading
in that direction
then you do statistical analysis put it
in the stats calculator
don't do it yourself we use a man
whitney test
which has stuff about you you number i
don't know what it meant
but literally like
chunk about this big can you reject your
null hypothesis
yes or no and then after i did a tiny
final sentence it says like
from these results you know although we
did see a change in
the responses it's not statistically
significant
and then the evaluation this is easy it
really is
this was 572 words in this at the very
beginning i said you know prior research
has shown
this we replicated this study and
although we found similar results
they weren't significant you talk about
strengths and weaknesses
um talk about your your design you know
maybe you did repeated measures
why was that a good thing why did you do
that why was it good
but also like what were the issues with
that
so like i spoke about my independent
measures i was like we used independent
measures
because it was good because in a tiny
center at the end however
this is also an issue that could have
happened because of that like i think i
spoke about
four or five things i spoke about my
research design the most
and then participant sampling um
confounding variables
and about my standardized interruptions
and then you kind of want a tiny little
section about at the end
you know for further research we could
do this i think i said we could change
the color of the car
it doesn't have to be something you're
actually going to do because you're not
going to do it but you know just like
something else that you could do and
then at the end you literally put
a completely finishing sentence as in as
a result of our study it can be
concluded at a significant level of this
that changing the verb in a leading's
question
doesn't do anything and then you shove
in your references referencing is not
hard
search up apa reference generator put
your things in
you're done and then we move on to your
appendix
which doesn't count for your word count
you can write as much as you want in
there
so you need your informed consent you
can google if you have access to think
ib through your school
use think ib it is an incredible website
i love thinking they have examples that
you can use
but for informed consent you literally
just have to put like dear participant
this is what you're going to be doing in
the study are you okay with that
and then just like put a little blank
box for their signature
you you just you don't have to include a
completed one in your ia
like it's blank it doesn't matter if
it's not good
as long as as long as you tell them
what's gonna happen and you ask for
their consent
you're good then you do a debrief
pretty simple you know dear participant
we studied this
you know oh we deceived you here's why
here's what happened
you can include about your results if
you want to and then you just say like
you know
thanks very much congrats and then you
need your instructions
and then like if you walk into a room
what are you saying
like i think i have a script yeah i
literally had a script that says
it just says like hello thanks for
taking part brackets take in consent
forms
things like that and you also put like
if you used a youtube video like we used
a test video of a car crashing
and then you have to put in your raw
data your inferential statistics
and then you're pretty much done and
like any questionnaires that you use as
well
but that is like what you need to
actually include in the ia
to get marks so i'm going to tell you
the ia is very simple
to get your marks in they don't really
want too much from you
in your introduction you just need to
introduce
you just need to say you need to give a
backstory
it's like if you're writing a prologue
you can't just go straight into the
story without introducing the characters
so like what a schema why are they
relevant why do we care about them
like don't define things that you know
are kind of
there but like they don't actually
relevant to what you're doing so you
want to kind of briefly state
what's going on you want to keep it
formal you don't want to type it how you
would say it
it needs to be formal because it's it's
a proper
fancy report what you're doing basically
and you want to try and kind of
find links within what you're saying and
then don't just go from
you know schema to eyewitnesses if
there's nothing going on
basically i wanted to get from crime
to schema because my next paragraph was
going to be about
bartlett and the war of the ghosts which
is about schema
but i can't just go crime to schema
because
it's not relevant it's not relevant at
all so i went from crime
to eyewitness testimonies hmm are they
reliable
leading questions or how leading
questions can affect people all
schema schema driven errors like make
sure you kind of know what you're doing
in the sense of
if you're using independent measures do
you know what they are
and why are you doing that like don't do
anything without reason
and you can do things to make your study
not so good
not you know not not purposely as in
like oh we did this
to ruin our study but like you can use
students um and like not discount that
they've done ib psychology no then in
your evaluation but you can literally
say
oh but some students might have done ib
psychology so that would have been a bad
thing because they would have already
known
about the study so you can literally do
things like that
i'm pretty sure we did things like that
i don't know what specifically
but yeah um basically you have a draft
use it get it handed in on time have it
completed do not hand in an
incomplete draft it really does not take
long
check with your teacher they can only
give you feedback once but you can ask
them like
um would you recommend doing something
like this
or you know how many things should i
talk about in my evaluation
and things like that where it's not
asking them specifically about yours but
just
generic ia things and they also will
probably teach you how to do an ia
they should teach you how to do an ia if
not think ib
go on think ib i will link think ib down
below
um you can only access if your school
has access to it unfortunately
but you can find quite a few resources
online of how to write an ia
basically the ia is not too difficult
you can do it
i believe in you you just have to put
your mind to it
just take set a whole afternoon and just
type just type as much as you can
and then when you get your first draft
and your teacher tells you it's all
rubbish
you know exactly which bits to take out
because my teacher literally just
fat crossed out a whole sentence and i
was like right straight away going into
my draft deleted it don't need it
like if you just cost you hours going
because if she knows what she wants
the teachers know what to want because
i'm a teacher
but yeah um that's literally all i have
to say hopefully
you do a wonderful ia i don't know how
it's gonna work with covered but
hopefully you all
do some wonderful ias and everything is
good um
hopefully we all get sevens
is
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