2010 Psychology Exam 1 Discussion

[rudaid]

i swear it was c hawks.

i hope so. also what did you guys get for q12 which i think went like this
the sympathetic ns and parasympathetic ns are
a: was wrong
b: cannot work simultaneously
c: have opposite functions but work together
d: was wrong
i got c but was tossing up between B and C. I only went C because appartly first guess is more likely to be right

yes i also found that question hard! i think i did C, but neither of them really convinced me
(thought maybe i did B i forgot)

[hawks08]

what threw me was that i wasnt sure if it meant work together at the same time or work together to help the body function

[hawks08]

so what did everyone get for the first mc?
A or C?
please say c?

[babygurl]

mmm it was a very dodgy question!

[babygurl]

was c, the cerbral cortex? if so i got that

I hope it's right..

[rudaid]

yeah i did C for the first mc

it couldnt be frontal lobe, the frontal lobe doesnt have 3/4 of brain neurons!

[Hongld]

Oh right, there was some rumour that they were changing it.

What? The study design?
New study design commences next year.
My school the year 11 are using different psych book now.. can't sell my 3/4 book damit

[hawks08]

was c, the cerbral cortex? if so i got that

I hope it's right..

sweet

[babygurl]

Yeah ive heard also as off next year in the psych exams, the three area of studies arent gonna be separated like in this years and previous years.
Its gonna be all mixed, like bio etc..

[Hongld]

Yeah ive heard also as off next year in the psych exams, the three area of studies arent gonna be separated like in this years and previous years.
Its gonna be all mixed, like bio etc..

Don't think it will make much difference .. i mean the questions are so straight forward

[Glockmeister]

Oh right, there was some rumour that they were changing it.

There is a change of study design, but they're transitioning it like how they did it for chemistry a few years ago. So this years yr 11 are doing the new study design.

[babygurl]

mm yeah that's very true lol..

[hawks08]

I can't remember the exact question, cant remember if it asked if the visual information was presented inm the right or left visual field, it was one of em: so if it asked right vidual field then wouldve been processed in the left occipital lobe, however if it asked left visual field then wouldve been presented in the right occipital lobe. Im pretty certain it asked a specifially about one of the viual fields, not eye, hence it wouldn't have been both the left and right occipital lobes.

correct that is what i got. the question was number 3 and the answer i got was c

[babygurl]

Oh coool, I'm hoping its right, well thats what I thought initially, i.e. it would be processed in one of the occipital lobes only as it was presented in one visual field, not the eye. I went to the psych revision lecture and the chief assessor was there, and he specifically told us "don't look for deep underlying meaning in MC".

[hawks08]

Oh coool, I'm hoping its right, well thats what I thought initially, i.e. it would be processed in one of the occipital lobes only as it was presented in one visual field, not the eye. I went to the psych revision lecture and the chief assessor was there, and he specifically told us "don't look for deep underlying meaning in MC".
yer i remember earning about the visual fields etc and thinking " i bet heaps of people stuff it up on the exam" it is confusing