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Archived Discussion => 2012 => Mid-year exams => Results Discussion => Victoria => Psychology Unit 3 => Topic started by: pi on August 04, 2012, 10:13:50 pm

Title: OFFICIAL RESULTS THREAD
Post by: pi on August 04, 2012, 10:13:50 pm
Post your results here!

Any off-topic discussion other than a "congrats" or a "...and you said you would "only" get an A :P" will be removed (ie. Don't post here until Monday XD) :) Feel free to quote your comparisons with your predictions though :) Any bagging of other users, as per forum rules, will not be tolerated, as well as bragging, that's not on.
Title: Re: OFFICIAL RESULTS THREAD
Post by: brenden on August 06, 2012, 01:59:54 pm
Got an A :'(. Level with prediction.
Title: Re: OFFICIAL RESULTS THREAD
Post by: Limista on August 06, 2012, 03:36:52 pm
Yay - Got an A+!!! Looks like hard work does pay off :) I'm excited, but now I have to study for my methods SAC tomorrow. Does anyone know what the A+ cut off was?

Also, hope everyone's happy with their marks, and if not, remember there's still the exam at the end of the year to make ends meet  :D I'm going to try harder than ever now - thanks to people on AN who helped me out with questions and stuff   :P
Title: Re: OFFICIAL RESULTS THREAD
Post by: nooshnoosh95 on August 06, 2012, 03:47:23 pm
i got an A+ too yayyyy :)
so surprised!!

Title: Re: OFFICIAL RESULTS THREAD
Post by: Felicity Wishes on August 06, 2012, 03:49:21 pm
I got an A and I'm not too happy because of the work I put in.  :'(
Title: Re: OFFICIAL RESULTS THREAD
Post by: danielgb123 on August 06, 2012, 03:53:14 pm
So annoyed with a B+ - spent the entire week studying for Accounting, and studied the night before for Psych.

Internals are 95%, any idea what kind of study score I can get?

Oh and I was hoping for an A+, fml
Title: Re: OFFICIAL RESULTS THREAD
Post by: Genericname2365 on August 06, 2012, 03:53:36 pm
I predicted an A (and was also thinking I might get a B+) but I ended up with an A+, so I'm really happy and pleasantly surprised.  :D I really didn't think I'd make the cut-off; it will be interesting to see the statement of marks.
 
Title: Re: OFFICIAL RESULTS THREAD
Post by: vashappenin on August 06, 2012, 04:03:45 pm
Congratulations everyone! :D
Far out. Our stupid school didn't hand out the y11 results today, but all the year 12s got theirs...
SO THAT MEANS I HAVE TO WAIT ANOTHER DAY. THE SUSPENSE IS KILLING ME SO BADLY
Title: Re: OFFICIAL RESULTS THREAD
Post by: Hannah_Banana on August 06, 2012, 04:09:28 pm
I didn't get my results either!! Our VASS coordinator is away :(
Title: Re: OFFICIAL RESULTS THREAD
Post by: vashappenin on August 06, 2012, 04:10:37 pm
So does anyone have a clue about what the A+ cutoff was?
Title: Re: OFFICIAL RESULTS THREAD
Post by: shaiga95 on August 06, 2012, 04:19:51 pm
A+ cut off 73/90
Title: Re: OFFICIAL RESULTS THREAD
Post by: vashappenin on August 06, 2012, 04:22:40 pm
A+ cut off 73/90
Really?! How do you know?
Title: Re: OFFICIAL RESULTS THREAD
Post by: itsdanny on August 06, 2012, 04:32:11 pm
A+ cut off 73/90
Really?! How do you know?

Possession of the Statement of Marks maybe?
Title: Re: OFFICIAL RESULTS THREAD
Post by: nkultra42 on August 06, 2012, 04:37:32 pm
Got an A+ so stoked :)
Title: Re: OFFICIAL RESULTS THREAD
Post by: RoyalDux on August 06, 2012, 04:37:52 pm
B+
Sigh.
Title: Re: OFFICIAL RESULTS THREAD
Post by: honey-corowa on August 06, 2012, 04:42:35 pm
Got an A, Thrilled :)
To all who got what they wanted, congratulations! And to those who were under their hopes or expectation, just look for Unit 4 exam!
Title: Re: OFFICIAL RESULTS THREAD
Post by: dzzhao on August 06, 2012, 04:43:15 pm
A+ cut off 73/90
Really?! How do you know?

