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Re: VCE Psychology Question Thread!
« Reply #105 on: October 11, 2015, 09:58:45 am »
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Confused about the role of the amygdala in memory formation. What do we need to know other than it helps to form stronger memories for highly emotional experiences?
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« Reply #106 on: October 11, 2015, 10:48:59 am »
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Confused about the role of the amygdala in memory formation. What do we need to know other than it helps to form stronger memories for highly emotional experiences?

-The acquisition of conditioned fear response
-Processing and regulating emotional reactions, particularly fear and anger.
-Allows you to detect danger and recognise fearful expressions in others
-Encoding and storage of emotional memories.
-Increased amount of neurotransmitter norepinephrine in the amygdala during times of heightened emotional arousal provides a signal to the hippocampus to store important emotion details and strengthen it’s storage
-Learning and memory of fear responses involving implicit memory.

It is believed that the amygdala sends a signal to the hippocampus to ‘tag’ the memory of an emotionally arousing event with important emotional details and strengthen its long-term storage.

Just some things about the amygdala, I think that's all we need to know? Maybe someone else can answer this question better.

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« Reply #107 on: October 12, 2015, 12:31:38 pm »
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Just to make sure, we are not required to know about anxiety, schizophrenia, etc for the exam, that was purely for SAC's?

Also can someone please help differentiate between homeostasis and allostasis?

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Re: VCE Psychology Question Thread!
« Reply #108 on: October 12, 2015, 01:25:38 pm »
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Just to make sure, we are not required to know about anxiety, schizophrenia, etc for the exam, that was purely for SAC's?

Also can someone please help differentiate between homeostasis and allostasis?

Thank you :)
Yes I can 100% confirm we do NOT need that knowledge (I guarantee this, but look at the study design if you don't believe a random person like me  :P)
Second part-> homeostasis=body's ability to maintain stability in low fluctuations of the internal and external environment. Allostasis allows the body to achieve stability through change, usually due to high fluctuations in internal/external environment.
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« Reply #109 on: October 12, 2015, 02:57:23 pm »
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Yes I can 100% confirm we do NOT need that knowledge (I guarantee this, but look at the study design if you don't believe a random person like me  :P)
Second part-> homeostasis=body's ability to maintain stability in low fluctuations of the internal and external environment. Allostasis allows the body to achieve stability through change, usually due to high fluctuations in internal/external environment.

Yey, good to know! Thanks :)

Do by any chance have an example of allostasis vs homeostasis, I understand how allostasis is stability by change, but isn't homeostasis also by changing . . .   :-X

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Re: VCE Psychology Question Thread!
« Reply #110 on: October 12, 2015, 06:47:57 pm »
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Yey, good to know! Thanks :)

Do by any chance have an example of allostasis vs homeostasis, I understand how allostasis is stability by change, but isn't homeostasis also by changing . . .   :-X
Nah can't really think of one...if you come across something in multi choice giving a scenario, it's usually the case that the allostatic response will involve a component of the fight-flight response so it's easy enough to pick out if you approach it that way. Maybe as an example, say you're near a venomous snake, you're heart rate increases and perspiration increases to allow the body to maintain stability through change (allostasis). While homeostasis normally keeps the body temperature under control in controlled environments, it wouldn't be able to in this scenario
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« Reply #111 on: October 12, 2015, 07:26:35 pm »
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Nah can't really think of one...if you come across something in multi choice giving a scenario, it's usually the case that the allostatic response will involve a component of the fight-flight response so it's easy enough to pick out if you approach it that way. Maybe as an example, say you're near a venomous snake, you're heart rate increases and perspiration increases to allow the body to maintain stability through change (allostasis). While homeostasis normally keeps the body temperature under control in controlled environments, it wouldn't be able to in this scenario

That sounds good, thanks so much!

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Re: VCE Psychology Question Thread!
« Reply #112 on: October 13, 2015, 05:26:28 pm »
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Can someone please explain the difference between a secondary appraisal and a reappraisal?

