For more resources, check out Psychology Helper Website PSYCH EXEMPLAR DOCUMENT Organized by the psych gang from IBO Discord server, for May 2019 onwards exams. Special thanks for yusra and dice for their contributions, entropy for being a veteran, chelsie for being godly yusra BIG DOUBT I AM NOT-, and cat and eden for helping and keeping psych channel lively <3 Content Content 1 Foreword 3 Common SAQ and ERQ Structure 3 Paper 1: Core 5 Biological Approach 5 Cognitive Approach 5 Sociocultural Approach 6 Paper 2: Options 7 Abnormal Psychology 7 Health Psychology 7 Human Relationships 7 Developmental Psychology 8 Paper 3 Update Log 9 10 For more resources, check out Psychology Helper Website Foreword These compilations of exemplars are provided to showcase appropriately high marked exemplars. You can also check other marked exemplars ranging from low to high marks through the IBO Psychology’s Assessed Student Work. Since this compilation is a result of contributions of people who shared their exemplar essays throughout the IB Discord, this compilation will be an ongoing, voluntary process (to keep in track with what’s new, see Update Log). Nevertheless, most SAQ and ERQs follow a similar format -- for exam guide question formatting, resources, and notes, go check out Psychology Section of the Helper Website or the pinned messages in #psychology channel of IBO Discord server. By creating this exemplar, hopefully better SAQ or ERQ responses can be made by observing through examples. Some of these essays may not be perfectly factually accurate as they may be a real response done during an exam (where you can't double check facts) so please do not try and memorize these as your exam responses. Furthermore, since we have varying teachers all across the globe, some may judge them harsher while others are more lenient, so full mark exemplars may not necessarily mean that it’s perfect for other examiners. Thus, we decided to compile essays for SAQ, ERQ, and Paper 3. If you’d like to share and contribute your own exemplar(s) so it can be added in this document, feel free to DM either rolla#2995, yusra#6578, or DIce#1751 on discord. Make sure that the essay belongs to you! Common SAQ and ERQ Structure Using the PEEL structure (1 for SAQ, 2 for ERQ) These structures are similar structure patterns you can follow which can be seen throughout these exemplars. It is not compulsory to follow them, however it can help you maintain an organized structure in your essay. If followed correctly, you can easily get around 5-6! To consistently achieve 7, it is important to make sure to answer the SAQ/ERQ correctly while keeping your points focused. Especially on ERQs, you need to For more resources, check out Psychology Helper Website put a lot of emphasis on the content of your arguments rather than blindly sticking through the structure. For an example of this, you can watch the Argument-Based Approach video created by Alexey Popov or compare how the essays with very high marks (20-22) differ from lower essay marks (15-17). SAQ ● Point: addressing the command terms, formulate thesis, define relevant psychological key terms, [explain, describe, or outline] the theory ● Evidence: Study (year) ● Explain: Aim, Procedure, Findings, Conclusion of study ● Link: conclude, refer back to thesis, answer the question again, link study. ERQ ● Paragraph 1 ○ Introduction: address command term, introduce the topic, define key terms, introduce the 2 studies ● Paragraph 2 + 3 ○ PEEL: argument point - study 1 - explanation of study - link ○ Critical Thinking: evaluate study + link to theory ● Paragraph 4 + 5 ○ PEEL: argument point - study 2 - explanation of study - link ○ Critical Thinking: evaluate study + link to theory ● (Optional) Paragraph 6, you can either: ○ Add another study (not recommended, better go with 2 study+in-depth eval than 3 shallow study+eval unless-) ■ PEEL: argument point - study 2 - explanation of study - link ■ Critical Thinking: evaluate study + link to theory ○ Discussion: talk about theory itself (specially if there is more things you’d like to address about the theory/evaluation) ● Paragraph 6/7 ○ Conclusion: summarise essay, refer back to thesis, answer the question again For more resources, check out Psychology Helper Website - SORTING BY TOPIC - Paper 1: Core Biological Approach SAQ Research Methods in Hormones and Behaviour 7/9 yusra#6578 MRI Scan 8/9 rolla#2995 Agonist 7/9 OhWhale#2035 Hormones (Oxytocin) 8/9 rolla#2995 