2010 Psychology Exam 1 Discussion

[hawks08]

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

i wrote coordination level, would that be right?

[Visionz]

I wrote stress is perceived as a threat as well

What did you guys write for the advantages or disadvantages (cant remember) of the repeated measures design?

time consuming

but are you sure it's something perceived as a threat?  like my palms were sweaty in the exam but not because i perceived the exam as a threat..

I think you did perceive the exam as a psychological threat.

nahhh as an opportunity! that i should try hard in
but nothing "threatening" about it

i just didn't like the word threat

if i have to work 12 hours a day, i don't feel threatened by it, its just a stressor that activates my GAS...

Exam tension is the quintessential example of a psychological threat. You were getting ready to fight (which you chose to do) or flee (stay home)

[lolbox]

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

i wrote coordination level, would that be right?

could be if you explained it well

[ChairmanMao]

I put D for the question above

[babygurl]

Proximity.
And the last one was closure- not similarity :\

Yeah I did promixity and closure as well.

[hawks08]

could be if you explained it well

how many marks was it worth? from memory wasn't it worth one?

[psych93]

alannah > i did the one about the confounding variable (i think it was the first one)
i had no idea ! What did other people get ?

[Tashi]

Oi lads what did you do for the gestalt principles questions?

I did figure-ground for the columns of circles. I thought the contour line belonging to the circles was able to be separated from the ground and so this cue was able to be used.
I was umming'n'arring between  proximity and figure-ground. I thougth legitimate arguments could be made for both.

I did an amazing answer for the next one using Similarity.

I did figure-ground aswell. most people did proximity. I initially did proximity but thought I could explain figure-ground better

Your answer better have been amazing cause I don't see how it is anything other then closure for the next one lol

I did similarity aswell because elements will common characteristics (the circles) are perceptually grouped together to form the circle.

[Visionz]

Oi lads what did you do for the gestalt principles questions?

I did figure-ground for the columns of circles. I thought the contour line belonging to the circles was able to be separated from the ground and so this cue was able to be used.
I was umming'n'arring between  proximity and figure-ground. I thougth legitimate arguments could be made for both.

I did an amazing answer for the next one using Similarity.

I did figure-ground aswell. most people did proximity. I initially did proximity but thought I could explain figure-ground better

Your answer better have been amazing cause I don't see how it is anything other then closure for the next one lol

It was similarity ladies and gentlemen. Its like the European union flag. http://www.aanewsletter.ie/edition/5/img/european-union-flag.gif We dont 'close the gaps' to perceive a complete circle. Similarity is the tendency to percieve elements of a stimulus which appear alike as belonging together to form a meaningful whole. In this instance the elements (circle) are grouped together to form a much larger circle.

-1 mark for the rest of you

[babygurl]

I wrote stress is perceived as a threat as well

What did you guys write for the advantages or disadvantages (cant remember) of the repeated measures design?

time consuming

but are you sure it's something perceived as a threat?  like my palms were sweaty in the exam but not because i perceived the exam as a threat..

I think you did perceive the exam as a psychological threat.

nahhh as an opportunity! that i should try hard in
but nothing "threatening" about it

i just didn't like the word threat

if i have to work 12 hours a day, i don't feel threatened by it, its just a stressor that activates my GAS...

Exam tension is the quintessential example of a psychological threat. You were getting ready to fight (which you chose to do) or flee (stay home)

I'm hoping it is perceived as a threat, only one that made sense to me..

[Visionz]

I'm hoping it is perceived as a threat, only one that made sense to me..

Thats what I did. I was a bit unsure about that question too. Everyone here seems to have chosen that though so im happy.

[hawks08]

alannah > i did the one about the confounding variable (i think it was the first one)
i had no idea ! What did other people get ?

i got that but mainly because i didnt think the others were right.didnt really understand "a" but it seemed the most correct

[Tashi]

Oi lads what did you do for the gestalt principles questions?

I did figure-ground for the columns of circles. I thought the contour line belonging to the circles was able to be separated from the ground and so this cue was able to be used.
I was umming'n'arring between  proximity and figure-ground. I thougth legitimate arguments could be made for both.

I did an amazing answer for the next one using Similarity.

I did figure-ground aswell. most people did proximity. I initially did proximity but thought I could explain figure-ground better

Your answer better have been amazing cause I don't see how it is anything other then closure for the next one lol

It was similarity ladies and gentlemen. Its like the European union flag. http://www.aanewsletter.ie/edition/5/img/european-union-flag.gif We dont 'close the gaps' to perceive a complete circle. Similarity is the tendency to percieve elements of a stimulus which appear alike as belonging together to form a meaningful whole. In this instance the elements (circle) are grouped together to form a much larger circle.

-1 mark for the rest of you

I did similarity but I think it could have been either.... personally in the exam I didn't even consider closure because I didn't think the stimulus looked incomplete - but I can now see how it could have been.

[littlebecc]

I viewed the image as a large circle, therefore it's closure
Don't be such a brat visionz

[Tashi]

alannah > i did the one about the confounding variable (i think it was the first one)
i had no idea ! What did other people get ?

i got that but mainly because i didnt think the others were right.didnt really understand "a" but it seemed the most correct

oh nooo i think i did the generalisation one :S