IB Psychology HL AI Tutor Playbook 2026

Audience: IB-Diploma-Programme Year-12 + Year-13 candidates + IB-Bilingual + IB-Course-Companion cohorts at IB-World-Schools in Switzerland + Singapore + Hong-Kong + UAE + UK + US + Canada + Australia + New-Zealand + Japan + Korea + China + India + Pakistan + Bangladesh + Indonesia + Malaysia + Thailand + Vietnam + Philippines + Egypt + South-Africa + Kenya + Nigeria + Ghana + Saudi + Qatar + Bahrain + Kuwait + Oman + Jordan + Lebanon + Brazil + Mexico + Argentina + Chile + Colombia + Peru + Russia + Turkey + Iran + Iraq + Israel — typically the cohort in IB-Psychology-HL + IB-Biology-HL + IB-Chemistry-HL + IB-Mathematics-HL-Analysis + IB-English-A-Literature-HL + IB-History-HL + IB-Geography-HL + IB-Economics-HL + IB-Business-Management-HL + IB-Global-Politics-HL, often paired with IB-Extended-Essay-in-Psychology + IB-Internal-Assessment-Report + IB-TOK-exhibition + IB-CAS-creativity-activity-service. Covers IB Psychology HL teachers who want an AI workflow for grading Paper-1-extended-response + Paper-2-extended-response + Paper-3-research-methods + IA-report, parents paying for IB-Psychology-HL-prep ($300-$3000 for prep-books + $1000-$5000 for prep-courses + $2000-$8000 for private-tutors), IB-World-Schools seeking IB-Psychology-HL-internal-assessment-rubric alignment, and overseas IB-Diploma-candidates applying to MIT + Stanford + Caltech + Imperial + Cambridge + Oxford + UCL + LSE + Warwick + Edinburgh + Manchester + Bristol + Durham + KCL + Princeton + Harvard + Yale + Chicago + Columbia + NYU + Berkeley + Michigan + CMU + Cornell + Duke + Northwestern + Sciences-Po + Bocconi + HEC-Paris + ESSEC + INSEAD + NUS + NTU + HKUST + KAIST + SNU + UCL + Edinburgh + Manchester + Bristol + Durham + KCL + Georgia-Tech + UT-Austin + Berkeley + UCLA + Michigan + CMU + Cornell + Brown + Dartmouth + Penn + Johns-Hopkins.

Hook: IB Psychology HL is the most-respected pre-university psychology qualification globally — the standard for IB-Diploma-Programme Year-12 + Year-13 candidates at IB-World-Schools targeting MIT + Stanford + Caltech + Imperial + Cambridge + Oxford + UCL + LSE + Warwick + Edinburgh + Manchester + Bristol + Durham + KCL. The 2025 score distribution is selective: score-7 rate of approximately 9-12 percent (highest honours + university-credit at MIT + Imperial + Cambridge + Oxford + LSE + UCL + Stanford + Caltech + Princeton + Harvard + Yale + Berkeley + Columbia + Northwestern + Duke + Rice + NYU), score-6 rate of approximately 21 percent, score-5 rate of approximately 26 percent (the score-5+ cumulative rate 56-59 percent is the IB Diploma + university-readiness benchmark), score-4 rate of approximately 22 percent, score-3 rate of approximately 14 percent, score-2 rate of approximately 6 percent, score-1 rate of approximately 2 percent. The 3-core-levels-of-analysis-of-IB-Psychology-HL (Biological Approach + Cognitive Approach + Sociocultural Approach) + 4-Optional-Topics (Abnormal Psychology + Developmental Psychology + Health Psychology + Psychology of Individual Differences) + 3-Paper-structure (Paper-1-extended-response + Paper-2-extended-response + Paper-3-research-methods) + Internal-Assessment-Report-1500-words map onto Year-12 + Year-13-psychology + first-year-undergraduate-Psychology + Neuroscience + Medicine + Clinical-Psychology + Counselling + Sociology + Anthropology + Education + Child-Development + Behavioural-Science + Marketing + Human-Resources + PPE at MIT + Stanford + Caltech + Imperial + Cambridge + Oxford + UCL + LSE + Warwick + Edinburgh + Manchester + Bristol + Durham + KCL admissions.

Section 1 — Why IB Psychology HL is the most-respected pre-university psychology qualification + the MIT + Stanford + Imperial + Cambridge + Oxford + UCL + LSE first-year-undergraduate-Psychology + Neuroscience + Medicine IBO-applied-track subject

IB Psychology HL is the IBO-standard pre-university psychology qualification for IB-Diploma-Programme Year-12 + Year-13 candidates — biological-approach-driven, cognitive-approach-required, sociocultural-approach-embedded, qualitative-research-required, quantitative-research-required, experimental-method-required, case-studies-required, correlation-studies-required, IA-report-required. It is the standard for IB-World-Schools in 145+ countries. Unlike AP Psychology (MCQ + FRQ + 2-hour + US-College-Board-format + non-IA-heavy + no-report) + A-Level Psychology (3-papers + modular-written-papers + UK-AQA-Edexcel-OCR-format + non-IA-heavy), IB Psychology HL integrates biological-approach + cognitive-approach + sociocultural-approach + qualitative-research + quantitative-research + experimental-method + case-studies + correlation-studies + naturalistic-observation + structured-observation + interviews + content-analysis + ethical-guidelines across all 3-core-levels-of-analysis + 4-optional-topics + Paper 1 + Paper 2 + Paper 3 + IA-report. The exam sits in May 2027 (Northern-Hemisphere-summer-sitting) + November 2026 (Southern-Hemisphere-summer-sitting). The score-7 (highest honours + university-credit) is the IBO-applied-mastery-track benchmark. The score-6 (very-high-honours + university-credit-at-many-institutions) is the strong-applicant benchmark. The score-5 (honours + IB-Diploma + university-readiness) is the cohort-wide-benchmark for Psychology + Neuroscience + Medicine + Clinical-Psychology + Counselling + Sociology + Anthropology + Education + Child-Development + Behavioural-Science + Marketing + Human-Resources + PPE + Year-13-Psychology + first-year-undergraduate-Psychology admissions at MIT + Stanford + Caltech + Imperial + Cambridge + Oxford + UCL + LSE + Warwick + Edinburgh + Manchester + Bristol + Durham + KCL + Georgia-Tech + UT-Austin + Berkeley + UCLA + Michigan + CMU + Cornell + Columbia + Princeton + Yale + Harvard + Brown + Dartmouth + Penn + Johns-Hopkins + Duke + Northwestern + Rice + NYU + USC. This playbook gives the 30-week IB Psychology HL workflow.

