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VCE Stuff => VCE Science => VCE Mathematics/Science/Technology => VCE Subjects + Help => VCE Psychology => Topic started by: Moe112 on April 30, 2011, 04:59:52 pm
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Hi everyone :),
So as the title states I need some help with preparing for SAC's and the upcoming mid-terms. So we have completed two SAC's so far I managed to score an A+ on both, the problem is that being my first 3/4 subject I'm worried that my revision skills aren't good enough to get me through the rest of the year, and that I got lucky.
The only form of revision I have done before either SAC was to add a bunch of key terms from the text book to my glossary book for easy reference and complete some questions from the text book. So my question is what are some sure fire revision techniques for SAC's and Exams?
Sorry if my question is in the wrong place or if it's stupid, and I know that practise exams are probably the way to go
but any input or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
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Know every dot point of the study design back to front, and base your revision around that; also there's quite a few case studies (like phineas gage, etc) so just understand those well because it could help you write a better answer for the potential essay question in section C. Know research methods well; not in extreme detail like the other chapters, but just know the basics at least, because they are examinable. Other than that, just link back everything you learn to what you already know, try to make some concepts relatable to yourself (like memory and sleep) so you remember them better. And if you want, use mindmaps to make links between various concepts. And do a good amount of practice exams :)
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Thanks bud, I didn't even take into account the case studies as revision material and I the mind map idea is a goodie I'll have to start working on that soon. Also are there any practice exams that you could recommend? I've done 1 or 2 so far but they were really basic.
Edit: Sorry guys theres another thing I wanted to know, where abouts is everyone in terms of topics? (Eg: Just started/finished memory/learning).
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I need help in preparing for the mid year i have trouble concentrating i cant just sit down and study psychology i'v done the answers for the dot points but my biggest problem is learning them the material is not hard but the amount puts me off...
So can some one please help me find a good technique in learning them?
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well my class are doing memory and i think we've almost finished it...just gotta finish presenting our memory presentation SACs to the class i'm pretty sure.
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Certainly do the past exams even if it is the old study design - you can do about 2/3 of a past exam paper
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I need help in preparing for the mid year i have trouble concentrating i cant just sit down and study psychology i'v done the answers for the dot points but my biggest problem is learning them the material is not hard but the amount puts me off...
So can some one please help me find a good technique in learning them?
To be honest I just put my head down and do it, just remember that almost everything you learn this year will some how link to each other so just make the link and you should be alright. Good luck with it :).
well my class are doing memory and i think we've almost finished it...just gotta finish presenting our memory presentation SACs to the class i'm pretty sure.
Yeah were about the same, I was just worried we were behind.
Certainly do the past exams even if it is the old study design - you can do about 2/3 of a past exam paper
I figured with the new study design the old papers would just be a waste, but if you think we could do at least 2/3 of it then I guess I'll give it a go.
Thanks for the reply's everyone.
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Btw, UNIT 4 practice papers from the last study design will have memory as one of the sections so 1/3 of it will be useful to our mid year.
P.S.-Anybody have recommendations on good psych 3&4 text books? Just asking because the psych text books tend to have minor differences.
Such as the duration of short-term memory. One had 18 seconds and another had 16-20 seconds.
However, on the practice exam I did, the answers stated 12-16 seconds!! :tickedoff:
So yeah... :-\
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The best book is Grivas as most of the state uses it.
As for STM stick with 18-20s.
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The duration of short term memory needs to be checked due to it says anything from 18 to 30 seconds in a range of textbooks, but I'm unsure to whether I should say 18 to 30 or 20-30. Could someone correct this or is certain beliefs on shortm memory related to specific models of memory?
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Err I think I just said 18-20...
30 is THE MAXIMUM, 18-20 is the most common, average duration. It will be accepted as correct.
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Atar is right, I believe average is 18-20 seconds and with rehearsal it can be up to 30 seconds.
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Atar is right, I believe average is 18-20 seconds and with rehearsal it can be up to 30 seconds.
Err, with rehearsal it can be held up for an infinite amount of time.
Guys seriously it's not that hard. 18-20s.
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theres this one bit that confuses me like crazy, amplitude and frequency thing. How do you know whether its high/low frequency or high/low amplitude? I've been doing practice questions on that and i keep getting it wrong if not i guess my way through those questions.
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theres this one bit that confuses me like crazy, amplitude and frequency thing. How do you know whether its high/low frequency or high/low amplitude? I've been doing practice questions on that and i keep getting it wrong if not i guess my way through those questions.
I'm assuming this is to do with brainwave patterns...I'm sure your textbook should have it and a diagram of the brainwaves.
Simply stated, amplitude refers to the how high the waves go up and down.
Frequency is how fast it occurs or repeats...so if it is high frequency means there are alot of brain waves per second...
blarggrh i suck at explaining
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hmm yeah i understand that but i dont know how to tell if its high or low. The text book doesnt explain properly, but thanks for trying. :D
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Think about it this war. Amplitude refers to the height of the curve, whereas frequency refers to how many periods has happened, or in other words, how many times that the high and low peaks repeat themselves. The best way to understand whether to tell what is high and low is to look at different curves and tell the difference.
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Sine_waves_different_frequencies.svg/800px-Sine_waves_different_frequencies.svg.png)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sine_waves_different_frequencies.svg
Look at those curves. The lowest frequency is the red line on top. The highest frequency is the pink line on the bottom.
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What he said lol
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Could some one give me a hand in coming up with an ERA title, the ERA we did compared Mnemonic devices, Narrative Chaining specifically to Maintenance Rehearsal (pretty much like Bower & Clark's study). The best I could come up with was "Chaining Memories together" or "Memory Chaining", pretty pathetic I know but any help or input would be very much so appreciated.
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"An investigation of memory: mnemonic devices, narrative chaining and maintainance rehearsal"
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Err I'm pretty sure maintenance rehearsal doesn't come under 'mnemonic' techniques.
I'd put something like:
"Comparing maintenance rehearsal to narrative chaining as techniques to remember information."
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I like both of them, they're much more formal and classy than my attempts what do you think of this:
"An Investigation of Memory: Comparing effectiveness of Mnemonic devices to Maintenance Rehearsal."
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You don't have Mnemonic deviceS - you only have one.
"An Investigation of Memory: Comparing effectiveness of Narrative Chaining to Maintenance Rehearsal _____________
Comparing its effectiveness for what? for capacity? duration? for the fun of it? because I feel like it?
Make sure you make it explicitly clear what your expeirment is about.
Eg my ERA title was:
Comparing the relative sensitivity (its so called 'effectiveness') of recall as a measure of retention when compared to Recognition.
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Fair enough I see what you mean on the "devices", but the problem is we are restricted to 12 words I wanted to add in " on word recall" but it exceeded the limit. I think I'll scrap the first part and go with something similar to yours if you don't mind me doing that.
"Comparing the effectiveness of Narrative Chaining to Maintenance Rehearsal on recall ability"
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Much, much better.
Okay I'm off to do my own Psych revision now ;)