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Archived Discussion => Written Examinations => 2008 => End-of-year exams => Exam Discussion => Victoria => Psychology => Topic started by: Jurples on November 06, 2008, 10:57:52 am
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How did everyone go?
It was mostly alright for me.. I had trouble with that short answer on Luke and his father (Q8?)
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it was not too bad. easier then i expected, but i think i stuffed up some silly questions
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Quick question..... the very last question on the paper.. the breach question. i originally wrote that he breached voluntary participation because he coerced people through the extra marks. however i changed with to that he didnt offer withdrawal rights, meaning that participates could withdraw themsevles, and their results, from the study at any time. There was no mention at all of withdrawal rights in the question. What do you think? Could it be both?
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Yeah both of those answers will considered correct as participants have to made aware that they have the right to withdraw and by that fact that the extra marks violate the voluntary participation aspect of the research
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they would have to give you a mark for both considering that they didnt include it in the exam.
i thought it was fairly okay to make up answers to questions you didnt know, m.c was a bit tricky though.
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you just made my day verbyla and holly lol. thanks
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mc was fairly easy.
some tricky short answers.
could the results be generalised and did she use random sampling?
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lol anytime.
yeah i screwed up that question bad. i had a major freaking mental blank and could only think of the ethical considerations that were already written so i said that the experimentor didnt way up the benefits of the experiment - so basically benifience.
shouldve studied.
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i dont think the results could be generalised because they were only specific to that group of students, the experiment was not repeated etc. & i think she did use random sampling... well i dont know how it could have been anything else otherwise. hm?
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I found multiple choice fairly straight forward.
Think I might have lost more than 4-5 marks on short answer though :(
The question with Gayle, Luke and the dad was a bit confusing. I put this down (order might be wrong):
Gayle: Punishment
Luke : Positive Reinforcement
Gayle and Luke's Dad: Negative Reinforcement
Also with James, did anyone else say that spontaneous recovery did occur? I think I got that one wrong.
The research investigation was quite easy, for the other descriptive statistic I wasn't sure what to put down, I guessed and put down/defined 'median'?
The results could not be generalised because the sample was not selected randomly, thus not representative of the population.
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I put those answers for Gayle, luke and the dad.
I said spontaneous recovery did not occur, because the UCS never stopped being presented from the CS whenever he went to work, thus extinction did not take place. But i could be wrong, who knows?
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i put the results could not be generalised because of the confounding variable of sex of participants, rendering the results invalid.
is this a possible answer?
you cant generalise invalid results ... right?
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i dont think james did spontaneously recovered as he never overcame his fear in the first place, just avoided it kind of thing.
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Bah.
I got learning set wrong, I thought it was learning how to make a model (learning how to learn) but no it was B; basketball impeding on the ability to play netball.
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what sort of reinforcement did james experience?
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negative I mean.
EVERYONE TO THE CHAT ROOM!
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i put the results could not be generalised because of the confounding variable of sex of participants, rendering the results invalid.
is this a possible answer?
you cant generalise invalid results ... right?
correct
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the p value deemed the results to be statistical signifance, therefore generalisations can be made.....?
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they can't be made, because the sample (all females in group 1 and all males in group 2) made the sample unrepresentative of the population.
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I said that James received a negative reinforcement as the unpleasant feeling of anxiety had been removed and this lead to an increase in him taking sick days
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yeah fairanough then....
group A would remember the most? 2nd question in memory
Indepedent group design was used?
what would gayles and lukes father do next time?
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i had the same answers for the lukes family question
i was so confused by the descriptive statistics i left it to last and put down something random like graphs...
i wrote the results couldnt be generalized to the sampled population because of the variables other than the iv (the only one gender in each group thing) and it couldnt be genralized to the wider population because of the age/intellegance levels etc etc
i said spontanious recovery didnt occor
anyone have the exam??
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i said group a would remember most because they used context cues and recognition.
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group A because of
context dependant cues and
recognition being more sensitive than recall
gayles and lukes father would repeat his behavour (send one to room, other allow to play) - because negative reinforcement meant the removal of an unpleasant stimulus (argument) strengthened his response..
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What was the overall feeling of the exam for everyone??????
