VCE Psychology Exam Sample Solutions and Discussion 2017

[miafevola]

I've always learnt cortisol to be released in the resistance stage not countershock??

[howey]

I've always learnt cortisol to be released in the resistance stage not countershock??

Yep, that's what I'd always learnt too! That's what the Jacaranda textbook says, although the Oxford textbook says it is released during countershock. I put countershock as the answer simply because I feel like it is more logical for them to have one option relating to all three stages of the GAS, rather than two of them being 'resistance'. As I said though, I'm not VCAA, so I'm not entirely 100% sure.

[pha0015]

Question 4
Bee Stinging question.

a) Division of nervous system - Somatic nervous system
Response - Spinal reflex

Howey - I challenge thee on what the response was!

Since she was just (don't exactly remember what the action was) moving away leg/hand or swatting bee away.... it was a VOLUNTARY response
i think that the question specified that it was before the spinal reflex....

Correct me if I'm wrong!

[larahi]

Hi just a quick question Tim...
for the question regarding Serena and the bee sting, the details include that before her involuntary spinal reflex action she took notice of the bee and "swatted" it away. So therefore wouldn't the response be a voluntary one achieved through motor neurons?

[Rowwin]

Spinal reflex?? I thought the question asked about when she brushed the bee off her leg, now when she kicked out. I put voluntary response for that reason.

[merryn_hall]

Ten marker was about sleep. How shift work affects the circadian rhythm etc. What protective factor did everyone use? For some reason i said social support... After discussion with my classmates, it made sense to just say diet etc.

I wrote about sleep hygeine.. sleeping in a dark room etc. is that right?

[pha0015]

Ten marker was about sleep. How shift work affects the circadian rhythm etc. What protective factor did everyone use? For some reason i said social support... After discussion with my classmates, it made sense to just say diet etc.

You guys are making me cry internally...

I said something along the lines of stimulus control therapy and sleep hygiene, even knowing that they were interventions... basically improving "sleep habits". Is there any merit to my answer?

[howey]

Howey - I challenge thee on what the response was!

Since she was just (don't exactly remember what the action was) moving away leg/hand or swatting bee away.... it was a VOLUNTARY response
i think that the question specified that it was before the spinal reflex....

Correct me if I'm wrong!

Hi just a quick question Tim...
for the question regarding Serena and the bee sting, the details include that before her involuntary spinal reflex action she took notice of the bee and "swatted" it away. So therefore wouldn't the response be a voluntary one achieved through motor neurons?

Great pickup - I didn't read the question closely enough! Thanks very much, I will amend my post immediately!

[pha0015]

I wrote about sleep hygeine.. sleeping in a dark room ect. is that right?

i have an ally!

[pha0015]

Anyone! I implore for insight on the 5 mark question about how the results different groups of mice would lead to the conclusion that caffeine suppresses stress and mood.

[isobelj]

Just realized I stuffed up the first questions and I wrote resistance and Alarm reaction in the wrong box. Now I shall leave because this discussion is REALLY stressing me out and making my concerned about my mark/performance.

Hey dude, please don’t let it eat away at you too much! It’s only two marks out of 120. In the grand scheme of things, it doesn’t matter as much as it seems to right now.

[pha0015]

For the neurohormone I didn't know whether to put adrenaline or noradrenaline, so I wrote "adrenaline stimulates the release of noradrenaline... "(followed by a quasi-correct definition of how it relates to signalling hippocampus to consolidate memory (in retrospect, I think function was supposed to refer to FFF response... ) - does that mean my answer can't be correct?

[Globe]

This got me too! The book says however that adrenaline causes the subsequent release of noradrenaline.. So maybe it is Adrenaline? ALSO WTF THAT 5 MARKER ON COMPARING THE RESULTS WAS TOTAL BS

[pha0015]

ALSO WTF THAT 5 MARKER ON COMPARING THE RESULTS WAS TOTAL BS

When everyone worries about the 5 marker instead of the 10 marker - wish my life was that easy LOL

[howey]

For the neurohormone I didn't know whether to put adrenaline or noradrenaline, as the release of adrenaline stimulates the release of noradrenaline... (followed a quasi-correct definition) - does that mean my answer can be correct?

This got me too! The book says however that adrenaline causes the subsequent release of noradrenaline.. So maybe it is Adrenaline?

same problem!

I was tossing up exactly the same thing, guys, so I'm not 100% sure. I think adrenaline would definitely be marked as correct (as it is explicitly mentioned in the relevant SD point), but noradrenaline is a pretty fair answer (in my opinion) too.