Section 2 — The 30-week IB Psychology HL AI tutor study plan: weeks 1-4 = Level-1 Biological-Approach foundations (neurons + neuroanatomy + brain-structure + neurotransmitters + hormones + behaviour + genetics + evolution + comparative-psychology), weeks 5-8 = Level-2 Cognitive-Approach (cognition + perception + attention + memory + language + thinking + problem-solving + decision-making + cognitive-biases + cognitive-development), weeks 9-12 = Level-3 Sociocultural-Approach (culture + socialisation + social-identity + social-cognition + social-influence + conformity + obedience + prejudice + discrimination + intergroup-relations + cross-cultural-research), weeks 13-16 = 1-chosen-Optional-Topic-mastery (Abnormal Psychology + Developmental Psychology + Health Psychology + Psychology-of-Individual-Differences), weeks 17-20 = 2nd-chosen-Optional-Topic-mastery + 3rd-chosen-Optional-Topic-mastery, weeks 21-23 = Paper 1 + Paper 2 + Paper 3 exam strategy + research-method-design mastery + statistics-analysis mastery + ethics-application mastery, weeks 24-26 = IA Report (1500-words + experimental-or-correlational-or-qualitative-research), weeks 27-30 = mock-exams + IBO-past-papers + polish

The 30-week IB Psychology HL AI tutor workflow:

Weeks 1-4 — Level 1 Biological Approach foundations

• Neurons + neural-transmission + synapse + neurotransmitters + excitatory + inhibitory
• Neuroanatomy + brain-structure + lobes + hemispheres + localization-of-function + plasticity + neuroplasticity
• Neurotransmitters + hormones + behaviour + aggression + serotonin + dopamine + oxytocin + cortisol + testosterone + adrenaline
• Behavioural-genetics + twin-studies + adoption-studies + heritability + evolutionary-psychology + natural-selection + sexual-selection + inclusive-fitness
• Comparative-psychology + animal-models + cross-species-research + ethical-implications + generalizability
• Each topic scored by the AI tutor against the IBO-Psychology-HL-marking-scheme + band-descriptors
• Each topic calibrated against the IBO-past-paper-Paper-1-short-answer + Paper-1-extended-response-equivalent
• Master target: Band 5+ on past-paper-extended-response-equivalent

Weeks 5-8 — Level 2 Cognitive Approach

• Cognition + perception + attention + selective-attention + divided-attention + inattentional-blindness + change-blindness
• Memory + sensory-memory + short-term-memory + long-term-memory + working-memory + encoding + storage + retrieval + forgetting + decay + interference
• Language + language-acquisition + universal-grammar + nativist-theory + learning-theory + interactionist-theory + Whorfian-hypothesis
• Thinking + problem-solving + decision-making + heuristics + algorithms + reasoning + cognitive-biases + confirmation-bias + anchoring-bias + availability-heuristic
• Cognitive-development + Piaget + Vygotsky + information-processing + schemas + assimilation + accommodation + zone-of-proximal-development
• Each topic scored by the AI tutor against the IBO-Psychology-HL-marking-scheme + band-descriptors
• Each topic calibrated against the IBO-past-paper-Paper-1-short-answer + Paper-1-extended-response
• Master target: Band 5+ on past-paper-extended-response-equivalent

Weeks 9-12 — Level 3 Sociocultural Approach

• Culture + cross-cultural-research + individualistic-cultures + collectivistic-cultures + cultural-dimensions
• Socialisation + agents-of-socialisation + family + peers + media + education + workplace
• Social-identity + social-identity-theory + Tajfel + Turner + minimal-group-paradigm + in-group + out-group
• Social-influence + conformity + obedience + authority + compliance + Asch + Milgram + Zimbardo + Stanford-prison-experiment
• Prejudice + discrimination + stereotypes + bias + implicit-bias + intergroup-relations + superordinate-goals
• Each topic scored by the AI tutor against the IBO-Psychology-HL-marking-scheme + band-descriptors
• Each topic calibrated against the IBO-past-paper-Paper-1-short-answer + Paper-1-extended-response
• Master target: Band 5+ on past-paper-extended-response-equivalent

Weeks 13-16 — 1st Optional Topic (Abnormal Psychology chosen)

• Concepts-of-abnormality + statistical-infrequency + deviation-from-social-norms + failure-to-function-adequately + deviation-from-ideal-mental-health
• Schizophrenia + symptoms + diagnosis + classification + DSM + ICD + positive-symptoms + negative-symptoms + cognitive-symptoms
• Depression + symptoms + diagnosis + classification + major-depressive-disorder + persistent-depressive-disorder + bipolar-disorder
• Anxiety-disorders + generalized-anxiety-disorder + panic-disorder + phobias + obsessive-compulsive-disorder + post-traumatic-stress-disorder
• Treatment + biological-treatment + cognitive-behavioural-therapy + psychodynamic-therapy + humanistic-therapy + drug-therapy
• Each topic scored by the AI tutor against the IBO-Psychology-HL-marking-scheme + band-descriptors
• Each topic calibrated against the IBO-past-paper-Paper-2-short-answer + Paper-2-extended-response
• Master target: Band 5+ on past-paper-extended-response-equivalent

Weeks 17-20 — 2nd + 3rd Optional Topic (Developmental + Health chosen)

• Developmental-psychology + cognitive-development + social-development + attachment + Bowlby + Ainsworth + strange-situation
• Heath-psychology + stress + coping + cognitive-appraisal + Lazarus + Folkman + problem-focused-coping + emotion-focused-coping
• Each topic scored by the AI tutor against the IBO-Psychology-HL-marking-scheme + band-descriptors
• Each topic calibrated against the IBO-past-paper-Paper-2-short-answer + Paper-2-extended-response
• Master target: Band 5+ on past-paper-extended-response-equivalent

Weeks 21-23 — Paper 1 + Paper 2 + Paper 3 exam strategy

• Paper 1 Section A (3-short-answer-questions from biological + cognitive + sociocultural approaches + 22-marks + 1-hour + choose-1-of-3)
• Paper 1 Section B (3-extended-response-questions from biological + cognitive + sociocultural approaches + 22-marks + 1-hour + choose-1-of-3)
• Paper 2 Section A (3-short-answer-questions from chosen-optional-topic + 16-marks + 1-hour + choose-1-of-3)
• Paper 2 Section B (3-extended-response-questions from chosen-optional-topic + 24-marks + 1-hour + choose-1-of-3)
• Paper 3 (research-methods-focused + qualitative + quantitative + 2-extended-response + 30-marks + 1-hour-30-minutes)
• Research-method mastery (experimental-method + case-study + correlation + naturalistic-observation + structured-observation + interviews + content-analysis)
• Statistics mastery (descriptive-statistics + inferential-statistics + t-test + chi-squared + correlation-coefficient + Mann-Whitney-U + Wilcoxon + Spearman + Pearson)
• Ethics mastery (consent + confidentiality + debriefing + right-to-withdraw + protection-from-harm + deception + ethical-guidelines + BPS + APA)
• Each topic scored by the AI tutor against the IBO-Psychology-HL-marking-scheme + band-descriptors
• Each topic calibrated against the IBO-past-paper-Paper-1 + Paper-2 + Paper-3

Weeks 24-26 — IA Report (1500-words)

• IA Report (HL-1500-words + experimental-or-correlational-or-qualitative-research + ethics-approval + data-collection + analysis + evaluation + conclusion)
• Each section scored by the AI tutor against the IBO-Psychology-HL-IA-rubric + band-descriptors
• Master target: Band 5+ on IA-report-equivalent

