- For the second last SA question (the woman who didn’t like her coworkers), I said a possible biological factor contributing to development of a mental health disorder was a genetic vulnerability due to family history of mental health disorders. However there was no evidence of this in the question but there didn’t seem to be evidence of any others.
What did people say for the extraneous variable that Jake could have identified? The jet lag q.
I recall it asked for internal rather then biological factor? So I think it would accept psychological risk factors as well. So I said poor self-efficacy?
I wasn't sure about that question either. I think said something about the geologists who travel are already used to jet lag and so its effects on the cognitive and relationships would be minimised?
That being said, I found that exam harder than practice exams or previous exams. Anyone think so?
What did people say for the extraneous variable that Jake could have identified? The jet lag q.
What did people say for the extraneous variable that Jake could have identified? The jet lag q.
I said participant variables, e.g personality can affect number of interpersonal conflicts.
Also I agree that it was a fair bit more difficult than any practice exam I’ve done. It honestly really resembled last year’s Bio exam in terms of style and difficulty. The last 10-marker about sleep was much more straightforward and easier last year. There was a huge amount of info to sort through this time, I think it would have been wise to structure the response by subheading of “biological responses”/“coping strategies”/and so on.
And you guys are right, it said internal factor woops.
What was the 10 mark question on? Did psych last year and really loved it, would be interested to know this years question. :)
What did everyone say for these?
1. physiological method of checking a person’s state of consciousness after 24 hours of sleep deprivation
2. psychological protective factor against developing mental health disorder
What did everyone say for these?
1. physiological method of checking a person’s state of consciousness after 24 hours of sleep deprivation
2. psychological protective factor against developing mental health disorder
did you guys find it more difficult than last year? It felt really application based... idk how to feel tbh haha
There's something about these discussions that I can't get off of. I know it's all done and a part of me wants to stop and move on but another part wants closure
If these discussions help you process the exam then that's fine. But if you find yourself obsessing over differences in answers and convincing yourself you've done poorly then it might be time to use a website blocker.
Just be aware of and take care of yourself :)
Yeah, an example which was the one where we had to link attention in observational learning to developing David's phobia??? Also heaps of "short"-answer questions about mental health. And there were two multiple-choice that stuck out from the ones I wasn't sure the answers to (the one about the autonomic system's role when that girl's blood pressure dropped from seeing the needle, and a question on that Phil dude).
There's something about these discussions that I can't get off of. I know it's all done and a part of me wants to stop and move on but another part wants closure
If these discussions help you process the exam then that's fine. But if you find yourself obsessing over differences in answers and convincing yourself you've done poorly then it might be time to use a website blocker.
Just be aware of and take care of yourself :)
Is it just me or this exam was more time consuming than last years?
+ Anyone else find a couple of the 3 mark questions fairly vague and difficult to ascertain exactly how to obtain 3 marks?/ :P
Is it just me or this exam was more time consuming than last years?
+ Anyone else find a couple of the 3 mark questions fairly vague and difficult to ascertain exactly how to obtain 3 marks?/ :P
yess! I think it's why it was so time consuming so many freaken 3 markers!!
Yeah, an example which was the one where we had to link attention in observational learning to developing David's phobia???
Is it just me or this exam was more time consuming than last years?
+ Anyone else find a couple of the 3 mark questions fairly vague and difficult to ascertain exactly how to obtain 3 marks?/ :P
I wonder how they're going to mark the 10-marker because it seems like a lot of people found it fairly doable, and lots to write about.
There was a question that was about breathing retraining and how you can use context-dependent cues to help someone remember the breathing technique.I think you're over thinking about over thinking. I haven't seen the questions, but what you've described seems like a valid response
Is it correct to say repeated pairing between the cockroach and the breathing technique, via systematic dessentisation, can help the dude remember the breathing technique every time he sees the cockroach? So then every time he saw the cockroach it acted as a retrieval cue for the desired info? I think I over thought it.
There was a question that was about breathing retraining and how you can use context-dependent cues to help someone remember the breathing technique.
Is it correct to say repeated pairing between the cockroach and the breathing technique, via systematic dessentisation, can help the dude remember the breathing technique every time he sees the cockroach? So then every time he saw the cockroach it acted as a retrieval cue for the desired info? I think I over thought it.
