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Re: VCE Psychology Question Thread!
« Reply #765 on: October 22, 2017, 01:07:29 pm »
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Hey Guys,

For biological treatment of phobias, do benzodiazepines MIMIC GABA function or do they INCREASE GABA function? Benzo's mimic GABA function and act on GABA receptors in order to increase the inhibitory effect on GABA, if that made sense aha.

Does elaborative rehearsal increase LTM and maintenance rehearsal increase STM- is this true? Not quite, as LTM has a relatively permanent duration and capacity, and all elaborative rehearsal does it transfer information from STM into LTM. STM has a duration of 18-30 seconds and a capacity of 5-9 items. All maintenance rehearsal does is increase the duration of time the information is in STM.
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« Reply #766 on: October 22, 2017, 06:31:51 pm »
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One of the practice exams stated that the duration of short-term memory is 12-30 seconds, however I usually put 18-30 seconds. It's the same for sensory memory, for it's capacity I usually write 0.2-4 seconds (iconic and echoic) but the prac exam had 0.3-4 seconds.

Basically, will VCAA be this strict if these were questions on the upcoming exam? It's pretty unlikely that we'd get a question this simple, but I wanted to make sure just in-case.
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« Reply #767 on: October 22, 2017, 06:35:58 pm »
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One of the practice exams stated that the duration of short-term memory is 12-30 seconds, however I usually put 18-30 seconds. It's the same for sensory memory, for it's capacity I usually write 0.2-4 seconds (iconic and echoic) but the prac exam had 0.3-4 seconds.

Basically, will VCAA be this strict if these were questions on the upcoming exam? It's pretty unlikely that we'd get a question this simple, but I wanted to make sure just in-case.
Yes. VCAA are quite strict about having the exact ranges for these durations.
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« Reply #768 on: October 22, 2017, 06:52:12 pm »
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One of the practice exams stated that the duration of short-term memory is 12-30 seconds, however I usually put 18-30 seconds. It's the same for sensory memory, for it's capacity I usually write 0.2-4 seconds (iconic and echoic) but the prac exam had 0.3-4 seconds.

Basically, will VCAA be this strict if these were questions on the upcoming exam? It's pretty unlikely that we'd get a question this simple, but I wanted to make sure just in-case.
My teacher is a VCAA assessor and has also written several psych textbooks, what he told us was to basically mention the duration of STM is 18-20, sometimes up to 30 seconds, and we'd never go wrong with this.
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Re: VCE Psychology Question Thread!
« Reply #769 on: October 22, 2017, 07:51:07 pm »
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One of the practice exams stated that the duration of short-term memory is 12-30 seconds, however I usually put 18-30 seconds. It's the same for sensory memory, for it's capacity I usually write 0.2-4 seconds (iconic and echoic) but the prac exam had 0.3-4 seconds.

Basically, will VCAA be this strict if these were questions on the upcoming exam? It's pretty unlikely that we'd get a question this simple, but I wanted to make sure just in-case.
I doubt you'd lose marks for stating 0.2-4. However if you quoted some similar figured eg.  0.1, you would not get the mark

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« Reply #770 on: October 22, 2017, 09:41:48 pm »
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Can we write in pencil for the psych exam? I know VCAA tells us to use pen, but will they still mark my exam if I've written in pencil?
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« Reply #771 on: October 22, 2017, 09:52:53 pm »
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Can we write in pencil for the psych exam? I know VCAA tells us to use pen, but will they still mark my exam if I've written in pencil?
They will still mark it, if you did it in pencil.
But I would recommend pen as pencil doesn't scan well. This makes it harder for the assessor to mark your exam and could make you lose marks due to being unable to see your answer.
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« Reply #772 on: October 23, 2017, 08:06:06 pm »
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What stage of the GAS is cortisol released?

I've heard it's released in resistance, but am hearing conflicting opinions where it is released in the countershock stage of alarm reaction.

Thoughts??

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« Reply #773 on: October 23, 2017, 08:09:01 pm »
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What stage of the GAS is cortisol released?

I've heard it's released in resistance, but am hearing conflicting opinions where it is released in the countershock stage of alarm reaction.