I didn't feel that the exam was hard, it was straight forward with there not being any little surprises
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Doh guess I got the spontaneous recovery question wrong then >_<
mskwmskw:
I got those answers too :)
I put down: Gayle will less likely argue with Luke in a similar situation again, as punishment has weakened that behaviour from occuring. In a similar situation, the dad would apply punishment again as that behaviour has been strengthened by negative reinforcement (removal of the annoying stimulus, noise).
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yeah i said that the father would repeat his actions.
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i didnt talk about the kids in that question just the fathers behaviour was that wrong.?
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Is it still possible to get an A+ if I lost around 4-5 marks on the short answer?
Cath:
It would be correct as it only asked for the dad's behaviour.
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some people thought instead of the father they were speaking about Luke and Gayle.
ouch.
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Lulu - no one knows for certain.
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yeah lulu u can stilll get an A+ if u lost only 4 or 5 marks for SA. i think u can lose up to 8 marks n get an A+, in the mid year exam u could
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i want someone to put up the exam
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I thought the exam was pretty straight forward.. they avoided a lot of the obvious stuff that'd been on past exams too.
When I first saw that descriptive statistic question I was like oh god, but then I ended up putting down 'mode' . its that stuff isnt it? like median, mode, standard deviation?
I wrote that spontaneous recovery occurred too! But i think its wrong. I kept jumping back and forth between yes and no whilst I completed the rest of the exam. grr
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i thin spontaneous recovery did occur?
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i really wanted to get a decent study score in psych.
i lost 2 marks before doubling on the midyear and prbably lost 3 or even 4 today.
anyone predict a score?
cheers
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and ill be posting up the exam asap ;D
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I thought the exam was pretty straight forward.. they avoided a lot of the obvious stuff that'd been on past exams too.
When I first saw that descriptive statistic question I was like oh god, but then I ended up putting down 'mode' . its that stuff isnt it? like median, mode, standard deviation?
I wrote that spontaneous recovery occurred too! But i think its wrong. I kept jumping back and forth between yes and no whilst I completed the rest of the exam. grr
my mate he got A+ on the mid years yeah, and he's got highest sac scores in our school.. he put PIE GRAPH for that question.. my teacher said it was right!
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i really wanted to get a decent study score in psych.
i lost 2 marks before doubling on the midyear and prbably lost 3 or even 4 today.
anyone predict a score?
cheers
score = higher than me.
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I think the general trend it that u can loose up to 8 marks in total but each year it slightly changes
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The reason why I put down spontaneous recovery...
Spontaneous recovery refers to the reappearance of a conditioned response (anxiety) after a period where the response was thought to be extinguised (the period when he was at home).
Argh :-\
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Yup im pretty sure thats correct. its what i did :)
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Maybe they will accept two answers...
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my mate he got A+ on the mid years yeah, and he's got highest sac scores in our school.. he put PIE GRAPH for that question.. my teacher said it was right!
i wrote bar graph, so maybe if a pie graph was write so was a bar graph :) here hoping
after the midyear did eriny or someone post sample answers to the exam??
i think i remember something about that- good idea :)
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yeh if its explained correctly
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No its not correct as the association between work and this feeling of anxiety was never extinguished, he avoided going to work so that feeling was only avoided.
The next time he goes back he will still get the feeling of anxiety
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my mate he got A+ on the mid years yeah, and he's got highest sac scores in our school.. he put PIE GRAPH for that question.. my teacher said it was right!
i wrote bar graph, so maybe if a pie graph was write so was a bar graph :) here hoping
after the midyear did eriny or someone post sample answers to the exam??
i think i remember something about that- good idea :)
Yeh Eriny and Nick did.
im just scanning in the exam now. shouldnt be too long
would be awesome for sample answers
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In need of placebo.
any researchers care to help me?
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im quite certain spontaneous recovery did not occur, as whenever the CS was present, the UCS was present all the time. Therefore extinction never occured. But hey, thats just my thoughts!
Also, can anyone else confirm that it was OK to put withdrawal rights on the last question? And also, in the statistically difference question, was it sufficient to say "yes" or did you have to say "yes, as p < 0.05"? Cheers!
