Do we need emotions to make decisions? In this video I describe Antonio Damasio’s Somatic Marker Hypothesis and then discuss research using Antoine Bechara’s Iowa Gambling Task to assess how emotional reactivity guides decision-making in healthy controls and patients with … Read More
Memory Practice Questions
This video covers 10 practice multiple choice questions on memory, including models of memory, types of memory, memory researchers, biology of memory, and more. I hope this can help you to review your knowledge and understanding, let me know if … Read More
Learning Theory & Behaviorism Practice Questions
The following video includes 10 practice multiple choice questions related to learning theory & behaviorism. I hope that these can help you to test and assess your own knowledge and provide practice retrieving the terms, ideas, and concepts that you’ve … Read More
Biological Bases of Behavior Practice Questions
The following video includes 10 practice multiple choice questions related to biological bases of behavior in psychology. I hope that these can help you to test and assess your own knowledge and provide practice retrieving the terms, ideas, and concepts … Read More
Research Methods Practice Questions
The following video includes 10 practice multiple choice questions related to research methods and statistics in psychology. I hope that these can help you to test and assess your own knowledge and provide practice retrieving the terms, ideas, and concepts … Read More
How is the IB Psychology External Assessment Graded?
The IB Exam external assessment is based entirely on free-response writing and uses a rubric system (in IB lingo answers fall into a “markband”) which helps graders categorize the quality of responses and assign numerical scores. As you’ll see, determining … Read More
Emotion & Motivation Knowledge Organizer
Here’s a knowledge organizer I’ve created of the most essential terms for emotion and motivation in an introductory psychology course. These knowledge organizers are designed to help you identify the most important factual knowledge you need to have in order … Read More
Sensation & Perception Knowledge Organizer
Here’s a knowledge organizer I’ve created of the most essential terms for sensation and perception in an introductory psychology course. These knowledge organizers are designed to help you identify the most important factual knowledge you need to have in order … Read More
The Brain, Genetics, & Evolution Knowledge Organizer
Here’s a knowledge organizer I’ve created of the most essential terms for areas of the brain and concepts of genetics and evolution in an introductory psychology course. These knowledge organizers are designed to help you identify the most important factual … Read More
Neurons & The Nervous System Knowledge Organizer
Here’s a knowledge organizer I’ve created of the most essential concepts for neurons and the structure of the nervous system in an introductory psychology course. These knowledge organizers are designed to help you identify the most important factual knowledge you … Read More