VCE Psychology Exam Sample Solutions and Discussion 2017

[barryexo]

ohhh that makes sense, thank you

 
I thought it was context too coz it clearly said indoor
and is the exam posted up or did u just remember the question

[howey]

hey howey,
wouldn't the consolidation for the fear response be in the hippocampus ? as jacplus specifically mentions its role in long term memory consolidation and the formation of emotional memories ?

Hey amyxz,
Because a fear response is a classically conditioned implicit memory, the amygdala would be the key brain structure involved.

[Joseph41]

A COPY OF THE EXAM.

[forbiddensoulxx]

Hey howey, just in regards to MC question 27, I was under the impression that well-learned procedural responses are stored in the cerebral cortex, and only consolidated and temporarily stored in the cerebellum. Also, for question 42, wouldn't challenging unrealistic thoughts come under social support since I assumed the thoughts were being challenged by family members if that made sense.

[forbiddensoulxx]

For MC question 40 what makes it a and not d? Like what example is there in the scenario of an internal factor

From what I infer, generally since both external and internal factors affect mental health they both affect it. Also, Glen experienced internal problems such as stress due to him not being able to take his kids to the park, etc.

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i said emotion focused strategy instead of approach for 6b like i wrote emotion focused / approach and then spoke about seeing a job counsellor would that be wrong?

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also sorry i wrote alarm (counterhsock) instead of alarm reaction (countershock) would that loose a mark?

[bdgonz]

Hey Howey! Just wondering if I could ask you about your answer for MCQ 36. I picked option C because they all seemed wrong, but that one seemed most correct.

[barryexo]

for q1, i just wrote counter shock,, is that wrong

[bdgonz]

for q1, i just wrote counter shock,, is that wrong

It's not wrong, but it's not completely correct. To get the mark I reckon you would've had to say Alarm Reaction and THEN specified Countershock.

[papaya seed]

For MCQ 31, isn't order effect a potential extraneous variable in a repeated measures design and hence the answer could possibly be B? That was my thought process anyway because it didn't explicitly say that she used a placebo or maybe i just didn't read the question carefully

[bdgonz]

For MCQ 31, isn't order effect a potential extraneous variable in a repeated measures design and hence the answer could possibly be B? That was my thought process anyway because it didn't explicitly say that she used a placebo or maybe i just didn't read the question carefully

The answer wasn't B, because in the scenario the individuals completed the groups in the same order. So order effects might have been present, but the experimenter didn't actually use counterbalancing to stop the potential extraneous variable. Therefore A is the only correct answer. Don't stress about this though, it's just one mark!

[barryexo]

For MCQ 31, isn't order effect a potential extraneous variable in a repeated measures design and hence the answer could possibly be B? That was my thought process anyway because it didn't explicitly say that she used a placebo or maybe i just didn't read the question carefully

   it said one group contained no caffeine and one 20 mg of caffeine, so i reckon that no caffeine is a placebo effect,
i did counterbalancing as well, coz i didnt read the part it said "was used by Dr Chan", and i just thought that it asked what can be used

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Could someone please tell me
I think i lost around 10 marks on this exam (give or take a couple) but im ranked first with sac scores in high 90s
What study score do you think I might get??

[papaya seed]

The answer wasn't B, because in the scenario the individuals completed the groups in the same order. So order effects might have been present, but the experimenter didn't actually use counterbalancing to stop the potential extraneous variable. Therefore A is the only correct answer. Don't stress about this though, it's just one mark!

   it said one group contained no caffeine and one 20 mg of caffeine, so i reckon that no caffeine is a placebo effect,
i did counterbalancing as well, coz i didnt read the part it said "was used by Dr Chan", and i just thought that it asked what can be used

That's gonna annoy me so much ahaha but alg, THANKS

Also, for the first question i put resistance twice because i knew for sure that that's what the Jacaranda book said, even thought it looked weird to me at the time so not sure how that's going to play out either