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Re: VCE Psychology Question Thread!
« Reply #1635 on: April 24, 2020, 10:36:36 am »
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Is semantic memory necessary to know?
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« Reply #1636 on: April 24, 2020, 10:40:43 am »
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Is semantic memory necessary to know?
I think so. It is an important part of dot point 17 which is about the brain regions involved in the storage of long term memories, and at my school, we learnt it in the Atkinson Shiffrin Model lesson.  :)
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« Reply #1637 on: April 24, 2020, 10:45:00 am »
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Is semantic memory necessary to know?

Yes, semantic memory is under explicit memory, which is mentioned in the study design. (Process of Memory)
In general, you just need to know that semantic memory is concerned with information and facts we have about the world. (E.G academic knowledge learned in school, social etiquette). That's what semantic memory pretty much refers to.

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Re: VCE Psychology Question Thread!
« Reply #1638 on: April 26, 2020, 11:18:40 am »
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For operant conditioning can punishment be called positive punishment.

eg: You stick your hand in a flame and you get a painful burn.

should i write positive punishment or punishment?

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« Reply #1639 on: April 26, 2020, 11:38:27 am »
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Hello amanaazim.

Yes, punishment can be positive punishment.

For this example, it would specifically be positive punishment. It is positive because something has been added or applied, specifically the aversive stimulus of the painful burn and it is punishment because it is weakening the behaviour of you putting your hand in a flame (as you don't want to experience the aversive stimulus of getting a painful burn again).

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Re: VCE Psychology Question Thread!
« Reply #1640 on: April 26, 2020, 07:18:04 pm »
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For operant conditioning can punishment be called positive punishment.

eg: You stick your hand in a flame and you get a painful burn.

should i write positive punishment or punishment?
To add to what Evolio has said, you can say either punishment or positive punishment. VCAA have previously refered to positive punishment as both 'punishment' and 'positive punishment (while negative punishment is referred to as 'response cost' by the study design), so I would say either is correct.
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Re: VCE Psychology Question Thread!
« Reply #1641 on: April 29, 2020, 03:12:49 pm »
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I have two questions that i need help answering.
1. Can someone compare and contrast daily pressures and life events please?
2. Describe, using lock and key model, how medication acting as a GABA agonist might allow someone to feel less stressed and anxious. (4 Marks)
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Re: VCE Psychology Question Thread!
« Reply #1642 on: April 30, 2020, 11:48:54 am »
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I have two questions that i need help answering.
1. Can someone compare and contrast daily pressures and life events please?
2. Describe, using lock and key model, how medication acting as a GABA agonist might allow someone to feel less stressed and anxious. (4 Marks)

Hello

1. Daily pressures are everyday problems and usually small things, like forgetting to charge your laptop or forgetting your keys inside the house. They often make us feel angry, irritated and annoyed.  Daily pressures happen to most people, and people with adequate supportive networks will be able to overcome these minor stresses, however those that do not, often have a 'pile-up' of daily pressures and have a cumulative effect on a persons wellbeing.

In contrast Life Events are 'occurrences in our lives that force us to adjust and adapt to new situations and circumstances that we have not dealt with before'. Because we are often unfamiliar with these new circumstances, it makes us feel as if we are unable to cope, leading to a stress response. Some examples of life events may be, getting married, sitting your first VCE exam, going for your first ever job interview.


2. GABA is the nervous systems main inhibitory neurotransmitter. In regards to the lock and key model, GABA neurotransmitters will act as the key and will bind to their complementary GABA receptors which act as a lock, on the dendrites of the postsynaptic neuron. The binding will then decrease activity in the postsynaptic neuron, meaning a person who was initially feeling stressed and anxious, with high levels of activities in neurons to have a decrease in the level of activity, and feel much more relaxed and calmful.

summary: 'GABA agonists work by reducing physiological arousal and promoting relaxation, by decreasing the excessive neural firing that occurs in times of high anxiety and stressful situations.'

hope this helps.
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Re: VCE Psychology Question Thread!
« Reply #1643 on: May 03, 2020, 09:01:09 pm »
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hey guys i have some questions on what consequence would these be for operant conditioning in terms of (Positive Reinforcement, Negative Reinforcement, Punishment or Response cost)

1a. Doing homework to avoid detention
1b. Taking Malaria tablets before an overseas trip
1c. Playing pokies and winning
1d. You walk the dog to avoid having dog poop in the house
1e. Sue wears a bike helmet to avoid a head injury
1f. Jess gets sick from drinking too much so you moderate your drinking in the future
1g. A repo man takes a car for your failure to make loan payments
1h. Hannah crashes her parents car into the garage after being told not to drive the car, so she is grounded for a month.
1i. Sam is talking in class and not doing any work, so the teacher walks to his desk and stands behind him. Sam stops talking and starts to work


Also for the next two scenarios would the likelihood of the behaviour increase or decrease.