I'm confused :-\

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Re: VCE Psychology Question Thread!
« Reply #113 on: October 13, 2015, 06:30:11 pm »
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Hahaha I just started proper revision but everything is coming back to me
For anyone who uses both textbooks or have multiple sources of notes,
I have encountered two definitions for ATTENTION

- The concentration of mental activity that involves focusing on one specific stimuli whilst ignoring others ( Macmillain and A few other trusted notes sources)
- Something about actively processing information , can't remember it all but IT DID NOT MENTION ANYTHING ABOUT IGNORING SOME STIMULI AND FOCUSING ON OTHERS. the key word was actively processing. ( Oxford written by chief examiner )

so which one do i choose ? :(

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Re: VCE Psychology Question Thread!
« Reply #114 on: October 13, 2015, 06:43:32 pm »
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Hahaha I just started proper revision but everything is coming back to me
For anyone who uses both textbooks or have multiple sources of notes,
I have encountered two definitions for ATTENTION

- The concentration of mental activity that involves focusing on one specific stimuli whilst ignoring others ( Macmillain and A few other trusted notes sources)
- Something about actively processing information , can't remember it all but IT DID NOT MENTION ANYTHING ABOUT IGNORING SOME STIMULI AND FOCUSING ON OTHERS. the key word was actively processing. ( Oxford written by chief examiner )

so which one do i choose ? :(

I use the first one :/
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Re: VCE Psychology Question Thread!
« Reply #115 on: October 13, 2015, 07:08:15 pm »
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I use the first one :/

Yeah my only concern is that the second one is from the head assessor for psych so idk man

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Re: VCE Psychology Question Thread!
« Reply #116 on: October 13, 2015, 07:26:32 pm »
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Yeah my only concern is that the second one is from the head assessor for psych so idk man
The first one describes selective attention, not attention in general. Shouldn't really matter though
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« Reply #117 on: October 13, 2015, 07:54:35 pm »
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The first one describes selective attention, not attention in general. Shouldn't really matter though

hmm, yep that's true. So I guess for attention in a general way, you could use: Attention relates to information you are actively processing, either within our conscious awareness, or outside it.
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Re: VCE Psychology Question Thread!
« Reply #118 on: October 14, 2015, 06:47:22 pm »
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Can someone please help me with the following question?

-According to the multi-store model of memory, information is:

A. Stored and processed in each of the three stores.

B. Processed in each of the three stores, but stored only in the long term store.

C. Stored in each of the three stores, but processed only while in the short term store.

D. Processed in the first toe stores, and stored (but not processed) in the long term store.

Answer is A.
What exactly does processing mean?

Also why does spatial neglect only occur in left visual field?

And, is it true that for hemispheric specialisation both hemis can peform the function however one is dominant over the other?

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Re: VCE Psychology Question Thread!
« Reply #119 on: October 14, 2015, 07:17:59 pm »
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Can someone please help me with the following question?

-According to the multi-store model of memory, information is:

A. Stored and processed in each of the three stores.

B. Processed in each of the three stores, but stored only in the long term store.

C. Stored in each of the three stores, but processed only while in the short term store.

D. Processed in the first toe stores, and stored (but not processed) in the long term store.

Answer is A.
What exactly does processing mean?

Also why does spatial neglect only occur in left visual field?

And, is it true that for hemispheric specialisation both hemis can peform the function however one is dominant over the other?

Thanks! :)
Not sure about that multi choice question...VERY doubtful that it'd come up in a vcaa exam (they'll use encoding, storage and retrieval and the question will be simpler).

2nd question. That is not true, spatial neglect can occur as a result of damage to either the left or right parietal lobe. Both of which assist in spatial reasoning, mainly the right parietal lobe though.

3rd question. I wouldn't say that is true. The right hemisphere cannot make a word pronounced (no broca's) whereas the left can, therefore right is dependent on left (so not dominant to it).
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