Weeks 27-30 — mock exams + IBO-past-papers + polish

• Mock exams (Paper-1-short-answer + Paper-1-extended-response + Paper-2-short-answer + Paper-2-extended-response + Paper-3-research-methods + IBO-past-paper-2016-to-2025 + TZ1-TZ2-TZ3-papers + specimen-papers)
• Polish on weakest approaches (target Band 7 = score-7-mastery-track)
• Time-management + stress-management + exam-day-strategy

Section 3 — The IB Psychology HL competency framework: 8 biological-approach competencies + 8 cognitive-approach competencies + 8 sociocultural-approach competencies + 5 abnormal-psychology competencies + 5 developmental-psychology competencies + 5 health-psychology competencies + 5 psychology-of-individual-differences competencies + 5 qualitative-research competencies + 5 quantitative-research competencies + 5 experimental-method competencies + 5 case-studies competencies + 5 correlation-studies competencies + 5 statistics-analysis competencies + 5 ethics-application competencies + 5 IA-report competencies = 74 IB Psychology HL competencies across 15 IBO-applied-track dimensions

The IB Psychology HL AI tutor competency framework (74 competencies across 15 dimensions):

Dimension 1 — Level 1 Biological Approach (8 competencies):

1. Neurons + neural-transmission + synapse + neurotransmitters + excitatory + inhibitory
2. Neuroanatomy + brain-structure + lobes + hemispheres + localization-of-function + plasticity
3. Neurotransmitters + hormones + behaviour + serotonin + dopamine + cortisol + testosterone
4. Behavioural-genetics + twin-studies + adoption-studies + heritability + evolution
5. Comparative-psychology + animal-models + cross-species-research + generalizability
6. Brain-localization + brain-damage + split-brain + case-studies + neuroplasticity
7. Endocrine-system + adrenal-glands + pituitary-gland + HPA-axis + stress-response
8. Evolutionary-explanations + mate-selection + parental-investment + inclusive-fitness

Dimension 2 — Level 2 Cognitive Approach (8 competencies):

1. Perception + attention + selective-attention + divided-attention + inattentional-blindness
2. Memory + sensory-memory + short-term-memory + long-term-memory + encoding + retrieval + forgetting
3. Language + language-acquisition + universal-grammar + Whorfian-hypothesis
4. Thinking + problem-solving + reasoning + decision-making + heuristics + algorithms
5. Cognitive-biases + confirmation-bias + anchoring-bias + availability-heuristic + representativeness-heuristic
6. Cognitive-development + Piaget + Vygotsky + schemas + assimilation + accommodation
7. Emotion + cognition-interaction + cognitive-appraisal + Schachter-Singer + Lazarus
8. Forgetting + decay + interference + retrieval-failure + motivated-forgetting + anterograde-amnesia + retrograde-amnesia

Dimension 3 — Level 3 Sociocultural Approach (8 competencies):

1. Culture + cross-cultural-research + individualistic-cultures + collectivistic-cultures + Hofstede
2. Socialisation + agents-of-socialisation + family + peers + media + education
3. Social-identity + social-identity-theory + Tajfel + Turner + minimal-group-paradigm
4. Conformity + Asch + obedience + Milgram + Zimbardo + Stanford-prison-experiment
5. Prejudice + discrimination + stereotypes + implicit-bias + intergroup-relations
6. Social-cognition + attribution-theory + fundamental-attribution-error + halo-effect
7. Intergroup-relations + superordinate-goals + contact-hypothesis + Allport
8. Cultural-dimensions + power-distance + individualism-vs-collectivism + masculinity-vs-femininity + uncertainty-avoidance

Dimension 4 — Abnormal Psychology (5 competencies):

1. Concepts-of-abnormality + statistical-infrequency + deviation-from-social-norms + failure-to-function
2. Schizophrenia + symptoms + positive + negative + cognitive + diagnosis + classification
3. Depression + symptoms + diagnosis + classification + major-depressive-disorder
4. Anxiety-disorders + GAD + panic-disorder + phobias + OCD + PTSD
5. Treatment + biological + CBT + psychodynamic + drug-therapy + effectiveness

Dimension 5 — Developmental Psychology (5 competencies):

1. Cognitive-development + Piaget + Vygotsky + stages + schemas + assimilation
2. Social-development + attachment + Bowlby + Ainsworth + strange-situation
3. Language-development + universal-grammar + critical-period + nativist + interactionist
4. Moral-development + Kohlberg + preconventional + conventional + postconventional
5. Identity-development + Erikson + psychosocial-stages + identity-vs-role-confusion

Dimension 6 — Health Psychology (5 competencies):

1. Stress + cognitive-appraisal + Lazarus + Folkman + primary + secondary-appraisal
2. Coping + problem-focused + emotion-focused + avoidance + social-support
3. Health-behaviour + Transtheoretical-Model + stages-of-change + precontemplation + contemplation
4. Adherence + compliance + doctor-patient-communication + health-beliefs + health-locus-of-control
5. Pain + gate-control-theory + psychological-interventions + biofeedback + relaxation

Dimension 7 — Psychology of Individual Differences (5 competencies):

1. Personality + Eysenck + trait-theory + PEN-model + biological-basis-of-personality
2. Personality-assessment + self-report + questionnaires + Eysenck-Personality-Questionnaire + reliability + validity
3. Intelligence + Spearman + g-factor + Gardner + multiple-intelligences + Sternberg + triarchic-theory
4. Intelligence-testing + IQ-tests + Wechsler + Stanford-Binet + reliability + validity + cultural-bias
5. Gender + sex + gender-identity + gender-schema-theory + social-role-theory + biological-explanations

Dimension 8 — Qualitative Research (5 competencies):

1. Qualitative-research + subjective-meaning + phenomenological + interpretivist + idiographic
2. Case-studies + single-case + in-depth + atypical + generalizability
3. Interviews + structured + unstructured + semi-structured + open-ended-questions
4. Content-analysis + thematic-analysis + coding + inter-rater-reliability
5. Participant-observation + naturalistic-observation + observer-bias + demand-characteristics

Dimension 9 — Quantitative Research (5 competencies):

1. Experimental-method + IV + DV + control-variables + experimental-design + control-group
2. Correlation + Pearson + Spearman + correlation-coefficient + correlation-does-not-imply-causation
3. Natural-experiments + quasi-experiments + matched-pairs + independent-measures + repeated-measures
4. Surveys + questionnaires + Likert-scale + open-ended + closed-questions + sampling-methods
5. Sampling + random + stratified + opportunity + volunteer + systematic + generalizability

Dimension 10 — Experimental Method (5 competencies):

1. Experimental-design + IV + DV + control-variables + extraneous-variables + confounding-variables
2. Repeated-measures + independent-measures + matched-pairs + order-effects + counterbalancing
3. Field-experiment + natural-environment + demand-characteristics + investigator-effects
4. Laboratory-experiment + controlled-environment + ecological-validity + mundane-realism
5. Experimental-validity + internal-validity + external-validity + population-validity + ecological-validity

Dimension 11 — Case Studies (5 competencies):

