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Psychology

IB Psychology is a Group 3 course introducing students to the biological, cognitive, and sociocultural approaches to understanding human behaviour. The IB Psychology course covers options in abnormal, developmental, health, and relationship psychology across both SL and HL. This IB Psychology grade calculator helps students predict their final exam score.

Subject

Syllabus
2019 to Present
Level

Grade boundaries

Session
May 2025 (m25)
Timezone

Assessment inputs

Enter raw marks below — grades calculate live.

2019

Paper 1

Max 49 marks

50%
/ 49

Paper 2

Max 22 marks

25%
/ 22

Experimental Study

Max 22 marks

25%
/ 22

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These related subject routes strengthen the crawl path around this IB group and give students a faster way to compare adjacent subjects.

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Historical grade boundaries

Every published boundary across 11 sessions. Multiple dots per session are timezone variants.

11 sessions18 data points

Global grade distribution for SL Psychology

Based on May 2024 results for SL Psychology (13,234 candidates).

Session M24Average 4.413,234 candidates
N
6.6%
1
0.9%
2
8%
3
14.2%
4
23.6%
5
23.3%
6
19.1%
7
4.3%
Avg 4.4 · 13,234 candidatesSession M24

Common questions about Psychology

What levels are available for IB Psychology?

Psychology is currently mapped with SL and HL calculator inputs on calculateIB.

Which syllabus versions are included for IB Psychology?

This page tracks 1 syllabus version: 2019 to Present.

How are IB Psychology boundaries handled on this page?

The page checks the selected exam session first. If that boundary is unavailable, it falls back to May 2024 and then to the nearest available session, while keeping the fallback local to this subject route.