IB Psychology SL Notes

Aimnova offers free IB Psychology revision notes for the new course (first assessment 2027), covering the biological, cognitive and sociocultural approaches, research methodology, and the four contexts — health and well-being, human development, human relationships, and learning and cognition. Each topic includes clear explanations, worked diagrams, spaced-repetition flashcards, and IB-style practice questions with AI feedback — no sign-up required to read the notes.

IB Psychology is not a list of studies to memorise — it is a way of thinking. The whole course, and every markscheme, rewards the same thing: explaining a mechanism or theory clearly and then evaluating it through the six concepts — bias, causality, change, measurement, perspective and responsibility. These notes model that method throughout, so you learn to argue about behaviour rather than just describe an experiment.

The notes are organised by unit and topic according to the official IB syllabus, so you can revise systematically for Paper 1 (short-answer questions on the approaches, a scenario application, and a concept-framed essay, 50%), Paper 2 (questions on your own class practical plus an unseen-study essay, 25%), and the Internal Assessment (a hypothetical research proposal, 25%). The habit of illustrating with a mechanism and one clear example — and always evaluating for the top band — is built into every topic.