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VCE Stuff => VCE Science => VCE Mathematics/Science/Technology => VCE Subjects + Help => VCE Psychology => Topic started by: Nick on November 28, 2007, 09:55:56 pm
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It's almost time to purchase your books for next year and I thought it would be a good idea to post some resources that I found handy for psych in 2007.
All these were extremely valuable and I think it would be an advantage to get your hands on one or more of these resources.
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Psychology for the VCE student- by John Grivas/Linda Carter/Ross Down This would be the best text book by far. It can be wordy at times, but it states everything well and goes into sufficient detail in a fairly simplistic manner.
Psych NOTES Unit 3/ Psych NOTES Unit 4 2nd Ed.- Milesi/Vainer
These paperback books summarise the course content well, although they should not replace the text. It also contains good practice questions for exam preparation.
Psychology Checkpoints- Max Jory. This is an excellent buy. Includes past exam questions (short answer and multiple choice).
Psychology Study packs (Unit 3/4)- published by Jacaranda
These are good summary cards which are useful for short revision sessions leading up to the exam. They outline the basics, but are still useful at times.
NEAP Practice exam publication- this contains about 6 practice exams which NEAP have published into a paperback addition. It can be purchased from the NEAP website.
Psychology revise-in-a-month paperbackThis resource didn't really appeal to me but some of my class mates found it to be of good assistance.
Hope this helps :wink:
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I found NEAP Smart Study Practise questions to be quite comprehensive and challenging (which is what you want, really) and of course, practise exams especially VCAA ones are a must.
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I found NEAP Smart Study Practise questions to be quite comprehensive and challenging (which is what you want, really) and of course, practise exams especially VCAA ones are a must.
Was that a greenish book, Eriny?
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I think it was orange or red. I can't really remember, I borrowed it from the library.
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I have a few powerpoint presentations that carla (justcarla on bos) sent to me, for unit 3 they were quite useful =) and i came across one for unit 4, if anyone wants them just let me know and ill post them =) or send them to you directly
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Yes please
Im new to Pysch so I need all the help I can get lol
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Ok here are the powerpoint presentations ... Hope they are useful =)
Unit 3:
http://rapidshare.com/files/75568291/Brain_and_Nervous_System.ppt.html
http://rapidshare.com/files/75567266/Visual_Perception.ppt.html
http://rapidshare.com/files/75568292/States_of_Consciousness.ppt.html
http://rapidshare.com/files/75568294/Sleep.ppt.html (just an extra one)
Unit 4:
http://rapidshare.com/files/75567264/VCE_Psychology_Unit_4_Exam_Revision_2007.ppt.html
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And podcards: http://www.podcards.com.au/
The site isn't working right now, but you can download flashcards for each ares of study and they're perfect to view on your phone/ipod or to print out and use as real flashcards.
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I was looking through my bookmarks, and found some Psych sites I found to be really useful :)
YouTube video on neuropsychology: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eZTAAIt3QU
Visual Fields: http://www.e-advisor.us/visual_fields.php
Sleep Disorders: http://www.neurologychannel.com/sleepdisorders/
Memory Test: http://www.plasform.com.au/worksheets/00_memory.html
Learning - Classical Or Respondent Conditioning, Operant Or Instrumental Conditioning, Relationship Of Learning To School Performance - Observational Learning: http://social.jrank.org/pages/368/Learning.html
Videos of most of the experiments in 'Learning' can be found on YouTube (yes, YouTube is an educational tool)
APA's ethical guidelines in psychological research: http://www.apa.org/ethics/code2002.html
Online Psychology Dictionary: http://allpsych.com/dictionary/
Hope it helps :)
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The one about visual fields is particularly good- nice one Eriny. I remember using that for revision of visual perception as it was often a pretty complex topic to get your head around. :)
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I can't believe I forgot to post the Study Design. That is one very very important resource:
http://vcaa.vic.edu.au/vce/studies/psychology/psychoindex.html
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I /heart the leading edge
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my boyfriend (timtasticle) who did psych last year gave me these psych podcrammers there from pearson interactive and you can get them off the net i thought they were great when i was reading through chapters for my holiday homework to make sure i understood it all.