Possession of the Statement of Marks maybe?

When does the VCAA answers + summary come out?
Title: Re: OFFICIAL RESULTS THREAD
Post by: aaackk on August 06, 2012, 04:43:46 pm
A+ cut off 73/90
Really?! How do you know?

Possession of the Statement of Marks maybe?

Grade distributions are out
Title: Re: OFFICIAL RESULTS THREAD
Post by: brenden on August 06, 2012, 04:51:37 pm
http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/vce/statistics/2012/midyear/vce_psychology_ga1_12.pdf
Grade dist. 73 was cutoff for A-plus. 68 for A
Title: Re: OFFICIAL RESULTS THREAD
Post by: vashappenin on August 06, 2012, 04:58:58 pm
oh wow.. thanks for the link :)
Title: Re: OFFICIAL RESULTS THREAD
Post by: HossRyams on August 06, 2012, 05:02:04 pm
Got A+ :') Very happy!
Congrats guys :D
Title: Re: OFFICIAL RESULTS THREAD
Post by: shaiga95 on August 06, 2012, 05:16:13 pm
A+ stoked
Title: Re: OFFICIAL RESULTS THREAD
Post by: Scooby on August 06, 2012, 05:29:53 pm
A+  :D
Title: Re: OFFICIAL RESULTS THREAD
Post by: 123321gw on August 06, 2012, 06:14:48 pm
Got an A+ so so happy. I worked my butt off, started studying 5 weeks before the exam. Can I just suggest to everyone to not look at these forums after any exam at the end of the year. I came out of the psych exam feeling pretty confident, and then out of curiosity had a look at some of these forums as well as the suggested solutions and I felt physically sick. I counted how many marks I thought I had and was pretty sure I had gotten an A/B+. Never thought I would get an A+. I know its my fault for falling to temptation but please don't do it for the end of the year! I feel so silly for stressing :D
Title: Re: OFFICIAL RESULTS THREAD
Post by: katykins on August 06, 2012, 06:33:58 pm
A+ so happy, really tried my hardest and the work payed of! thank god for checkpoints and the neap lecture. wahooo!
Title: Re: OFFICIAL RESULTS THREAD
Post by: ktrah on August 06, 2012, 06:50:46 pm
A+, the cut off was lower than I expected :)
Title: Re: OFFICIAL RESULTS THREAD
Post by: shaiga95 on August 06, 2012, 07:22:51 pm
Got an A+ so so happy. I worked my butt off, started studying 5 weeks before the exam. Can I just suggest to everyone to not look at these forums after any exam at the end of the year. I came out of the psych exam feeling pretty confident, and then out of curiosity had a look at some of these forums as well as the suggested solutions and I felt physically sick. I counted how many marks I thought I had and was pretty sure I had gotten an A/B+. Never thought I would get an A+. I know its my fault for falling to temptation but please don't do it for the end of the year! I feel so silly for stressing :D
I did the same not worth all the stress
Title: Re: OFFICIAL RESULTS THREAD
Post by: emilyhobbes on August 06, 2012, 08:11:54 pm
A+, which after all those practice exams is a pretty good feeling  :D
Is anyone else ordering their statement of results?
Title: Re: OFFICIAL RESULTS THREAD
Post by: riulovesmahims on August 06, 2012, 08:13:59 pm
A+ soooo happy . thanks atar notes , all the submissions and questions ,really helped.
love you all <3
Title: Re: OFFICIAL RESULTS THREAD
Post by: shaiga95 on August 06, 2012, 08:15:33 pm
I ordered my Statement of marks last Tuesday it should come soon.  :P
Title: Re: OFFICIAL RESULTS THREAD
Post by: Ravit on August 06, 2012, 08:50:41 pm
A+, now i need to see my SOM! :D
Title: Re: OFFICIAL RESULTS THREAD
Post by: perpetual on August 07, 2012, 07:44:08 am
Congratulations to everyone! I got an A+, I'm so relieved, I must have just got past the cut off. Won't know until my Statement of Marks though...
Title: Re: OFFICIAL RESULTS THREAD
Post by: amandaa.xxox on August 07, 2012, 07:45:32 am
GOT AN A+!!!!!
i was literally expecting no more than a B, so i was absolutely over the moon with that!!
the hard work really does pay off!!
'everything's impossible until it happens.'
Title: Re: OFFICIAL RESULTS THREAD
Post by: tracykilpady on August 07, 2012, 03:05:02 pm
OMG SOOO HAPPY !!!!! A+  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D goes to show that hard work pays off and that anyone, if they put their mind to it, can achieve anything. FULL STEAM AHEAD FOR UNIT 4  ;)
Title: Re: OFFICIAL RESULTS THREAD
Post by: Hannah_Banana on August 07, 2012, 03:28:23 pm
GOT AN A+!!!!!! Only found out today! My teacher was so happy she ran across the school to tell me! I was the only one in my grade to get this mark :D :D Literally thought I would only get a B and I had managed to be ok with that! This was such a shock! I asked if there had been a mistake haha

