As the subject suggests, this is a thread for psych questions that are challenging (/ most of the state got wrong). Don't worry if you get these wrong - have a go and see if they can help you learn and refine your responses! :)Haven't done psych before, so I am only very vauge for these questions, however I do think I know Question 1, so I will answer that:
Please put your answers in spoilers so that others can also have a go without being influenced by your response :)
Good luck & here's the first set:Set 11. Alex swims competitively. The area of the brain that would store Alex's memory of how to swim would be:
a) Hippocampus
b) Amygdala
c) Cerebellum
d) Cerebral Cortex
2. Sally was sitting around a campfire when a spider crawled onto her foot. She swiftly wacked it away and felt her heart rate increase. Later, she was rearranging wood in the fire and involuntarily jerked her arm away. She then saw that she has a blister forming on her hand.
a) What division of the nervous system was responsible for her wacking the spider away, and what type of response did she display? (2 marks)
b) Explain Sally's response when she jerked her arm away from the fire. ( 3 marks)
3. Describe what an antagonist is ( 2 marks) [ this wasn't directly a question BUT VCAA assumed people knew this and very few people did]
4. This is a pretty big question, and when I did this exam I considered it one of the hardest questions in there - but it doesn't require any year 12 specific knowledge! I'm going to link you the exam and please go to question 5 c iii ( most of the state didn't get full marks for c i either and you should be able to do that one too )
Haven't done psych before, so I am only very vauge for these questions, however I do think I know Question 1, so I will answer that:Its a pretty sad effort, but oh well ;Dquestion 1a) hippocampus
3. D. Inadequate restoration of hormone levels due to limited amounts of REM sleep
I'll have a go at some of the questions! Even though I've already done psych, I miss it a lot and love answering questions.It is suprising how quickly content can fade away if you don't use it - I certainly never thought I would forget anything in the bio course, but have well and truley been proved wrong haha.
I'm a bit rusty :P
It is suprising how quickly content can fade away if you don't use it - I certainly never thought I would forget anything in the bio course, but have well and truley been proved wrong haha.
Multiple ChoiceQuestion 1: A
Question 2: C
Question 3: D
Question 4: A
Question 5: CShort AnswerQuestion 1
a) Outline how attention in observational learning led to David developing a phobia of cockroaches. (2 marks)
Observational learning describes learning that is a result of observing others. David's mother (who, it can be assumed, that he has a good relationship with, thus making her behaviour more influential) made her phobia regarding cockroaches very apparent, which caught David's attention. As he noticed his mother reacting negatively to cockroaches, they became associated with negativity.
b) As an adult, David decided to seek professional help to manage anxiety associated with his phobia of cockroaches. David’s psychologist recommended using breathing retraining.
How could context-dependent cues help David remember his psychologist’s breathing retraining instructions? (2 marks)
(honestly don't know the answer, but a teacher at my school always says "If you're stressed, just breathe in Jesus" ;D, so I think David just needs to breathe in Jesus for a second)
My guess is that, the cue is cockroaches, and overtime he sees a cockroach and begins to panic he will recall his psychologist's breathing retraining instructions... it has something to do with the amygdala (I think)
c) Explain how one evidence-based social intervention could be used to further assist David in managing his specific phobia of cockroaches.(3 marks)
:o :o :o
Question 2
What is an advantage of using this experimental design? (1 mark)
Using repeated measures allows experimenters to asses whether or not the buzzer has become and conditioned stimulus, and produces a conditioned response.
(random side note: wouldn't it be a better experimental design if the experiments used the matched participant design and had an experimental group and a control group, or, changed the orders of the stages? Like in stage A, there should be the unconditioned stimulus, but no food. And then in stage B, it should be unconditioned stimulus and food, and then in stage C, conditioned (potentially) stimulus and no food - in order to see if there was a conditioned response... Idk, just my thoughts ;D)
Question 3
Compare how REM and NREM sleep would differ in a hypnogram of a healthy adolescent and a hypnogram of an elderly person.(2 marks)
lol, I should remember this from unit 1... but I don't. Something about you sleep less when you're older, do you also have less REM sleep when you are older? No clue...
Imma be shocked if I get any right, I really need to do some psych revision... haven't looked at memory and learning in 2 months, whoops.
Multiple ChoiceQuestion 1: A
Question 2: B
Question 3: A (don't really remember sleep too well :P)
Question 4: B
Question 5: C
lol, forgot to clarify that these are answers to the first batch of questions Erutepa posted on the 20th of Jan 2020