Psychology Unit 4 Suggested Solutions

[vce2009]

couldn't 13 be state-dependant? cos aren't context-dependant environmental cues, and she was at a party at the time, so how could that trigger her memory of the girls name?

[EMILLY]

i said 11) A....really hoping its right coz then i got 100% on multi

[bloodboy]

State is something internal, but playing tennis is a context if you get what i mean

[Glockmeister]

I said experimenter effects (self-fulfilling-prophecy). Is that right?

Can you explain further please?

for the confounding, i put like the teachers who did the test may have used their expectations to unconsciously alter the results or even consciously.. you reckon that'll be fine?

Yep that's definitely ok.

14) A level of significance of 0.05 indicates that, assuming the null hypothesis is true, that the results obtained represents an extreme and unlikely 5% value to be obtained

I can't remember the exact wording of that question, but I thought it meant what does a significance level of 0.05 mean in general terms, as in 'it is only deemed statistically significant, that is, results are said to be unlikely to be due to chance rather than the independent variable, if fewer than 5 in 100 trials are said to be due to chance.' Did anyone else interpret it this way, or in regards to the actual experiment?

yea i did it that way..
i said that for the results to be considered statisticaly significant then only 5% or less of the results can occur by chance..
i didnt mae any reference to the actualy experiment :s

yea i did it that way..
i said that for the results to be considered statisticaly significant then only 5% or less of the results can occur by chance..
i didnt mae any reference to the actualy experiment :s

i just said the answer was, 'a statistical significance of 0.05 means it is a 5% probability the results are due to chance.' would this not be right then?

Having read though my old VCE Psych textbook (Grivas, Down and Carter), and it actually seems to give the answer that you guys are giving. So I suppose VCAA will have to give you correct marks. But I'm going to pounce up and down and say that's wrong, cause the definition I gave actually comes from my Uni Statistics textbook.

[bloodboy]

A is implying that he does not have a healthy brain as he would have some sort of amnesia, so definitely not A, as the dude was healthy

[Blitz]

I can't remember any of my answers to multiple choice. Does anybody have the exam, so I can use recognition to remember what I got?

Never mind, I found them.

[Glockmeister]

So is question 11 B or A.. I really think its B....
Isnt 37 D?
and 43 is D?

They are the only three i got wrong compared with your answers

re Q11:

"Although many semantic and procedural memories are not easily lost, older people take longer to learn new information and skills- including information that would be stored as semantic and procedural memories respectively." (Grivas, Down & Carter, 2004, p. 403)

[ngRISING]

Having read though my old VCE Psych textbook (Grivas, Down and Carter), and it actually seems to give the answer that you guys are giving. So I suppose VCAA will have to give you correct marks. But I'm going to pounce up and down and say that's wrong, cause the definition I gave actually comes from my Uni Statistics textbook.

according to assessors, and ross down [went to his lecture] . VCAA creates these exams based on the study design, not the text book. just a fact . lol not saying your wrong or anything

[EMILLY]

mmmm i beg to differ though...as A makes sense...with B the CNS of an old person is slower than that of a younger person. Therefore they wouldnt be able to process the information as quickly as the younger person..hence why i figured the only possible answer was A
A also doesnt imply that he has amnesia or something...its just saying that the information from his book club meeting wasnt all that important to remember, lack of motivation to remember
anyway thats my view on it

[callum_250]

Where can i get the exam to look at?? Forgot to grab one on my way out!

[madi1234]

Waitttt.. Nope I didnt get that for 37.. I got A. So all is good. What about the other two???

43? isnt it D.. Because the children still produced the behavior when they saw someone punished?? They only stopped when themselves got punished. Thats what my text book says.. in the graph.. and ijust checked
 and therefore the  boys were more effective compared tot he girls?
11?.. I really think 11 is B.. Didnt they have a question like this in one of the past papers??

[R]

just a question- was nail polish question the answer punishment?

[ngRISING]

So is question 11 B or A.. I really think its B....
Isnt 37 D?
and 43 is D?

They are the only three i got wrong compared with your answers

Question 37
In operant conditioning, extinction occurs if enough conditioning trials occur in which
A. the response is not followed by the consequence previously associated with it.
B. the response is generalised to other similar situations.
C. variable-interval schedules of reinforcement are used as opposed to fixed-interval schedules.
D. the presentation of the unconditioned stimulus occurs without the presentation of the conditioned
stimulus.

99% sure its A

Bandura's Bobo doll studies demonstrated that
A. children are less willing to imitate the actions of someone they have seen punished for their actions.

My study guide states that children who were in the group that observed the bobo doll being owned were less likely to imitate the behaviour

heres what it says . "Kindergarten children who observed the aggressive adult model be rewarded or experience no consequences for abusing the Bo-Bo doll imitated this behaviour more than kindergarten children who observed the aggressive adult being punished.

[ngRISING]

Waitttt.. Nope I didnt get that for 37.. I got A. So all is good. What about the other two???

43? isnt it D.. Because the children still produced the behavior when they saw someone punished?? They only stopped when themselves got punished. Thats what my text book says.. in the graph.. and ijust checked
 and therefore the  boys were more effective compared tot he girls?
11?.. I really think 11 is B.. Didnt they have a question like this in one of the past papers??

while d is true, girls were aggressive as boys when a incentive was given.

[EMILLY]

girls were NOT as agressive as boys when an incentive was given...they did increase their agressive behaviour yes, but boys were always more generally agressive...nothing has change