answering questions in the exam about context

[Spreadbury]

I was correcting a practice exam and I had to answer a question about context so I came up with an example that I altered just a tiny bit that I got from a guy in my class about buskers on the street and performers in a theater (to satisfy him, ALL CREDIT TO CHAIRMAN MAO). but as I was correcting the exam all the answers the examiner gives are of previous experiments. do people think it'd be acceptable to include an example that doesn't refer to any form of experiment?

EDIT: the examiner's report (this was the 2007 VCAA exam) stated that it was necessary to refer to visual perception otherwise it was irrelevant to the area of study

[Tashi]

Hmmm.. I'm not really sure. The chief examiner at a lecture I went to said that he prefers students to just use the examples from the book and that the exam is not the time to be "creative and an individual" lol. I suggest you probably should just go with the textbook examples because they illustrate concepts pretty well, but you could use your own examples - just check with your teacher.

[Spreadbury]

several of the grivas examples don't use experimental examples at all though. one was seeing a light in the sky with a trail behind it in the outback would be perceived as ... sh*t I always forget this. comet? while a person viewing the same light at sea would perceive it as a distress flare from a sinking ship.

psychology exams are too hard  :tickedoff:

[Visionz]

several of the grivas examples don't use experimental examples at all though. one was seeing a light in the sky with a trail behind it in the outback would be perceived as ... sh*t I always forget this. comet? while a person viewing the same light at sea would perceive it as a distress flare from a sinking ship.

psychology exams are too hard  :tickedoff:

one of the examples in the textbook didnt relate it to the principle either. I cant remember which one but it made me think "WTF?"

im halfway through the 2007 VCAA one at the moment. 40/44 for the multi choice, im wondering if ill ever get 100% on an exam. question 4 caught me out, I hope theres none like that in the exam.

[Spreadbury]

haha yeah I hate that. I don't read the questions carefully enough sometimes. I always resolve to be super careful, then I get halfway through them and get confident and start rushing a little. but I seem to have so much time left over. I did the 2007 on in 45 minutes (though to be fair i've done it before- I printed the exams off myself, and then our teacher gave us a few. I'm saving a NEAP and 1 VCAA one until the end though)

does anyone else find that it's no that they don't know the material, it's just difficult to explain it on paper? especially applying pictorial cues to certain pictures, i'm never sure if i've addressed the picture enough. but maybe I just suck   

[littlebecc]

does anyone else find that it's no that they don't know the material, it's just difficult to explain it on paper?

Story of my life lol.

[ChairmanMao]

LOL, Spreadbury, hahaha. Thanks mate.

[Visionz]

i get a bit like that. I write all into the margins and everything and then im like OH fuck I wish I could start that over again. But then we I read over it again im like damn youre good amirite.

[akira88]

haha yeah I hate that. I don't read the questions carefully enough sometimes. I always resolve to be super careful, then I get halfway through them and get confident and start rushing a little. but I seem to have so much time left over. I did the 2007 on in 45 minutes (though to be fair i've done it before- I printed the exams off myself, and then our teacher gave us a few. I'm saving a NEAP and 1 VCAA one until the end though)

does anyone else find that it's no that they don't know the material, it's just difficult to explain it on paper? especially applying pictorial cues to certain pictures, i'm never sure if i've addressed the picture enough. but maybe I just suck   

Lol definitely me. The material isn't too difficult, the ideas aren't either, it's just that I CAN'T EXPLAIN it! lol hate psych short answer.... it's so hard too because they're really picky about the answers you give. I also can never get 100% in a psych multi-choice, damn it's annoying

[Visionz]

trying to summarise the ames room illusion into 5 lines makes me want to kill myself.

[Slumdawg]

trying to summarise the ames room illusion into 5 lines makes me want to kill myself.

Haha so true. One question on a practice exam was so vague it just said describe the Ames Room. I practically wrote an essay on it cos I didn't know what they were after haha.
Multiple choice are so irritating. Theres always like 3 or 4 questions that are tricky to pick out. I've only ever gotten them all right on vcaa 2006. So you guys should try that one. It sure is a confidence booster. I swear 2006 was the luckiest year to do VCE. All the exams I've seen from that year are the easiest. i.e. business management, chem. Lets pray 2010 is another year of all easy exams...

What's everyone aiming for in psych? You guys all seem to be of a super high standard so I'm guessing 45+...

[Glockmeister]

Tbh, it's the last year of this study design... I suspect they'll be pulling out the big guns on this one.

[iNerd]

Tbh, it's the last year of this study design... I suspect they'll be pulling out the big guns on this one.

so stoked for the new one Vis Percep is hurting my brain in U1 and we don't cover as much as U3 :2funny:

[Chromeo33]

Tbh, it's the last year of this study design... I suspect they'll be pulling out the big guns on this one.

Ohh dude, that is so unfair if they make it longer/harder...

[Tashi]

Everyone will be in the same position though.. but it's scary ahhh!