IB Psychology (Last Assessment 2026)

Markus Lajunen, Teacher of TOK And Psychology

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Markus Lajunen
markus.lajunen@gradia.fi
040 3414703

About This Website

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This peda.net website is consturcted and administered by Jyväskylän Lyseo Upper Secondary School IB Psychology teacher Markus Lajunen. All the possible materials covered in Markus' IB Psychology lessons are stored here. Please note, this website is only meant for sharing teacher's materials. No student work will be uploaded here.

Our school's MS O365 and ManageBac are used for uploading student works.

The primary communication channel is our school's Wilma. In addition to communication, all the topics covered during the lessons and possible homework are updated to Wilma under "Lesson diary" or "Tuntipäiväkirja". Students should actively keep track of the lesson diary.

Basic principle in Markus' teaching philosophy is, thought, that there should be as little as possible of any kind of formal homework. Everything should be done during the lessons. This does not mean that students of IB Psychology should not study outside classes. This just means that, if possible, there is no formal homework. As said above, all the teachers materials are stored here in this peda.net website and all the lesson topics will be updated into Wilma's lesson diary. The students are encouraged to skim through the study materials in peda.net BEFORE each lesson and review the contents with the help of the lesson diary AFTER each lesson. According to psychological research on learning, this strategy is very effective study method.

Jyväskylän Lyseo Upper Secondary School offers IB Psychology in both Standard Level (SL) and Higher Level (HL). Available options at the moment are Abnormal Psychology and Psychology of Human Relationships.

Coursebook: Popov, Parker and Seath: IB Psychology Course Companion (2nd Edition) from Oxford University Press. Picture of the coursebook can be seen on the right. In addition to the course book, teacher will provide additional materials for each part of the IB Psychology Syllabus.

Key Contents of IB Psychology in Jyväskylä Lyseo Upper Secondary School And The IB Psychology Syllabus

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Key Contents (completely updated based on the Dec 2019 syllabus revision): Key Contents (completely updated based on the Dec 2019 syllabus revision)
IB Psychology Guide (First Assessment 2019): IB Psychology Guide (First Assessment 2019)

Useful Links for All IB Psychology Students

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IB Psychology Guide (first assessment 2019)
This website is the most important one for all IB Psychology students! Everything is based on the this document!

English-Finnish Psychology Dictionary
Extremely useful website for checking psychological vocabulary

List of psychological theories
A Wikipedia page

How theories are used in psychology?
A summary of theories in general and the nature of theories in psychology

Psychology wizard
This is not an IB Psychology site, but contains good info on some studies.

25 famous psychological studies
Summary of famous psychological studies

IB Psychology by Travis Dixon
A website by another IB Psychology Teacher

IB Psychology by John Crane
A website by another IB Psychology Teacher

IB Psychology Unit Plan in Jyväskylän Lyseon lukio

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IB1 Year

UNIT 1, terms 1, 2 and the beginning of term 3: Approaches to researching behaviour, biological approach to understanding behaviour and cognitive approach to understanding behaviour
Assessment: Paper 1 mock exams (one for biological approach and one for cognitive approach)

UNIT 2 (HL only), rest of the term 3: The role of animal research in understanding human behaviour and cognitive processing in the technological (digital/modern) world
Assessment: Class activities (mock exam for volunteers)

UNIT 3, term 4: IA task
Assessment: Predicted grade of the IA report

UNIT 4, term 5: Sociocultural approach to understanding behaviour
Assessment: Paper 1 mock exam

The overall grade of the IB1 year in IB Psychology is based on Mock exams (80%) and the predicted grade of the IA report (20%)

IB2 Year

UNIT 5, term 1: Abnormal psychology (option)
Assessment: Paper 2 mock exam

UNIT 6, term 2: The psychology of human relationships (option)
Assessment: Paper 2 mock exam

UNIT 7 (HL only), term 3: The influence of globalization on individual behaviour, approaches to researching behaviour for Paper 3 and reviewing the whole syllabus and preparing for the Finals
Assessment: Paper 3 mock exam(s)

UNIT 8, terms 4: Reviewing the whole syllabus and preparing for the Finals
Assessment: Paper 1, Paper 2 and Paper 3 mock exams

The overall grade of the IB2 year in IB Psychology is based on Mock exams (100%).

The overall predicted grade in IB Psychology will be given based on all the mocks during IB1 and IB2 (80% for HL, 75% for the SL) years and the predicted grade of the IA report (20% for the HL, 25% for the SL).