2010 Psychology Exam 1 Discussion

[akira88]

How about the PET and CT question?
I said that Ct could be used to indicate whether the tumour had gone due to surgery or whether it reappeared, and then i said PET could be used to indicate areas of high and low neuronal activity when performing cognitive tasks like speaking to see whether their had been damage to their speech
Don't think thats right at all though.

And yeah about the 3D questions....
First I described interpostion (obscuring objects blah blah) and then I said that interposition can be used to show distance between objects and therefore creates the impression of a 3d environment?
Wow loks as though this exam has been a major fail .

I thought the question was asking why the CT and PET were used instead of an fMRI, and I said that the patient could have had a pacemaker or metal parts in his body...

Exam was easier than last year's, just hope VCAA don't get too picky with the short answer answers..

[Visionz]

They work together to keep the body in place.
SNS increases activity of the body (visceral muscles, organs, glands) in times of threat. The parasympathetic reverses the bodily changes made by the SNS and keeps homeostatis, so in a way they do work together. Would anyone agree?

Also, the goggles one, it was 'absolute' and 'differential' in the first two 1-mark questions yeah?
And the example, anyone come up with that LOL?

I wrote 'The soldier with the goggles will stand still, 10 hidden men will be in the bushes, laying. at each signal, one of them (from closest to furthest) will move. -TIME WAS UP, RAN OUTTA TIME LOL, was gonna write - the point at which the soldier detects movement is the absolute threshold
0/2 marks ftl

lol. that was an easy question IMO. A few friends complained though. I stated the definition of absolute threshold then said they should place targets at a distance where the soldier wearing the goggles can only detect the stimulus half (50%) of the time.
Everyone else came up with these complex fucking missions and shit.

[littlebecc]

if they dont take 'all stages' imma kill em

[Visionz]

They work together to keep the body in place.
SNS increases activity of the body (visceral muscles, organs, glands) in times of threat. The parasympathetic reverses the bodily changes made by the SNS and keeps homeostatis, so in a way they do work together. Would anyone agree?

Also, the goggles one, it was 'absolute' and 'differential' in the first two 1-mark questions yeah?
And the example, anyone come up with that LOL?

I wrote 'The soldier with the goggles will stand still, 10 hidden men will be in the bushes, laying. at each signal, one of them (from closest to furthest) will move. -TIME WAS UP, RAN OUTTA TIME LOL, was gonna write - the point at which the soldier detects movement is the absolute threshold
0/2 marks ftl

lol. that was an easy question IMO. A few friends complained though. I stated the definition of absolute threshold then said they should place targets at a distance where the soldier wearing the goggles can only detect the stimulus half (50%) of the time.
Everyone else came up with these complex fucking missions and shit.

[Tashi]

I wrote for the sleep talking one 'any stage of sleep'

It's kind of similar to a past question where they asked 'what are the long-term effects of sleep deprivation?' and the answer was 'none' - trick questions :\

[Visionz]

Hey guys. Im checking in for the first time in this thread.

Im pretty confident. I dont think I could have hoped for any better.

One thing that got me was the sleep talking. I said (NREM, stage 4). The book says it occurs in both REM and NREM. Thanks for the trick question VCAA faggots.

I also didnt appreciate them playing on the inconsistent use of the terms perception and sensation.

I think I got 41-2/44 for the MC question and 45/46 for the short answer.

Man, what was the answer for the perception/sensation mc? I spent like 5 minutes trying to figure that out LOL.

Also, sleeptalking would 'likely' occur in NREM. more stages to it, more chance. so i wrote 'NREM'

I reckon above 35 for MC, and above 35 for short.ans , i dont aim high.

I wrote NREM then put a comma just to hedge my bets, then wrote stage 4 "NREM, Stage 4"

[Tashi]

They work together to keep the body in place.
SNS increases activity of the body (visceral muscles, organs, glands) in times of threat. The parasympathetic reverses the bodily changes made by the SNS and keeps homeostatis, so in a way they do work together. Would anyone agree?

Also, the goggles one, it was 'absolute' and 'differential' in the first two 1-mark questions yeah?
And the example, anyone come up with that LOL?

I wrote 'The soldier with the goggles will stand still, 10 hidden men will be in the bushes, laying. at each signal, one of them (from closest to furthest) will move. -TIME WAS UP, RAN OUTTA TIME LOL, was gonna write - the point at which the soldier detects movement is the absolute threshold
0/2 marks ftl

lol. that was an easy question IMO. A few friends complained though. I stated the definition of absolute threshold then said they should place targets at a distance where the soldier wearing the goggles can only detect the stimulus half (50%) of the time.
Everyone else came up with these complex fucking missions and shit.

I said the researcher should walk towards the soldier and get the soldier to indicate when they can detect movement. I made the mistake of saying the absolute threshold is the minimum distance where movement can be detected though... fail

[Visionz]

with the perception sensation ones
sensation = reception, transduction transmission selection?
and perception: organisation and interpretation

BUTTT WTF our teacher always told us they can't really be seperated
fucking hate vcaa

 I chose 'perception involves cognitive something something, whereas sensation doesnt.' Least confident question on the whole thing

[Tashi]

Hey guys. Im checking in for the first time in this thread.

Im pretty confident. I dont think I could have hoped for any better.

One thing that got me was the sleep talking. I said (NREM, stage 4). The book says it occurs in both REM and NREM. Thanks for the trick question VCAA faggots.

I also didnt appreciate them playing on the inconsistent use of the terms perception and sensation.

I think I got 41-2/44 for the MC question and 45/46 for the short answer.

Man, what was the answer for the perception/sensation mc? I spent like 5 minutes trying to figure that out LOL.

Also, sleeptalking would 'likely' occur in NREM. more stages to it, more chance. so i wrote 'NREM'

I reckon above 35 for MC, and above 35 for short.ans , i dont aim high.

I wrote NREM then put a comma just to hedge my bets, then wrote stage 4 "NREM, Stage 4"

Sleep talking can occur in any stage of sleep?

[ChairmanMao]

I made the mistake of saying the absolute threshold is the minimum distance where movement can be detected though... fail

wait, that isn't correct? :S

Also, I have another question.

Dr Pravesh and the matched participants. What was a characteristic he needed to match in the participants and why

[Visionz]

I made the mistake of saying the absolute threshold is the minimum distance where movement can be detected though... fail

wait, that isn't correct? :S

Also, I have another question.

Dr Pravesh and the matched participants. What was a characteristic he needed to match in the participants and why

I was a bit of smartarse on that question.

I said 'gender' because he was studying a MALE population. Therefore participants had to be matched with another male.

[The Detective]

the exam was shit

Gotta admit wayyy better than Bio

Agreed. I actually had time to recheck this exam!!

[Visionz]

I put was Stage 4 NREM aswell. Saw it in an assessors report

LOL everyone at school said I was wrong but now I come on here and my chances of 100% are still alive. I thought id come here and have my chances of a 65% crushed.

[ChairmanMao]

I made the mistake of saying the absolute threshold is the minimum distance where movement can be detected though... fail

wait, that isn't correct? :S

Also, I have another question.

Dr Pravesh and the matched participants. What was a characteristic he needed to match in the participants and why

I was a bit of smartarse on that question.

I said 'gender' because he was studying a MALE population. Therefore participants had to be matched with another male.

LOOOOOOOOL. Good response, Visionz

[Visionz]

the exam was shit

Gotta admit wayyy better than Bio

Agreed. I actually had time to recheck this exam!!

I had time to take a long piss and blow my nose and proof read the whole thing. I was up to MC question 35 after like 12 mins.