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Re: VCE Psychology Question Thread!
« Reply #750 on: October 21, 2017, 01:18:05 pm »
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Thanks! So would you say to 'ignore' the antecedent as a stimulus?

You could think of it that way, as just ígnoring the antecedent as the stimulus. But either way the stimulus would still occur after the response. I'll illustrate with the use of an example.

Antecedent is the green light. Ben crosses the road: see even if you used the antecedent as the 'stimulus', the response of crossing the road would still come AFTER the stimulus [green light]

However, if you ignore the antecedent stimulus, then here is an example: [using the consequence as the stimulus]

Behavior is crossing the road, Ben nearly gets hit by a car. The stimulus of 'nearly getting hit by a car' [positive punishment] still comes AFTER the behavior of crossing the road.


So either way you like to look at it, the stimulus comes AFTER the response. whether the response be the antecedent [ green light] or crossing the road].


So basically you can think of it anyway you want, but the way the question is worded, it is asking you when the stimulus is presented [before or after] in relation to the RESPONSE. so the response is the way Ben  'responds to the antecedent, or in other words it is Ben's behavior to the antecedent.


Do you understand that, please let me know if you don't and I could try to explain it differently.

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Re: VCE Psychology Question Thread!
« Reply #751 on: October 21, 2017, 01:40:50 pm »
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Oh okay, that makes sense. How would you differentiate between a daydream being an ASC where they cannot focus, lower attention etc. and just a NWC as you described?

Hey again Peter,

Regarding the VCAA exam questions I have found 2 for you. This will demonstrate to you how clear and unambiguous VCAA make the distinction between an ASC and a NWC.

The first question is from VCAA 2002 Exam 1. Question 36.

Q. 36: Louis underwent hypnosis as a treatment to help him quit smoking. Afterwards, he was surprised to learn that he had been under hypnosis for half an hour because it seemed to him that only 15 minutes had passed. Louis has most likely experienced:

A. a state of normal waking consciousness
B. an altered state of consciousness.
C. A stream of consciousness
D. an automatic process.

Obviously, the correct answer is B. Adding on to what I said earlier, if the scenario involved some one in a ASC. they would hint it to you, for example they would say something about lowered level of awareness, pr amplified emotions, or in this scenario, they said something about Louis not being able to accurately perceive the passage of time [which is characteristic of an ASC]. So in a nutshell, if the answer was ASC, then there would be a characteristic of an ASC in the question.

This next question is symmetric to the one you came across on the TSSM exam. It is extracted from VCAA Exam 1 2003. Question 32.

Adrienne is completing a test. During the task, Adrienne has thoughts about the part-time work roster her employer changed recently, the party she is attending the next day, and the prospect of getting her Learners permit next week. What is the best way of describing her state of consciousness.

A. normal waking consciousness
B. Altered state of consciousness
C. Focused state of consciousness
D. selective sate of consciousnesses.


Now, I assume you'd know by now that the answer is indeed A. NWC. and I'm going to be honest here, when I first did this I also chose B. But know that I read the examiners report, I released it was really stupid thing because that just doesn't make sense. Because if he was in a ASC. then he would not be able to think about so may things. So as you can see the answer is A, and it's good that you know now because a similar question may come by in the exam.


In relation to the examiners report for this question, only 46% answer A correctly and 34% answers B. the comment on the report is verbatim:

The flow of thoughts described for Adrienne in this question is a
concrete example of William James’ hypothetical construct of the
stream of consciousness referred
 to in the previous question.



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Re: VCE Psychology Question Thread!
« Reply #752 on: October 21, 2017, 02:03:45 pm »
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How does random allocation remove the extraneous variable of individual participant differences?
Is it because there is a more even spread of participant variables?