I said as the psychologist likely taught the dude breathing retraining in the presence of the cockroach, in future when he enounters this phobia the cockroach that is part of his environment will act as retrieval cue to aid his retrieval and execution of the breathing techniqueOh man... That's so smart. I said he could use cologne while the psychologist was teaching to him so he could smell it on a hanky if he wanted to remember the instructions HAHAHA
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LbOHj0dShW-jHg1vt8cXlRpMrFEF5bkQ/view?usp=drivesdk
Here's a copy of the exam sorry the quality is a bit shit
For Question 1. A Spinal Reflex is
I was stuck between B: A voluntary response to harmful stimuli
or
C: An automatic response that occurs in the spinal cord
I can't remember which one I went with, but I think I overthought it to much :-[
For Question 1. A Spinal Reflex is
I was stuck between B: A voluntary response to harmful stimuli
or
C: An automatic response that occurs in the spinal cord
I can't remember which one I went with, but I think I overthought it to much :-[
Spinal reflexes aren't voluntary, but seeing as you don't remember clearly which one you went with try not to think about it as there's no way of knowing if you were right or not :)
yo what did you guys get for MCQ 5 and 6
EDIT: I had A for 5 and A for 6 (but I am unsure about this one(
for sure not B, a spinal reflex is not voluntary :-)
yo what did you guys get for MCQ 5 and 6
EDIT: I had A for 5 and A for 6 (but I am unsure about this one(
Oh man... That's so smart. I said he could use cologne while the psychologist was teaching to him so he could smell it on a hanky if he wanted to remember the instructions HAHAHA
Does anyone remember what they put for Question 2?
It was about the labelled diagram and roles of each neural structure during neural transmission
Yo pretty sure the answer is A :D
I've quickly gone through (there could be one or two mistakes in here) butmy suggested MCQ answers1. C 2A 3A 4C 5A 6 arguments could be made for A or B, but I'm going with B 7A 8B 9D 10B
11B 12D 13C 14C 15A 16B 17B 18C 19A 20C
21A 22B 23B 24D 25B 26C 27C 28B 29D 30C
31D 32C 33B 34A 35C 36B 37B 38D 39D 40D
41C 42A 43D 44D 45C 46A 47D 48A 49C 50D
I won't be posting up suggested answers for short answer but hopefully this helps some of you with closure :)
sickkk miniturtle!
Q17 tho... is vcaa joking? None of the answers make much sense right?
I did, 6 B, makes more sense as ANS does not initiate responses
I've quickly gone through (there could be one or two mistakes in here) butmy suggested MCQ answers1. C 2A 3A 4C 5A 6 arguments could be made for A or B, but I'm going with B 7A 8B 9D 10B
11B 12D 13C 14C 15A 16B 17* 18C 19A 20C
21A 22B 23B 24D 25B 26C 27C 28B 29D 30C
31D 32C 33B 34A 35C 36B 37B 38D 39D 40D
41C 42A 43D 44D 45C 46A 47D 48A 49C 50D
Note on 17: the answers don't make sense. My suspcion is that a typo was made and that Elijah's friend was supposed to receive hundreds of likes. (vicarious reinforcement, making the answer D)
I won't be posting up suggested answers for short answer but hopefully this helps some of you with closure :)
For question 17 i did reproduction (it took me like 4839 minutes):
But there was a VCAA question previous years where it was this dude who was doing yoga. He had the motivation and reinforcer to do it (friends applauded him after the behaviour even thou he failed), but he failed miserably because he didn’t have the resources (e.g. flexibility or whatever) to actually perform the trick/yoga pose correctly.
So I was thinking like, yeah the dude has motivation, but what made him receive the same results as the person he observed was because he had the potential to reproduce the same outcome.
It was weird and I hope it’s a mistake where everyone gets the answer right :(
yeah reproduction should be right it's just the "as.." bit that throws it off :/
At least it's only one mark so even if they don't give it, it shouldn't impact anyone heaps
Thanks sarangiya for the exam copy and miniturtle for your suggested answers!!
For Q6 I did A... which I'm fine with because if your answers were correct, it was the only question I got wrong (other than 17), which is my best I've done in any practice exam! I was stuck between A and B myself. For Q17 (^^^), I did reproduction one, but none of them made sense it was so confusing! I thought making the video demonstrated reproduction because having hundreds of likes himself meant the video was funny?? successfully reproduced?? crazy stuff
I was stuck with question 31 too. Why is it D and not A?Primary appraisal is where it's decided if it's threat, challenge, harm/loss
I like your q17 theory; I didn't think about 'likes' as a measure of success
Primary appraisal is where it's decided if it's threat, challenge, harm/loss
Secondary appraisal is where coping strategies & resources are considered
Okay one more q I’m sorry 😂
For 35, it says the research assistant interacts with the participants. So wouldn’t she be the one who receives the double-blind procedure?
I’m sorry for asking so many Q’s!
why cant question 34 on multiple choice be D?
bump waiting for a response
bump waiting for a response
Could anyone please send me the multiple choice questions?
Okay the multi choice suggested answers gave me some hope cause I did pretty well compared to those, but I think I absolutely screwed up short answer :-[
If I had like a 92% average for sacs the entire year, but then I do worse on the exam will that bring down my sac scores? :-\ and there’s no suggested answers for SA is there? Probably better off that way lol
Hey I got D for q7, how is it debriefing? I thought by Nerissa leaving the room crying shows that the experiment compromised her withdrawal rights?
'demonstrates self confidence when alone or with others' isn't really related to functioning (the ability of an individual to perform or operate in their environment' and is more characteristic of social wellbeing imo
Still feel like A was the better answer
what was A?A was
Still feel like A was the better answerI also did a