the psychology prac exam discussion thread

[sillysmile]

okay, so this question was from the lisachem 2008 prac exam, what do you think the answer is?

Question 13
You arrive at K-Mart, when you realise that you have left your shopping list at home. In terms of the serial position effect, the items on the list that you are most likely to recall are:
A.
at the beginning of the list.
B.
in the middle of the list.
C.
at the end of the list.
D.
both A and C.

[sillysmile]

and another question I was unsure about:

Question 15
Which of the following is a way of testing retrieval of LTM’s?
A.
Recall.
B.
Recognition.
C.
Relearning.
D.
All of the above.

[Spreadbury]

for question one it was most certainly A- the recency effect only applies when when recall occurs immediately after the list was learnt.

for the second question... I'm assuming you picked D so that wards me off. relearning can be used to calculate the amount of savings so I guess I wouldn't choose that one and recognition involves identification so i'm learning towards A.

of course were I in your situation in the exam i'd have chosen D.

[sillysmile]

actually spreadbury, I chose the same alternatives as you...
lisachem has surely stuffed up the first question here.
and the second really confused me, but I decided on A, since they are all said to be measures of retention, not retrieval.
but recall obiously involves retrieval, but I was unsure about recognition and relearning.

by the way, the answers were apparently both D

[Spreadbury]

hmm, my skills of deduction have failed me. I gave up on lisachem, tried them for mid years and they were hopeless, so many irrelevant questions and some with incorrect answers. was getting 90-something %'s in VCAA and then a 73% in Lisachem

[studying_hard]

so what were the answers?

[sillysmile]

no spreadbury, I think you were probably right about both.

[sillysmile]

so should question 15 be D? or A?

[Spreadbury]

I would say they all involve retrieval, as recall and recognition certainly do (recognition simply provides more cues)

I have a question of my own:

NEAP 2005 SA Question 7:
Harlow's experiments with monkeys demonstrated that monkeys showed progreesive efficiency in solving two choice discrimination problems
the monkeys demonstrated the concept of ___________

in the space I wrote "learning how to learn", but I was quite torn between "learning set", "learning how to learn" (which are essentially the same thing) and "transfer of learning". it probably would have been safer to go with learning set, but I know that Harlow used the term learning how to learn to describe the process the monkeys were using to solve future problems

sorry, don't know (although they may be on VN in another post) the answer

[matt123]

okay, so this question was from the lisachem 2008 prac exam, what do you think the answer is?

Question 13
You arrive at K-Mart, when you realise that you have left your shopping list at home. In terms of the serial position effect, the items on the list that you are most likely to recall are:
A.
at the beginning of the list.
B.
in the middle of the list.
C.
at the end of the list.
D.
both A and C.

D

EDIT : let me explain.

whenever it says " IN TERMS OF THE SERIAL POSITION EFFECT"
you can ASSUME that its talking about both primary and recency effect.

you have to go against all logic . and just do what the question "wants" you to do.

I have seen questions like these many times.
they are just stupid
so dont worry bout them.

as for ur second question
the answer should be D.
they all involve retrieving information IN SOME WAY from long term memory ....

hope that helps

[studying_hard]

okay, so this question was from the lisachem 2008 prac exam, what do you think the answer is?

Question 13
You arrive at K-Mart, when you realise that you have left your shopping list at home. In terms of the serial position effect, the items on the list that you are most likely to recall are:
A.
at the beginning of the list.
B.
in the middle of the list.
C.
at the end of the list.
D.
both A and C.

D

is it D for both? i reckon it is.
also what brand of prac exam is best?

[sillysmile]

that question is pretty stupid...  But I would have gone with 'learning set' because it's a more formal term.
to be honest, all three of those options fit, I think if it came up on the actual exam you would almost definitely get a mark for 'learning set' and 'learning how to learn' and maybe even 'transfer of learning'.
the question is excessively broad, but I really wouldn't be worried about that question if I were you.

[matt123]

okay, so this question was from the lisachem 2008 prac exam, what do you think the answer is?

Question 13
You arrive at K-Mart, when you realise that you have left your shopping list at home. In terms of the serial position effect, the items on the list that you are most likely to recall are:
A.
at the beginning of the list.
B.
in the middle of the list.
C.
at the end of the list.
D.
both A and C.

D

is it D for both? i reckon it is.
also what brand of prac exam is best?

Read up at my "edited" post

best exams = vcaa obviously
then insight ...
then ... neap
then ... ummm ... tssm
then qat
then ... lisachem

lisachem are sht . they dont explain multi choice answers and are a waste of time.

[sillysmile]

okay, so this question was from the lisachem 2008 prac exam, what do you think the answer is?

Question 13
You arrive at K-Mart, when you realise that you have left your shopping list at home. In terms of the serial position effect, the items on the list that you are most likely to recall are:
A.
at the beginning of the list.
B.
in the middle of the list.
C.
at the end of the list.
D.
both A and C.

D

EDIT : let me explain.

whenever it says " IN TERMS OF THE SERIAL POSITION EFFECT"
you can ASSUME that its talking about both primary and recency effect.

you have to go against all logic . and just do what the question "wants" you to do.

I have seen questions like these many times.
they are just stupid
so dont worry bout them.

as for ur second question
the answer should be D.
they all involve retrieving information IN SOME WAY from long term memory ....

hope that helps

but in regards to the first question, a time longer than stm's duration has passed(getting to kmart would take more than 18-20 or even 30 seconds), so the recency effect should not be present.
t

[studying_hard]

okay, so this question was from the lisachem 2008 prac exam, what do you think the answer is?

Question 13
You arrive at K-Mart, when you realise that you have left your shopping list at home. In terms of the serial position effect, the items on the list that you are most likely to recall are:
A.
at the beginning of the list.
B.
in the middle of the list.
C.
at the end of the list.
D.
both A and C.

D

is it D for both? i reckon it is.
also what brand of prac exam is best?

Read up at my "edited" post

best exams = vcaa obviously
then insight ...
then ... neap
then ... ummm ... tssm
then qat
then ... lisachem

lisachem are sht . they dont explain multi choice answers and are a waste of time.

thanks. what about IARTV. Also what exam do you reckon to leave til last. VCAA 09 or Insight 10