Thoughts??
What stage of the GAS is cortisol released?

I've heard it's released in resistance, but am hearing conflicting opinions where it is released in the countershock stage of alarm reaction.

Thoughts??

In the counter shock stage, adrenaline is released. However as we enter the resistance stage our body needs extra resources and energy to cope with the stressor, which is why cortisol is released in the resistance stage.
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« Reply #774 on: October 23, 2017, 09:01:47 pm »
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In the counter shock stage, adrenaline is released. However as we enter the resistance stage our body needs extra resources and energy to cope with the stressor, which is why cortisol is released in the resistance stage.

Yeah, I agree with you aswell, but I've also heard otherwise- that cortisol is also released in small amounts in countershock, but mainly adrenaline (and sympathetic NS- FFF), as it is a short-term response to stress. After, when the body reaches resistance stage, a more long-term way to deal with the stress is achieved through the release of cortisol alone, without adrenaline.

This kinda makes sense because for example in the exam, our heart rate and breathing rate is not increased and were not sweating rapidly for the whole 2 hours and 45 minutes, but to keep us energised and going for a longer amount of time, cortisol is released.

Now I'm getting confused as to what I should be saying?!

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« Reply #775 on: October 23, 2017, 09:42:15 pm »
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just wanted to ask for clarification on some questions that I got wrong on a practice exam:

can punishment act as a reinforcer (wrong answer: punishment decreases likelihood of avoidance behaviours)

can the response in operant conditioning be both voluntary and involuntary (as opposed to just being voluntary)

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« Reply #776 on: October 23, 2017, 09:56:09 pm »
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Yeah, I agree with you aswell, but I've also heard otherwise- that cortisol is also released in small amounts in countershock, but mainly adrenaline (and sympathetic NS- FFF), as it is a short-term response to stress. After, when the body reaches resistance stage, a more long-term way to deal with the stress is achieved through the release of cortisol alone, without adrenaline.

This kinda makes sense because for example in the exam, our heart rate and breathing rate is not increased and were not sweating rapidly for the whole 2 hours and 45 minutes, but to keep us energised and going for a longer amount of time, cortisol is released.

Now I'm getting confused as to what I should be saying?!

Don't be confused, every resources I've used says what I told you previously, I know it does make sense to you that way but even VCAA questions I've attempted say that cortisol is released in the resistance stage.

In relation to your example, when you enter the exam, adrenaline is predominant, however, when you start to chill out, that's cortisol at work. It could be possible that there is a minor amount of cortisol during the counter shock stage, but not mentioned in many resources I've read.
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« Reply #777 on: October 23, 2017, 10:25:45 pm »
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Don't be confused, every resources I've used says what I told you previously, I know it does make sense to you that way but even VCAA questions I've attempted say that cortisol is released in the resistance stage.

In relation to your example, when you enter the exam, adrenaline is predominant, however, when you start to chill out, that's cortisol at work. It could be possible that there is a minor amount of cortisol during the counter shock stage, but not mentioned in many resources I've read.


Alright. I'm gonna trust u on this one!! Thanks for the help  :)

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« Reply #778 on: October 23, 2017, 10:28:28 pm »
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Alright. I'm gonna trust u on this one!! Thanks for the help  :)

Pretty sure it's correct, I would say I'm 100% sure it's correct but then my head will get bigger ;). If you're still unsure ask and someone else will answer it for you, but they'll most likely say what I said

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« Reply #779 on: October 23, 2017, 10:32:46 pm »
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just wanted to ask for clarification on some questions that I got wrong on a practice exam:

can punishment act as a reinforcer (wrong answer: punishment decreases likelihood of avoidance behaviours)


Yes, punishment can inadvertently act as a reinforcer. For example, say you are trying to stop a student from talking in class by telling them off in front of everyone. This seems like you are positively punishing them (provision of a stern warning etc.), however, this could also act as a positive reinforcer by providing attention towards them.

I'm not too sure about the OC question either, so if someone could provide some insight, that would be much appreciated!
Also, I think i recognise these questions from a past exam right?
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