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Re: VCE Psychology Question Thread!
« Reply #360 on: October 20, 2016, 06:28:40 pm »
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variable-ratio is the most resistant to extinction
oh, haha my bad :D
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Re: VCE Psychology Question Thread!
« Reply #361 on: October 22, 2016, 11:54:33 am »
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yo that's true but the person asked for least resistant.

Least resistant is fixed interval ;)
I think it would be more correct to say least resistant is the continuous schedule of reinforcement..of course it depends on what options are listed as this would probably be a multi-choice question
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« Reply #362 on: October 22, 2016, 12:51:15 pm »
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For the role of the amygdala could the answer be different from VCAAs given answer in the examiners report "the primary function of the amygdala is the consolidation of emotional information in memory"

E.g could it be - "the function of the amygdala is the formation of implicit, procedural memory's"
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Re: VCE Psychology Question Thread!
« Reply #363 on: October 22, 2016, 02:12:03 pm »
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what type of memory is most affected by amnesia?
i.e 2014 psych exam, MCQ 27, out of sensory, working, short term and long term memory? i put STM in that specific scenario but i think i misread and i cant find info about it in my textbook - thanks ! :)
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Re: VCE Psychology Question Thread!
« Reply #364 on: October 22, 2016, 07:13:39 pm »
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Hi, I think i am confused about descriptive and inferential statistics. I know that the p-value determines if the conclusion can be made or not, but how does it determine if the hypothesis is supported Is there a chance that the p-value is statistically significant but the hypothesis is not correct- (e.g. there was a correlational change between iv and dv but it wasn't what was expected?)

Also, in the extended response, sometimes it asks for if the conclusion supported the hypothesis but there was no hypothesis and there was only an aim. what am i meant to write?

Does anyone have any ideas?
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Re: VCE Psychology Question Thread!
« Reply #365 on: October 22, 2016, 08:32:16 pm »
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are we expected to calculate a savings score in the short answer section? do i have to remember the formula? ty :)

edit: when asked in section c to write an introduction, what exactly do we include in that? this from a NEAP exam, and it asks for a intro and method for an experiment (which i can do) :) ty
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Re: VCE Psychology Question Thread!
« Reply #366 on: October 23, 2016, 06:33:53 pm »
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Do we have to know about sperlings study on memory yield??
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Re: VCE Psychology Question Thread!
« Reply #367 on: October 23, 2016, 07:10:13 pm »
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Do we have to know about sperlings study on memory yield??
dont think so? did u find this on a VCAA paper?
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Re: VCE Psychology Question Thread!
« Reply #368 on: October 23, 2016, 08:27:51 pm »
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are we expected to calculate a savings score in the short answer section? do i have to remember the formula? ty :)

edit: when asked in section c to write an introduction, what exactly do we include in that? this from a NEAP exam, and it asks for a intro and method for an experiment (which i can do) :) ty

Yes you should know how to do the savings score, however questions about the meaning of the savings score occur much more often-so try to understand both the maths and interpretation of the savings score.
No. If this is in the exam, background info will be given.
Do we have to know about sperlings study on memory yield??
what type of memory is most affected by amnesia?
i.e 2014 psych exam, MCQ 27, out of sensory, working, short term and long term memory? i put STM in that specific scenario but i think i misread and i cant find info about it in my textbook - thanks ! :)
Amnesia is related to long term memory, it is most commonly induced by brain damage. Consider specific cases like what you studied about retrograde and anterograde amnesia-they relate to an inability to retrieve or store long term memories.
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Re: VCE Psychology Question Thread!
« Reply #369 on: October 24, 2016, 10:28:57 pm »
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anyone have any tips for not getting confused between proactive interference and retroactive interference?
as well as any acronyms (hehe psych) used to remember large sets of info?
my best one is Run Scon- where Repression is unconscious, and Suprresion is conscious
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Re: VCE Psychology Question Thread!
« Reply #370 on: October 24, 2016, 10:33:15 pm »
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anyone have any tips for not getting confused between proactive interference and retroactive interference?
as well as any acronyms (hehe psych) used to remember large sets of info?
my best one is Run Scon- where Repression is unconscious, and Suprresion is conscious

I'm on my phone, so apologies for short message, but:

Proactive =
Old interfering with new;
Retroactive =
New interfering with old

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Re: VCE Psychology Question Thread!
« Reply #371 on: October 24, 2016, 10:43:35 pm »
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I'm on my phone, so apologies for short message, but:

Proactive =
Old interfering with new;
Retroactive =
New interfering with old
that's gold HAHAHAH thanks mate!
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Re: VCE Psychology Question Thread!
« Reply #372 on: October 25, 2016, 06:42:19 am »
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Hey guys! apologies
 for the onslaught of questions but if you can help with any of these/ even just one it would be greatly appreciated!:)

Q. When it says the Amygdala is responsible for the formation of stimulus-response conditioning, does this mean classically conditioned responses?
 
Q. Accepted duration of STM? Also for the duration of LTM is it unlimited or indefinite? Or are they interchangeable?

Q in relation to developmental plasticity, is it the neurons location before or after migration that determines its function?

Q. What is the timing of the stimulus in operant conditioning? I thought it was always before (as in the discriminative stimulus), but one of the prac exams I did says it occurs sometimes after and sometimes before the response?

Q. Veejay attends a university lecture every Tuesday at 10am in the Phinneas Lecture theatre. He always automatically sits in the same seat in the 12th row of the 33 row lecture theatre, although he neer actually counts the rows to work this out.
Veejay’s memory of the location of his seat is an example of (bolded is the answer) :
A.   Episodic
B.   Semantic
C.   Procedural
D.   Working
Thought it was procedural since it's automatic..

Q. When Julius was a child he regularly watched his mother go through the steps required to erect the family tent on the annual fam camping holidays. By the time Julius was a teenager he could methodically go through the steps required to erect the tent himself, despite never being formally taught how to put it up.
Julius has formed as _____ memory which has resulted in the establishment of new synaptic configurations of the brain; this is an example of ______ plasticity. (bolded is the answer)
A.   Explicit; developmental
B.   Explicit; adaptive
C.   Implicit; developmental
D.   Implicit; adaptive

Thought it was implicit cause it’s a procedural memory and developmental because the learning occurred when he was a child…? also how do you differentiate between adaptive and developmental plasticity in a child?


Q. In regards to Ebbinghaus’ forgetting curve, the textbook says that “if overlearnt the material is likely to be retained for longer and with greater accuracy” yet apparently (according to an exam) “the rate of forgetting is always the same regardless of how well practiced or learned it is.” So.. which is it? :/

Q. Someone else asked this but I don't think anyone got round to it, but if the results support the hypothesis but they are statistically insignificant does that mean the hypothesis is not supported and a conclusion can't be made? also what does it mean by "implications" of results?

thanks so much! :D

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Re: VCE Psychology Question Thread!
« Reply #373 on: October 25, 2016, 12:32:37 pm »
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If p value is P<0.5 and the rsampling method was convenience , can the results be generalised ? And can you say it supports the hypothesis

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Re: VCE Psychology Question Thread!
« Reply #374 on: October 25, 2016, 04:16:45 pm »
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If p value is P<0.5 and the rsampling method was convenience , can the results be generalised ? And can you say it supports the hypothesis
No. For psych we want P<0.05 NOT P<0.5. Also if your sample is selected via convenience sampling it is highly unlikely to be representative of the broader population-e.g say a teacher used his/her class as a sample (convenience sampling) for testing heart rate, we can see that this sampling will not generalise to the whole population (due to older people existing in the population and having slower heart rates.
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