does anyone have the answers for the jacaranda 8th edition 3/4 textbook? if u do could u send them that'll be amazing ((:
VCE Psychology Question Thread
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
girlmeetsvce
Hi, this is late but the only thing relevant in 1&2 Psych for 3&4 is research methods. Just catch up on research methods and you will be fine.
charl thank you! Do you have any suggestions on how I could catch up on that?
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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 
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thank you!
Is Parkinson's disease in the SD for 2023
nah not rly
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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
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does anyone have practice sacs for aos1 u3 ?
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in learning what is the different between an antecedent and a stimulus?
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 !!!
prettypink1881 I'm pretty sure a stimulus is anything internal or external that may/can trigger a response wheras an antecedent is exclusive to operant conditioning and creates the environment for the following behaviour (for example the antecedent could be a parent saying the dishes need to be done, the behaviour would be the child doing the dishes and the consequence would be praise). I hope that makes sense/is helpful
Rey_of_sunshine yes that makes sense! thanks
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why is the learner considered passive in classical conditioning?
girlmeetsvce the learner isn't trying to change their behaviour- it 'subconsciously' occurs. for example, when the dog hears the bell and expects food + starts salivating, the dog cannot control its salvation.
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whats the difference between decay and displacement?