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Investigating Knowledge

Investigating Knowledge

Connecting the IB Diploma Programme with the World of Research

Tag: IB psychology

August 18, 2020 TOK Tuesdays

Autism and Scientific Beliefs

Prof. Uta Frith, UCL, describes how the hypothesis that childhood vaccines are linked to autism, while initially plausible, was subjected to rigorous scientific testing and found to be false.

April 29, 2020 Extending Wednesdays

ADHD medication on non-ADHD subjects

Research ideas following studies that have been done in psychology of the effects of ADHD medication on non-ADHD subjects featuring Prof. Stephen Hinshaw, UC Berkeley.

April 14, 2020 TOK Tuesdays

Knowledge and Indigenous Societies

Learn about one of the new optional themes by watching an excerpt from Ideas Roadshow’s new TOK Sampler ‘Knowledge & Indigenous Societies’ featuring Carol Dweck, Stanford University.

April 1, 2020 Extending Wednesdays

Mindsets and Cultural Factors

Carol Dweck describes why our appreciation of the key distinction between a growth and fixed mindset needs to be presented in a way that specifically resonates with particular cultural values.

November 21, 2019 Connecting Thursdays

Undue Influence

TOK integration in psychology: Prof. Matthew Walker on the nature of appropriate evidence for a scientific theory. Under what circumstances do authority figures inhibit the development of knowledge?

November 14, 2019 Connecting Thursdays

The Lower Ground

TOK Integration across the DP curriculum featuring Prof. Elyn Saks, University of Southern California: How do we know when common societal stereotypes are false?

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