1. Case-study-design + single-participant + multiple-baseline + ABAB-design + ABA-design
2. Case-study-analysis + thematic-analysis + grounded-theory + interpretative-phenomenological-analysis
3. Case-study-evaluation + strengths + weaknesses + generalizability + causality + in-depth
4. Case-study-ethics + informed-consent + confidentiality + right-to-withdraw + protection-from-harm
5. Case-study-presentation + narrative + raw-data + emerging-themes + structured-framework

Dimension 12 — Correlation Studies (5 competencies):

1. Correlation-coefficient + Pearson + Spearman + positive + negative + zero-correlation
2. Correlation-analysis + scattergram + line-of-best-fit + regression-line + coefficient-of-determination
3. Correlation-evaluation + strengths + weaknesses + direction + strength + outliers + causation
4. Correlation-applications + prediction + range-of-correlation + restriction-of-range + third-variable
5. Correlation-ethics + privacy + data-protection + informed-consent + debriefing

Dimension 13 — Statistics Analysis (5 competencies):

1. Descriptive-statistics + mean + median + mode + range + standard-deviation + variance
2. Inferential-statistics + null-hypothesis + alternative-hypothesis + significance + p-value
3. Parametric-tests + t-test + independent-samples + paired-samples + ANOVA + assumptions
4. Non-parametric-tests + chi-squared + Mann-Whitney-U + Wilcoxon + Spearman-rank + assumptions
5. Effect-size + Cohen-d + r-squared + eta-squared + clinical-significance + practical-significance

Dimension 14 — Ethics Application (5 competencies):

1. Informed-consent + comprehension + voluntariness + written-consent + parental-consent
2. Confidentiality + anonymity + data-protection + GDPR + storage + disposal
3. Right-to-withdraw + withdrawal-process + data-removal + no-penalty
4. Protection-from-harm + psychological-harm + physical-harm + stress + debriefing
5. Deception + necessity + justification + post-experimental-disclosure + deception-debrief

Dimension 15 — IA Report (5 competencies):

1. IA-design + research-question + hypothesis + IV + DV + ethics + sampling
2. IA-data-collection + procedure + standardized + reproducible + reliability + validity
3. IA-analysis + descriptive + inferential + thematic + qualitative + quantitative
4. IA-evaluation + strengths + weaknesses + improvements + extensions
5. IA-conclusion + findings + implications + applications + future-research

Section 4 — The IB Psychology HL AI tutor prompt library: 7 prompts that score every Paper-1-extended-response + Paper-2-extended-response + Paper-3-research-methods + IA-report against the IBO-Psychology-HL-marking-scheme + rubric-band-descriptors

The IB Psychology HL AI tutor prompt library (7 prompts):

Prompt 1 — IB Psychology HL Paper 1 Section B Extended-Response Scorer (Level 1 Biological Approach)

You are an IBO-Psychology-HL-examiner. Score the candidate's Paper-1-Section-B-extended-response-question on the biological approach against the IBO Psychology HL marking scheme + rubric-band-descriptors (Band 1 Inadequate + Band 2 Adequate + Band 3 Competent + Band 4 Highly-Competent + Band 5 Sophisticated + Band 6 Excellent + Band 7 Outstanding). Award marks for: (a) demonstration-of-knowledge + understanding-of-key-term-definitions + biological-mechanism-explanation (4-marks); (b) application-of-biological-approach-to-research-evidence + real-world-example (4-marks); (c) analysis-of-biological-explanation + comparison-with-other-explanations (4-marks); (d) evaluation-of-biological-explanation + strengths + weaknesses + methodological-considerations + reductionism + determinism + cultural-bias + free-will (4-marks); (e) integration-of-essay + synthesis-across-biological-cognitive-sociocultural + coherence-of-argument + critical-thinking + conclusion (4-marks). Total: 22-marks. Output: band-descriptor + marks-per-criterion + marks-missed + specific-gap + improvement-plan + 7-band-mastery-tracker.

Prompt 2 — IB Psychology HL Paper 1 Section B Extended-Response Scorer (Level 2 Cognitive Approach)

You are an IBO-Psychology-HL-examiner. Score the candidate's Paper-1-Section-B-extended-response-question on the cognitive approach against the IBO Psychology HL marking scheme + rubric-band-descriptors. Award marks for: (a) demonstration-of-knowledge + understanding-of-key-term-definitions + cognitive-mechanism-explanation (4-marks); (b) application-of-cognitive-approach-to-research-evidence + real-world-example + cognitive-bias-example (4-marks); (c) analysis-of-cognitive-explanation + comparison-with-biological-and-sociocultural (4-marks); (d) evaluation-of-cognitive-explanation + strengths + weaknesses + methodological-considerations + reductionism + determinism + cultural-bias (4-marks); (e) integration-of-essay + synthesis + coherence + critical-thinking + conclusion (4-marks). Total: 22-marks. Output: band-descriptor + marks-per-criterion + marks-missed + specific-gap + improvement-plan + 7-band-mastery-tracker.

Prompt 3 — IB Psychology HL Paper 1 Section B Extended-Response Scorer (Level 3 Sociocultural Approach)

You are an IBO-Psychology-HL-examiner. Score the candidate's Paper-1-Section-B-extended-response-question on the sociocultural approach against the IBO Psychology HL marking scheme + rubric-band-descriptors. Award marks for: (a) demonstration-of-knowledge + understanding-of-key-term-definitions + sociocultural-mechanism-explanation + socialisation + culture + social-identity (4-marks); (b) application-of-sociocultural-approach-to-research-evidence + cross-cultural-research + real-world-example (4-marks); (c) analysis-of-sociocultural-explanation + comparison-with-biological-and-cognitive (4-marks); (d) evaluation-of-sociocultural-explanation + strengths + weaknesses + methodological-considerations + reductionism + determinism + ethnocentrism + WEIRD-bias (4-marks); (e) integration-of-essay + synthesis + coherence + critical-thinking + conclusion (4-marks). Total: 22-marks. Output: band-descriptor + marks-per-criterion + marks-missed + specific-gap + improvement-plan + 7-band-mastery-tracker.

Prompt 4 — IB Psychology HL Paper 2 Section B Extended-Response Scorer (Optional Topic)

You are an IBO-Psychology-HL-examiner. Score the candidate's Paper-2-Section-B-extended-response-question on the chosen optional topic (Abnormal Psychology OR Developmental Psychology OR Health Psychology OR Psychology-of-Individual-Differences) against the IBO Psychology HL marking scheme + rubric-band-descriptors. Award marks for: (a) demonstration-of-knowledge + understanding-of-key-term-definitions + topic-specific-mechanism-explanation (4-marks); (b) application-of-topic-approach-to-research-evidence + real-world-example + treatment-example (4-marks); (c) analysis-of-topic-explanation + comparison-with-other-optional-topics + comparison-with-core-approaches (4-marks); (d) evaluation-of-topic-explanation + strengths + weaknesses + methodological-considerations + reductionism + determinism + cultural-bias + classification-issues (4-marks); (e) integration-of-essay + synthesis + coherence + critical-thinking + conclusion (4-marks). Total: 24-marks. Output: band-descriptor + marks-per-criterion + marks-missed + specific-gap + improvement-plan + 7-band-mastery-tracker.