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Given that it was a 1 mark question and they only gave us one line to write the answer I'd assume all you needed was yes, although I put down because the probability that chance blablabla too, just to be safe
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Withdrawal rights was a correct answer for the last question and i assume 'yes' was ok for the last question as it was only worth one mark and usually this means they want an answer which doesn't always need an explanation
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I found multiple choice fairly straight forward.
Think I might have lost more than 4-5 marks on short answer though :(
The question with Gayle, Luke and the dad was a bit confusing. I put this down (order might be wrong):
Gayle: Punishment
Luke : Positive Reinforcement
Gayle and Luke's Dad: Negative Reinforcement
Also with James, did anyone else say that spontaneous recovery did occur? I think I got that one wrong.
The research investigation was quite easy, for the other descriptive statistic I wasn't sure what to put down, I guessed and put down/defined 'median'?
The results could not be generalised because the sample was not selected randomly, thus not representative of the population.
QUESTION 8: IN TERMS OF OPERANT CONDITIONINGM STATE WHAT TYPE OF CONSEQEUNCE WAS RECIEVED BY.....
Emphasis on the Consequence. Operant conditioning refers to the principle that enables us to repaet desirable consequences, or avoid undersiable consequences.
Reinforcement or punishment is applied to the consequence and only used to strengthen or weaken beahviour.
So would it be acceptable if i put Positive consequences (reinforcement), negative consequences (punishment) etc.
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Pretty sure Spontaneous Recovery didnt occur, because the feeling of anxiety in association with his work was never extinguished..just avoided in James case.
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I found multiple choice fairly straight forward.
Think I might have lost more than 4-5 marks on short answer though :(
The question with Gayle, Luke and the dad was a bit confusing. I put this down (order might be wrong):
Gayle: Punishment
Luke : Positive Reinforcement
Gayle and Luke's Dad: Negative Reinforcement
Also with James, did anyone else say that spontaneous recovery did occur? I think I got that one wrong.
The research investigation was quite easy, for the other descriptive statistic I wasn't sure what to put down, I guessed and put down/defined 'median'?
The results could not be generalised because the sample was not selected randomly, thus not representative of the population.
QUESTION 8: IN TERMS OF OPERANT CONDITIONINGM STATE WHAT TYPE OF CONSEQEUNCE WAS RECIEVED BY.....
Emphasis on the Consequence. Operant conditioning refers to the principle that enables us to repaet desirable consequences, or avoid undersiable consequences.
Reinforcement or punishment is applied to the consequence and only used to strengthen or weaken beahviour.
So would it be acceptable if i put Positive consequences (reinforcement), negative consequences (punishment) etc.
Umm yeah I think that'd be fine, would mine be wrong then? :o
oops posted too late
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The reason why I put down spontaneous recovery...
Spontaneous recovery refers to the reappearance of a conditioned response (anxiety) after a period where the response was thought to be extinguised (the period when he was at home).
Argh :-\
I did that too. hmm.. I hope its right! I want that A+ damn it!
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i am soooooooooooooooo glad psych is over :)
just thought id say ...
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me too lol
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i am soooooooooooooooo glad psych is over :)
just thought id say ...
Haha yeah, I'll miss it though, it was my fav subject this year :D
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Classical Conditioning Operant Conditioning
The reinforcer is the UCS and this precedes the response The reinforcer follows the desired response
People think that reinforcement can only be used in operant conditioning but it is used in both and comes in the for of negative and positive reinforcement in both cases
I'm pretty sure this is correct
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ive just uploaded it in another thread
Feel free to download
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tell me if this is way off to estimate a study score, a mate of mine reckon it's the right maths behind it?
sacs 90% 90*0.34= 30.6/2= 15.3.
A+ mid year exam 90% 90*0.33=29.7/2=14.85
A end of year exam 80% 80*0.33=26.4/2=13.2
15.3+14.85+13.2=43.35 raw
allow for scaling 41.
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haha, all my work throughout the year was for nothing. i think i fucked this up majorly!
sigh, oh well
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tell me if this is way off to estimate a study score, a mate of mine reckon it's the right maths behind it?
sacs 90% 90*0.34= 30.6/2= 15.3.