2a. Ken clears up his bedroom so that his mother will stop her constant nagging for him to do so
2b. Janine was watching a horror movie named 'night terrors' that contained some terrifying scenes. Janine averted her eyes to avoid seeing the screen whenever the movie became too frightening to watch.
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Re: VCE Psychology Question Thread!
« Reply #1644 on: May 04, 2020, 09:16:54 am »
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Hey amanaazim!

Which specific parts of the questions were you struggling with?
I'll go through 2 examples and maybe you could try the rest on your own and if you're having trouble, feel free to ask.

With these types of questions, I like to think through these 2 things:
- Is the behaviour being strengthened or weakened? Strengthened = reinforcement  Weakened = punishment
- I something being added or taken away? Added = positive    Removed = negative

Additional info:
Positive reinforcement: Adding a pleasant stimulus
Negative reinforcement: Removing an aversive or unpleasant stimulus
Positive punishment: Adding an aversive stimulus
Response cost (negative punishment): Removing a pleasant stimulus.
Using this additional info, you could easily tell what consequence it is. However, I think it's better to understand the scenario and figure it out rather than memorising the above unless you're really comfortable with these types of questions and you can do them really quickly.

1a) Doing homework to avoid detention.
Here, we can see that we are doing homework, this means that the behaviour is being strengthened so it is reinforcement. Also, we are avoiding detention. This means that we are taking something away so it is negative. Thus, it is negative reinforcement.

1b) Taking Malaria tablets before an overseas trip
 To stop (or avoid) us from getting Malaria, we are taking the tablets. So, this strengthens the behaviour (or increases the likelihood) of taking Malaria tablets thus it is reinforcement. Also, we are removing the negative stimulus of Malaria so it is negative. Thus, it is negative reinforcement.

2a) The behaviour would increase as Ken would clear his bedroom more often (increasing the behaviour) to avoid his mother's constant nagging.
2b) What do you think this one would be?

Hope this helps.
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Re: VCE Psychology Question Thread!
« Reply #1645 on: May 05, 2020, 02:28:10 pm »
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Hi guys,
Is there a difference between observational learning and vicarious conditioning?

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« Reply #1646 on: May 05, 2020, 03:45:18 pm »
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Hi guys,
Is there a difference between observational learning and vicarious conditioning?

They are names that describe the same thing, so no, there is no difference. Vicarious is another way to describe learning through the experiences of someone else (i.e. observational).
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Re: VCE Psychology Question Thread!
« Reply #1647 on: May 26, 2020, 11:06:37 pm »
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Hi guys
I'm a year 11 doing psych 3/4 and I did really well last year and to say I'm doing bad this year is an understatement. Iv been trying really hard but my SAC marks have been horrible. I got 72 for my first sac and then 55 for the second one. I'm really upset because I felt like I knew the content really well especially for the second sac so my marks are a huge letdown. I think the way I'm answering questions just isn't right. If anyone could please give me some tips it would b greatly appreciated. I also wanted to know if it was possible for me to get a study score of atleast 35 with my current sac marks?
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Re: VCE Psychology Question Thread!
« Reply #1648 on: May 27, 2020, 11:19:51 am »
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Hi guys
I'm a year 11 doing psych 3/4 and I did really well last year and to say I'm doing bad this year is an understatement. Iv been trying really hard but my SAC marks have been horrible. I got 72 for my first sac and then 55 for the second one. I'm really upset because I felt like I knew the content really well especially for the second sac so my marks are a huge letdown. I think the way I'm answering questions just isn't right. If anyone could please give me some tips it would b greatly appreciated. I also wanted to know if it was possible for me to get a study score of atleast 35 with my current sac marks?
Thanks

Impossible to tell from just purely your sac marks. what kind of cohort are you in?

i got a 35 last year in psych and i had an 87% average for unit 3 and 95% for unit 4. but we had easy SACs.
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Re: VCE Psychology Question Thread!
« Reply #1649 on: May 27, 2020, 12:05:08 pm »
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Try your absolute best in your remaining SAC's, you still got Unit 4 to make a comeback.
Ultimately your performance on the exam determines a majority of your study score so if you ace that you're setting yourself up for success.

Eg: I had an average of 84% last year for psych and some people I knew had an average of 80%, I did really average on the exam and got a score in the mid-'30s whereas the people who had lower averages actually did so good on the exam and got a score in the low 40's, so it's definitely possible to make a comeback!. (Our SAC's were sort of easy as well btw)

Also, get feedback with the teacher on areas to improve, it sounds like you are confident with the content but struggle with structuring precise answers.
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