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IB Psychology Exam Guide

Psychology Exam Skills & Techniques

Everything you need to master the IB Psychology exam at SL and HL on the 2027 concepts/content/contexts syllabus — paper structures, the six concepts, command terms, marking criteria, the HL Paper 3 data-analysis skills, and the research-proposal IA.

It is a Group 3 Individuals and Societies subject where the skill is explaining a mechanism and evaluating it through the six concepts — not recalling named studies.

SL

Standard Level

Full exam skills guide for Psychology SL — the six concepts, Paper 1 and Paper 2 structures, command terms, marking criteria, and research-proposal IA advice.

  • • 150 teaching hours
  • • Paper 1: SAQs + application + essay (50%)
  • • Paper 2: research methodology + essay (25%)
  • • IA: Research proposal (25%)
HL

Higher Level

Full exam skills guide for Psychology HL — the six concepts, Paper 1 and Paper 2, the HL-only Paper 3 data-analysis paper on the extension topics, command terms, marking criteria, and research-proposal IA advice.

  • • 240 teaching hours
  • • Paper 1: SAQs + application + essay (35%)
  • • Paper 2: research methodology + essay (25%)
  • • Paper 3: source-based data analysis (20%)