Feel so proud of myself and all the hard work I did studying while my friends were partying! Let's go Unit 4!
Title: Re: OFFICIAL RESULTS THREAD
Post by: matthew94 on August 07, 2012, 04:14:13 pm
Got an A+! So happy/relieved ;D
Title: Re: OFFICIAL RESULTS THREAD
Post by: RTandon on August 07, 2012, 07:18:18 pm
Got an A.
At first I was a bit disappointed (I still am a bit) because I worked super duper hard.
But hey, now I just have to work even HARDER at the end of the year!
Title: Re: OFFICIAL RESULTS THREAD
Post by: Soul_Khan on August 08, 2012, 09:38:45 am
Got an A. I don't think I deserve it however given that a lot of people put way more effort it in then me. I started doing my notes the weekend before the exam, did 2 prac exams and done all MC for Checkpoints a day before the exam. My method throughout the year for Psychology was simply to try and relate everything to my own experience and understand the concepts.. I guess it worked out pretty well for me instead of just spamming prac exams.. also my school only gave me 1 prac exam and I couldn't really afford to buy any.. I borrowed the checkpoints from my teacher though.

Well done, to everyone. Now I feel much more compelled to put in some effort so I can get that A+ at the end of the year! :D
Title: Re: OFFICIAL RESULTS THREAD
Post by: aaackk on August 08, 2012, 05:22:22 pm
whose getting a statement of marks?
Title: Re: OFFICIAL RESULTS THREAD
Post by: Genericname2365 on August 08, 2012, 06:29:52 pm
whose getting a statement of marks?
From what I can tell the majority of the people who are posting in this thread (including myself) are getting one.
Title: Re: OFFICIAL RESULTS THREAD
Post by: shaiga95 on August 08, 2012, 06:45:22 pm
My statement of marks came today
Title: Re: OFFICIAL RESULTS THREAD
Post by: perpetual on August 08, 2012, 07:34:17 pm
Quote
My statement of marks came today
How long did that take?
Title: Re: OFFICIAL RESULTS THREAD
Post by: ktrah on August 14, 2012, 04:30:23 pm
Just got my statement of marks and was wondering if anyone got question 36 on the multiple choice right? I got the same answer as the connect ed suggested solutions (A) and I don't understand why it's wrong (apparently correct answer is B).
Title: Re: OFFICIAL RESULTS THREAD
Post by: Scooby on August 14, 2012, 05:36:49 pm
Just got my statement of marks and was wondering if anyone got question 36 on the multiple choice right? I got the same answer as the connect ed suggested solutions (A) and I don't understand why it's wrong (apparently correct answer is B).

Thought the same thing!  >:(
Title: Re: OFFICIAL RESULTS THREAD
Post by: aaackk on August 14, 2012, 05:41:06 pm
I picked A as well. what was the question?
Title: Re: OFFICIAL RESULTS THREAD
Post by: ktrah on August 14, 2012, 06:04:20 pm
36. In a second experiment the same participants were required to memories a list of 13 names. One hour later the participants were tested and were asked to list the names that they remembered.

In this experiment the rate of forgetting on the test would most likely have been

A. The same as for the nonsense syllables.
B. Slower than for the nonsense syllables.
Title: Re: OFFICIAL RESULTS THREAD
Post by: aaackk on August 14, 2012, 06:22:34 pm
36. In a second experiment the same participants were required to memories a list of 13 names. One hour later the participants were tested and were asked to list the names that they remembered.