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Re: VCE Psychology Question Thread!
« Reply #753 on: October 21, 2017, 03:14:43 pm »
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I would say that C is the better answer because the amygdala is involved in encoding all emotional long-term memories (doesn't have to be traumatic), so that is why C is the better answer
Makes sense! Thanks
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Re: VCE Psychology Question Thread!
« Reply #754 on: October 21, 2017, 03:15:34 pm »
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Good question. With the practice exams I have been doing [from VCAA] they would make the distinction clear-cut. If Cooper was in an ASC they would say that he is not focusing on his exam, or they would ACTUALLY say that he is daydreaming about the next English exam or the 'schoolies week'. Now you need to realize that the fact the Cooper is actually doing his exam, is indicative of a NWC because if he was daydreaming, he would only be thinking about his internal thoughts[ such as his next English exam] and he would not be able to focus on his external environment- which in this scenario is he English exam] If the question said that he was not completing his exam because he was thinking about other things [internal thoughts] , then that would be an ASC. I'll try and find the MC questions that are similar to this one so that you can practice on them. However, this would be deemed a trick question, because a large proportion would have chosen ASC like you.

feel free to ask more questions for clarifications! The more you know, the better.

Good to know! Thank you!
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Re: VCE Psychology Question Thread!
« Reply #755 on: October 21, 2017, 03:17:49 pm »
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Hey again Peter,

Regarding the VCAA exam questions I have found 2 for you. This will demonstrate to you how clear and unambiguous VCAA make the distinction between an ASC and a NWC.

The first question is from VCAA 2002 Exam 1. Question 36.

Q. 36: Louis underwent hypnosis as a treatment to help him quit smoking. Afterwards, he was surprised to learn that he had been under hypnosis for half an hour because it seemed to him that only 15 minutes had passed. Louis has most likely experienced:

A. a state of normal waking consciousness
B. an altered state of consciousness.
C. A stream of consciousness
D. an automatic process.

Obviously, the correct answer is B. Adding on to what I said earlier, if the scenario involved some one in a ASC. they would hint it to you, for example they would say something about lowered level of awareness, pr amplified emotions, or in this scenario, they said something about Louis not being able to accurately perceive the passage of time [which is characteristic of an ASC]. So in a nutshell, if the answer was ASC, then there would be a characteristic of an ASC in the question.

This next question is symmetric to the one you came across on the TSSM exam. It is extracted from VCAA Exam 1 2003. Question 32.

Adrienne is completing a test. During the task, Adrienne has thoughts about the part-time work roster her employer changed recently, the party she is attending the next day, and the prospect of getting her Learners permit next week. What is the best way of describing her state of consciousness.

A. normal waking consciousness
B. Altered state of consciousness
C. Focused state of consciousness
D. selective sate of consciousnesses.


Now, I assume you'd know by now that the answer is indeed A. NWC. and I'm going to be honest here, when I first did this I also chose B. But know that I read the examiners report, I released it was really stupid thing because that just doesn't make sense. Because if he was in a ASC. then he would not be able to think about so may things. So as you can see the answer is A, and it's good that you know now because a similar question may come by in the exam.


In relation to the examiners report for this question, only 46% answer A correctly and 34% answers B. the comment on the report is verbatim:

The flow of thoughts described for Adrienne in this question is a
concrete example of William James’ hypothetical construct of the
stream of consciousness referred
 to in the previous question.




Perfect! Thanks so much again for the help :) Good luck to you as well!
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Re: VCE Psychology Question Thread!
« Reply #756 on: October 21, 2017, 04:37:34 pm »
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Perfect! Thanks so much again for the help :) Good luck to you as well!

Thanks Peter, all the best!!!  ;)

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Re: VCE Psychology Question Thread!
« Reply #757 on: October 21, 2017, 05:25:22 pm »
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Hi guys. Are we allowed to use abbreviations when talking about classical conditioning (for example, neutral stimulus=NS), without defining it first by putting it in brackets? So like instead of going "the unconditioned stimulus (UCS) is ..." are we able to just say "the UCS is..."?

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Re: VCE Psychology Question Thread!
« Reply #758 on: October 21, 2017, 05:28:28 pm »
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Hi guys. Are we allowed to use abbreviations when talking about classical conditioning (for example, neutral stimulus=NS), without defining it first by putting it in brackets? So like instead of going "the unconditioned stimulus (UCS) is ..." are we able to just say "the UCS is..."?