A+ mid year exam 90% 90*0.33=29.7/2=14.85
A end of year exam 80% 80*0.33=26.4/2=13.2
15.3+14.85+13.2=43.35 raw
allow for scaling 41.
with a low A and low A+ its unlikely you'll get 40
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for the very last question do u reckon you cudve put informed consent-because it was first year uni students there may of been some students under 18 hence would have to get informed consent from parnets? wud do u think?
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"Prior to the study informed consent was given"
So i think your answer would be wrong :(
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ohhh yeAHHHH ahahaha thanksss..hahah i totally spaced out
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any chance the design method could have been repeated measures because of the list they all did prior to the second list? Cheeeers
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Nah, it said they were asked to memorise a different list of 20 words. It was Independent Groups.
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the question about james was it classical or operant conditioning.
im reading mixed responses
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im most definite it was operant
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UCS - being critisized
UCR - anxiety
CS - work
CR - anxiety for work
it fits classical.
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i hope sisqo1111 is right
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tell me if this is way off to estimate a study score, a mate of mine reckon it's the right maths behind it?
sacs 90% 90*0.34= 30.6/2= 15.3.
A+ mid year exam 90% 90*0.33=29.7/2=14.85
A end of year exam 80% 80*0.33=26.4/2=13.2
15.3+14.85+13.2=43.35 raw
allow for scaling 41.
Is this THE way to work out a ss?
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it was what a psych teacher at my school said. and trust me, he is very smart! been teaching it for over 30 years. and he read the question properly
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UCS - being critisized
UCR - anxiety
CS - work
CR - anxiety for work
it fits classical.
yeh thats what i got..hoping for an A man after B+ on midyear..shattered me:(.. do you think i can get a 38 with that and an average sac mark of 93% over both units?? top of the class in sacs.
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omgsh yeah ur situation is just like me!!....but wasnt last semesters exam you had to get above 95% to get an a+? if you got 80% in exam 1, it was equilavent to a B or B+......thats wat i heard??
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im fairly sure its classical. The anxiety being the CR to arriving at work, the CS.
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I said operant conditioning, as there is no reinforcement in classical conditioning. By not coming to work, he was negatively reinforced as it removed the unpleasant stimulus of his boss' criticisms.
I also said spontaneous recovery did not occur, simply because extinction didn't. My reasoning for this is that for extinction to have occurred, James would have needed to feel no anxiety despite his boss' criticisms, which didn't happen since he hid in his house.
What did you guys say about the question with the consolidation theory?
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UCS - being critisized
UCR - anxiety
CS - work
CR - anxiety for work
it fits classical.
I thought it was operant, James not going to work is negative reinforcement, he is taking away an aversive stimulus (going to work) in order to receive a pleasant consequence (no anxiety).
And it wasn't spontaneously recovered as it was never extinguished in the first place.
I stuffed up question 8 a) iii. I though it meant Gayle (the girl) and the father so I thought it was referring to two people. Then when i came out of the exam, I had a second look at my teacher's copy and realised it was asking about just the father. I couldn't answer it properly because I was lost, how do I answer it for both the girl and her father when I've already answered for the girl in the first part of the question. Curse my stupidity ><
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omgsh yeah ur situation is just like me!!....but wasnt last semesters exam you had to get above 95% to get an a+? if you got 80% in exam 1, it was equilavent to a B or B+......thats wat i heard??
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omgsh yeah ur situation is just like me!!....but wasnt last semesters exam you had to get above 95% to get an a+? if you got 80% in exam 1, it was equilavent to a B or B+......thats wat i heard??
yeah thats what i heard to.. i dunno i hope i can get 38 atleast.. worked my butt off all year just havent prevailed
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Holy shit I think I wrote Classical Conditioning and then put Negative Reinforcement...haha oh dear.
Now I'm just even more confused.
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i think i did the same, wrote classical conditioning but then wrote about negative reinforcement. oh my im confused. lol and i also sed it wasn't spontaneously recovered because it was never extinguished.
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[quote author=hopelessxhearts link=topic=7098.msg87312#msg87312
I stuffed up question 8 a) iii. I though it meant Gayle (the girl) and the father so I thought it was referring to two people. Then when i came out of the exam, I had a second look at my teacher's copy and realised it was asking about just the father. I couldn't answer it properly because I was lost, how do I answer it for both the girl and her father when I've already answered for the girl in the first part of the question. Curse my stupidity ><
haha yes! that's what I did too, the wording sucked.
