QCE PsychologyPractice Examination 6

This paper covers

• Elaboration Likelihood Model (ELM) — central and peripheral routes to persuasion (Petty and Cacioppo)
• Tri-component attitude model (cognitive, affective, behavioural)
• Cognitive dissonance (Festinger)
• Attitude formation and change
• Conformity (Asch, 1951)
• Obedience (Milgram, 1963)
• Bystander effect (Latane and Darley, 1968/1970)
• Prosocial and antisocial behaviour
• Media influences on aggression
• Working memory model (Baddeley and Hitch, 1974)
• Levels of processing (Craik and Lockhart, 1972)
• Social and observational learning (Bandura)
• Classical and operant conditioning (Pavlov, Watson and Rayner, Skinner)
• Localisation of brain function and synaptic transmission
• Visual perception — psychological, social, and cultural influences
• Culture shock (Oberg, 1960) and acculturation strategies (Berry, 1980)
• Group processes and Stanford Prison Experiment (Haney, Banks and Zimbardo, 1973)
• Prejudice reduction and ethnocentrism

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.