IB Key Concepts

Which concept deals with the characteristics, creation, meaning and perception of beauty and taste, and develops skills for the critical appreciation and analysis of art, culture and nature?

• Aesthetics

• Metaphysics

• Epistemology

• Ethics

Which concept is a conversion, transformation or movement from one form, state or value to another, and involves understanding and evaluating causes, processes and consequences?

• Change

• Stability

• Diversity

• Continuity

Which concept is the exchange or transfer of signals, facts, ideas and symbols, requiring a sender, a message and an intended receiver, and involves the activity of conveying information or meaning?

• Negotiation

• Transportation

• Delegation

• Communication

Which concept refers to groups that exist in proximity defined by space, time or relationship, and includes groups of people sharing particular characteristics, beliefs or values, or groups of interdependent organisms living together in a specific habitat?

• Networks

• Populations

• Ecosystems

• Communities

Which concept refers to links, bonds and relationships among people, objects, organisms or ideas?

• Disorder

• Isolation

• Connections

• Separation

Which concept is the process of generating novel ideas and considering existing ideas from new perspectives, and includes the ability to recognize the value of ideas when developing innovative responses to problems?

• Productivity

• Creativity

• Conformity

• Routine

Which concept encompasses a range of learned and shared beliefs, values, interests, attitudes, products, ways of knowing and patterns of behaviour created by human communities, and is dynamic and organic?

• Genetics

• Culture

• Climate

• Technology

Which concept is the act or process of growth, progress or evolution, sometimes through iterative improvements?

• Deconstruction

• Stagnation

• Regression

• Development

Which concept is the shape and underlying structure of an entity or piece of work, including its organization, essential nature and external appearance?

• Color

• Texture

• Form

• Pattern

Which concept focuses on the connections among individuals and communities, as well as their relationships with built and natural environments, from the perspective of the world as a whole?

• Personal Identity

• Global Interactions

• Local governance

• Economic development