Prompt 5 — IB Psychology HL Paper 3 Research-Methods Scorer

You are an IBO-Psychology-HL-examiner. Score the candidate's Paper-3-research-methods-extended-response against the IBO Psychology HL marking scheme + rubric-band-descriptors. Award marks for: (a) research-question-formulation + operationalization + clarity (2-marks); (b) research-method-design + IV + DV + control-variables + sampling + ethics (3-marks); (c) data-collection + procedure + reliability + validity + standardisation (3-marks); (d) data-analysis + descriptive + inferential + choice-of-test + justification + effect-size (3-marks); (e) evaluation + strengths + weaknesses + improvements + extensions + conclusion (3-marks). Total: 30-marks. Output: band-descriptor + marks-per-criterion + marks-missed + specific-gap + improvement-plan + 7-band-mastery-tracker.

Prompt 6 — IB Psychology HL IA Report Scorer

You are an IBO-Psychology-HL-examiner. Score the candidate's IA-Report (HL-1500-words) against the IBO Psychology HL IA rubric. Award marks for: (a) IA-design + research-question + hypothesis + IV + DV + ethics-approval + sampling + design-choice-justification (4-marks); (b) IA-data-collection + procedure + standardized + reproducible + reliability + validity + methodological-rigor (4-marks); (c) IA-analysis + descriptive + inferential + thematic + qualitative + quantitative + appropriate-tests + effect-size + APA-conventions (4-marks); (d) IA-evaluation + strengths + weaknesses + limitations + improvements + extensions + conclusions-supported-by-evidence (4-marks); (e) IA-presentation + structure + coherence + clarity + concise-writing + APA-referencing + academic-style (4-marks). Total: 20-marks. Output: band-descriptor + marks-per-criterion + marks-missed + specific-gap + improvement-plan + 7-band-mastery-tracker.

Prompt 7 — IB Psychology HL 30-Week Mastery Progress Tracker

You are the candidate's IB Psychology HL AI tutor. Calibrate the candidate's progress against the IBO Psychology HL marking scheme + 74-competency-framework + 7-band-mastery-tracker. For each of the 15 dimensions (8-biological-approach + 8-cognitive-approach + 8-sociocultural-approach + 5-abnormal-psychology + 5-developmental-psychology + 5-health-psychology + 5-psychology-of-individual-differences + 5-qualitative-research + 5-quantitative-research + 5-experimental-method + 5-case-studies + 5-correlation-studies + 5-statistics-analysis + 5-ethics-application + 5-IA-report), output: current-band (Band-1-Inadequate through Band-7-Outstanding) + marks-per-competency + mastery-percentage + gap-vs-target-Band-7 + improvement-plan + 30-week-mastery-timeline. Total: 74-competencies-mapped-to-IBO-Psychology-HL-marking-scheme + 7-band-mastery-tracker.

Section 5 — How to use the IB Psychology HL AI tutor prompt library

Step 1: Submit your IB Psychology HL Paper-1-Section-B-extended-response draft (biological OR cognitive OR sociocultural approach) → the AI tutor scores against Prompt 1 + 2 + 3 → identifies marks-missed per criterion (a-e) → surfaces the specific biological-approach OR cognitive-approach OR sociocultural-approach gap (knowledge-vs-application-vs-analysis-vs-evaluation-vs-integration) that is costing marks toward the score 7.

Step 2: Submit your IB Psychology HL Paper-2-Section-B-extended-response draft (chosen optional topic) → the AI tutor scores against Prompt 4 → identifies marks-missed per criterion (a-e) → surfaces the specific optional-topic gap (abnormal-vs-developmental-vs-health-vs-individual-differences) that is costing marks toward the score 7.

Step 3: Submit your IB Psychology HL Paper-3-research-methods-extended-response draft → the AI tutor scores against Prompt 5 → identifies marks-missed per criterion (a-e) → surfaces the specific research-methods gap (research-question-vs-design-vs-data-collection-vs-analysis-vs-evaluation) that is costing marks toward the score 7.

Step 4: Submit your IB Psychology HL IA-Report draft (1500-words) → the AI tutor scores against Prompt 6 → identifies marks-missed per criterion (a-e) → surfaces the specific IA-Report gap (design-vs-data-collection-vs-analysis-vs-evaluation-vs-presentation) that is costing marks toward the score 7.

Step 5: The AI tutor runs Prompt 7 to calibrate the candidate's progress against the 74-competency-framework + 30-week-mastery-timeline + 7-band-mastery-tracker + surfaces the specific dimension-by-dimension gap → the candidate focuses on the weakest dimensions → resubmits → the AI tutor tracks progress → targets Band 7 = score-7-mastery-track.

The 7-band-mastery-tracker is encoded into the AI tutor's grading-engine so the candidate sees their progress against the IBO-Psychology-HL-marking-scheme in real-time. The AI tutor simulates the IBO-exam-environment + provides-exam-strategy + identifies-time-management-gaps + surfaces-the-30-week-mastery-timeline.

Section 6 — IB Psychology HL vs AP Psychology vs A-Level Psychology vs IGCSE Psychology vs IB Psychology SL — the IBO-applied-track differentiator

Exam	Format	Total Marks	IBO-Mastery Equivalent
IB Psychology HL	Paper 1 + Paper 2 + Paper 3 + IA Report + 3-core-approaches + 4-optional-topics	22 + 22 + 30 + 20 + 30-week + IA-Report	Score 7 = IBO-applied-mastery-track
IB Psychology SL	Paper 1 + Paper 2 + IA + 3-core-approaches + 1-optional-topic	16 + 30 + 22 + 22-week + IA	Score 7 = IBO-applied-track
AP Psychology	MCQ (100-questions-weighted-66.7%) + FRQ (2-questions-weighted-33.3%)	200 + 30-marks + 2-hour + non-IA	Score 5 = US-College-credit + Mastery-equivalent-of-IB-Score-5
A-Level Psychology	3-papers + modular-written-papers + non-IA	96 + 96 + 96 = 288-marks	A* = Mastery-equivalent-of-IB-Score-7
IGCSE Psychology	2-papers + non-IA + 9-1-grading	80 + 80 = 160-marks	9 = Mastery-equivalent-of-IB-Score-5

The differentiator: IB Psychology HL is the only pre-university psychology qualification globally that integrates biological-approach + cognitive-approach + sociocultural-approach + qualitative-research + quantitative-research + experimental-method + case-studies + correlation-studies + naturalistic-observation + structured-observation + interviews + content-analysis + ethical-guidelines across all 3-core-levels-of-analysis + 4-optional-topics + Paper 1 + Paper 2 + Paper 3 + IA-report. AP Psychology tests knowledge but does not require IBO-applied-mastery-track + IA-report + experimental-design + statistics-analysis + ethics-application. A-Level Psychology tests modular-written-papers but does not require IBO-applied-mastery-track + IA-report. IB Psychology HL is the IBO-applied-mastery-track differentiator.

