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Re: Looking toward 2017: ask your Psych questions here
« Reply #45 on: March 13, 2017, 10:34:53 pm »
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Yeah, I think you've hit the nail on the head, nt2387 - you definitely need to know the concepts, but probably not word-for-word definitions. :)

Honestly Psychology seems so much more appealing this year  :(
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Re: Looking toward 2017: ask your Psych questions here
« Reply #46 on: March 14, 2017, 07:46:15 pm »
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Where can I find practice SACs for AOS1 that are actually relevant to this years study design?

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Re: Looking toward 2017: ask your Psych questions here
« Reply #47 on: March 15, 2017, 05:29:51 pm »
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Honestly Psychology seems so much more appealing this year  :(

I reckon the old study design was way better! Hahaha.

Where can I find practice SACs for AOS1 that are actually relevant to this years study design?

Hey, Graciejk! Welcome to ATAR Notes (except for that one post in March last year ;)). ;D

To be perfectly honest, I think you must struggle to find up-to-date practice SACs, which sort of sucks. :-\ What textbook do you have?

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Re: Looking toward 2017: ask your Psych questions here
« Reply #48 on: March 18, 2017, 11:55:42 pm »
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Hey!

So I'm using the Grivas Jacaranda textbook and it doesn't really differentiate b/w major stressors and catastrophes (except that one disrupts whole communities).

Any way to differentiate them?

Also, were sources of stress in the old SD?


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Re: Looking toward 2017: ask your Psych questions here
« Reply #49 on: March 19, 2017, 03:35:42 pm »
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Hey!

So I'm using the Grivas Jacaranda textbook and it doesn't really differentiate b/w major stressors and catastrophes (except that one disrupts whole communities).

Any way to differentiate them?

Also, were sources of stress in the old SD?


Thank You!

From what I can infer, a major stressor is a stressful event for almost everyone who experiences it whereas a catastrophe is a sudden unpredictable event that causes large scale damage and is a major stressor for a whole community.
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Re: Looking toward 2017: ask your Psych questions here
« Reply #50 on: March 28, 2017, 06:51:01 pm »
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Hey!

So I'm using the Grivas Jacaranda textbook and it doesn't really differentiate b/w major stressors and catastrophes (except that one disrupts whole communities).

Any way to differentiate them?

Also, were sources of stress in the old SD?


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Great question - they are quite similar at times!

A major stressor is an event that is frightening for nearly everyone that is involved (e.g. an armed robbery). A catastrophe is something that disrupts a greater number of people (usually) (e.g. Black Saturday, or Cyclone Debbie for timeliness).

Sources of stress were on the old study design - but they were completely different to the current ones, so you won't find anything helpful in past resources or exams, unfortunately!

Hope that helps!

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Re: Looking toward 2017: ask your Psych questions here
« Reply #51 on: June 17, 2017, 02:00:46 pm »
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From what I can infer, a major stressor is a stressful event for almost everyone who experiences it whereas a catastrophe is a sudden unpredictable event that causes large scale damage and is a major stressor for a whole community.

Great question - they are quite similar at times!

A major stressor is an event that is frightening for nearly everyone that is involved (e.g. an armed robbery). A catastrophe is something that disrupts a greater number of people (usually) (e.g. Black Saturday, or Cyclone Debbie for timeliness).

Sources of stress were on the old study design - but they were completely different to the current ones, so you won't find anything helpful in past resources or exams, unfortunately!

Hope that helps!

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Re: Looking toward 2017: ask your Psych questions here
« Reply #52 on: June 18, 2017, 01:17:49 pm »
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Thank You! Sorry for the completely delayeeeedddd response.

Does anyone have any tips to stop Research Methods from making you cry? XD (Not literally, but you know what I mean :P )

To be honest, I always found research methods a pretty comfortable area. As long as you know your basic content (e.g. types of sampling, experimental designs), there are some easy MC marks on the exam. One tip I would note is to understand p-values and look at the wording that VCAA uses with p-values (VCAA 2015 exam, Section C, bottom of page 32 is a good example of this). Let me know if you want me to explain p-values further - I don't want to waste your time when there's a good chance you already get it :)

Other than that, my advice would be pretty simple - do practice questions. I would particularly focus on the extended response question from 2016 and the 2017 sample exam, as I would expect this years to be similar.

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Re: Looking toward 2017: ask your Psych questions here
« Reply #53 on: June 18, 2017, 01:50:46 pm »
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Oh my god, I have practice Sac's and exams for this current study design!!!
I was going to link them on different forum (thread?), but since you all are looking for resources this would be a perfect forum!!!!!

Hope ya'll benifit from these!!  ;) ;)


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Re: Looking toward 2017: ask your Psych questions here
« Reply #54 on: June 18, 2017, 01:52:55 pm »
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Where can I find practice SACs for AOS1 that are actually relevant to this years study design?


This is a very delayed response but I just found these resources recently so I'll link AOS 1 resources for you!

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Re: Looking toward 2017: ask your Psych questions here
« Reply #55 on: June 26, 2017, 04:01:51 pm »
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To be honest, I always found research methods a pretty comfortable area. As long as you know your basic content (e.g. types of sampling, experimental designs), there are some easy MC marks on the exam. One tip I would note is to understand p-values and look at the wording that VCAA uses with p-values (VCAA 2015 exam, Section C, bottom of page 32 is a good example of this). Let me know if you want me to explain p-values further - I don't want to waste your time when there's a good chance you already get it :)

Other than that, my advice would be pretty simple - do practice questions. I would particularly focus on the extended response question from 2016 and the 2017 sample exam, as I would expect this years to be similar.

Just confirming, but aren't p-values no longer part of the study design, given that VCAA is trying to move away from such clear-cut concepts?

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Re: Looking toward 2017: ask your Psych questions here
« Reply #56 on: June 26, 2017, 04:53:29 pm »
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Just confirming, but aren't p-values no longer part of the study design, given that VCAA is trying to move away from such clear-cut concepts?

They're not explicitly listed on the study design any more that I can see, you're right. Personally, I'm still teaching them (and I would personally recommend that you have a basic understanding of them) because they're not explicitly excluded either, and stats are still listed under research methods.

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Re: Looking toward 2017: ask your Psych questions here
« Reply #57 on: July 02, 2017, 04:48:55 pm »
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I know that there is no definite answer but assuming I have high GA1 and GA2 scores, approximately how much is one mark worth on the exam at the higher grades (ie. High A+)? Eg. How much study score would I lose if I dropped 4 marks etc?
If it makes any difference, the exam is out of 120 marks.
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Re: Looking toward 2017: ask your Psych questions here
« Reply #58 on: July 03, 2017, 07:22:10 pm »
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I know that there is no definite answer but assuming I have high GA1 and GA2 scores, approximately how much is one mark worth on the exam at the higher grades (ie. High A+)? Eg. How much study score would I lose if I dropped 4 marks etc?
If it makes any difference, the exam is out of 120 marks.
Thank you


Hi! I couldn't tell you, but in the section of the forum linked below (Victorian Technical Score Discussion) there's a bunch of threads on study scores and how to estimate them:

https://atarnotes.com/forum/index.php?board=2.0

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