PSYCH in year 11

[chuckjefster90]

Hey im just deciding whether or not to do psych, just wanderin what is it like in terms of difficulty? and what do u learn about in VCE psych?

[vexx]

Hey im just deciding whether or not to do psych, just wanderin what is it like in terms of difficulty? and what do u learn about in VCE psych?

3/4?

i chose it because i thought it'd be an easier 3/4.
but it's not at all, it requires a lot of work and it's pure rote learning+practice.

regardless, it's a very interesting course you learn about the brain and nervous system, stress, sleep, states of consciousness and visual perception system (unit 3)
and then all about memory, learning and 'research methods - worst' (unit 4)

i loved it, but hated the the type of work required to do well.

oh and a good thing also, is that you learn how to study from doing it.
i did quite poor in unit 3 from lack of knowledge on how to study and from improvements my sac marks got better and better. so all that can be used in year 12 to improve study technique!
(im sure its the same with a lot of subjects but i dont know ha )

[Glockmeister]

Note however that Psychology study design will be changing next year.

[Visionz]

Hey im just deciding whether or not to do psych, just wanderin what is it like in terms of difficulty? and what do u learn about in VCE psych?

3/4?

i chose it because i thought it'd be an easier 3/4.
but it's not at all, it requires a lot of work and it's pure rote learning+practice.

regardless, it's a very interesting course you learn about the brain and nervous system, stress, sleep, states of consciousness and visual perception system (unit 3)
and then all about memory, learning and 'research methods - worst' (unit 4)

i loved it, but hated the the type of work required to do well.

oh and a good thing also, is that you learn how to study from doing it.
i did quite poor in unit 3 from lack of knowledge on how to study and from improvements my sac marks got better and better. so all that can be used in year 12 to improve study technique!
(im sure its the same with a lot of subjects but i dont know ha )

Might be hard to answer.. How much work did you put in for your 44? What were your scores in the exams?

[appianway]

Psych's definitely doable in year 11. I have quite a few friends who scored 50, but the interesting thing is that they remarked that there's no such thing as being "good" at psychology; it's more about how much work you put in and how easily you memorise information.

[vexx]

Hey im just deciding whether or not to do psych, just wanderin what is it like in terms of difficulty? and what do u learn about in VCE psych?

3/4?

i chose it because i thought it'd be an easier 3/4.
but it's not at all, it requires a lot of work and it's pure rote learning+practice.

regardless, it's a very interesting course you learn about the brain and nervous system, stress, sleep, states of consciousness and visual perception system (unit 3)
and then all about memory, learning and 'research methods - worst' (unit 4)

i loved it, but hated the the type of work required to do well.

oh and a good thing also, is that you learn how to study from doing it.
i did quite poor in unit 3 from lack of knowledge on how to study and from improvements my sac marks got better and better. so all that can be used in year 12 to improve study technique!
(im sure its the same with a lot of subjects but i dont know ha )

Might be hard to answer.. How much work did you put in for your 44? What were your scores in the exams?

well i didn't do any work for psych until a few days before SAC's in unit 3, then did like 20 practice exams in a 2 week period where i forgot to correct them properly so they were wasted (got mid A+ for the exam)
and then for unit 4 i started doing work a week before sacs more consistently, and then made sure i memorised everything in the September holidays (spent around a week), then read my notes every couple of days until a month before where i did (almost) an exam per day... so whilst everyone was cramming for weeks beforehand i was only doing 1hr per day in the most stressful of times (i always finished an exam <1hr).
my exam is getting remarked because i think they made an error with two of the questions, i got a mid A+ again, which will hopefully go up to a high A+ after remarking.

edit, what appianway said is exactly true, it is just memorising perfectly and practicing some application.

[samuch]

Psych's definitely doable in year 11. I have quite a few friends who scored 50, but the interesting thing is that they remarked that there's no such thing as being "good" at psychology; it's more about how much work you put in and how easily you memorise information.

i only got 38 cos of my shitty memory so yes what you said is exactly true.. for me to learn something very well i have to actually go through the process of understanding it, not just knowing it which is all psych required me to do...
overall i found it a very dull subject because of this and didnt put enough effort into it cos i felt i could not improve since everything was just so basic. to the OP: you may have a different experience with it though so dont let my words discourage you... if anything take it as a lesson... no matter how boring the subject is, you committed to doing it so you should still try your best

[Visionz]

well i didn't do any work for psych until a few days before SAC's in unit 3, then did like 20 practice exams in a 2 week period where i forgot to correct them properly so they were wasted (got mid A+ for the exam)
and then for unit 4 i started doing work a week before sacs more consistently, and then made sure i memorised everything in the September holidays (spent around a week), then read my notes every couple of days until a month before where i did (almost) an exam per day... so whilst everyone was cramming for weeks beforehand i was only doing 1hr per day in the most stressful of times (i always finished an exam <1hr).
my exam is getting remarked because i think they made an error with two of the questions, i got a mid A+ again, which will hopefully go up to a high A+ after remarking.

edit, what appianway said is exactly true, it is just memorising perfectly and practicing some application.

That seems pretty reasonable. Ill probably be doing similar to that for all of my subjects.

If I take the time to understand the concept its in my head forever and I can recall it very quickly. I also benefit from pure rote learning, reading and re-reading, memorizing, especially in the days leading into tests. If im genuinely interested in what im doing it sticks oh so much better as well. Psych should really suit me.