IB Psychology: using command terms to answer questionsThe command term in an examination question is very important. It provides two things the IB Psychology examiner is looking for and specifically awarding you marks for. The first is structure. Are you structuring you answer according to the command term to answer the question? Secondly, whether or not your answer has ‘effectively addressed the command term’?
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The first commandment of IB Psychology:
Know thy command terms 
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IB Psychology COMMAND Terms and their definitions:
Why are IB Psychology command terms important?Knowing what the command terms mean and having lots of practice thinking about and applying them to your extended response and short answer question is important. If you do not learn your command terms and practice tailored
answers to the IB examination questions according to the command term
requirement you will be foregoing many marks and at least an entire grade
boundary in your total IB Psychology score, possible two. Knowing your command
terms could easily elevate your IB Psychology Diploma mark from a 5 to a 7 to
ensure maximum success, or from a 3 to a 4 to avoid certain failure. Thus, the
first rule of IB Psychology is: KNOW THY
COMMAND TERMS.
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Download the IB Psychology Command Term Notes below.
test your knowledge of the iB Psychology command terms
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Use these flashcards to memorise the definitions of the complete set of 15 IB Psychology command terms. Once you have mastered these you will know exactly how you need to structure your answer to any extended response or short answer question in the IB Psychology examinations. These flashcards are great! They will remember which command terms you are struggling to remember and which ones you easily remember and test you more or less accordingly. There are three different modes to study these command terms.
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