IB Psychology Grade 7 IA examples

How does framing a cheating dilemma in terms of potential gains (gaining marks) or potential losses (losing marks) affect students’ behavioural choices, perceived risk, moral judgments, and emotional reactions in a decision-making task?

To what extent does screen time on phone apps for children affect the working memory capacity of preschool children (ages 3-5) immediately after using the app?

The influence of auditory distractions in the form of social media audio on serial recall

How can social learning theory be implemented to reduce obesity in high school students?

To what extent does manipulating leading questions influence eyewitness memory in the presence of distractions?

A qualitative investigation of mediating variables in social media use and their effects on the self-esteem of adolescents

To what extent Does Providing Context Improve Memory for First-Aid Instructions in Middle School Students?

The Influence of Notetaking on Memory Test Results of Secondary School Students

An exploration of Schema Theory in relation to the ability to better recall information when schema activation occurs.

The effect of anchoring bias in the context of solving a mathematical equation

The effect of the ending of a life on the perception of the overall quality of that life.

The occurrence of digital amnesia among adolescents

How does the amount of time given (5-second or 30-second) affect the number of logical thinking and analytical questions answered correctly in an IB DP high school?

An Investigation into Reconstructive Memory Theory

Recreation of the study of Strack and Mussweiler, 1997 The effect of Anchoring Bias on decision-making

Investigating the Anchoring Bias and the influence on decision-making (replication of Stack and Mussweiler (1977)

An experiment investigating the influence of leading questions and post-event information on witnesses’ answers

An Investigation on Schema Theory: Visual Representation on Memory Recall (Bransford & Johnson, 1972)

An investigation into the effect of font type and colour on number of correct responses on the Cognitive Reflection Test

Eyewitness Testimony in Car Crashes - Reconstructive Memory IA

An Investigation of Short-Term Memory in the Multi-Store Model of Memory

Stroop effect study

Memory Recall and dependence on external sources of information

The Anchoring bias: Influence of high and low anchors on the estimation of mathematical problems.

An investigation into the effect of anchoring bias on judgment and decision-making

A Partial Replication of Bransford and Johnson’s Prior Schema Study (1972)

An investigation of Schema Theory and Reconstructive Memory

An Investigation of the Phonological Loop in Working Memory

BA Partial Replication of Bransford and Johnson (1972): Investigating the Impact Context Has on Recall

Tversky and Kahneman: The effect of Anchoring Bias on Decision Making

An investigation into the effect of note-taking method on memory recall.

An investigation into the dual-system theory of thinking and decision-making

Investigating the recency effect on the memory of high school students

Investigation of the serial position effect and its alteration due to external interference

An investigation on the effect of word choice on eye-witness memory of a car accident in teenagers.

Investigating the Recency Effect in the Multi-store Memory Model

An investigation of the reconstructive memory

The Effects of the Reconstructive Memory and Schema Theory on the Recollection of an Event

Investigation of the retention of a list of images vs a list of words

The effect of the duration of recall interval on short-term memory in the recollection of tri-grams.