QCE PsychologyPractice Examination 8

This paper covers

• Milgram obedience paradigm and proximity conditions
• Social influence: conformity (Asch), obedience (Milgram), group processes (Stanford Prison Experiment)
• Bystander effect (Latane and Darley) and prosocial/antisocial behaviour
• Attitude formation, tri-component model, ELM (Petty and Cacioppo), cognitive dissonance (Festinger)
• Culture shock (Oberg), acculturation (Berry), ethnocentrism, cultural relativism, prejudice reduction
• Memory models: working memory (Baddeley and Hitch), levels of processing (Craik and Lockhart)
• Learning theories: classical conditioning (Pavlov, Watson and Rayner), operant conditioning (Skinner), social learning (Bandura)
• Brain localisation, nervous system anatomy, synaptic transmission, neurotransmitters
• Visual perception, psychological/social/cultural influences on perception
• Data interpretation and experimental design in psychological research

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.