Psychology exam 2011- Thoughts?

[Zafaraaaa]

How did we all go?

[Darren]

It was really hard compared to past exams. Crossing my fingers for a low cut-off ):
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What did you write for the 15 marker?

[Zafaraaaa]

I agree! Slightly more difficult than previous exams =[ You think the cut-off will be lower?

The 15 mark one was like ehhh, I knew the info but I don't know if I really "compared and contrasted" aged memory decline and Alzheimers, I hope they mark it leniently

[Zafaraaaa]

http://vce.atarnotes.com/forum/index.php/topic,42602.0.html
 
Main discussion about psych exam

[mount franklin]

i thought sum of the muliple choice was annnoying, bt found short answers pretty good, in overall, however so ididnt expect that for exteneded, i was hoping for sumfin gt to do with the brain..
and did u guys notice hw ther wasnt anything much bout the lobes, or cortices, i mean cumon man!!!

[nemolala]

few questions i thought was a bit iffy, the retroactive question drove me nutrs, definition of aphasia i was like whhhaaaaaaat the hell of all things but the definition popped into my head while i was writing extended

a lot of things i thought werent on the exam like what mount franklin said it wasnt the best paper defo


i was actually really surprised with the extended, of all things its alzheimers. luckily i read up on that section this morning or else i would of been screwed

[mount franklin]

yh, the answer to the retroactive question pooped up during me writtng the extended!! and wth was the defo for aphasia?? and me too, jst read bout alzheirmers last note, and was thinking to myslef pfft this wont be ont he exam lol

[Darren]

aphasia = a disorder of language or impairment of language. took a stab in the dark and got it right..

[mount franklin]

o really, =(, i kinda tlked more of brain impairement, nd jst sed it affectt, language

[nemolala]

im really surprised that i actually remembered that since i never looked at it at all since like term 1

[Zafaraaaa]

o really, =(, i kinda tlked more of brain impairement, nd jst sed it affectt, language

That would be the correct definition too if you phrased it correctly, it's a language disorder/impairment caused by damage to brain areas

[Darren]

if i didn't put resulting from brain damage am i wrong?

[mount franklin]

hmm thats wat i was wondering, bt i think u cud get away with it eyy?

[Misresz]

what was with the exam not having anything bout the lobes, characteristics of the different types of sleep among many other things. i thought 4 sure that they'd make it easier since it was a new study design but it was actually harder than past exams im sooo frustrated but hopefully they'll mark it leniently :S

[Slumdawg]

what was with the exam not having anything bout the lobes, characteristics of the different types of sleep among many other things. i thought 4 sure that they'd make it easier since it was a new study design but it was actually harder than past exams im sooo frustrated but hopefully they'll mark it leniently :S

It did have something on lobes.. CT scan question. Characteristics of the different types of sleep was on there..in the MC too.

Just remember the amount of content in psychology is quite remarkable. It's very difficult for examiner's to appropriately assess all content. So there's ALWAYS gonna be tonnes of stuff that doesn't end up on your exam. It's annoying, but true. Just gotta hope the stuff you liked the most, ends up on the exam a lot.