In this experiment the rate of forgetting on the test would most likely have been

A. The same as for the nonsense syllables.
B. Slower than for the nonsense syllables.

ah that one! I chose same as, because I remembered in the 2011 midyear, they had an almost identical question and the answer to that was "same rate".
Title: Re: OFFICIAL RESULTS THREAD
Post by: dilks on August 14, 2012, 06:28:42 pm
I am guessing that names are more meaningful (semantically speaking) than nonsense syllables and thus easier to remember and (possibly) chunk. Especially if one of the names in the list was the name of someone you know for instance. Thus B.
Title: Re: OFFICIAL RESULTS THREAD
Post by: ktrah on August 14, 2012, 06:46:47 pm
But wouldn't that just mean that less was forgotten? It wouldn't change the rate of forgetting.
Title: Re: OFFICIAL RESULTS THREAD
Post by: WhoTookMyUsername on August 14, 2012, 08:00:52 pm
No rate = change in amount remembered over time

As time is same
You can compare qmount remembered straight away
Title: Re: OFFICIAL RESULTS THREAD
Post by: Genericname2365 on August 14, 2012, 08:41:46 pm
But wouldn't that just mean that less was forgotten? It wouldn't change the rate of forgetting.
Yeah I used the same logic, damn.
Title: Re: OFFICIAL RESULTS THREAD
Post by: Scooby on August 14, 2012, 08:51:13 pm
But wouldn't that just mean that less was forgotten? It wouldn't change the rate of forgetting.

VCAA has said this in the past, and now they decide to change their mind. Right.
Title: Re: OFFICIAL RESULTS THREAD
Post by: Slumdawg on August 14, 2012, 08:56:22 pm
Hey guys, I'm Connect Ed's Psych lecturer and the solutions writer, I'll be writing into VCAA to contest this question. I've gotten a question removed from a VCAA Psych exam before that was incorrect, hopefully the same goes for this one! It's generally much harder though to get a question removed this late, but I stand by my decision that the correct answer was A. I'll do whatever I can to get that mark back for you guys! :)
Title: Re: OFFICIAL RESULTS THREAD
Post by: joseph95 on August 14, 2012, 09:19:54 pm
Hey guys, I'm Connect Ed's Psych lecturer and the solutions writer

Slumdawg are you able to send me/email me a copy of the exam?
Title: Re: OFFICIAL RESULTS THREAD
Post by: Slumdawg on August 14, 2012, 09:59:28 pm
Hey guys, I'm Connect Ed's Psych lecturer and the solutions writer

Slumdawg are you able to send me/email me a copy of the exam?
Hey, sorry I never uploaded it. It should be up on the VCAA website pretty soon though :)
Title: Re: OFFICIAL RESULTS THREAD
Post by: ellaa81 on August 15, 2012, 10:01:06 pm
Hey guys, I'm Connect Ed's Psych lecturer and the solutions writer, I'll be writing into VCAA to contest this question. I've gotten a question removed from a VCAA Psych exam before that was incorrect, hopefully the same goes for this one! It's generally much harder though to get a question removed this late, but I stand by my decision that the correct answer was A. I'll do whatever I can to get that mark back for you guys! :)

Awesome :) do you think it's worth us writing to them too? Like does it help to have several contesting letters? 
Title: Re: OFFICIAL RESULTS THREAD
Post by: Slumdawg on August 16, 2012, 10:47:05 am
Hey guys, I'm Connect Ed's Psych lecturer and the solutions writer, I'll be writing into VCAA to contest this question. I've gotten a question removed from a VCAA Psych exam before that was incorrect, hopefully the same goes for this one! It's generally much harder though to get a question removed this late, but I stand by my decision that the correct answer was A. I'll do whatever I can to get that mark back for you guys! :)

