Psych U4 Q's Thread!

[REBORN]

All I'm saying is B and D by themselves are IDENTICAL terms. The better answer is D because of MELUCKY'S reasoning of conditioned emotional response....not playsimme's reasoning which does not eliminate B

[MeLucky]

All I'm saying is B and D by themselves are IDENTICAL terms. The better answer is D because of MELUCKY'S reasoning of conditioned emotional response....not playsimme's reasoning which does not eliminate B

Yup, true. They are identical terms.
Sorry, I just wanted to discuss it in detail, helps me understand the course better.

[playsimme]

Actually, playsimme's point of associating the response due to experience is a supporting reason for me choosing D. Unconditioned responses are reflexes as they do not require 'learning'(they're innate). But conditioned emotional responses occur when the ANS produces a response to a stimulus that it did not previously produce.
Like playsimme, that's the one I believe would be most correct. But yeah, it's a pretty horrible question
EDIT: The association has led to a phobia being developed which is not a reflex because as we all know from studying phobias, it is a complex behaviour and reflexes are simple responses.

Dayum glad SOMEBODY agrees with me.. consider 'MOST' correct. It wasn't a true 'reflex'..


EDIT: Can someone explain criterion related reliability clearly for me?

[spikey]

If there was a short-answer question saying 'What is the different between mental health and mental illness?', what would be a full mark response?

[watto_22]

If there was a short-answer question saying 'What is the different between mental health and mental illness?', what would be a full mark response?

You would just define mental health, and then compare this to mental illness' definition

eg Mental health is the capacity of an individual to interact with others and the environment in ways that promote subjective wellbeing, optimal development throughout the lifespan and effective use of their cognitive, emotional and social abilities. This is in contrast to mental illness, which refers to a psychological dysfunction that usually involves impairment in an individual's ability to cope with everyday life, distress and thoughts, feelings and/or behaviour that are atypical of the person and may also be inappropriate within their culture

Personally, I think this exact question is likely to come up on the exam, probably as a 2-mark short answer question (1 mark for each definition)

[maimu]

Question 22 from sample exam 2011:

In humans and animals, the timing of an experience can significantly influence the learning that takes place. Explain how a sensitive period in brain development differs from a critical period. Give an example of each.

Can anyone help me with this question. I know what sensitive period means, but have no idea about critical period. :<
Thanks

[monkeywantsabanana]

Can anyone help me with this question. I know what sensitive period means, but have no idea about critical period. :<

Please verify this as well. I was told that critical periods is used to describe animals where as sensitive periods for humans. Correct me if I'm wrong.

I also have another question:

What are the two types of allostatic load; I assume most of you have seen this in Checkpoint - completely threw me off... Which textbook is this in?

Many thanks.

[Zafaraaaa]

Question 22 from sample exam 2011:

In humans and animals, the timing of an experience can significantly influence the learning that takes place. Explain how a sensitive period in brain development differs from a critical period. Give an example of each.

Can anyone help me with this question. I know what sensitive period means, but have no idea about critical period. :<
Thanks

A critical period is a narrow period in an organism's development where they must have a certain experience in order to learn something (or something along those lines haha) E.g. when Baby Goslings are born, for the the first moving thing they see, they will learn to believe that it's their mother and start following it around--> http://www.geekosystem.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/122044-004-579DCB3A.jpeg

[Zafaraaaa]

What are the two types of allostatic load; I assume most of you have seen this in Checkpoint - completely threw me off... Which textbook is this in?

Two types of allostatic load include:
Repeated exposure to multiple stressors in a relatively short period of time that result in overexposure to stress hormones, leading to wear and tear on the body(allostatic load). An example of this could be on the day of the psych exam. You wake up late and realise you might not make it in time for the exam so you rush gathering all your equipment and quickly put it in your bag. You drive to school, still worried about being late and when you arrive at school you realise you forgot to bring your bag. Failz.
You've been exposed to multiple stressors that have occurred in relatively quick succession. Just as the first stressor has been dealt with, a new stressor has re-activated your stress response. If this happens multiple times, it will lead to allostatic overload.
Prolonged allostatic response to an encountered stressor after the stressor has passed. By having an increased length of exposure to the allostatic response, the recovery process is delayed. It is the increased length of the allostatic response that results in allostatic overload.

MeLucky had answered this for me a few pages back

[MeLucky]

There are actually 4 types of allostatic load.
I know that these can be found in the Grivas book and the Uncovering Psych book, but not Oxford. Not sure about Nelson however and I don't have the checkpoints..
If I can't find information or need to clarify something, I sometimes use google and access information from various websites-obviously be wary of their credibility.

[monkeywantsabanana]

Ah, I found them in the green box of Grivas, I don't really read those Are they even examinable?

Thank you anyways. (:

[MeLucky]

Ah, I found them in the green box of Grivas, I don't really read those Are they even examinable?

Thank you anyways. (:

Yeah, I skip most of those green boxes as well. Most of it is just additional information to help us understand the content which is why I hate how they put examinable stuff in the boxes -.-
It's confused me before

[watto_22]

There are actually 4 types of allostatic load.
I know that these can be found in the Grivas book...

page 615-616
don't have any of the other textbooks so can't help there.

[pas0005]

can someone help me please with with question.

In observational learning there is a stage where learning has occurred, but the behaviour has not yet been shown by the learner

a) what form of learning has occurred before the behaviour is shown?

b) which of the processes involved in observational learning occurs to elicit the behaviour to be shon?

c) which of the processes involved in observational learning must occur if the behaviour is to be repeated by the learner?

d) name and explain the first process involved in observational learning?

 
ok. well I now B  is reproduction, C is motivation and D is attention. would A be latent learning or retention. I'm not sure about retention because it would have asked for a "process" not the "form of learning".

oh, and with this question in banduras 1963a experiment what conditions, other than direct observation, were used?

would that be the cartoon video and the real-life video?


and one last question, for those doing major depression. as well as providing psychotherapy and working with a doctor who may prescribe medication, describe two other ways a psychologist could assist a client with depression?

[watto_22]

In observational learning there is a stage where learning has occurred, but the behaviour has not yet been shown by the learner
a) what form of learning has occurred before the behaviour is shown?

b) which of the processes involved in observational learning occurs to elicit the behaviour to be shon?

c) which of the processes involved in observational learning must occur if the behaviour is to be repeated by the learner?

d) name and explain the first process involved in observational learning?

My class had a huge discussion about this question (q. 6 on the sample paper http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/vcaa/vce/studies/psychology/psych2-samp-w.pdf)

a) is latent learning. retention isn't a form of learning so that can't be the answer.

b) my teacher was not sure about at all. Personally, i think it is motivation, because you can do all of attention, retention, reproduction, but if the motivation isn't there to perform the behaviour then it won't be shown.

c) the question is a bit ambiguous - it can be interpreted as meaning 'if the behaviour shown by the model is to be repeated by the learner', or as 'if the behaviour is to be repeated by the learner, then repeated again, then again'.
if you go for the first interpretation, then ALL processes of observational learning must occur.
for the second one, because attention, retention, reproduction already occurred when the behaviour was shown for the first time, they don't need to happen again in later times. so then you would say that motivation and reinforcement need to occur

d) attention is right, but also explain such as saying that it involves closely observing the model’s behaviour and identifying distinctive features of the observed behaviour

oh, and with this question in banduras 1963a experiment what conditions, other than direct observation, were used?
would that be the cartoon video and the real-life video?

yeah video-tape and cartoon. don't mention the passive model because that was also direct observation

can't help you with the depression...schizophrenia ftw