An IB Psychology tutor at IB Tutoring Academy works with you online, one to one, at Higher or Standard Level. Sessions follow your syllabus and your own questions, covering key studies, evaluation, essay writing, command terms and the internal assessment.
IB Psychology looks at behaviour and mental processes through three approaches: biological, cognitive and sociocultural. Each one asks a different kind of question. The biological approach looks at how the body and brain relate to behaviour. The cognitive approach looks at how people think, remember and make sense of the world. The sociocultural approach asks how other people, groups and culture shape what we do. Seeing how these approaches differ, and where they overlap, gives you a framework for the whole course.
Assessment combines exam papers with an internal research report. That means you need two kinds of skill: writing under timed conditions, and planning and reporting a small piece of research of your own.
The course also asks for more than memory. You are expected to know key studies and to evaluate them: what they show, how they were run and what their limits are. A student who can recall a study but cannot discuss its method or its weaknesses will find many questions harder than they need to be.
Higher Level and Standard Level share the core approaches. HL adds more content and further assessment, so the amount of material and the range of tasks differ even though the way of thinking is the same.
Tell us whether you take IB Psychology at Higher or Standard Level, and the work can be kept matched to your course. Sessions follow your own syllabus, the units you are studying and your coursework.
If you are at Higher Level, extra time may go on the additional content and assessment. If you are at Standard Level, the focus may be on securing the core approaches and the skills of evaluation and essay writing. Either way, your teacher's course remains the reference point.
The internal assessment is a report on a simple experimental study. Many students find the hardest part is not the writing but the early decisions: what to ask, how to test it and whether the design can realistically be run with the people and time available.
A tutor can help you choose a design you can run, plan the analysis and review the write-up against the criteria. In practice that might mean talking through a research question until it is focused, checking that your method matches what you want to find out.
Reading a draft section and pointing to where the criteria are not yet met helps you improve the report before submission.
A tutor gives feedback and asks questions, but the study, the data and the report are your own.
Your teacher remains your first point of contact for anything about the internal assessment.
Start by telling us whether you take IB Psychology at Higher or Standard Level, and which areas feel least secure.
We help you find a suitable subject tutor and agree a first session.
Each session uses your own questions, class notes and past paper practice, with feedback on how an answer would be marked.
You finish with a short practice list, and the next session begins from what that practice showed.
Tutoring is not right for every student at every moment, so it helps to ask a few honest questions first. Do you find it hard to evaluate studies even when you know them well? Do your essays lack a clear structure? Are you stuck choosing or planning an internal assessment design? Would you like feedback on your writing beyond what class time allows?
If you answer yes to some of these, one-to-one work may be useful, because the time can be spent on exactly those points. Parents can ask the same questions with their child, and listen to what the student says feels hardest.
It is also worth talking to your teacher. They know your course, your assessment timeline and your recent work, and can tell you which areas to focus on. A tutor works alongside your class teaching, not in place of it.
An IB Psychology tutor works from your own questions, class notes and past paper practice. They explain areas you find unclear, practise evaluating key studies with you, and give feedback on how an answer would be marked. Sessions finish with a short practice list, and the next one begins from what that practice showed.
Yes. Tell us your level and we will help you find a suitable tutor who works with the course you take. Sessions follow your own syllabus, topics and coursework, so Higher Level and Standard Level students each get work matched to their course.
Answer the exact command term, use accurate and relevant research, and evaluate it. A clear opening, a balanced argument and a short conclusion also help. A tutor can mark your essays against the criteria and show you how to tighten each paragraph.
A tutor can help you choose a focused question, plan the structure and review drafts against the published criteria. The work stays yours, and your teacher remains your first point of contact for the internal assessment.
Send us your subjects, levels and goals through the consultation form, and our team will be in touch about a suitable tutor. It helps to mention whether you take Higher or Standard Level and which areas feel least secure.
Share your subjects, levels and goals through the consultation form, and our team will be in touch about a suitable IB Psychology tutor.