

(1) Explain how your results support or contradict the theory/model. I did the same for the example IA included in the IA Teacher Support Resources.

This is deliberate because it means you’ll have to think about your own IA for yourself. I am going to use hypothetical IA results based on the Bobo Doll study because this would not be acceptable for the IB Psych IA. I would need to make it clear if my results showed how the different type of model increased or decreased aggression based on differences in the results and whether or not these results were statistically significant. Make it clear in your summary what your results suggest about this effect.Įxample: Imagine I was studying the effects of observing an violent/passive model on aggression. Tip: You’re studying some kind of an effect, most probably an effect of some variable on a cognitive process. This includes the descriptive and inferential statistics and the final conclusions you draw regarding your hypothesis. Write a brief summary of the results you’ve just written about in the Analysis. It’s acceptable and might even help you make sense of your own results. Linking your results to the original study is not needed, however most students do this.