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my boyfriend (timtasticle) who did psych last year gave me these psych podcrammers there from pearson interactive and you can get them off the net i thought they were great when i was reading through chapters for my holiday homework to make sure i understood it all.
do u mean podcards? www.podcards.com.au
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nah podcrammers there like audio notes you put onto your ipod :D
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do you have a website for these podcramers lol
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sure do!
http://www.pearsoned.com.au/Podcrammers/
there made by pearson interactive
they dont just have psych either they have physics, biol, chem as well :)
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these notes are awesome guys. i can't tell you how thankful i am XD
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sure do!
http://www.pearsoned.com.au/Podcrammers/
there made by pearson interactive
they dont just have psych either they have physics, biol, chem as well :)
Very few people can use podcasts and still retain information… I’d discourage using these if you tend to require visual information to enforce what you’re being told, or if you are easily distracted.
For me, VCE podcasts is like listening to a lullaby. I’m easily distracted, and start daydreaming about unrelated things, and don’t retain any of what’s being articulated.
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Yeah, when I use Lectopia (audio lecture thing for university), I need to make sure I am looking at relevant study material (the lecture slides), or else I cannot learn.
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Podcasts are a complete waste of time. I had some for history last year and it was impossible to absorb the information sufficiently. Nothing beats simply reading the material. It may be boring or more time consuming, but your retention is guaranteed to be effective.
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Podcasts are a complete waste of time. I had some for history last year and it was impossible to absorb the information sufficiently. Nothing beats simply reading the material. It may be boring or more time consuming, but your retention is guaranteed to be effective.
Yeah i agree, i guess it's because you're focusing more by reading it
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I find if I'm taking notes and am relatively interested in the topic, I can absorb a lot just listening to people speak. I think I get more out of reading though, unless the speaker is really good.
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i found that listening to the aos on the podcrammers was a really good way to just get an understanding of what the aos was about and then build from there in class with the text book and my own notes and then i listened to them for revision as well.
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i just listened to the sample and that is probably the most annoying voice i've heard in a long time.
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heys
Can someone who has the powerpoints which odette provided the links for, upload the powerpoints because the links are broken, the message is Error, so im guessing since it has been a long time the link just stopped working.
O yea another thing you know podcards i heard they used to be free is this true?, coz it costs money now. . . . and i got no job so i really cant afford =[
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they havent been free for a long while. i have the 2008 ones
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My friends, godspeed.
http://rapidshare.com/files/170789958/Psychology_Exams.rar
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Ok here are the powerpoint presentations ... Hope they are useful =)
Unit 3:
http://rapidshare.com/files/75568291/Brain_and_Nervous_System.ppt.html
http://rapidshare.com/files/75567266/Visual_Perception.ppt.html
http://rapidshare.com/files/75568292/States_of_Consciousness.ppt.html
http://rapidshare.com/files/75568294/Sleep.ppt.html (just an extra one)
Unit 4:
http://rapidshare.com/files/75567264/VCE_Psychology_Unit_4_Exam_Revision_2007.ppt.html
The unit 3 links don't work, so just pm me and I'll email them to you :)
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can you send them to me please?
thank you
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O yea another thing you know podcards i heard they used to be free is this true?, coz it costs money now. . . . and i got no job so i really cant afford =[
I've got the podcards on my computer. I'll see if I can upload them maybe later today or tomorrow.
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Ok here are the powerpoint presentations ... Hope they are useful =)
Unit 3:
http://rapidshare.com/files/75568291/Brain_and_Nervous_System.ppt.html
http://rapidshare.com/files/75567266/Visual_Perception.ppt.html
http://rapidshare.com/files/75568292/States_of_Consciousness.ppt.html
http://rapidshare.com/files/75568294/Sleep.ppt.html (just an extra one)
Unit 4:
http://rapidshare.com/files/75567264/VCE_Psychology_Unit_4_Exam_Revision_2007.ppt.html
if you still come on, can you please send them to me?
The unit 3 links don't work, so just pm me and I'll email them to you :)