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Re: VCE Psychology Question Thread!
« Reply #759 on: October 22, 2017, 10:53:57 am »
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With specific environmental triggers in relation to specific phobia, does it count as a specific environmental trigger if its vicariously? eg. parent telling you a story. My understanding that its only direct exposure, but i have conflicting sources of info that tell me otherwise :)

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« Reply #760 on: October 22, 2017, 11:20:07 am »
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Hi,

I just had a few questions over things I've seen in exams.

For Lazarus and Folkman, I remember reading that even if you had a primary appraisal of threat or harm/loss, you could secondarily appraise that you had adequate coping resources and thus not have a stress response. Is this correct?

Where are implicit memories stored because I thought that the cerebral cortex stored well-learned implicit memories and the cerebellum encoded and temporarily stored implicit memories, SO Im not sure what to answer.

Also, for the precipitation of phobia, would you talk about glutamate (LTP and the strengthening of the neural connections relating to the fear response) or adrenaline (role in consolidating emotionally significant events) or possibly both??

And for the question; outline two devices that could be used to help determine if an individual is in an ASC. What would you talk about?? Obviously an EEG, but I'm unsure what an EMG or EOG or sleep diary etc would show if a person was in an ASC for the 2nd mark.

Finally, for the question; Jonah sleeps an average of 7 hours each night. When he is asleep, about 1/5 of his sleep time is spent in R.EM sleep. Jonah is most likely to be;
1
13
40
90

I answered D because my teacher specifically told us that adults sleep 8 hours so I thought it couldn't be C, so what would an elderly person's R.E.M. show and how many hours of sleep would they get?
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Re: VCE Psychology Question Thread!
« Reply #761 on: October 22, 2017, 11:22:21 am »
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With specific environmental triggers in relation to specific phobia, does it count as a specific environmental trigger if its vicariously? eg. parent telling you a story. My understanding that its only direct exposure, but i have conflicting sources of info that tell me otherwise :)

Yep, it can be both (direct or indirect exposure)!

Such as:
e.g.) Spiders
- Directly getting bitten by a spider
- Seeing someone else being bitten by a spider and freaking out
- Hearing about it on news/radio
- Seeing it in a movie


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« Reply #762 on: October 22, 2017, 11:35:42 am »
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Hi,

I just had a few questions over things I've seen in exams.

For Lazarus and Folkman, I remember reading that even if you had a primary appraisal of threat or harm/loss, you could secondarily appraise that you had adequate coping resources and thus not have a stress response. Is this correct? Yes

Also, for the precipitation of phobia, would you talk about glutamate (LTP and the strengthening of the neural connections relating to the fear response) or adrenaline (role in consolidating emotionally significant events) or possibly both?? Neither. These aren't the precipitating factors that are listed in the study design; stick to them instead.

And for the question; outline two devices that could be used to help determine if an individual is in an ASC. What would you talk about?? Obviously an EEG, but I'm unsure what an EMG or EOG or sleep diary etc would show if a person was in an ASC for the 2nd mark.
I would say depends on the type of ASC, but generally speaking, I would go with EMG. ASC has less self-control --> less able to control muscles --> less muscle tone --> lower electrical reading on EMG

Finally, for the question; Jonah sleeps an average of 7 hours each night. When he is asleep, about 1/5 of his sleep time is spent in R.EM sleep. Jonah is most likely to be;
1
13
40
90

I answered D because my teacher specifically told us that adults sleep 8 hours so I thought it couldn't be C, so what would an elderly person's R.E.M. show and how many hours of sleep would they get?
Proportion of REM sleep for most of the lifespan is 20 - 25% but it decreases when you reach old age. It also becomes shorter and more fragmented; search up 'elderly hypnograms' if you want a graphical illustration. Hours of sleep is generally 6 ish.


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« Reply #763 on: October 22, 2017, 12:35:10 pm »
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Thank you!!!!!!

For the second question, I probably shouldn't have used the word precipitate, as I more meant the NT/NH associated with stress response and LTP in developing a phobia.

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Re: VCE Psychology Question Thread!
« Reply #764 on: October 22, 2017, 12:52:12 pm »
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Hey Guys,

For biological treatment of phobias, do benzodiazepines MIMIC GABA function or do they INCREASE GABA function?

Does elaborative rehearsal increase LTM and maintenance rehearsal increase STM- is this true?