Kicking this thread off, as I haven't been able to find an existing version 🙂This can be used for VCE Psych questions for both 1&2 and 3&4 content.

Also - a reminder that we have some excellent resources on the discussion forum!

a month later

Does VCAA allow inclusion of information in answers that are outside of the scope of the study-design? Study design is sort of vague when it comes to the gut-brain-axis, I'm not too sure what kind of terminology is considered within the scope or outside the scope.

    2 months later

    charl

    Yes just don't say something incorrect. You aren't penalised for going above and beyond as long as you don't introduce incorrect information & include what you need to

      20 days later

      charl just remember to not overengage! also it could end up wasting time which you might need later on!

        5 months later

        Any tips for remembering the new investigation methodologies? E.g. Product, process or system development, classification & identification

        3 months later

        hi! do you guys have any tips for catching up w 1 & 2 Psych? I'm doing 3 & 4, but didn't do 1 & 2, and am super nervous!

          does anyone have the answers for the jacaranda 8th edition 3/4 textbook? if u do could u send them that'll be amazing ((:

          Do u have any suggestions for which textbook to use? I was thinking of buying Jacaranda but my school uses Edrolo so idk what to do.

          jacaranda is too much detail but for some AOS edrolo is too little so our class used a combination

          FH

          Hey, sending PDFs through here is a copyright infringement and isn't allowed!

            charl thank you! Do you have any suggestions on how I could catch up on that?

            • geek replied to this.
                21 days later

                girlmeetsvce
                Hey Aish! I hope you don’t mind me answering your question, but I did psych in Year 12 last year and currently tutor psych as well, so I might be able to help you out. (Also not sure how useful this would be considering your question was quite old, but I’ll ramble on anyway)

                Your best resource for catching up on research methods is the study design and the great thing is that it’s free. Specifically, pages 12-19 in the study design address the terminology you need to be aware of. After you’ve learnt the definitions (just know the meaning, no need to memorise anything), have a go at textbook/ past VCAA questions related to research methods. MCQ questions are a great starting point because you get options, making it easier to choose the correct one. Later in the year, your teacher will likely give you more questions as well but if you want, you can also get checkpoints and they’ll have a section dedicated to research methods.
                I hope this helps you out and good luck with psych 🙂

                  15 days later
                  5 days later

                  hey guys does anyone have advice or suggestions about the student-led practical? We start it this week at school but I've never done one before (didn't do 1 and 2) so am quite clueless

                  • dino replied to this.
                    10 days later

                    does anyone have practice sacs for aos1 u3 ?

                    a month later

                    girlmeetsvce yeah i did it n got relatively high (2023 student), basically best advice is to SCRUTINISE that rubric and ensure you are doing everything your school wants u to do in order to get a high mark, its possible to score quite highly for this
                    additionally look at all research papers you can and summarise them and store them so you have a rough idea, don't pick something super niche like i did and struggle to find research papers, make sure they're free too because sometimes it's paid but that's hidden cleverly 💀💀
                    once you pick your topic make sure you understand the theory really well and are able to stick to word limit for the different sections of your poster
                    good luck !!!