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Re: VCE Psychology Question Thread!
« Reply #195 on: October 29, 2015, 12:30:39 pm »
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How'd you all find the exam? :)

I didn't find it that bad compared to others in my year, but there were way too many questions on stress! :'(
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Re: VCE Psychology Question Thread!
« Reply #196 on: October 29, 2015, 12:47:14 pm »
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Psychology exam discussion here! atarnotes.com/forum/index.php?topic=163185.msg850742#msg850742
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Re: VCE Psychology Question Thread!
« Reply #197 on: November 17, 2015, 11:52:50 am »
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Hello,

would someone mind helping me out (I have my psych exam tomorrow :P)

What is the difference between personality, temperament, character and mood?
I'm confused
pls help :)

Thanks
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Re: VCE Psychology Question Thread!
« Reply #198 on: November 24, 2015, 06:34:19 pm »
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hey guys, just a question that's sorta psych related, but not exactly. So basically my question is: Should i use time to create my own extensive list of notes or should i just use others' notes that have already been created? i could make my own, and i do see the benefits of doing so, but it seems time-consuming (especially if i did this for all my subjects) ! thanks guuysss :)
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Re: VCE Psychology Question Thread!
« Reply #199 on: November 24, 2015, 11:07:40 pm »
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hey guys, just a question that's sorta psych related, but not exactly. So basically my question is: Should i use time to create my own extensive list of notes or should i just use others' notes that have already been created? i could make my own, and i do see the benefits of doing so, but it seems time-consuming (especially if i did this for all my subjects) ! thanks guuysss :)

I did psych this year.... IMO DONT MAKE YOUR OWN NOTES!!!!
If anything, purely write out some basic superficial notes in class during the class lectures, this allowed to process the information a lot better when I was writing it down. The main reason I say not to make your own notes is because
1) You don't want to deviate from the specific wording of the textbook and of other company notes - I did this a lot an ended up screwing up my notes because I misinterpreted what was key and wasn't. I AM NOT SAYING THAT YOU SHOULD ROTE LEARN THE TEXTBOOK OR COMPANY NOTES, but I suggest you get familiar with the manner in which they talk about the topic and what is emphasised opposed to spending time on actually translating the content into your own words and recording them as notes.
2) Time, I never found it to be a useful way to use my time, I preferred familiarizing myself with the TEXTBOOK ( OXFORD is written by the Ex chief examiner) and being able to use similar language in my sacs.

If anything, I highly suggest you annotate your textbook with new information you learn in class or key examples you may want to use, also I did take notes in class but this was purely so I could copy down HOW the teacher talked or spoke about the concept themselves and I would then analyse the way they spoke about the topic so I could use similar language in my answers. After all, your sacs are marked by the people teaching you, you may as well use what they teach you in your sac responses.

Regardless it is all up to the individual, the strategy can get very messy come exam time, I relied on the textbook and my short term memory for SACS but that didn't work out well for the exam.....

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Re: VCE Psychology Question Thread!
« Reply #200 on: November 25, 2015, 12:24:38 pm »
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I did psych this year.... IMO DONT MAKE YOUR OWN NOTES!!!!
If anything, purely write out some basic superficial notes in class during the class lectures, this allowed to process the information a lot better when I was writing it down. The main reason I say not to make your own notes is because
1) You don't want to deviate from the specific wording of the textbook and of other company notes - I did this a lot an ended up screwing up my notes because I misinterpreted what was key and wasn't. I AM NOT SAYING THAT YOU SHOULD ROTE LEARN THE TEXTBOOK OR COMPANY NOTES, but I suggest you get familiar with the manner in which they talk about the topic and what is emphasised opposed to spending time on actually translating the content into your own words and recording them as notes.
2) Time, I never found it to be a useful way to use my time, I preferred familiarizing myself with the TEXTBOOK ( OXFORD is written by the Ex chief examiner) and being able to use similar language in my sacs.

If anything, I highly suggest you annotate your textbook with new information you learn in class or key examples you may want to use, also I did take notes in class but this was purely so I could copy down HOW the teacher talked or spoke about the concept themselves and I would then analyse the way they spoke about the topic so I could use similar language in my answers. After all, your sacs are marked by the people teaching you, you may as well use what they teach you in your sac responses.

