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WACE Psychology past exams 2020–2025, by year and topic

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ATARMAxxing indexes 12 official SCSA Psychology papers from 2020 to 2025, across 5 topics. Every paper opens on the SCSA website.

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Predecessor syllabus and examination structure · 2020–20232024–2025 syllabus — compare with the 2026 update · 2024–2025Current Year 12 syllabus for teaching from 2026; no completed 2026 examination yet · 2026–present

WACE Psychology exams by year: official papers & marking guidance

Past exams indexed: 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020. Open the official SCSA papers, with marking guidance where available.

YearStudy designOfficial paper(s)Marking guidance
2025 WACE Psychology exam2024–2025 syllabus — compare with the 2026 updateOfficial examination ↗ · Official ratified marking key ↗Marking guidance ↗
2024 WACE Psychology exam2024–2025 syllabus — compare with the 2026 updateOfficial examination ↗ · Official ratified marking key ↗Marking guidance ↗
2023 WACE Psychology examPredecessor syllabus and examination structureOfficial examination ↗ · Official ratified marking key ↗Marking guidance ↗
2022 WACE Psychology examPredecessor syllabus and examination structureOfficial examination ↗ · Official ratified marking key ↗Marking guidance ↗
2021 WACE Psychology examPredecessor syllabus and examination structureOfficial examination ↗ · Official ratified marking key ↗Marking guidance ↗
2020 WACE Psychology examPredecessor syllabus and examination structureOfficial examination ↗ · Official ratified marking key ↗Marking guidance ↗

12 official examination documents across 6 years (2020–2025), 6 with marking guidance, published by SCSA. These span more than one study design; the most recent is Current Year 12 syllabus for teaching from 2026; no completed 2026 examination yet. Earlier papers may cover material that has since changed.

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  • Unit 3 — Memory — Sensation, perception and attention · Memory models · Brain, remembering and forgetting
  • Unit 3 — Learning — Classical conditioning · Operant conditioning · Social learning and behaviour modification
  • Unit 4 — Motivation and wellbeing — Self-determination and Maslow · Diener and Ryff
  • Unit 4 — Stress and sleep — GAS, stimulus and transactional models · Sleep rhythm, stages, deprivation and improvement
  • Science inquiry — Ethics and research formulation · Design, sampling and variables · Data, validity and reliability

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