IA First Submission
IB Learner Characteristic: Risk-takers The first submission of the Psychology IA was definitely one of the hardest if not the hardest piece of work I have done for this subject. This was the first IA that we began doing, and this one in particular was in a subject and a topic that to this day is still very challenging for me. I chose this first submission of the IA for the IB learner characteristic of risk-takers because I believe this whole first submission was a huge risk. I had no idea how an IA was done yet, and even with the huge amount of help from Julián I was still very new to this sort of thing. Because of this, I really didn't know what to do or what to expect from it, and therefore making it was a risk for me and for my grades. Thankfully, further on I perfected my Psychology IA into one that satisfied me, and one that was much better than this first partial submission. The biggest challenge with this first IA submission was the fact that I was really scared of doing it all completely wrong, and I had little knowledge on how to do an IA. I remember feeling very insecure while doing this IA, and I also remember feeling helpless at some points. When I received my grade for it, I also felt ashamed and even disappointed in myself. Thankfully, this first submission helped me understand how to actually produce an IA and thanks to this, I was able to create a great final product for this and all of my other Internal Assessments. |
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Sense Deprivation Practice
IB Learner Characteristic: Open-minded/reflective This practice was one that I never thought I would try out, and it was also one that made me think and use my empathy to view the world from a different person's point of view. I would call this whole project enlightening, and the reflections really evoked a lot of thinking from me. I believe this evidence show both open-minded and reflective learner characteristics, in two different areas. In order to actually try this in an honest and disciplined manner, I needed to have an open mind and actually try it. At first, I thought it was just another school project, but because of this open-mindedness, I was able to realize so many things about communication and about dependency on other human beings. After actually doing the practice, we wrote down our experiences and what we thought about each deprivation that we tried. Here is where the reflective aspect comes in. while writing this document, I was able to tap into my feelings and here is where I realized that my experience taught me a lot of things about us as humans, and our freedom to be independent. This practice provoked many different feelings within me. At some points while doing the practice, I felt useless, be it when I couldn't get down a single step by myself, or when I completely failed to communicate with other people that didn't know me. I also remember feeling very anxious when these sort of things happened. After completing this practice, I learned that I have a very deep empathy and that I tend to be very understanding once I have been in other people's shoes. Additionally, I learned that when I step out of my comfort zone and try things that make me uncomfortable, I can learn a lot about myself and others. |
Mock Paper 2
IB Learner Characteristic: Knowledgeable This is basically the final piece of work that I did for IB Psychology, and probably the one that I am most proud of. After 2 hard years of IB Psychology and many struggles throughout, I completed my mock exams and got an IB grade of 7 in both of them. I preferred to show this one in the portfolio as abnormal psychology is probably my favorite topic among everything that we saw in this class This Mock Exam fits the knowledgeable characteristic perfectly, as it undoubtedly shows how much I have learned about psychology in the past two years, and also how good I have gotten at writing these kinds of essays. Even after doing the exam, I was amazed at it when I re-read it, and it just surprises me how much I know about this subject, even if it was one that I was never interested in before. As with every exam, and especially these online mock exams, I faced the challenge of being very nervous and anxious. Before this year, in grade 11, I was quite bad a writing these psychology exams, and therefore the fear of doing terribly stuck with me. I was also nervous about taking it at home and through exam.net, as it was a new platform and a completely new way to take such important exams. Thankfully, even as nervous as I was, I remembered the information on this topic almost perfectly, thus getting such a high grade. This evidence will definitely be a permanent confidence booster for me in terms of any exam, and I will also probably now be more confident in myself even within subjects that are very challenging for me. I am very grateful that I took Psychology with such a great teacher, and my improvement in this course will definitely be something that will help me in the future. |
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