QCE PsychologyPractice Examination 5

This paper covers

• Bystander effect (Latane and Darley, 1968/1970) — diffusion of responsibility, audience inhibition, social influence
• Prosocial and antisocial behaviour — media influences on aggression
• Social influence — conformity (Asch, 1951), obedience (Milgram, 1963), Stanford Prison Experiment (Haney, Banks and Zimbardo, 1973)
• Attitude formation — tri-component model, elaboration likelihood model (Petty and Cacioppo), cognitive dissonance (Festinger)
• Culture shock (Oberg, 1960), acculturation strategies (Berry, 1980), ethnocentrism, cultural relativism, prejudice reduction
• Localisation of brain function, nervous system anatomy, synaptic transmission, neurotransmitter roles — Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's disease
• Visual perception — retinal reception, psychological/social/cultural influences, named illusions, cross-cultural studies
• Memory — working memory (Baddeley and Hitch, 1974), levels of processing (Craik and Lockhart, 1972)
• Learning — classical conditioning (Pavlov, Watson and Rayner), operant conditioning (Skinner), social/observational learning (Bandura)
• Data analysis — identifying trends, citing specific values, drawing conclusions from graphs and tables

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.