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Title: Exam Thoughts?
Post by: Odette on November 08, 2007, 10:59:40 am
I think it was pretty straight forward, wasn't hard.
Sooooooooooooooooo glad it's over, never have to open a psych book again!! yay  :D
Title: Exam Thoughts?
Post by: meatloaf_911 on November 08, 2007, 11:41:31 am
I thought that the multiple choice section  was great and covered the full range of the course. The short answer section was awful though. It focused on very specific areas, and required a lot of detail that I felt I really didn't know. I'm sure I'll still get a decent mark, but it's very disappointing to know that I had so much knowledge to offer and no opportunities to reveal it. What a bad way to end a great year of psych :(
Title: Exam Thoughts?
Post by: Nick on November 08, 2007, 11:45:36 am
I thought it was a good exam, although challenging. I'm glad that it was like that because it separates those students who studied their butt off and those who only studied in the few days leading up to it.

There is a larger discussion going on BOS. Which thread should be used lol?
Title: Exam Thoughts?
Post by: Odette on November 08, 2007, 12:14:57 pm
I think i may have stuffed up the qn about the mother wanting to teach her daughter to cook, i covered the 5 elements but i didnt really mention them, if that makes sense.
Title: Exam Thoughts?
Post by: Nick on November 08, 2007, 12:33:28 pm
There are only four elements of observational learning...

Attention
Retention
Reproduction
Motivation reinforcement
Title: Exam Thoughts?
Post by: joechan521 on November 08, 2007, 12:49:55 pm
lol that exam was soooooo easy, even i could answer everything, and i didnt study at all.
Title: Exam Thoughts?
Post by: Odette on November 08, 2007, 01:00:03 pm
Quote from: "Nick"
There are only four elements of observational learning...

Attention
Retention
Reproduction
Motivation reinforcement


Yeah them lol .. sorry my bad wasn't thinking straight lol

Would I lose marks for not identifying them?
Title: Exam Thoughts?
Post by: Galelleo on November 08, 2007, 01:30:57 pm
Likely yes.
Title: Exam Thoughts?
Post by: Timtasticle on November 08, 2007, 01:32:14 pm
Some texts separate motivation and reinforcement into different elements; thus making it 5 different elements; that's why I thought it was 5 marks anyways.
Title: Exam Thoughts?
Post by: Galelleo on November 08, 2007, 01:40:54 pm
really ? tahts strange :S...
If you didnt name them then theyre pracically the same point

I just threw in a commment about rewarding her daughter for incentive, and hoped thatd be the 5th mark
or maybe the way you linked them togetehr gets you the 5th

or MAYBE its if you apply it to the question, rather than just listing and describing the 4 points
Title: Exam Thoughts?
Post by: Timtasticle on November 08, 2007, 02:15:30 pm
Who knows lol. Alot of marks for one question though. It'd suck if you didn't know anything about observational learning.
Title: Exam Thoughts?
Post by: Eriny on November 08, 2007, 06:07:02 pm
I actually loved the short answer, but I think a few multiple choice got me. I don't want to predict how I went, it's torture doing that (as I learned at mid-years).
Title: Exam Thoughts?
Post by: Insane_Emm on November 08, 2007, 09:39:46 pm
Quote from: "Nick"
There are only four elements of observational learning...

Attention
Retention
Reproduction
Motivation reinforcement


....damn. i said 'attention, motivation, reproduction, and motivation reproduction' im fairly sure my txtbook didnt use retention as one :S
Title: Exam Thoughts?
Post by: Galelleo on November 09, 2007, 01:42:11 am
thats wierd... what text book did you ues?>
Title: Exam Thoughts?
Post by: enwiabe on November 09, 2007, 08:26:58 am
Why did nobody invite the BoS people over?! :( For shame.
Title: Exam Thoughts?
Post by: fyl_000 on November 09, 2007, 06:28:17 pm
Quote from: "meatloaf_911"
I thought that the multiple choice section  was great and covered the full range of the course. The short answer section was awful though. It focused on very specific areas, and required a lot of detail that I felt I really didn't know. I'm sure I'll still get a decent mark, but it's very disappointing to know that I had so much knowledge to offer and no opportunities to reveal it. What a bad way to end a great year of psych :(


YES!! i totally agree.. i thought i knew all the major dot points really well, and they focussed on really small things i thought were irrelevent.. grrr, i dunno how i went, i got A+ at mid year, but was dissapointed with it this time round.. i hope it didnt stuff up my 40+