"Gayle and Luke's father" - i thought they were from different parents or something random :o
I think i still put the right answer in there somewhere though, for the second part. sigh, couldn't they have just written 'the father'?
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hhahaha i did that tooo...i put classical conditioning for the first part and then in the next question wrote negative reinforcement!!
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im fairly certain it was classical conditioning, for the reasons everyone has given
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if you noticed, AFTER that question, it gave you new information about his situation - it was telling you about how he behaved
that then prompted you to talk about negative reinforcement.
that EXTRA information is what changes everything
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Holy shit I think I wrote Classical Conditioning and then put Negative Reinforcement...haha oh dear.
Now I'm just even more confused.
couldn't it be a 'hybrid' case? like the second part of the question was where operant conditioning principles applied i.e. negative reinforcement and the first part was referring to classical conditioning?
The way they have set out of question seems like that...how they write a separate scenario for the second part (i.e. sick leave) to trick us into writing the same for both.
sorry if this didn't make much sense...
uh yeah, what the person above said
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[quote author=hopelessxhearts link=topic=7098.msg87312#msg87312
I stuffed up question 8 a) iii. I though it meant Gayle (the girl) and the father so I thought it was referring to two people. Then when i came out of the exam, I had a second look at my teacher's copy and realised it was asking about just the father. I couldn't answer it properly because I was lost, how do I answer it for both the girl and her father when I've already answered for the girl in the first part of the question. Curse my stupidity ><
haha yes! that's what I did too, the wording sucked.
"Gayle and Luke's father" - i thought they were from different parents or something random :o
I think i still put the right answer in there somewhere though, for the second part. sigh, couldn't they have just written 'the father'?
LOL me too. I was like wait, Gayle AND the father? But it already asked for Gayle.. then I realised it was just the father.. they should've been worded as -
Luke:
Gayle:
Their Father:
Since i over analyse everything wayy too much.
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im fairly certain it was classical conditioning, for the reasons everyone has given
BUT
if you noticed, AFTER that question, it gave you new information about his situation - it was telling you about how he behaved
that then prompted you to talk about negative reinforcement.
that EXTRA information is what changes everything
what did you put for the spontaneous recovery??
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NO, spontaneous recovery didn't occur
Because he was purely avoiding the unpleasant stimulus - had spontaneous recovery occured, the behaviour had to have been extinct. and there was no evidence to tell us that it had been extinguished.
to me it seems just a trick question, to separate the men from the boys... most people who don't think about it enough, will just assume that it occurs
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yeah thats wot i said too. i jst was getting confused cos of other peoples answers.
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NO, spontaneous recovery didn't occur
Because he was purely avoiding the unpleasant stimulus - had spontaneous recovery occured, the behaviour had to have been extinct. and there was no evidence to tell us that it had been extinguished.
to me it seems just a trick question, to separate the men from the boys... most people who don't think about it enough, will just assume that it occurs
aahahaha
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lol yeah teacher said no spontaneous recovery occurred
i dont think i did too well even though i studied so much
took more time to do it that i had hoped
anyone else stress over the spontaneous recovery question like i did?
although my whole class wrote no it didnt at the end so i was relieved i did too and teacher confirmed it
my thoughts on the exam
high A low A+
although pray to god high-mid A+:P
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im quite certain spontaneous recovery did not occur, as whenever the CS was present, the UCS was present all the time. Therefore extinction never occured. But hey, thats just my thoughts!
Also, can anyone else confirm that it was OK to put withdrawal rights on the last question? And also, in the statistically difference question, was it sufficient to say "yes" or did you have to say "yes, as p < 0.05"? Cheers!
i'm not sure if you could just write "yes", i did that in the 2006 vcaa exam in class, and my teacher marked every student who just wrote "yes" as wrong, because according to the examiners report, you needed this:
"The results are statistically significant. The probability that the results occurred by chance alone is stated to be less than five per cent (p < .05)."
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ARGH. I'm so glad it is over. I've been stressing out for ages about it, and now its done.
But I screwed up baaaaad! Made many silly mistakes, put operant for that James question, the second the exam finished, I changed my mind.
Also mind blanked on the research measures, and had a horrible headache the whole time.