Regardless it is all up to the individual, the strategy can get very messy come exam time, I relied on the textbook and my short term memory for SACS but that didn't work out well for the exam.....

ahh thank you :)
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Re: VCE Psychology Question Thread!
« Reply #201 on: November 25, 2015, 03:25:05 pm »
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hey guys, just a question that's sorta psych related, but not exactly. So basically my question is: Should i use time to create my own extensive list of notes or should i just use others' notes that have already been created? i could make my own, and i do see the benefits of doing so, but it seems time-consuming (especially if i did this for all my subjects) ! thanks guuysss :)
IMO I think you should be creating your own notes -- but that doesn't mean you shouldn't refer to other people's notes and mould it. Personally, it helped me a lot by organising the content in a way that makes sense to ME, making it easier to digest and understand.

But writing  your own notes also means you should be putting every effort in conveying the content with psychological language (probably the most important thing to do in Psych). So if you're writing your own notes AND you have this awareness, you should be pretty set with a solid, conceptual understanding that will help you with the application that Psych is heading towards (as opposed to just reading other people's notes in a rote manner, or not really getting a solid understanding). (SIDENOTE: I'd be careful just using ONE textbook for definitions and notes - try to model your notes off a combination of teacher handouts, other textbooks if you can (Grivas, Edwards etc.), exam reports, studyON, guides etc. This is because some textbooks may be dodgy in some areas -- e.g. the Oxford textbook doesn't cover Mental Health very well - so you'd get better psychological language from other sources such as the Grivas textbook)

Also, it shouldn't be time-consuming at all if you systematically write notes for each chapter / dot point(s) in the study design say every week or so. That way you have a full set of notes ready to go once exams loom close and won't be rushing like others to create notes.

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Re: VCE Psychology Question Thread!
« Reply #202 on: December 23, 2015, 05:38:43 pm »
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Hey guys does anyone know where to find the answers/solution for the topic test in the oxford textbooks.

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Re: VCE Psychology Question Thread!
« Reply #203 on: January 03, 2016, 08:45:06 pm »
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Hey is there a definition for 'Alcohol Induced State'?

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Re: VCE Psychology Question Thread!
« Reply #204 on: January 04, 2016, 12:10:26 pm »
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I'm a bit confused about the difference between awareness, consciousness and attention.. or how they're related? What does it mean when they say that attention is actively processing something? and can you be pay attention to something without being conscious of it?

Lastly, what exactly is the definition of content limitations?

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« Reply #205 on: January 04, 2016, 04:26:40 pm »
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I'm a bit confused about the difference between awareness, consciousness and attention.. or how they're related? What does it mean when they say that attention is actively processing something? and can you be pay attention to something without being conscious of it?

Lastly, what exactly is the definition of content limitations?

awareness and consciousness are pretty interchangeable tbh
attention is like a spot light where you actually focus on something and by "actively processing" they essentially mean putting a bit more emphasis or mental concentration into what you are aware of, for example, you are paying attention to the words i am writing and hence you are actively processing it but the ATARNOTES logo above is in your awareness but not actively processed.

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Re: VCE Psychology Question Thread!
« Reply #206 on: January 07, 2016, 10:09:16 pm »
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Hey is there a definition for 'Alcohol Induced State'?
An altered state of consciousness due to the consumption of alcohol?


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Re: VCE Psychology Question Thread!
« Reply #207 on: January 08, 2016, 08:42:56 pm »
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awareness and consciousness are pretty interchangeable tbh
attention is like a spot light where you actually focus on something and by "actively processing" they essentially mean putting a bit more emphasis or mental concentration into what you are aware of, for example, you are paying attention to the words i am writing and hence you are actively processing it but the ATARNOTES logo above is in your awareness but not actively processed.

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« Reply #208 on: January 19, 2016, 07:11:56 pm »
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Hi guys, im doing my Psychology summary for researh methods and in the study design it mentions 'Ways of minimising confounding and extraneous variables including type of experiment'
Im just confused on what i write under the subheading type of experiment
Any feedback is appreciated thank you!

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« Reply #209 on: January 19, 2016, 09:58:40 pm »
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Hi guys, im doing my Psychology summary for researh methods and in the study design it mentions 'Ways of minimising confounding and extraneous variables including type of experiment'
Im just confused on what i write under the subheading type of experiment
Any feedback is appreciated thank you!

I think it means whether the experiment is Repeated Measures (eliminates effects of participant variables such as personality traits), Matched Participants (eliminates effects of the confounding variable the participants are "matched" on) or Independent Groups (eliminates bias as long as the sample is large enough). So those three would be your sub-sub headings (or whatever you call headings under subheadings  :-X) and you would add the advantages and disadvantages of each under that. 

Hope that helps!! :D