IB Psychology Course Book: Oxford IB Diploma Programme

by Alexey Popov, Lee Parker, Darren Seath

Comprehensively updated for the latest syllabus, for first teaching September 2017, and developed directly with the IB, the second edition of this popular Psychology Course Book provides thorough coverage of all core and optional units at Standard and Higher Level, as well as assessment preparation support. Engaging, full-colour activities and in-depth, international case studies bring the theory to life, while structured opportunities for critical thinking and concept-based learning help to develop enquiring and independent learners. Clear and accessible language, a robust reference section, support for the Internal Assessment and TOK links ensure that all learners progress through the DP Psychology course with confidence.

576 pages, Paperback

Published January 10, 2018

Reviews

[Keira Mc · Rating 4 out of 5]

Has a lot of studies that are helpful for exams, enough information about each study to write about, and is fairly easy to read

[Isadora · Rating 1 out of 5]

If anyone’s searching for a recommendation on the one book that brought me so much tears, the saddest book made that left me crying to my mom, this’ the book. Plus points because I’m having my psychology paper 1 and 3 exam tomorrow! Omg! So excited!!

[SHANIA · Rating 2 out of 5]

confusing @ times

[Mairin]

Wow.....how do I talk about this one? Should I? Do I dare begin this long monologue on the emotional roller coaster called the "popov book" or rather the new textbook, thanks be ib psych teacher? Well the people have spoken, and they have collectively said "do it, don't study for your english paper 2 exam thats tomorrow. this takes precedence." Who am I to disregard them?

Well the aim of this book was to provide information relating to an array of different topics in the IB Psychology course, SL or HL. To do this, the researchers, Popov, Parker, and Seath, compiled a multitude of information and case studies that go along with the information being presented. Then the international baccalaureate, evil institution, trained teachers to be able to teach us this information as well as torture us with memorizing all the bull in here. The results of this showed that it made a bunch of students cry and turn to a special thing, I am sure no one has heard of it as it is very underground, ChatGPT, for help. In conclusion, IB succeeded in their plans of making the students consider the meaning of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness as well as wondering why they decided to take IB Psych, especially at the HL level. I am still wondering about that today...Nevertheless, you can figure out the strengths and limitations of this study. I think this would be a field experiment, IDK, I don't excel in the paper 3 type crap.

I cannot explain how much pain this has caused me. I have spent many long nights wondering, what did HM do to deserve the removal of his hippocampus (FUN FACT: I KNOW IT NOW BUT WILL I REMEMBER IT...IDK....DEPENDS ON MY HIPPOCAMPUS) or what about those families with either the loud or quiet babies were thriving or what happened to the families that could not be found after the relocation due to severe, life-threatening things. Or Kaminsky and the war and law twin.

Everytime I see the cover of this book a chill runs down my spine, like the ghost of Albarracin has his hand on my shoulder as I choose the other TRA and TPB study because it is easier and shorter. I fear for my life whenever I hear anything that sounds like "popov." I will need therapy, but now I feel qualified enough to do it all by myself.

I would like to thank my sponsors for getting me through these two LONG LONG LONG years of IB Psychology HL.
Sponsors:
- the teacher
- Psych(otics) : DAN and RAN
- Bang energy drinks
- coffee
- Celcius
- apple juice
- gum (specifically mint)
- caffeinated chocolates
- my whiteboard
- my feet for dragging me to class
- the little girl who sat next to me in class and is in the DAN and RAN group
- the other girl who sat on my other side in class and is in the DAN and RAN group
- NOT ULA SHE DID NOT HELP -> SHE TOLD ME TO STOP STUDYING AND THAT HER SON DID IB AND FOUND IT EASY SO I SHOULDNT BE STUDYING SO MUCH BC ITS NOT HARD - I HATE YOU ULA (never dance at white swan academy - its hell)
- my older brother
- my older brother's friend for sending me something about a rat study
- my glasses
- my mom for making me
- my dad for helping
- my dad for making food
- my mom for supplying me with unhealthy amounts of caffeine (i wonder how displaced my A1 adenosine receptors are)
and finally I would like to thank a special someone named Virgil. I have no reason to thank him.




WAIT

you thought I was done? (this is not like a wattpad story SPASH)


I need to thank HIM for providing so many essay essay outlines, he just doesn't know we have access to them. I guess HIM's group can be thanked too, but they have messed some things up on the SCA so IDK bout them. But HIM never messes anything up.


Okay now I am done.

See SPASH I finished before the other returned.

the other in question (you know who you are) SPASH is bullying me.

[lin · Rating 1 out of 5]

Unnecessary. The only material you need to get a 7 in this course is Pirate IB's free version of Think IB which is much more detailed and specific to the course.

IB Psychology takes the most useless approach to learning psychology (memorizing trivial details about 50 studies), and leaves you with a treasure trove of forgettable and unusable information. As for this book, it easily contains the 50 studies that you could memorize to get a perfect score. But, the write-ups for each study are insufficient by IB standards and funnily enough don't contain enough factoids about the aims, methods, findings, participants, conclusions, limitations, advantages, other miscelleanous details specific to the study, environment, and study design. This is yet another IB textbook that tricks the reader into the illusion of progress, but in reality only teaches them a surface level of information riddled with holes in one or more of the aforementioned categories of uselessness.