Psychologists! What's your diagnosis?

[Nick]

How did everyone go?

How did it compare to last year? Post your thoughts, questions and comments on the exam here.

If anyone has a copy of the exam, feel free to scan it on here when you get the chance 

[sonnypls]

In my opinion was not as hard as I thought, however there were many questions which would of caught many people offguard.

such as sergio & the camouflaged door.

What did you people think? and how did you fair?

[cathtacular]

i agree i didn't think it was as hard as i expected, actually it reminded me a lot of last years paper in terms of difficulty. 

i think (hope) i did alright considering the level of study i did.

what did people think about the speech one where the kids parasympathetic ns was activated. i found the wording a little confusing and had to read over it a few times.

[sonnypls]

nah he

i agree i didn't think it was as hard as i expected, actually it reminded me a lot of last years paper in terms of difficulty. 

i think (hope) i did alright considering the level of study i did.

what did people think about the speech one where the kids parasympathetic ns was activated. i found the wording a little confusing and had to read over it a few times.

oh that one, he's sympathetic was activated, and 5 minutes INTO the speech what would still be active? OF COURSE SYMPATHETIC. para is activated AFTER the threat/whatever is dealt with dear.

but it could be both since, the boy calmed down..

[Nick]

The hormones secreted by the sympathetic nervous system would still be lingering despite the boy calming down though.

[daniel99]

I know that i lost 1 mark on question 11 multiple choice, but pretty confident about the rest.

How did everyone find it and what did you find the hardest?

NO ILLUSIONS ON THE EXAM!!!!




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[misskaraleah]

I think i did reasonably ok. not as good as i SHOULD have done.

I did get confused with a few questions.

The one that really got me off guard was about Nick and the Polgyraph for GSR. Do you think it was required to mention the amplitidue og the polygraph when he was lying? Damn im pissed i messed up on that!

nah he

i agree i didn't think it was as hard as i expected, actually it reminded me a lot of last years paper in terms of difficulty. 

i think (hope) i did alright considering the level of study i did.

what did people think about the speech one where the kids parasympathetic ns was activated. i found the wording a little confusing and had to read over it a few times.

oh that one, he's sympathetic was activated, and 5 minutes INTO the speech what would still be active? OF COURSE SYMPATHETIC. para is activated AFTER the threat/whatever is dealt with dear.

but it could be both since, the boy calmed down..

But it stated that after he started talking he usually calmed down. If the child acknowleges that he can cope with the stress, then it ISNT a threat, so i think it would be parasympathetic, because he acknowleged that he was fine during the speech, only before he became nervous.

[Nick]

Yeah it really depends on how the question was worded.

[sonnypls]

I hate life.

[misskaraleah]

Ha ha. I feel that same way atm

[thelovecatsx]

But it stated that after he started talking he usually calmed down. If the child acknowleges that he can cope with the stress, then it ISNT a threat, so i think it would be parasympathetic, because he acknowleged that he was fine during the speech, only before he became nervous.

I'm with you on this one.

Overall, I found it pretty good except for a few yucky questions.

[Nick]

NO ILLUSIONS ON THE EXAM!!!!

Not at all? Not even in the multiple choice? How nice of VCAA lol

[Hughie]

that exam should be thrown in the fire and laughed at!
no ames room saq, no muller-lyer, one question on gas and one on ethics

It wasn't even relevant!...hoping for a 89-90 now....

[thelovecatsx]

There was a few MCs on Ames Room. Nothing on Muller-Lyer however.

[Nick]

that exam should be thrown in the fire and laughed at!
no ames room saq, no muller-lyer, one question on gas and one on ethics

It wasn't even relevant!...hoping for a 89-90 now....

It's not really surprising that the illusions didn't appear. They were given a good run last year in both SA and MC. I'm sure there must have been at least one Q in MC?