QCE PsychologyPractice Examination 17

This paper covers

• Elaboration Likelihood Model (ELM) — peripheral vs central route processing
• Tri-component attitude model (cognitive, affective, conative)
• Cognitive dissonance (Festinger)
• Attitude formation and change
• Social influence: conformity (Asch, 1951), obedience (Milgram, 1963)
• Group processes and the Stanford Prison Experiment
• Prosocial and antisocial behaviour: bystander effect (Latane and Darley)
• Media influences on aggression
• Localisation of brain function and neural communication
• Synaptic transmission and neurotransmitter roles (dopamine, serotonin, acetylcholine)
• Working memory model (Baddeley and Hitch, 1974)
• Levels of processing (Craik and Lockhart, 1972)
• Classical, operant, and social/observational learning (Pavlov, Skinner, Bandura)
• Visual perception: retinal processing and psychological/cultural influences
• Culture shock (Oberg, 1960) and acculturation strategies (Berry, 1980)
• Prejudice, ethnocentrism, and cultural relativism

Students are permitted to bring into the examination the materials normally allowed for this subject. Answer all questions in the spaces provided.

This is an ATARMAxxing practice paper. It is not an official examination and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or produced by the VCAA, NESA or the QCAA.