BUT PSYCH IS FINISHED!!! :D
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so let's have a psych party yeah:P
only ppl doing psych are invited
xavier college not on list you guys might wreck the place im sorry
nah just kidding u guys can come too:P
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haha!
congratulations to all psych '08ers! :)
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legal ftw :P
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For the question in research methods about random sampling.
Did anyone say it was?
Because every participant had an equal chance of volunteering to be part of the study, thus it would have been random sampling wouldn't it?
Although I put that it wasn't random sampling... after talking to friends it seems as if it was actually random sampling for the experiment.
Trick question?
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killsdow sorry i dont think it can be cos the fact that people came forward (volunteering) doesnt make it random
only a certain type of person would want to volunteer, hence its not representative of a true random cross section of the population
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can u say "yes, as p<0.05"...is that sufficient or do u need more words?
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Doesn't that apply to normal random sampling anyway? Since people that participate in any study must choose to do so voluntarily...
ie. Voluntary participation code of ethics
The more I think about it the more it feels like I got tricked ><"
edit: And I just said yes, it was only worth one mark so it should be fine.
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a psych teacher at my school said voluntary participation is not one that was breached, been teaching the sub for over 30 years. he did although say that integrity and beneficence were acceptable. he said that some students may not have needed the extra marks or something and those who did participate did it voluntarily, thus it was not breached. he said it in a more complicated way lol
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i did random sampling and voluntary participation
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YAY! It's over!
I am pretty happy with how I went. I didn't walk out of the examination room thinking, "oh shit I did terribly", so that's a start at least.
I'm going to go check over my answers now to estimate a result haha.
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i am not sure i did wat lulu did i am so confused
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i liked this exam. thought it was pretty easy, hoping for b+ - a
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Wait can someone please tell me what they wrote for what the population and sample was of the study and put me out of my misery? It was in the SA section about the research senario...
:'( ???
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Population: 200 first year psychology students
Sample: 40 first year psychology students
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i added 'from kookaburra uni.' onto the end of each answer...
does that make it wrong?
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i did that too
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i specified 20 male and 20 female in the sample... is that ok?
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For the sample, I wrote this:
40 First Year Psychology students who wanted extra marks
Is that still correct???
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im quite certain spontaneous recovery did not occur, as whenever the CS was present, the UCS was present all the time. Therefore extinction never occured. But hey, thats just my thoughts!
Also, can anyone else confirm that it was OK to put withdrawal rights on the last question? And also, in the statistically difference question, was it sufficient to say "yes" or did you have to say "yes, as p < 0.05"? Cheers!
i'm not sure if you could just write "yes", i did that in the 2006 vcaa exam in class, and my teacher marked every student who just wrote "yes" as wrong, because according to the examiners report, you needed this:
"The results are statistically significant. The probability that the results occurred by chance alone is stated to be less than five per cent (p < .05)."
cheers for the reply. i looked at the question in 2006 and it said "are the results statistically significant", to which you would write yes, as p is less than .05.
however today's question was "is there a statisticlaly significant difference between results". The p value might still be less than .05 and there may not be a difference between the scores, which is probably why i didnt add it in hmmmmm.
haha pretty silly that im stressing over one trivial one mark quesiton tho
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i wrote withdrawl rights weren't stated but being psychology students it was assumed that they were aware of it
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i wrote withdrawal rights as well, because it wasn't mentioned, but most people i know wrote voluntary participation, so i'm kind of worried
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i put withdrawel rights also - most of the past exams i did, if it didn't mention something, it counted as an ethics breach
and it clearly said "THEY WERE DEBRIEFED"
which made me assume they wanted u to remember something that hadn't been mentioned
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Ah, I put justice for the last question. I just couldn't think of anything else so I said that it was unfair (to those who didn't volunteer) that they were able to recieve extra marks just for volunteering.
I didn't write voluntary participation because the fact that they volunteered to take part in the experiment themselves threw me off.
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hey you know for the father son daughter scenario, i also put negative reinforcement for the son, because the daughter was fighting with him but the father removed her so that reinforced his behaviour?? any idea if that could be correct.. i can see why people put positive reinforcement to.
