VCE PSYCHOLOGY UNITS 3 & 4

1. VCE PSYCHOLOGY UNITS 3 & 4 EXAMINATIONS 2011- ROGER A.M. EDWARDS CHAIR – VCAA SAMPLE QUESTION PANEL (2009-2011)

2. GOING ONLINE • CHEMISTRY DID IT IN 2010, IT’S OUR TURN NEXT. • MAKE SURE THAT STUDENTS ARE AWARE – ALL PAPERS WILL BE SCANNED. ANYTHING WRITTEN OUTSIDE THE DESIGNATED BORDER WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE FOR ASSESSMENT • THIS IS NOT SCARY – IT’S ONLY LIKE THE GAT!

4. ROLE OF THE SAMPLE QUESTIONS • THE PANEL • KENNA BRADLEY • LINDA CARTER • VICKI MOORE • GREG SARGENT • ROGER EDWARDS • MET ON INNUMERABLE OCCASIONS WITH VCAA REPRESENTATIVES • KRIS ALLEN (PROJECT MANAGER – EXAMINATIONS) • MARIA JAMES (CURRICULUM MANAGER: SCIENCE) • CLAUDIA CICUTTINI (PROJECT MANAGER-2011)

5. THE STATUS OF SAMPLE QUESTIONS • THESE ARE SAMPLE QUESTIONS NOT SAMPLE EXAMS • NO ATTEMPT HAS BEEN MADE TO BALANCE THE AOSs • THESE QUESTIONS ARE BIASED TOWARDS THE ‘NEW’ STUDY DESIGN CONTENT • CONSIDERABLE EFFORT WAS MADE TO ENSURE THAT THE QUESTIONS WOULD GIVE TEACHERS AND STUDENTS AN INSIGHT INTO THE LEVEL OF DETAIL REQUIRED

6. THE PROCESS • THE EXAM-SETTING PANEL WILL CONTINUE TO USE THE STUDY DESIGN AND ONLY THE STUDY DESIGN AS THE GUIDE AND FRAMEWORK FOR CONSTRUCTING THE EXAMINATION. • AS PREVIOUSLY, A SPREADSHEET IS DESIGNED, M/C AND S/A QUESTIONS ARE CREATED AND THE EXTENT TO WHICH EACH DP HAS BEEN COVERED NOTED ON THE SS. • IN 2011> THIS WILL INCLUDE RECORDING “PARTIAL” MARKS FOR QUESTIONS WHERE THE PARAMETERS CROSS DP OR EVEN AOS BOUNDARIES • THE EXTENDED QUESTION WILL ALSO BE CONSIDERED IN THIS CONTEXT

8. SAMPLE QUESTIONS AS GUIDELINES • WHEN CREATING THE SAMPLE QUESTIONS IT WAS NECESSARY TO BE AWARE THAT FUTURE EXAM PANELS WOULD USE THESE AS SIGNIFICANT POINTS OF REFERENCE. • (THOUGH NOT BE CONSTRAINED ENTIRELY BY SAMPLE QUESTION CONTENT)

9. Unit 3: SELECTED NEW CONTENT AOS 1HIGHLIGHTED BY SAMPLE QUESTIONS (1) • DUALISM/ DESCARTES • ASC – ARTIFICIALLY INDUCED - ALCOHOL • STUDYING NWC AND STAGES OF SLEEP • PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSES • EEG (RETAINED) • EOG (RETAINED) • (EMG) • HR • BODY TEMP • GSR • VIDEO-MONITORING • SELF-REPORTS

10. Unit 3: SELECTED NEW CONTENT AOS 1HIGHLIGHTED BY SAMPLE QUESTIONS (2) • SLEEP DEPRIVATION • REM DEPRIVATION & NREM DEPRIVATION • RECOVERY PATTERNS • REM REBOUND • MICROSLEEPS • COMPARATIVE SLEEP REQUIREMENTS AND PATTERNS • ADULTS • ADOLESCENTS • CHILDREN

11. Unit 3: SELECTED NEW CONTENT AOS 1HIGHLIGHTED BY SAMPLE QUESTIONS (3) • COGNITIVE PROCESSES AND BRAIN STRUCTURE • INCREASED EMPHASIS ON AUDITORY AS WELL AS VISUAL PROCESSING IN PRIMARY ASSOCIATION AREAS • ROLE OF RETICULAR ACTIVATING SYSTEM (RAS) • ROLE OF THALAMUS • STUDIES INVESTIGATING COGNITIVE PROCESSES • APHASIA • SPATIAL NEGLECT • SPLIT BRAIN STUDIES (WAS EXAMINED ANYWAY) • PERCEPTUAL ANOMALIES • MOTION AFTER-EFFECT • CHANGE BLINDNESS • SYNAESTHESIA

12. Unit 3: SELECTED NEW CONTENT AOS 1HIGHLIGHTED BY SAMPLE QUESTIONS (4) • APPLICATION OF BRAIN RESEARCH METHODS • DIRECT BRAIN STIMULATION (PREVIOUSLY ESB) • KINAESTHETIC • ELECTRICAL • CHEMICAL • MAGNETIC • TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION (TMS) • SPECT - (CT; MRI; fMRI; PET RETAINED)

