IB skill practice

Manage sampling, consent, and participant protection

Psychology SL practice with original class-practical, IA, and exam-response scenarios, concept-content-context integration, method evidence, ethics, and non-generic evaluation.

Paper 1 Paper 2 Ia 5 marks Difficulty 3

Psychology SL practice: Manage sampling, consent, and participant protection

Psychology SL stimulus: In Darwin, a human relationships class practical involves student surf-life-saving volunteers in outdoor training where older peers model heat-safety choices. The target behaviour is students rate whether peer role models affect heat-break decisions. The proposed method is survey/questionnaire with 19 participants, using scenario ratings about confidence, peer norms, and safe choices. The evidence issue is scenario ratings are easy to compare but may not predict real choices. The class wants stronger sampling and consent arrangements. Use the sampling and consent check before choosing the responsible decision. Select the task focus, method decision, context evidence, and judgement boundary. Then answer this in your own words: what should the student do next to make this Psychology SL response or proposal stronger for this exact context? AI will analyse your reasoning, evidence use, concept-content-context link, method or ethics judgement, and expression.

Worked practice: build the response

Construct the psychological response: concept focus, supporting content, application to context, then an evaluation.