{"id":14018,"date":"2021-04-20T11:23:07","date_gmt":"2021-04-20T02:23:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themantic-education.com\/ibpsych\/?p=14018"},"modified":"2026-10-28T13:20:18","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T04:20:18","slug":"psych-ia-an-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.themantic-education.com\/ibpsych\/2021\/04\/20\/psych-ia-an-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"Psych IA: A Quick Overview – 2027"},"content":{"rendered":"

The IB Psychology IA gives you the opportunity to think like a real psychologist. You’ll work independently to develop a research proposal on a problem experienced by a specific population.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Let’s start at the end…<\/p>\n

The Final Report<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Your final IA is <2200 word report summarizing your research proposal. It will have four major sections:<\/p>\n

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  1. Introduction<\/li>\n
  2. Research Methodology<\/li>\n
  3. Data Collection<\/li>\n
  4. Discussion<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    What’s It About<\/strong><\/h3>\n

    Your designing a study to show you understand that psychological research is conducted with the goal of improving people’s lives. You’ll identify a specific problem experienced by a specific population of interest. You’ll develop a research question and aim about that problem and population and then explain how you could study it with one of the following research methods:<\/p>\n