This Week in IB at OI
DP Psychology
What is DP Psychology?
DP Psychology in Action
Planning and analysis
Experiment in Action
What skills do scholars develop in DP Psychology?
Scholars develop the knowledge
and understanding of key concepts through various
activities that demonstrate:
• knowledge and comprehension of specified content,
research methods, theories, such as key concepts,
biological, cognitive and sociocultural levels of
analysis
• application and analysis, including using
psychological research and psychological concepts
to formulate an argument in response to a specific
question
• synthesis and evaluation of psychological theories,
empirical studies, and research methods used to
investigate behaviour
• selection and use of skills appropriate to psychology,
the acquisition of knowledge, skills required for
experimental design, data collection and presentation,
data analysis and interpretation
• data analysis using an appropriate inferential
statistical test and write an organized response.