2020 Psychology Exam!

[1292]

psychology exam 2020:D

[sarah15]

has anyone done the answers?

[Chloe182]

I FOUND IT SO HARD AND HAVE CRIED AFTER REALISING I MIS-READ THAT ONE QUESTION ABOUT THE SECONDARY APPRAISAL.
I THOUGHT IT MEANT THE SECOND PART OF THE FIRST APPRAISAL

[lm21074]

Hey Chloe,

I understand exactly how you're feeling right now and it really, truly sucks. You're not alone - it seems as though a lot of the state found the exam difficult. It's likely that the grade boundaries will be lower this year due to this.

I know it's hard but please try to keep your head held high. 

All the best for Music

[AR1472]

I found that exam weird. Like, personally I found mcq easier than 2019, but SAQ and the 10 marker were harder. The questions seemed weird like for example, explaining how to demonstrate procedural memories or a straightforward "explain two differences between the sympathetic nervous system and the spinal reflex" or that soft drink question where people tossed up between classical conditioning and observational learning.
honestly, i'm curious as to what people put down for the parents comforting the girl (maxine??) with the phobia question. negative or positive reinforcement? i think it could be either but depends on the justification.

overall, a very weird exam. i don't know how to feel about it 

[Chloe182]

Fir the soft drink question I Actually put operant conditioning... Because their is an acquisition occuring between the behaviour of drinking/buying the drink and with the consequence of feeling good... And then that's positive reinforcement...
Initially wrote observational learning though and had to rewrite my answer.

The Maxine question I put negative reinforcement but my explanation probably wasn't great - that was hard...

I even struggled with the differences between the spinal reflex and somatic nervous system response? What did you put?

[Chloe182]

Hey Chloe,

I understand exactly how you're feeling right now and it really, truly sucks. You're not alone - it seems as though a lot of the state found the exam difficult. It's likely that the grade boundaries will be lower this year due to this.

I know it's hard but please try to keep your head held high. 

All the best for Music

Thank you!! Trying to stay as positive as possible...
It's crappy as I worked so hard and having that possibly not show because of one exam sucks.

And thank you for the Goodluck

[AR1472]

Fir the soft drink question I Actually put operant conditioning... Because their is an acquisition occuring between the behaviour of drinking/buying the drink and with the consequence of feeling good... And then that's positive reinforcement...
Initially wrote observational learning though and had to rewrite my answer.

The Maxine question I put negative reinforcement but my explanation probably wasn't great - that was hard...

I even struggled with the differences between the spinal reflex and somatic nervous system response? What did you put?

I put classical conditioning for the soft drink question because the positive emotion is an involuntary response. I think they were watching someone feel good whilst they drink the soft drink and that pairs with the soft drink until the soft drink becomes a conditioned stimulus and the conditioned response is positive emotions thinking about the soft drink, but not too sure (

I also put negative reinforcement for the Maxine question. I said like by her parents giving her comfort, they were essentially removing her fear response/ fear symptoms so that’s negative reinforcement buT the question said “for the parents” so I’m thinking it might have been positive .-.

Also when I saw that first SAQ I was shook I didn’t think they’d give us something not scenario based. My first difference was that the sympathetic nervous system response results in physiological responses (eg. elevated heartbeat, dilated pupils) whereas the spinal reflex doesn’t and that the sympathetic nervous system response regulates the flight or fight response but the spinal reflex doesn’t. I don’t think I went into enough depth here oops 😐

[Chloe182]

I put classical conditioning for the soft drink question because the positive emotion is an involuntary response. I think they were watching someone feel good whilst they drink the soft drink and that pairs with the soft drink until the soft drink becomes a conditioned stimulus and the conditioned response is positive emotions thinking about the soft drink, but not too sure (

I also put negative reinforcement for the Maxine question. I said like by her parents giving her comfort, they were essentially removing her fear response/ fear symptoms so that’s negative reinforcement buT the question said “for the parents” so I’m thinking it might have been positive .-.

Also when I saw that first SAQ I was shook I didn’t think they’d give us something not scenario based. My first difference was that the sympathetic nervous system response results in physiological responses (eg. elevated heartbeat, dilated pupils) whereas the spinal reflex doesn’t and that the sympathetic nervous system response regulates the flight or fight response but the spinal reflex doesn’t. I don’t think I went into enough depth here oops 😐

Argghhh, classical conditioning does make more sense... Dammit. Not to mention I misread the one about the appraisals and wrote challenge + harm/loss (i think) as a part of the second substage of the first appraisal instead of the secondary appraisal. I could've done so much better

[AR1472]

Argghhh, classical conditioning does make more sense... Dammit. Not to mention I misread the one about the appraisals and wrote challenge + harm/loss (i think) as a part of the second substage of the first appraisal instead of the secondary appraisal. I could've done so much better

Aww don’t worry about it now- you tried your best ^^ I’m hearing most people were feeling pretty mixed so it’s true the A+ cut off is likely to be lower 

[khaiv710]

Fir the soft drink question I Actually put operant conditioning... Because their is an acquisition occuring between the behaviour of drinking/buying the drink and with the consequence of feeling good... And then that's positive reinforcement...
Initially wrote observational learning though and had to rewrite my answer.

The Maxine question I put negative reinforcement but my explanation probably wasn't great - that was hard...

I even struggled with the differences between the spinal reflex and somatic nervous system response? What did you put?

I wrote classical conditioning, because the question asked about how it generated positive emotions, which is an involuntary response.

[1292]

does anyone have access to the exam booklet and/or answers by any chance?

[Bri MT]

does anyone have access to the exam booklet and/or answers by any chance?

unfortunately VCAA exams are copyrighted so they can't be shared on the forums.  This is just advice but for answers it's probably best to only work on / self-mark for mcq since sa can be very subjective