Hello,
Yes I've got a few questions...
1. If there are content on the study design, let's say we don't understand, how would you go about revising for the content?
Hi student1011! Cheers for your questions!
If you're struggling to understand something, my first port of call was always the textbook. I have the Grivas one, and I find it quite useful.
My next strategy was to go to my teacher/tutor, and hopefully they're good. If that doesn't work at all, there are some good places on the Internet (e.g.
https://www.youtube.com/user/Psyccounting/featured) that can be turned up with a Google search, although I didn't use one particular one repeatedly. Otherwise, practice questions are a great way to check if you actually understand something
I hope this helps - this is kind of an individual thing in terms of how you learn best!
2. If you got a low mark on psych or a lower mark than expected how would you motivate yourself to keep going?
Great question! Unfortunately most students will get at least one mark that they're not overly happy with at some stage throughout the year (myself included). My advice is to never give up on a subject - one bad SAC isn't going to significantly damage your study score as the exam is worth 60%.
In terms of motivation - I didn't set myself any specific goals in Year 12 (e.g. I want an ATAR of 95+), I just wanted to do the best that I could in every SAC and exam, and that turned out ok for me
So don't beat yourself up over one SAC mark, and just work consistently throughout the year!
3. Finally how would you word your answers to get full marks in questions?
Another top question
Unfortunately there is no magic formula for writing top Psych answers
A couple of pieces of advice - make sure you include key terms, even if you think that they're obvious at times (e.g. classical conditioning). Refer to the example in the question as much as you can (obviously without being ridiculous) to show that you're linking your answer to the specific question. Other than that, be concise and don't bother rewriting the information that they've given you in the question (just refer to it). If it is a 2 mark question, I also try to make two clear, valid points, to make sure that I get the full marks
Thanks for the questions, I hoped that helped!