Are we required to know...

[username]

Things like correlation, scatter diagrams, and mean and stuff like that?

We haven't covered it in class at all. :\

[sisqo1111]

out of the checkpoints i have done, i have rarely seen them. but they have popped up a few times lol

[rh]

in the study design, the key knowledge for research methods includes the "collection and interpretation of data" and "statistical analysis"

what you said comes under that (i think) so yeah i'd say we have to know it.

[username]

Ew.

[Glockmeister]

Have an idea of it... but scatter plots, and correlations were something that was from the previous study design so it would be unlikely that you'd get this kind of question (a pity, in my opinion). What you will find (in terms of "collection and interpretation of data") is a case study, and you will have to answer a few questions on the design of the experiment (including possible extravenous variables). "statistical analysis" refers to p-values.

[username]

Ooh thanks Glock.

Pity that it's not on the study design? Hardly.

Jubilation? Yes please.

[ilovesuck]

you should know your mean, median, mode and graphs as they are descriptive statistics.

other than this, i doubt anything will come up regarding scatter plots, correlations etc.  saying this however, if youre aiming for the top mark, it would be handy to have a general idea about the concept..

[rh]

do we have to know the different types of encoding? (semantic, visual and acoustic)

[AppleThief]

do we have to know the different types of encoding? (semantic, visual and acoustic)

I've not seen those show up on an exam, but it only takes about five seconds to learn them.

[ilovesuck]

theyve come up in one trial exam i've done, but its pretty easy to get your head around it.

basically,
acoustic encoding: stored in terms of sound (eg the numbers 3423 sounded as "three four two three")
visual encoding: stored pictorially, or in terms of its appearance (eg the actual pictorial representation of the numbers 3243)
semantic encoding: stored in terms of its meaning (eg remembering 3423 because its your postcode)

someone correct me if im wrong

[rh]

that's a good example to use, thank you.

[khalil]

isnt it structural, phonemic and semantic encoding?

[rh]

yeah, they have different names in different text books. i've also seen them referred to as shallow (visual) processing, moderate (phonetic) processing, and deep (semantic) processing.

[Lulu]

So how is everyone approaching their study for Psych in this last week of swatvac?

I'm just trying to get as many practice exams done as possible...not sure if it's the most effective method at the moment :\

[Glockmeister]

- Read over your notes
- Do practice questions
- Relax

thats pretty much what you need to do.