Hormones (Oxytocin) 47/49 wadaw#9022* *scores were in 47/49 because the contributor did not know the specific breakdowns of their grades Genetics 8/9 rolla#2995 Neuroplasticity 7/9 yusra#6578 Neurotransmission 18/22 yusra#6578 Pheromones (Sex Pheromones) 22/22 sophistry#6845 Pheromones (Sex Pheromones) 20/22 rolla#2995 Evolutionary Arguments 20/22 rolla#2995 Genetic Similarities 20/22 DIce#1751 Evaluate Animal Research Studies 18/22 eden#6028 Value of Animal Models 19/22 rolla#2995 ERQ HL Extension For more resources, check out Psychology Helper Website Cognitive Approach SAQ Multi-Store Memory Model 47/49 wadaw#9022* *scores were in 47/49 because the contributor did not know the specific breakdowns of their grades Rational and Intuitive Thinking 9/9 dsalcoda#9352 Emotion on Cognitive Processes (Flashbulb Memory) 7/9 rolla#2995 Emotion of Cognitive Process 7/9 OhWhale#2035 Thinking and Decision Making 8/9 yusra#6578 Model of Memory 7/9 yusra#6578 Contrast Two Models of Memory 47/49 wadaw#9022* Contrast Two Models of Memory 20/22 Trash Can#1021 Emotion on Cognitive Processes (Flashbulb Memories) 21/22 DIce#1751 21/22 OhWhale#2035 ERQ HL Extension Positive effects of Digital Technology Sociocultural Approach SAQ Social Identity Theory 8/9 rolla#2995 Stereotypes 8/9 Pegaferno#0914 Cultural Norms 7-8/9 eden#6028 For more resources, check out Psychology Helper Website Research Methods in Enculturation 47/49 wadaw#9022* *scores were in 47/49 because the contributor did not know the specific breakdowns of their grades Research Methods in Acculturation 8/9 OhWhale#2035 Ethical Consideration of Culture on Behaviour 8/9 dsalcoda#9352 Social Cognitive Theory 8/9 yusra#6578 - - 20/22 DIce#1751 ERQ [no exemplars yet] HL Extension Globalization and Behaviour For more resources, check out Psychology Helper Website Paper 2: Options Abnormal Psychology Factors Influencing Diagnosis [no exemplars yet] - - 17/22 TotoroCat#6539 - - Etiology of Abnormal Psychology Biological Approach (MDD) Treatment of Disorders [no exemplars yet] Health Psychology Determinants of Health [no exemplars yet] - - 19/22 TotoroCat#6539 - - Health Problems Biological Approach (Obesity) Promoting Health [no exemplars yet] Human Relationships Personal Relationships For more resources, check out Psychology Helper Website Why Relationships change or end 20/22 Trash Can#1021 - - - - Group Dynamics [no exemplars yet] Social Responsibility [no exemplars yet] Developmental Psychology Influences on Cognitive and Social Development [no exemplars yet] - - - - - - Developing an Identity [no exemplars yet] Developing as a Learner [no exemplars yet] For more resources, check out Psychology Helper Website Paper 3 Paper 3 Mock 21/24 eden#6028 For more resources, check out Psychology Helper Website Update Log yyyy/mm/dd: [insert update details here] 2020/10/13: created the document, formatting, inserted SAQ and ERQs 2020/10/28: added several more SAQ and ERQs, an update log, and changed document formatting 2020/10/29: more document template changes, added table of contents, and chelsie simping over document formatting 2020/10/30: added Paper 3 2020/10/31: added our first two P2 on Health Problems and Etiology by TotoroCat#6539 2020/11/20: added value of animal research, genetics, and evolutionary argument by rolla#2995 2020/12/02: updated soff’s 22 exemplar marks because rolla#2995 probably messed up links 2020/12/23: added Wadaw#9022’s (Hormones (Oxytocin), Contrast Two Models of Memory, Research Methods in Enculturation) and Trash Can#1021’s (Contrast Two Models of Memory, Why Relationships Change or End) exemplars 2021/01/17: added DIce#1751’s globalization and behaviour’s exemplar 2021/01/24: added dsalcoda#9352’s exemplars on Ethical consideration of culture on behaviour and Rational and intuitive thinking 2021/02/06: added DIce#1751’s Genetic Similarity ERQ 2021/03/29: added OhWhale#2035’s Paper 1 (Agonist, Emotion on Cognitive Processes, Research Methods Acculturation, [HL] Positive effects of Digital Technology) and нєямσѕα ✿#5333’s Excitatory SAQ, and Pegaferno#0914’s Stereotype SAQ 2021/04/13: added Yusra’s Model of Memory, Social Cognitive Theory, and Neuroplasticity SAQ 2021/04/16: removed нєямσѕα ✿#5333’s Excitatory SAQ after the psych gang concluded that the SAQ was overmarked 2021/06/17: removed John49#7275’s ERQ as it received full marks yet has no evaluation in the content (sus) and updated the Foreword to clarify the purpose of this document.
