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Re: Hard exam? Again?
« Reply #15 on: December 29, 2010, 07:11:03 pm »
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^ Too true. I just don't understand how they could say it's B though. The annoying thing is that there's nothing to do now! haha. I actually don't know anyone who picked option B. I know I shouldn't really care anymore, but stuff like that is still annoying. I hope they explain their reasoning behind it otherwise I will send in a complaint!
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Re: Hard exam? Again?
« Reply #16 on: December 29, 2010, 08:10:48 pm »
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Slumdawg wants a 51 :P
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Re: Hard exam? Again?
« Reply #17 on: December 29, 2010, 08:17:23 pm »
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Quote from: bomb on December 29, 2010, 08:10:48 pm
Slumdawg wants a 51 :P
Hahahaha :D Yeah, I know I shouldn't care about it, cos I'm over the moon with my score, but I just can't help but feel annoyed about getting something wrong when I can't see how the correct option can be justified.

How the hell can "B" be correct?!?! What do you think of it bomb? I don't remember anyone ever suggesting 34 could be B on that answers forum you made!

Premier's award is still on the line! haha :P
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Re: Hard exam? Again?
« Reply #18 on: December 29, 2010, 09:51:28 pm »
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Haha, it's definitely D. Only way you could justify D is Maryanne punished the students for not using manners?

Then again, any instance of neg reinforcement can be turned into punishment.
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Re: Hard exam? Again?
« Reply #19 on: December 29, 2010, 10:22:23 pm »
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Quote from: bomb on December 29, 2010, 09:51:28 pm
Haha, it's definitely D. Only way you could justify D is Maryanne punished the students for not using manners?

Then again, any instance of neg reinforcement can be turned into punishment.
Well I asked Millerpede twice, and she checked the statement three times to make sure.

34 is definitely down as B.

It's just silly cos Maryanne was trying to increase a behaviour, reinforcement = increase behaviour while punishment = decrease behaviour. So surely that should eliminate the punishment option?

Very strange answer...
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Re: Hard exam? Again?
« Reply #20 on: December 29, 2010, 10:31:13 pm »
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Let's take it up with VCAA? I might get a 45? :P
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Re: Hard exam? Again?
« Reply #21 on: December 29, 2010, 10:36:08 pm »
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Quote from: bomb on December 29, 2010, 10:31:13 pm
Let's take it up with VCAA? I might get a 45? :P
Hahahaha. Taking it up with VCAA worked last time ;) ;) But I guess that was BEFORE the exams were all assessed... If only we knew about Q34 earlier. I was more sure that one was right than Q6 option D! (Still can't believe that email worked...All people who got Q6 wrong should buy me and bomb a present :P) haha

Just wait till I get my statement. Should be monday or tuesday. I just wanna see for myself before I go sending a complaint haha.

Surely they couldn't do anything about it now though? All the scores have been distributed so they'd have to change EVERYBODY'S psych score :( So I don't think there's much point. The only thing it could affect is premier's awards cos that still needs to be finalised I guess...

I'm not annoyed about my score or what I got on the exam, it's just the principle of a question being marked incorrectly... Hopefully someone can give a reasonable explanation for option B soon perhaps?
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Re: Hard exam? Again?
« Reply #22 on: December 30, 2010, 03:06:43 am »
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Anything can be adjusted mate.

I remember in 2006, they had to re-scale everyone who took Methods 3/4, because they used the percentages from the old study design rather than the new one that had been implemented that year.
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Re: Hard exam? Again?
« Reply #23 on: December 30, 2010, 09:51:21 am »
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wow really  :o

what do you think of the question?
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Re: Hard exam? Again?
« Reply #24 on: December 30, 2010, 06:53:36 pm »
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Quote from: Slumdawg on December 30, 2010, 09:51:21 am
wow really  :o

what do you think of the question?

Although I should mention you've sort of left it a bit late - they burn the exam papers after a while.

To your question, I would say it's D. I think the examiners may have gotten hung up on the ordinary definition of punishment (which that would be), and the definition in the behaviourism paradigm.
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