13. Unit 3: SELECTED NEW CONTENT AOS 2HIGHLIGHTED BY SAMPLE QUESTIONS (1) • MECHANISM OF MEMORY FORMATION • ROLE OF NEURON: KANDEL’S WORK • TEMPORAL LOBE • HIPPOCAMPUS – EXPLICIT/DECLARATIVE • AMYGDALA – IMPLICIT/EMOTIONAL/PROCEDURAL • MEMORY DECLINE OVER LIFE-SPAN • ORGANIC AMNESIA • TRAUMA • NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES (ALZHEIMERS)

14. Unit 3: SELECTED NEW CONTENT AOS 2HIGHLIGHTED BY SAMPLE QUESTIONS (2) • COMPARISON OF MODELS OF MEMORY • ATKINSON & SHIFFRIN INFORMATION PROCESSING MODEL • BADDELEY AND HITCH NOW INCLUDES EPISODIC BUFFER • CRAIK AND LOCKHART SHALLOW/MEDIUM/DEEP • THEORIES OF FORGETTING • T-O-T • DECAY THEORY (N.B. DECAY IS FROM ALL THREE REGISTERS OF MEMORY)

15. Unit 3: SELECTED NEW CONTENT AOS 2HIGHLIGHTED BY SAMPLE QUESTIONS (3) • MANIPULATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF MEMORY • ACRONYMS: ADDED ACRONYMS; ACROSTICS; PEG-WORD; • EYE-WITNESS TESTIMONY • MISLEADING QUESTIONS • RECONSTRUCTIVE MEMORIES

16. Unit 4: SELECTED NEW CONTENT AOS 1HIGHLIGHTED BY SAMPLE QUESTIONS (1) • MECHANISMS OF LEARNING • NEURAL PATHWAYS • NEUROPLASTICITY • TIMING OF EXPERIENCE • EXPERIENCE EXPECTANT • EXPERIENCE DEPENDENT • CRITICAL PERIODS • IMAGING TECHNOLOGIES IN LEARNING SPECIFIC TASKS (BEFORE – DURING – AFTER)

17. Unit 4: SELECTED NEW CONTENT AOS 1HIGHLIGHTED BY SAMPLE QUESTIONS (2) • LEARNING THEORIES • THREE-PHASE MODEL OF OPERANT CONDITIONING • DISCRIMINATIVE STIMULUS (ANTECEDENT CONDITION) • BEHAVIOUR • CONSEQUENCE • N.B. PUNISHMENT NOW SPECIFICALLY INCLUDES RESPONSE COST • ONE-TRIAL LEARNING – TASTE AVERSION ONLY • TRIAL-AND-ERROR LEARNING • BANDURA 1961; 1963a; 1963b; • N.B. 5 STAGES, NOT 4 • INSIGHT LEARNING • PREPARATION: INCUBATION: ‘THE AHA EXPERIENCE’: VERIFICATION • LATENT LEARNING

18. Unit 4: SELECTED NEW CONTENT AOS 2HIGHLIGHTED BY SAMPLE QUESTIONS (1) • NORMALITY: MENTAL HEALTH: MENTAL ILLNESS • CLASSIFICATION OF MENTAL DISORDERS • CATEGORICAL: DSM-IV-TR and ICD-10 • DIMENSIONAL • BIOPSYCHOSOCIAL FRAMEWORK AND STRESS • CAUSATIVE • COPING/MANAGEMENT • STRESS AND BIOPSYCHOSOCIAL FRAMEWORK • SELYE: EUSTRESS/DISTRESS • TRANSACTIONAL MODEL: LAZARUS • ALLOSTASIS

19. Unit 4: SELECTED NEW CONTENT AOS 2HIGHLIGHTED BY SAMPLE QUESTIONS (2) • SIMPLE PHOBIA AND BIOPSYCHOSOCIAL FRAMEWORK • CAUSATIVE: • BIO- GABA: • PSYCHO- PSYCHODYNAMIC: COGNITIVE BEHAVIOURAL • SOCIAL- MODELLING: COMMUNICATION: ENVIRONMENTAL EXPERIENCE • COPING/MANAGEMENT • BIO- PHARMACEUTICAL • PSYCHO- CBT; SYSTEMATIC DESENSITISATION; FLOODING • SOCIAL- SUPPORT; PSYCHO-EDUCATION

20. Unit 4: SELECTED NEW CONTENT AOS 2HIGHLIGHTED BY SAMPLE QUESTIONS (3)OPTIONS • MAJOR DEPRESSION (POSSIBLE RESOURCE – www.findingcoaby.com.au) • ADDICTIVE DISORDER • PSYCHOTIC DISORDER • N.B. SIX MARKS MAXIMUM • SHORT ANSWER COULD BE M/C BUT RESPONSES WOULD BE WRITTEN IN THE ANSWER BOOK • NOT THE EXTENDED QUESTION • BIO/PSYCHO/SOCIAL – KNOW TWO FACTORS EACH FOR • ETIOLOGY • MANAGEMENT

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