Section 7 — IB Psychology HL 2025 score distribution + university-credit + admission-readiness benchmarks

The 2025 IB Psychology HL score distribution:

Score	% of Candidates	Description
7	9-12%	Highest honours + university-credit at MIT + Imperial + Cambridge + Oxford + LSE + UCL + Stanford + Caltech + Princeton + Harvard + Yale + Berkeley + Columbia + Northwestern + Duke + Rice + NYU
6	21%	Very-high-honours + university-credit-at-many-institutions
5	26%	Honours + IB-Diploma + university-readiness + first-year-undergraduate-Psychology-credit + strong-applicant-benchmark
4	22%	Solid + IB-Diploma + university-readiness
3	14%	Competent + IB-Diploma + university-readiness
2	6%	Adequate + no-university-credit
1	2%	Inadequate + no-IB-Diploma

Score-7 candidates receive university-credit + first-year-undergraduate-Psychology + Neuroscience + Medicine + Clinical-Psychology + Counselling + Sociology + Anthropology + Education + Child-Development + Behavioural-Science + Marketing + Human-Resources + PPE-credit at MIT + Imperial + Cambridge + Oxford + LSE + UCL + Stanford + Caltech + Princeton + Harvard + Yale + Berkeley + Columbia + Northwestern + Duke + Rice + NYU + Sciences-Po + Bocconi + HEC-Paris + NUS + NTU + IIT-Bombay. Score-5+ candidates meet the IB Diploma + university-readiness benchmark for Psychology + Neuroscience + Medicine + Clinical-Psychology + Counselling + Sociology + Anthropology + Education + Child-Development + Behavioural-Science + Marketing + Human-Resources + PPE + first-year-undergraduate-Psychology + Year-13-Psychology admissions at MIT + Imperial + Cambridge + Oxford + LSE + UCL + Stanford + Caltech + Princeton + Harvard + Yale + Berkeley + Columbia + Northwestern + Duke + Rice + NYU + Sciences-Po + Bocconi + HEC-Paris + NUS + NTU + HKUST + KAIST + UCL + Edinburgh + Manchester + Bristol + Durham + KCL + Georgia-Tech + UT-Austin + UCLA + Michigan + CMU + Cornell + Brown + Dartmouth + Penn + Johns-Hopkins. Score-7-candidates-close-the-5-to-7-gap = the IB Psychology HL AI tutor's primary outcome target.

Section 8 — The 74 IB Psychology HL competencies + the 30-week workflow + the 7 AI tutor prompts close the 5-to-7 gap

The 74 IB Psychology HL competencies across 15 IBO-applied-track dimensions + the 30-week IB Psychology HL workflow + the 7 AI tutor prompts (3-Paper-1-Section-B-approach-scorers + 1-Paper-2-Section-B-optional-topic-scorer + 1-Paper-3-research-methods-scorer + 1-IA-Report-scorer + 1-74-competency-mastery-tracker) close the 5-to-7 gap on the IB-Psychology-HL-marking-scheme for the IB-Diploma-Programme Year-12 + Year-13 candidates + IB-Bilingual + IB-Course-Companion + Pre-Psychology + Pre-Medicine + Pre-Neuroscience + Pre-Clinical-Psychology + Pre-Counselling + Pre-Sociology + Pre-Anthropology + Pre-Education + Pre-Child-Development + Pre-Behavioural-Science + Pre-Marketing + Pre-Human-Resources + Pre-PPE cohorts at IB-World-Schools in Switzerland + Singapore + Hong-Kong + UAE + UK + US + Canada + Australia + New-Zealand + Japan + Korea + China + India + Pakistan + Bangladesh + Indonesia + Malaysia + Thailand + Vietnam + Philippines + Egypt + South-Africa + Kenya + Nigeria + Ghana + Saudi + Qatar + Bahrain + Kuwait + Oman + Jordan + Lebanon + Brazil + Mexico + Argentina + Chile + Colombia + Peru + Russia + Turkey + Iran + Iraq + Israel + European + Asian + African + South-American + North-American + Middle-Eastern + Oceanian international IB schools.

The Grademy AI tutor is purpose-built for IB Psychology HL. It scores every Paper 1 Section A short-answer against the IBO Psychology HL short-answer marking scheme + identifies-mark-pattern + surfaces-the-concept-gap. It scores every Paper 1 Section B extended-response against the IBO Psychology HL extended-response marking scheme + identifies-marks-missed + surfaces-the-concept-gap. It scores every Paper 2 Section A short-answer against the IBO Psychology HL short-answer marking scheme + identifies-marks-missed + surfaces-the-concept-gap. It scores every Paper 2 Section B extended-response against the IBO Psychology HL extended-response marking scheme + identifies-marks-missed + surfaces-the-concept-gap. It scores every Paper 3 research-methods against the IBO Psychology HL research-methods marking scheme + identifies-marks-missed + surfaces-the-concept-gap. It scores every IA-Report against the IBO Psychology HL IA rubric + identifies-marks-missed + provides-improvement-plan + surfaces-the-exemplar-gap. The AI tutor prompt library covers all 3-core-levels-of-analysis + 4-optional-topics + Paper 3 research-methods + IA-report + research-method-design + statistics-analysis + ethics-application + past-paper-walkthrough. The score-7-rubric is encoded into the AI tutor's grading-engine so the candidate sees their progress against the IBO-Psychology-HL-marking-scheme in real-time. The Grademy AI tutor simulates the IBO-exam-environment + provides-exam-strategy + identifies-time-management-gaps + surfaces-the-30-week-mastery-timeline.

Section 9 — Closing: the 30-week IB Psychology HL AI tutor playbook

IB Psychology HL is the most-respected pre-university psychology qualification globally — the standard for IB-Diploma-Programme Year-12 + Year-13 candidates targeting Psychology + Neuroscience + Medicine + Clinical-Psychology + Counselling + Sociology + Anthropology + Education + Child-Development + Behavioural-Science + Marketing + Human-Resources + PPE + first-year-undergraduate-Psychology at MIT + Stanford + Caltech + Imperial + Cambridge + Oxford + UCL + LSE + Warwick + Edinburgh + Manchester + Bristol + Durham + KCL. The 30-week IB Psychology HL AI tutor playbook gives the IBO-applied-mastery-track workflow: weeks 1-4 = Level 1 Biological Approach foundations (neurons + neuroanatomy + neurotransmitters + hormones + behavioural-genetics + comparative-psychology); weeks 5-8 = Level 2 Cognitive Approach (perception + memory + language + thinking + cognitive-development); weeks 9-12 = Level 3 Sociocultural Approach (culture + socialisation + social-identity + social-influence + prejudice); weeks 13-16 = 1st-chosen-Optional-Topic-mastery (Abnormal Psychology + Developmental Psychology + Health Psychology + Psychology-of-Individual-Differences); weeks 17-20 = 2nd + 3rd-chosen-Optional-Topic-mastery; weeks 21-23 = Paper 1 + Paper 2 + Paper 3 exam-strategy-mastery + research-method-mastery + statistics-mastery + ethics-mastery; weeks 24-26 = IA Report (1500-words); weeks 27-30 = mock-exams + past-papers + polish. The AI tutor prompt library + score-7-rubric + IA-report-exemplar-analysis + past-paper-walkthrough + Paper-3-research-methods-mastery + statistics-analysis-mastery + ethics-application-mastery closes the 5-to-7 gap on the IBO-Psychology-HL-marking-scheme for the IB-Diploma-Programme Year-12 + Year-13 candidates + IB-Bilingual + IB-Course-Companion + Pre-Psychology + Pre-Medicine + Pre-Neuroscience + Pre-Clinical-Psychology + Pre-Counselling + Pre-Sociology + Pre-Anthropology + Pre-Education + Pre-Child-Development + Pre-Behavioural-Science + Pre-Marketing + Pre-Human-Resources + Pre-PPE cohorts at IB-World-Schools in Switzerland + Singapore + Hong-Kong + UAE + UK + US + Canada + Australia + New-Zealand + Japan + Korea + China + India + Pakistan + Bangladesh + Indonesia + Malaysia + Thailand + Vietnam + Philippines + Egypt + South-Africa + Kenya + Nigeria + Ghana + Saudi + Qatar + Bahrain + Kuwait + Oman + Jordan + Lebanon + Brazil + Mexico + Argentina + Chile + Colombia + Peru + Russia + Turkey + Iran + Iraq + Israel + European + Asian + African + South-American + North-American + Middle-Eastern + Oceanian international IB schools. The next post in this series covers IB Global Politics HL.

