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VCE Stuff => VCE Science => VCE Mathematics/Science/Technology => VCE Subjects + Help => VCE Psychology => Topic started by: costargh on November 09, 2007, 11:39:43 pm
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Hey all you Psycho's, :P
Taking into account
-SAC ranking/marks
-Unit 3 Exam mark
-Unit 4 Exam thoughts
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What study score are you all looking at?
I'm doing Psychology next year (without 1/2). I want a 40+. Should that be hard?
(This is a sub discussion- main discussion to stay with Study score predictions)
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Hey all you Psycho's, :P
Taking into account
-SAC ranking/marks
-Unit 3 Exam mark
-Unit 4 Exam thoughts
...
What study score are you all looking at?
I'm doing Psychology next year (without 1/2). I want a 40+. Should that be hard?
(This is a sub discussion- main discussion to stay with Study score predictions)
LOL! um it shouldn't be too hard if you put in the effort :)
I'm aiming for 35 for psych, as its not my best subject..
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Hey all you Psycho's, :P
Taking into account
-SAC ranking/marks
-Unit 3 Exam mark
-Unit 4 Exam thoughts
...
What study score are you all looking at?
I'm doing Psychology next year (without 1/2). I want a 40+. Should that be hard?
(This is a sub discussion- main discussion to stay with Study score predictions)
LOL! um it shouldn't be too hard if you put in the effort :)
I'm aiming for 35 for psych, as its not my best subject..
Whats the exam structure?
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well, you have 44 multiple choice questions, then a whole lot of short answer... and in exam 2 you have a third part whch involves analysing a research experiment, a nd picking it apart for ethical errors / mistakes/ anything that would confound the results.
If you havent done unit 1/2 i recommend you read up on the basics of an experiment, eg independant variable, dependant variable, etc... as well as basic ethical issues like benificience. OTher than that you should be alright.
I got an A+ on midyear, expecting around a 95% average, but im only ranked 2nd in my school, on sacs... and im hoping to get 79/80 on exam 2... so i think 48/49 hopefully.
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Hey all you Psycho's, :P
Taking into account
-SAC ranking/marks
-Unit 3 Exam mark
-Unit 4 Exam thoughts
...
What study score are you all looking at?
I'm doing Psychology next year (without 1/2). I want a 40+. Should that be hard?
(This is a sub discussion- main discussion to stay with Study score predictions)
Last year I got A+, A+ , A+ (ranked 1st for sacs) and yet got 42....my exam 1 score was just a borderline A+.....I was very dissapointed because psych was such an easy subject
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im pretty sure my exam1 was only borderline a+ :(... maybe ill only get 42
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I got a high A+ for the mid-year, probably a high A+ for the end-of-year and I'm ranked first for SACs by a considerable margin. I'm hoping for high 40s.
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Yeh, just try your best.
You never know, a 50 could be in your grasp in a months time.
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I'm hoping for at least a 40.. I got an A+ for mid-year but I think I stuffed up end-of-year.. so yeah I'll be happy with 40+
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Well I've pretty much got 100% on every SAC and got an A+ on the mid year.
I was really disappointed with the end-of-year... :(
Hopefully I can still get a 40+...43 would be really nice 8)
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Go Psych!
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I'm so glad it's over woooohoooo! lol
Seriously i would have been better off doing something else.. :)
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I'm so glad it's over woooohoooo! lol
Seriously i would have been better off doing something else.. :)
LOL
Psych is one of the better subjects of the VCE. Be grateful you completed it :wink: You can relate so much of it to actual real life situations as well.
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I'm so glad it's over woooohoooo! lol
Seriously i would have been better off doing something else.. :)
LOL
Psych is one of the better subjects of the VCE. Be grateful you completed it :wink: You can relate so much of it to actual real life situations as well.
Hmm i guess so, but you can do that with bus.man too ^_^
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Started reading the "Introduction to Psychology" section of my text book the other day when I was lying down. It suggested looking through the Unit 1 and 2 text book to get a better background because I haven't done 1&2.
Thoughts?
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Started reading the "Introduction to Psychology" section of my text book the other day when I was lying down. It suggested looking through the Unit 1 and 2 text book to get a better background because I haven't done 1&2.
Thoughts?
Mhm you should ^_^...
Research Methods
Brain and Nervous System
They're the main ones I think ^_^
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The only topics in your 1/2 text book relevant to the course would be:
-Research Methods- read everything in that section. It's pretty much identical to the year 12 course. All the same concepts basically.
-Brain and Nervous system- the 1/2 course focuses more on neurons and the types of these neurons that make up the nervous system- you don't need to know about these. Focus more on the divisions of the nervous system- Central Nervous System, Peripheral, Autonomic etc. That's all that's probably relevant to the 3/4 course.
I really don't think its imperative to read over the 1/2 stuff. You're better off going straight to the 3/4 book and getting your head around that as early as possible. 1/2 is pretty irrelevant in thw whole scheme of things.
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Hey. Yeh soo I've done some work in Psych cause transition started this week. We kinda just lept right through the introduction to psych chapter LOL but I read it anyways. Nothing that can be assessed the teacher said.
I'm getting my head around the brain (thats what we started) I know the FPOT thingo... lol (dont bag my spelling because I'm still learning) frontal, perietal, Ocipital and Temperal sections of the brain. And I just have to read over their functions again because I keep getting confused with the motory and (?) senory and stuff like that. ARGH lol After the holidays I'll let you all know how I'm going.
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Yeah your spelling is a little off but once you get used to the terms, that will work itself out. :wink:
I found making posters of the brain really worthwhile- labelling each lobe and including the functions of each lobe.
I think you're getting confused with the motor cortex and somatosensory cortex- just remember "motor" for movement (associated with the frontal lobe) and somatosensory for senses (associated with the parietal lobe).
If you keep reading, you'll get your head around it. All the terms do get a little confusing at first, but once you actually associate the terms with their functions (elaborative rehearsal, as you will learn in unit 4 memory), it will begin to stick.
If you have any more questions don't hesitate to drop me a line- [email protected]
I'd be more than happy to help. Good luck.
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Hey yeh we went through the brain today. And our first assignment which contributes 10 marks to unit 3 is a poster of the brain with the labels and functions of each differnt part. Yeh we went through motor cortex and somatosensory cortex today in class. It's all starting to make more sense now. Teacher has been telling the class to associate everything with something to make it easier to understand. Eg. Broca's area with Peter Brock which makes you think of movement (racing) which has to do with speech yeh?
Lol I feel like such a sadcase in psych right now but its really interesting and I think if I work hard enough I will be able to get on top of it all. =)
added ya nick thanks mate
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Yeah no worries. It seems like your teacher has made a good start to preparing you. The Brain and Nervous System is probably one of the slightly more difficult topics, although it gets considerably easier once time goes on.
Make sure you study Wernicke's and Broca's area well- it's easy to get confused.
Remember:
Broca's= responsible for articulating fluent speech
Wernicke's area= Comprehending written and spoken language, as well as locating appropriate words from memory to express intended meaning.
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By the way, which text book are you using?
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By the way, which text book are you using?
Let's hope it isnt the heinemann one (thats just terrible) lol
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Nelson something...
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I dont think that you need to. I didnt do psych last year either and im doing it this year. The only chapter that you should read to prepare for units 3 and 4 is the introduction chapter of the unit 3&4 book and chapter 10. That covers the majority of information that we missed by not doing units 1&2.