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Positive reinforcement was the correct answer for the son, because he is getting reinforced (ie. getting the toy) for a particular behaviour (ie. being loud)
Negative Reinforcement was only for the Father, he took away an annoying stimulus (Gayle) and in turn got peace and quiet (positive consequence)
Hope that made sense..
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The correct answer was the for the last q was voluntary patricipation.
Vocluntary paticipation= participants are not forced to take part in the experiment and can not take part with no negative consequences.
The students who chose not to take part incurred neg consequences thus VP is correct.
Also, I think the sample was: 20 males and 20 female first year psych students from kookaburra uni, and the pop was: first year psych students from kookaburra uni.
the question specifically stated that the researcher was looking the effects of sugar on first year students form kookaburra university.
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yeh but other answers should be accepted for the ethical breach. such that of beneficence or integrity
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a psych teacher at my school said voluntary participation is not one that was breached, been teaching the sub for over 30 years. he did although say that integrity and beneficence were acceptable. he said that some students may not have needed the extra marks or something and those who did participate did it voluntarily, thus it was not breached. he said it in a more complicated way lol
But it WAS breached. They're supposed to want to take part in their study on their own WITHOUT influence from the experimenter. The experimenter, however, offered those who participated a reward thus that would be an insentive to participate and would probably influence students to join the study to pass or something. Maybe those students wouldn't have done it if they didn't have a 'reward' so it was breached.
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hey for the spontaneous recovery q - do you know if NO was the only answer? Could you say yes and if you explained it /attempted to, get 1 or 2 marks? It was out of 2 marks. thanks :)
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james experienced negative reinforcement - he wasn't being told off by his boss, therefore the removal of something negative.
I said operant conditioning for the start of that question, but I'm pretty sure it was classical :S
also, with luke and gayle etc., do you think I would still get full marks if I wrote this:
Gayle: unpleasant consequence (punishment)
Luke: pleasant consequence (positive reinforcement)
Gayle and Luke's dad: pleasant consequence (negative reinforcement)
the way the question was phrased, I thought they were asking whether the consequence was good or bad, but after I got out of the exam I realised that was dumb haha. lucky I put the answer in brackets, do you think that will count?
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hey who want's some pancakes?
bitches
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also, with luke and gayle etc., do you think I would still get full marks if I wrote this:
Gayle: unpleasant consequence (punishment)
Luke: pleasant consequence (positive reinforcement)
Gayle and Luke's dad: pleasant consequence (negative reinforcement)
the way the question was phrased, I thought they were asking whether the consequence was good or bad, but after I got out of the exam I realised that was dumb haha. lucky I put the answer in brackets, do you think that will count?
oh shit i did the same, except i didnt put in brackets punishment or whatever i just had pleasant and annoying consequence, i also thought the way the question was phrased was a bit confusing haha.
ok so maybe now im looking at a b+ haha
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did anyone notice that the hardest questions in the multiple choice were taken directly from past exams? as well as the wording for a lot of the other questions were pretty weird. looks like they were testing for english comprehension rather than knowledge in the course. i think it was pretty good overall though. research investigations was pretty much a blur though. was it a repeated measures design that they used?
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did anyone notice that the hardest questions in the multiple choice were taken directly from past exams? as well as the wording for a lot of the other questions were pretty weird. looks like they were testing for english comprehension rather than knowledge in the course. i think it was pretty good overall though. research investigations was pretty much a blur though. was it a repeated measures design that they used?
Independent groups. Group one was experimental, group two the control. --> sugar, no sugar.
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yea.. the question about preparing at 9.30 the night before for a presentation...and what he should do...was from '07
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if i wrote independent research design..that's wrong isn't it? I kind of blanked out on the word groups during the exam. Ah well.
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i put independent groups. and should the dude have gone to bed? thats what i put haha
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yeah if its the same as last years he should go to bed...
although, it was 9.30 at night!!
pretty early if you ask me, he'll just have pre-presentation jitters and not sleep till 12 anyway, silly vcaa!!
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hey for the spontaneous recovery q - do you know if NO was the only answer? Could you say yes and if you explained it /attempted to, get 1 or 2 marks? It was out of 2 marks. thanks :)
yeh I'm curious about this too ?
I know the answer was no.
But would you still get 1 mark if u defined spontaneous recovery, even if u said yes?