VCE Psychology Question Thread

girlmeetsvce oh i hated this question so much, hoping the psych exam isn’t like the bio exam (i don’t do bio i have heard it was crazy difficult). here was my approach

(1 mark) defining alzheimers (keyword: neurodegenerative disease)
(1 mark) symptom of alzheimers is a difficulty remembering autobiographic memories, which comprise of episodic and semantic memories
(2 marks) episodic and semantic memories are encoded by the hippocampus, and in a patient diagnosed with alzheimers, brain imaging will show a shrinkage in the hippocampus, leading to the inability to remember any new episodic or semantic memories as they cannot be properly encoded through the hippocampus
(1 mark) this highlights how autobiographical memories rely on the hippocampus for encoding

thank youu omg yea I read the reddits about the bio exam and am praying for psych to not be as hard!!

I need to do some hard core revision what are anyone's favourite websites/channels/resources any and all recommendations would be greatly appreciated for pretty much any area of the syllabus

jess edrolo is great, if u don't have it they're on atar.rocks
also a podcast on spotify which is pretty good https://open.spotify.com/show/5zSTHptunIcTxB61drBwwH?si=jajV3JMtQ6yRHO3BcG7JPA

hey guys I'm struggling with VCAA research methods/key science skills questions, do you have any recommendations for how to improve before tomorrow?

girlmeetsvce just review over the more high-end stuff such as investigation methodology and analysing quality of data (accuracy, precision, repeat/producability, errors and validity).
the study design has it watered down im pretty sure, but as long as you know your main content knowledge i wouldn’t be overwhelmed not knowing science skills as it shouldn’t be heavily examined yk

hi guys, i am not in year 12, im in year 8 rather, but my sister is in year 12 doing psychology, and she did her exam today. She said it was quite a hard test in the fact that the questions were extremely lengthy to read, although the 10 mark questions was extremely easy. Do you guys share the same thoughts?

oh the exam was SHIT. like it was wordy and confusing and none of it made sense. i walked in optimistic and walked out wanting to use my own notes to improve my mental well-being. it was so disheartening bc I've done well all year and now it poses a risk of being my 10% subject

but maybe that means that it will be easier to get a higher score if the average is lower? Or is that just not how it works

FH real shit ive been top of the class but shit was crazy today. I think genuinely it will be my bottom 2