Explanation on a couple of prac exam questions

[minilunchbox]

Guys, How can i best utilise the 10minutes reading time in the psychology exam??? what do you guys do?

Read short answer once or twice, very thoroughly. Then go through MC, so I can knock out MC (minus those one or two conflicting ones FFUU) in 10-15 minutes depending.

[masonnnn]

i think external reinforcement is physical rewards, ie. a trophy or pat on the ol' back.
internal reinforcement = pride or a sense of accomplishment.
sort of a year 11 thing, don't think we specifically learnt that this year?

anyone bother with scratching their multichoice on the midyear?
i used to always do it in earlier years as it saved a good ten minutes but didn't attempt it in the proper midyear... aha

[matt123]

i think external reinforcement is physical rewards, ie. a trophy or pat on the ol' back.
internal reinforcement = pride or a sense of accomplishment.
sort of a year 11 thing, don't think we specifically learnt that this year?

anyone bother with scratching their multichoice on the midyear?
i used to always do it in earlier years as it saved a good ten minutes but didn't attempt it in the proper midyear... aha

Nope .. kus I formulate answers to SA questions in reading time.

[Spreadbury]

they can throw you out of the exam if they catch you scratching answers in with anything. if you can get away with it, go for it, if in doubt, don't risk it.

I go through the MC questions first myself, might try matt's strategy next time I do an exam with reading time.

[matt123]

they can throw you out of the exam if they catch you scratching answers in with anything. if you can get away with it, go for it, if in doubt, don't risk it.

I go through the MC questions first myself, might try matt's strategy next time I do an exam with reading time.

Yeah go for it.

Tbh .. lol i havnt done any exams with reading time .. i never cbf ... lol ...

do you do most ur exams with reading time? or just get straight into it

[jinny1]

when do the mods on this forum put end of year exam section in the forum??

[sillysmile]

they can throw you out of the exam if they catch you scratching answers in with anything. if you can get away with it, go for it, if in doubt, don't risk it.

I go through the MC questions first myself, might try matt's strategy next time I do an exam with reading time.

Yeah go for it.

Tbh .. lol i havnt done any exams with reading time .. i never cbf ... lol ...

do you do most ur exams with reading time? or just get straight into it

I don't use reading time, so it should be a bit easier in the vcaa exam when I do.

[masonnnn]

15 minutes reading time is a bit excessive i think.
personally i use it to read through the S.A especially making sure i understand any long paragraph questions so time isn't wasted re-reading them...
then just memorize the answer to the first few mc

i've been giving myself 5 minutes reading time for practice exams just to skim through... not really needed though.

[milkcarton]

15 minutes time is more than satisfactory, it's a helping hand by the VCAA, I use it to scour through the MC questions thoroughly for 6 minutes. I would use the remainder to read through the SA and formulate answers.

@jinny1, I suspect 1/2 days prior to the English exam.

[jinny1]

@jinny1, I suspect 1/2 days prior to the English exam.

sorry what do you mean by this??

[milkcarton]

@jinny1, I suspect 1/2 days prior to the English exam.

sorry what do you mean by this??

Answering your question, "when do the mods on this forum put end of year exam section in the forum??" - One to two days before the oh-so-deadly primal English exam this upcoming Thursday.

[flametree]

it's easiest to say that variable-ratio is as you can use the gambling example. i'm pretty sure that it's variable-interval as well, but my example of "fishing" doesn't really justify it being resistant to extinction

I think that the "gambling scenario" ( and this is just my personal thought) .. is both variable AND fixed interval.
... machines these days work on both time periods and number periods.

that's just what my teacher and I believe ... dont quote me on it.

But i would say ( since ive seen it in the book + on most exam papers) .... the most resistant to extinction is variable INTERVAL ..

Ok, so a few questions here:
Firstly if the gambling machines had variable interval, wouldn't that mean you could just sit there without having pressed a button for it to pay out?

And also the TSSM 2009 exam seemed to have some questions I dunno if are right

Q16. Jazmin then listened to 15 different words. She was asked to recall the list immediately after hearing them. Jazmin was more likely to remember items from
A. The start and middle of the list
B. The middle of the list
C. The end of the list
D. The start and end of the list

I had C as i thought the recency effect had a higher peak in the serial position effect? The answer was D

Q19. Brooke's grandmother is a healthy 80 year old. She is an excellent cook, however she has trouble remembering the facts of significant events in world history.
Brooke's grandmother's memory decline is most likely a result of
A. retrograde amnesia
B. Slowing of the central nervous system
C. Decay
D. Motivated forgetting

I said C but the answer was B. I coulda sworn i read somewhere that the slowing of the central nervous system only affects nelwy learnt information.

Q24. Which of the following behaviours demonstrates behaviour dependent on maturation?
A. A bird pecking at its parent's beak
B. A spider spinning a web
C. A child learning to talk
D. A child crawling

The answer was D but shouldn't C be right as well? As children can't talk until certain muscles have developed?

If you could explain them, then thanks guys

[Spreadbury]

Q.16 the serial position effect describes superior recall for items at the beginning and end of the list. you're not wrong that the items at the end of the list would have been recalled the best, but in those situations just go with the start and end and recall for items at the end of the list isn't far superior to that of the start of the list.

Q.19 remember that decay theory isn't well supported, and there's nothing about how much she used her semantic memory. also, she's old which is an indication that one of the four reasons why old people have poorer memory than young people should be considered. again, go with what's safe.

Q.24 with question 24, I guess the key word to consider is "a child learning to talk" behaviours dependent on maturation are not dependent on learning.

sorry I couldn't really help on the second one.




I have a question from a TSSM 2007 exam

Question 3 (Short Answer)
In the context of Pavlov's study, describe an example of extinction.

I assumed "in context of pavlov's study" meant I was to use pavlov's study as an example. i don't have the answers and i'm wondering how others interpret this question

[matt123]

Q.16 the serial position effect describes superior recall for items at the beginning and end of the list. you're not wrong that the items at the end of the list would have been recalled the best, but in those situations just go with the start and end and recall for items at the end of the list isn't far superior to that of the start of the list.

Q.19 remember that decay theory isn't well supported, and there's nothing about how much she used her semantic memory. also, she's old which is an indication that one of the four reasons why old people have poorer memory than young people should be considered. again, go with what's safe.

Q.24 with question 24, I guess the key word to consider is "a child learning to talk" behaviours dependent on maturation are not dependent on learning.

sorry I couldn't really help on the second one.




I have a question from a TSSM 2007 exam

Question 3 (Short Answer)
In the context of Pavlov's study, describe an example of extinction.

I assumed "in context of pavlov's study" meant I was to use pavlov's study as an example. i don't have the answers and i'm wondering how others interpret this question

I would answer it like this.
Extinction is the gradual decrease or fading of a conditioned response after a period of time in which the UCS is NOT presented.
In pavlovs experiment , the dog STOPPED salivating to the sound of the bell after a period of time , in which the food( ucs) was not given. ( or paired with the bell).
 

[Glockmeister]

Pretty much what matt said.

If there's a mention of blah blah's study, you must mention what blah blah actually did, and relate it to the theory. This is because the study design specifically mentions a multitude of researchers.