{"id":14646,"date":"2023-03-09T09:16:29","date_gmt":"2023-03-09T00:16:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themantic-education.com\/ibpsych\/?p=14646"},"modified":"2023-03-09T09:16:29","modified_gmt":"2023-03-09T00:16:29","slug":"7-best-study-tip-for-ib-psych-5-minute-practice-exams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.themantic-education.com\/ibpsych\/2023\/03\/09\/7-best-study-tip-for-ib-psych-5-minute-practice-exams\/","title":{"rendered":"#7 Best Study Tip for IB Psych: 5 Minute Practice Exams"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Practice makes permanent. The only problem is that the IB Psych exams are 3-5 hours long, so they\u2019re very difficult to practise. There are also over 50 different topics to study, but only a few will be asked on the exam. So while it might be great doing a couple of practice exams, including your school\u2019s mocks, it\u2019s not good for daily practice. Here\u2019s what I\u2019d suggest instead&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Set yourself 5 minute practice exams whereby you randomly draw out the exam questions and then write a quick plan for how you\u2019d answer each one.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For Paper One, you\u2019ll need four piles of questions &#8211; Bio SAQs, Cog SAQs, Soc-cult SAQs and one pile for the essay questions from the <\/span><b>one<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> approach you\u2019re studying for the essay. <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you\u2019re HL you\u2019ll need to include the HL Extension topics, too. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For Paper Two, you\u2019ll need all possible exam questions for the <\/span><b>one <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">topic you\u2019re preparing (e.g. etiologies in Abnormal Psych or personal relationships in Human Relationships) (SL = One option, HL = two options). <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Remember to include ethics and research methods.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote><p><em><b>Remember <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">that you only write one essay and there will be one essay question from each approach, which means you only have to study one approach for the essays.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Using your trusty kitchen timer set 5 minutes (remember &#8211; avoid touching your phone at all costs while studying!). Then randomly draw out your exam questions. If you want to know what to include in your answer plans, refer to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.themantic-education.com\/ibpsych\/?p=14642&amp;preview=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tip #8 about setting goals<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I\u2019m old school, so I like pen and paper, which is why I think cutting up exam questions and putting them in physical piles works best. But you could also do this using a random wheel generator, like this one for <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.themantic-education.com\/ibpsych\/2021\/08\/09\/wheel-of-fortune-biological-approach-exam-questions\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SAQs for the biological approach<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s important that you\u2019re asking yourself the right questions. You can use our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.themantic-education.com\/ibpsych\/2019\/04\/17\/exam-question-bank-paper-1-biological-approach\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">exam question banks<\/a> to write your own.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Or you can make your own questions. Just make sure you\u2019re 100% confident with what the questions will look like. Test yourself here &#8211; the following might look right, but they <strong><em>won&#8217;t<\/em><\/strong> be on the exam. Do you know why?<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Contrast one agonist and one antagonist in neurotransmission.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Explain the effect of globalisation on behaviour.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Outline the use of one research method used to study social learning theory.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Answers:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Contrast is an essay term, but agonists and antagonists are part of the \u201cadditional SAQ terms\u201d that the IB added to the course so they\u2019ll only be asked as SAQs (see more <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.themantic-education.com\/ibpsych\/2020\/01\/28\/biological-approach-additional-terms\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">).<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Explain is an SAQ term so that is an SAQ, but globalisation is an HL topic which are not asked as SAQs, only essays.<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Social learning theory is technically a &#8220;content&#8221; point in the course, not a &#8220;topic,&#8221; so research methods questions won&#8217;t be asked about it. Methods and ethics questions are only asked about the topics.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Proper preparation prevents poor performance,&#8221; so get in heaps of practice with exam questions before the big day.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Practice makes permanent. The only problem is that the IB Psych exams are 3-5 hours long, so they\u2019re very difficult to practise. There are also over 50 different topics to study, but only a few will be asked on the exam. So while it might be great doing a couple of practice exams, including your school\u2019s mocks, it\u2019s not good &#8230; <\/p>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.themantic-education.com\/ibpsych\/2023\/03\/09\/7-best-study-tip-for-ib-psych-5-minute-practice-exams\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":14647,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rs_blank_template":"","rs_page_bg_color":"","slide_template_v7":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-revision-and-exam-preparation"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>#7 Best Study Tip for IB Psych: 5 Minute Practice Exams | The IB Psychology Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Ace your IB Psych exams with these tips for effective practice! 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