VCE Psychology Past Exam Questions
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Question 3 (5 marks) Compare and contrast the use of bright light therapy for people with Delayed Sleep Phase Syndrome (DSPS) and people with Advanced Sleep Phase Disorder (ASPD).
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Question 4 (10 marks) Research has recently discovered that ankle injuries impair spinal reflex response times. One controlled experiment aimed to investigate the impact of an ankl
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a. Aspinal reflex occurs due to a series of excitatory messages being sent along a neural pathway. Name the main excitatory neurotransmitter in the human nervous system
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b. Outline one role of each of the following two subdivisions of the human nervous system during the spinal reflex initiated in this experiment. Somatic nervous system Spinal cord
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c. Describe the results of the experiment and interpret what the results show about the impact of an ankle injury on spinal reflex response times. 2 marks
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d. The experiment used random sampling. Demonstrate how random sampling could have been used by the researchers to ensure that they achieved representativeness in their sample. 3 m
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e. Researchers decided to calculate the H-index value instead of only reporting the time taken for the spinal reflex response to occur. The following formula is used to calculate t
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Question 5 (10 marks) The use of mindfulness meditation is often linked to changes in mood. A within-subjects study investigated whether stress appraisal, coping strategies and/or
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a. The daily questionnaire asked participants to list any internal and external stressors they had encountered that day. Distinguish between internal and external stressors. 1 mark
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b. Stress appraisal was considered from the perspective of Lazarus and Folkman’s Transactional Model of Stress and Coping. The questionnaire asked participants to think of a stress
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i. the participants’ primary appraisal of the stressor they encountered. 1 mark o ° = eS H E) Ed @ Fl &
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ii. the participants secondary appraisal of the stressor they encountered. 1 mark
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