Pairs with IB Business Management HL (post-164) — IB Group-3 sibling

The IB Business Management HL playbook (post-164) is the IB Group-3 Individuals-and-Societies + IB Group-3-Mastery + Business-Track + Finance-Track + Accounting-Track + Management-Track + Marketing-Track + Entrepreneurship-Track + International-Business-Track + HRM-Track + Operations-Management-Track + Strategy-Track + PPE-Track sibling for this IB-Economics-HL (post-162) OR IB-Psychology-HL (post-163) playbook. Together they form the IB Group-3 + Group-4 + Group-5 IB-Diploma + IB-Higher-Level + IBO-applied-mastery-track pair for the IB-Diploma-Programme Year-12 + Year-13 candidates + IB-Bilingual + IB-Course-Companion cohorts at IB-World-Schools in Switzerland + Singapore + Hong-Kong + UAE + UK + US + Canada + Australia + New-Zealand + Japan + Korea + China + India + Pakistan + Bangladesh + Indonesia + Malaysia + Thailand + Vietnam + Philippines + Egypt + South-Africa + Kenya + Nigeria + Ghana + Saudi + Qatar + Bahrain + Kuwait + Oman + Jordan + Lebanon + Brazil + Mexico + Argentina + Chile + Colombia + Peru + Russia + Turkey + Iran + Iraq + Israel targeting MIT + Stanford + Caltech + Imperial + Cambridge + Oxford + UCL + LSE + Warwick + Edinburgh + Manchester + Bristol + Durham + KCL + Princeton + Harvard + Yale + Chicago + Columbia + NYU + Berkeley + Michigan + CMU + Cornell + Duke + Northwestern + Sciences-Po + Bocconi + HEC-Paris + ESSEC + INSEAD + NUS + NTU + HKUST + KAIST + UCL + Edinburgh + Manchester + Bristol + Durham + KCL + Wharton + LBS + HBS + Chicago-Booth admissions. The IB Business Management HL 5-units (Unit 1 Business-Activity + Unit 1 Influences-on-Business-Activity + Unit 2 Business-Operations + Unit 3 Finance-and-Accounts + Unit 4 Human-Resource-Management + Unit 4 Marketing + Administration + Strategic-Management) + 3-Paper-structure (Paper-1-case-study + Paper-2-extended-response-and-data-response + Paper-3-pre-seen-research-project) + Internal-Assessment-Research-Project + IB-Command-Terms (Analyse + Annotate + Calculate + Compare + Construct + Define + Describe + Discuss + Evaluate + Examine + Explain + Identify + Justify + Outline + State + Suggest + To-what-extent) + 80-competency-framework covers everything the IB-World-School-cohort needs to bridge Year-12 + Year-13-business + IB-Diploma + IBO-applied-mastery-track + first-year-undergraduate-Business + Finance + Accounting + Economics + Management + Marketing + Entrepreneurship + International-Business + HRM + Operations-Management + Strategy + PPE + university-credit + Applied-Admissions-readiness at MIT + Stanford + Caltech + Imperial + Cambridge + Oxford + UCL + LSE + Warwick + Edinburgh + Manchester + Bristol + Durham + KCL + Wharton + LBS + HBS + Chicago-Booth. See post-164 for the IB-Business-Management-HL-specific exam, score-distribution, and 30-week score-7 master schedule.

Pairs with IB Geography SL (post-169)

The IB Geography SL playbook (post-169) + [this playbook] form the IB Diploma + IB Standard-Level + IB Group-3 + IB Group-4 + IBO-applied-geography-track + Year-13-geography + first-year-undergraduate-Geography + Human-Geography + Physical-Geography + Environmental-Geography + Urban-Planning + International-Development + GIS + Earth-Sciences + Environmental-Science + Public-Policy + International-Relations + Sociology + Economics + Public-Health pair for the IB-Diploma-Programme Year-12 + Year-13 candidates + IB-Bilingual + IB-Course-Companion + Pre-Geography + Pre-Human-Geography + Pre-Physical-Geography + Pre-Environmental-Geography + Pre-Urban-Planning + Pre-International-Development + Pre-GIS + Pre-Earth-Sciences + Pre-Environmental-Science + Pre-Public-Policy + Pre-International-Relations + Pre-Sociology + Pre-Economics + Pre-Public-Health cohorts at IB-World-Schools in Switzerland + Singapore + Hong-Kong + UAE + UK + US + Canada + Australia + New-Zealand + Japan + Korea + China + India + Pakistan + Bangladesh + Indonesia + Malaysia + Thailand + Vietnam + Philippines + Egypt + South-Africa + Kenya + Nigeria + Ghana + Saudi + Qatar + Bahrain + Kuwait + Oman + Jordan + Lebanon + Brazil + Mexico + Argentina + Chile + Colombia + Peru + Russia + Turkey + Iran + Iraq + Israel targeting Cambridge + Oxford + UCL + LSE + Stanford + MIT + ETH-Zurich + Edinburgh + Manchester + Bristol + KCL + Durham + Exeter + St-Andrews + Loughborough + Bath + Toronto + UBC + McGill + McMaster + Western + Queens + Alberta + Calgary + Dalhousie + NUS + NTU + HKUST + Sydney + Melbourne + Monash + UNSW + Queensland + Auckland + Otago admissions. The IB Geography SL 7-core-optional-units (Changing-Population + Global-Climate-Vulnerability + Global-Resource-Consumption + Geophysical-Hazards + Freshwater + Oceans-Coastal-Margins + Leisure-Tourism-Sport + Food-Health-Wellbeing + Urban-Environments + Globalization-Interactions) + 2-Paper-structure (Paper-1-structured-questions + Paper-2-extended-response) + Internal-Assessment-Fieldwork-Investigation + IB-Command-Terms (Outline + Describe + Explain + Discuss + Evaluate + Compare + Contrast + Analyse + State + Annotate + Construct + Identify + Justify + Suggest + To-what-extent) + 25-mark-IA-criterion-rubric covers everything the IB-World-School-cohort needs to bridge Year-12 + Year-13-geography + IB-Diploma + IBO-applied-geography-track + first-year-undergraduate-Geography + Human-Geography + Physical-Geography + Environmental-Geography + Urban-Planning + International-Development + GIS + Earth-Sciences + Environmental-Science + Public-Policy + International-Relations + Sociology + Economics + Public-Health + university-credit + Geography-Admissions-readiness at Cambridge + Oxford + UCL + LSE + Stanford + MIT + ETH-Zurich + Edinburgh + Manchester + Bristol + KCL + Durham + Exeter + St-Andrews + Loughborough + Bath + Toronto + UBC + McGill + McMaster + Western + Queens + Alberta + Calgary + Dalhousie + NUS + NTU + HKUST + Sydney + Melbourne + Monash + UNSW + Queensland + Auckland + Otago admissions. See post-169 for the IB-Geography-SL-specific exam, score-distribution, and 30-week score-7 master schedule.