Awesome :) do you think it's worth us writing to them too? Like does it help to have several contesting letters? 
I think it'd probably help most if you could get your teacher to complain. VCAA is more likely to take it seriously if teachers rather than students complain, unfair but true.. Thanks for helping out though! :)
Title: Re: OFFICIAL RESULTS THREAD
Post by: Scooby on August 16, 2012, 05:51:07 pm
Hey, just wondering, what marks would you need to get a 48-50?
Title: Re: OFFICIAL RESULTS THREAD
Post by: katykins on August 16, 2012, 07:31:15 pm
hey, how do you order the statement of marks? im a bit late, but i really want to know where i went wrong?? please help :)
Title: Re: OFFICIAL RESULTS THREAD
Post by: Genericname2365 on August 16, 2012, 07:47:33 pm
hey, how do you order the statement of marks? im a bit late, but i really want to know where i went wrong?? please help :)
You just need to fill in this form and mail it to VCAA. http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/schooladmin/forms/vce/statemarksinspectscripts.pdf
Title: Re: OFFICIAL RESULTS THREAD
Post by: amandaa.xxox on August 16, 2012, 08:55:27 pm
36. In a second experiment the same participants were required to memories a list of 13 names. One hour later the participants were tested and were asked to list the names that they remembered.

In this experiment the rate of forgetting on the test would most likely have been

A. The same as for the nonsense syllables.
B. Slower than for the nonsense syllables.

i got this question right but i don't understand how you can see it as being A??
if they are given a list of names (which you can make more meaningful links with when compared to nonsense syllables) the rate of forgetting will be slower because you aren't forgetting them as quick as words which mean nothing to you?
Title: Re: OFFICIAL RESULTS THREAD
Post by: Scooby on August 16, 2012, 09:04:42 pm
VCAA 2010 - 2a:
"Forgetting is most rapid immediately after learning. The type of material learned does not affect the relative rate of
forgetting
"



Title: Re: OFFICIAL RESULTS THREAD
Post by: julie9300 on August 16, 2012, 09:07:11 pm
36. In a second experiment the same participants were required to memories a list of 13 names. One hour later the participants were tested and were asked to list the names that they remembered.

In this experiment the rate of forgetting on the test would most likely have been

A. The same as for the nonsense syllables.
B. Slower than for the nonsense syllables.

i got this question right but i don't understand how you can see it as being A??
if they are given a list of names (which you can make more meaningful links with when compared to nonsense syllables) the rate of forgetting will be slower because you aren't forgetting them as quick as words which mean nothing to you?

What I learnt regarding the works of Ebbinghaus was that the complexity of the material being learnt and (intelligence of the learner) does not affect the rate of forgetting, meaning that the rate of forgetting isn't the same as the amount of words remembered. SO in other words if you were to graph one's rate of forgetting, the general shape should always be the same.
Title: Re: OFFICIAL RESULTS THREAD
Post by: amandaa.xxox on August 17, 2012, 04:20:33 pm
but i don't think you have necessarily learnt the words...
my textbook says that the rate of forgetting for names is lower because you can make meaningful links with names and you're more likely to forget nonsense syllables because they literally mean nothing to you.
i guess i looked at the question that way, as you can make a meaningful link with it which entails you remembering it more than words that mean nothing.
so i guess maybe it depends how you look at it so it is very ambiguous when you look at it that way and other ways...
so i dunno that's just how i interpreted it
Title: Re: OFFICIAL RESULTS THREAD
Post by: dou0014 on August 18, 2012, 04:08:35 pm
I did A as well.  This is strange.
Title: Re: OFFICIAL RESULTS THREAD
Post by: Genericname2365 on August 22, 2012, 06:51:40 pm
So for some hideously irritating reason VCAA have made it so that every external link to a VCE page on their site redirects to the VCE main page (unless I'm missing something), and I couldn't find the grade distribution for 2012 results under statistics. Does anyone know where to find it?
Title: Re: OFFICIAL RESULTS THREAD
Post by: joseph95 on August 22, 2012, 07:37:39 pm
http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/Pages/vce/statistics/2012/midyear/midyear.aspx
Title: Re: OFFICIAL RESULTS THREAD
Post by: Genericname2365 on August 22, 2012, 08:01:04 pm
http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/Pages/vce/statistics/2012/midyear/midyear.aspx
Cheers.  :)
Title: Re: OFFICIAL RESULTS THREAD
Post by: tum1106 on August 22, 2012, 09:35:23 pm
If I got a B for unit 3, how many marks is it out of 50??