IB Psychology (First Assessment 2027)
About This Website
THIS WEBSITE IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION!
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.
Jyväskylän Lyseo Upper Secondary School uses Kognity as a primary study material. All suplementary materials can be found from this website.
Basic principle in Markus' teaching philosophy is 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 the 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 teacher's 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).
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.
Jyväskylän Lyseo Upper Secondary School uses Kognity as a primary study material. All suplementary materials can be found from this website.
Basic principle in Markus' teaching philosophy is 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 the 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 teacher's 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).
The IB Psychology Guide
IB Psychology Guide (First Assessment 2027, to be revised in November 2025)
Changes to The IB Psychology Syllabus-
This short document compares the differences and the similarities between the last assessment 2026 syllabus and the first assessment 2027 syllabus
Psychology Teacher Support Material for The First Assessment 2027 Syllabus
Specimen Papers for The First Assessment 2027 IB Psychology Guide-
This file contains examples of all the Papers and markschemes related to the First Assessment 2027 IB Psychology Guide
Useful Links for All IB Psychology Students
English-Finnish Psychology Dictionary
Extremely useful website for checking psychological vocabulary
List of psychological theories
A Wikipedia page. You don't need to know all the theories in psychology, there are a lot of them, but this wikipedia page can help you to understand something about the scope of psychology.
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 some good info on psychology
25 famous psychological studies
Summary of famous psychological studies
Extremely useful website for checking psychological vocabulary
List of psychological theories
A Wikipedia page. You don't need to know all the theories in psychology, there are a lot of them, but this wikipedia page can help you to understand something about the scope of psychology.
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 some good info on psychology
25 famous psychological studies
Summary of famous psychological studies
IB Psychology Unit Plan in Jyväskylä Lyseo Upper Secondary School
IB1 Year
Term 1: What is IB Psychology? Review of the psychological research from the pre-IB course. Introduction to the six concepts of the IB Psychology syllabus. Learning and cognition context with all the concepts and contents (biological, cognitive and sociocultural approach with research methodology).
Class practical: Experiment and report
Assessment: Paper 1 Section A and Section B for both HL/SL
Term 2: HL Extension: The role of culture, motivation and technology in the context of Learning and cognition + data-analysis for Paper 3.
Human development context with all the concepts and contents.
Assessment: Paper 1 Section C for both HL/SL
Term 3: Human development context with all the concepts and contents.
HL Extension: The role of culture, motivation and technology in Human development + data-analysis for Paper 3.
Class practical: Observation and report
Assessment: Paper 2 section A for both HL/SL
Term 4: Health and well-being context with all the concepts and contents.
Class Practical: Interview and report
Assessment: Paper 2 Section B for both HL/SL
Term 5: Health and well-being context with all the concepts and contents. HL Extension: The role of culture, motivation and technology in Health and well-being + data-analysis for Paper 3
Assessment: Full Paper 1 based on three contexts covered so far
IB2 Year
Term 1: Human relationships context with all the concepts and contents. HL Extension: The role of culture, motivation and technology in Human relationships + data-analysis for Paper 3
Class Practical: Survey and report
Assessment: Full Paper 2 for both HL/SL
Term 2: Internal assessment task and data-analysis for HL.
Assessment: Predicted grade of the internal assessment
Term 3: HL extension: data-analysis for HL
Assessment: Paper 3 for HL
Term 4: Review of the whole IB Psychology syllabus and final mocks (all papers at least once).
Term 1: What is IB Psychology? Review of the psychological research from the pre-IB course. Introduction to the six concepts of the IB Psychology syllabus. Learning and cognition context with all the concepts and contents (biological, cognitive and sociocultural approach with research methodology).
Class practical: Experiment and report
Assessment: Paper 1 Section A and Section B for both HL/SL
Term 2: HL Extension: The role of culture, motivation and technology in the context of Learning and cognition + data-analysis for Paper 3.
Human development context with all the concepts and contents.
Assessment: Paper 1 Section C for both HL/SL
Term 3: Human development context with all the concepts and contents.
HL Extension: The role of culture, motivation and technology in Human development + data-analysis for Paper 3.
Class practical: Observation and report
Assessment: Paper 2 section A for both HL/SL
Term 4: Health and well-being context with all the concepts and contents.
Class Practical: Interview and report
Assessment: Paper 2 Section B for both HL/SL
Term 5: Health and well-being context with all the concepts and contents. HL Extension: The role of culture, motivation and technology in Health and well-being + data-analysis for Paper 3
Assessment: Full Paper 1 based on three contexts covered so far
IB2 Year
Term 1: Human relationships context with all the concepts and contents. HL Extension: The role of culture, motivation and technology in Human relationships + data-analysis for Paper 3
Class Practical: Survey and report
Assessment: Full Paper 2 for both HL/SL
Term 2: Internal assessment task and data-analysis for HL.
Assessment: Predicted grade of the internal assessment
Term 3: HL extension: data-analysis for HL
Assessment: Paper 3 for HL
Term 4: Review of the whole IB Psychology syllabus and final mocks (all papers at least once).