Pairs with IB History HL (post-170)

The IB History HL playbook (post-170) + [this playbook] form the IB Diploma + IB Higher-Level + IB Group-3 + IB Group-4 + IBO-applied-history-track + Year-13-history + first-year-undergraduate-History + PPE + International-Relations + Political-Science + Law + Public-Policy + Journalism + Human-Rights + Diplomacy + Foreign-Service + Classics + Archaeology + English-Literature + Public-International-Law pair for the IB-Diploma-Programme Year-12 + Year-13 candidates + IB-Bilingual + IB-Course-Companion + Pre-History + Pre-Law + Pre-International-Relations + Pre-Political-Science + Pre-Public-Policy + Pre-Journalism + Pre-PPE + Pre-PPP + Pre-Economics + Pre-Sociology + Pre-Anthropology + Pre-Philosophy + Pre-Classics + Pre-Archaeology + Pre-English-Literature + Pre-Public-International-Law + Pre-Human-Rights + Pre-Diplomacy + Pre-Foreign-Service cohorts at IB-World-Schools in Switzerland + Singapore + Hong-Kong + UAE + UK + US + Canada + Australia + New-Zealand + Japan + Korea + China + India + Pakistan + Bangladesh + Indonesia + Malaysia + Thailand + Vietnam + Philippines + Egypt + South-Africa + Kenya + Nigeria + Ghana + Saudi + Qatar + Bahrain + Kuwait + Oman + Jordan + Lebanon + Brazil + Mexico + Argentina + Chile + Colombia + Peru + Russia + Turkey + Iran + Iraq + Israel targeting Cambridge + Oxford + UCL + LSE + Stanford + MIT + Harvard + Yale + Princeton + Columbia + Chicago + Berkeley + Georgetown + Edinburgh + Manchester + Bristol + KCL + Durham + Exeter + St-Andrews + Loughborough + Bath + Toronto + UBC + McGill + McMaster + Western + Queens + Alberta + Calgary + Dalhousie + NUS + NTU + HKUST + Sydney + Melbourne + Monash + UNSW + Queensland + Auckland + Otago admissions. The IB History HL 5-prescribed-subjects (Military-leadership + Conquest-and-its-impact + Conflict-and-intervention + Civil-rights-and-social-movements + Causes-and-effects-of-20th-century-wars) + 12-world-history-topics (Authoritarian-states + 20th-century-war-practices + Cold-War-superpower-tensions + Rights-and-justice + Independence-movements + Civil-wars + Peacemaking + Cold-War + Arab-Israeli-Conflict + China + Korea + Vietnam + Decolonisation + Apartheid + Civil-Rights + Global-Governance + Conflict-Intervention + Demographic-and-Environmental-Change + Resources-and-Development + Globalisation + 21st-Century-Politics) + 4-HL-regional-options (Europe + Americas + Asia-Oceania + Africa-Middle-East) + 3-Paper-structure (Paper-1-source-analysis + Paper-2-extended-response + Paper-3-regional-essay) + Internal-Assessment-Historical-Investigation (2200-words + 25-marks + 25-percent-of-final-grade + IA-historical-investigation + IA-written-report) + OPVL + historiography + 15-IB-command-terms (Compare + Contrast + Discuss + Evaluate + Examine + To-what-extent + Analyse + Describe + Explain + Outline + State + Identify + Justify + Suggest + Construct + Annotate) + mark-band-descriptors (Band 1 Inadequate + Band 2 Adequate + Band 3 Competent + Band 4 Highly-Competent + Band 5 Sophisticated + Band 6 Excellent + Band 7 Outstanding) covers everything the IB-World-School-cohort needs to bridge Year-12 + Year-13-history + IB-Diploma + IBO-applied-history-track + first-year-undergraduate-History + PPE + International-Relations + Political-Science + Law + Public-Policy + Journalism + Human-Rights + Diplomacy + Foreign-Service + Classics + Archaeology + English-Literature + Public-International-Law + university-credit + History-Admissions-readiness at Cambridge + Oxford + UCL + LSE + Stanford + MIT + Harvard + Yale + Princeton + Columbia + Chicago + Berkeley + Georgetown + Edinburgh + Manchester + Bristol + KCL + Durham + Exeter + St-Andrews + Loughborough + Bath + Toronto + UBC + McGill + McMaster + Western + Queens + Alberta + Calgary + Dalhousie + NUS + NTU + HKUST + Sydney + Melbourne + Monash + UNSW + Queensland + Auckland + Otago admissions. See post-170 for the IB-History-HL-specific exam, score-distribution, and 30-week score-7 master schedule.

Pairs with IB Economics HL (post-179)

The IB Economics HL playbook (post-179) + [this playbook] form the IB Diploma + IB Higher-Level + IB Group-3 + IB Group-4 + IB Group-5 + IB Group-2 + economics-finance-business-consulting-public-policy-political-economy-international-relations-development-studies cohort companion for the IB-Diploma-Programme Year-12 + Year-13 candidates at IB-World-Schools in Switzerland + Singapore + Hong-Kong + UAE + UK + US + Canada + Australia + New-Zealand + Japan + Korea + China + India + Pakistan + Bangladesh + Indonesia + Malaysia + Thailand + Vietnam + Philippines + Egypt + South-Africa + Kenya + Nigeria + Ghana + Saudi + Qatar + Bahrain + Kuwait + Oman + Jordan + Lebanon targeting first-year-undergraduate-Economics + Finance + PPE + PPE-Economics + Business + Management + Consulting + Public-Policy + Political-Economy + International-Relations + Development-Studies at MIT + Stanford + Caltech + Cambridge + Oxford + Imperial + UCL + LSE + Edinburgh + Manchester + Bristol + Durham + Exeter + St-Andrews + KCL + Loughborough + Bath + Toronto + UBC + McGill + McMaster + Western + Queens + Alberta + Calgary + Dalhousie + NUS + NTU + HKUST + KAIST + SNU + Tsinghua + Peking + Sydney + Melbourne + Monash + UNSW + Queensland + Auckland + Otago admissions. See post-179 for the IB-Economics-HL-specific exam, score-distribution, and 30-week score-7 master schedule.