1 Certificate of Education
Psychology
2017
Question Booklet 1
• Section A: Short-answer Questions
• Part 1 of Section A (Questions 1 to 6) 40 marks
• Answer all questions in Part 1
• Write your answers in this question booklet
• You may write on page 7 if you need more space
• Allow approximately 40 minutes
Examination information
Materials
• Question Booklet 1 (Part 1 of Section A)
• Question Booklet 2 (Part 2 of Section A)
• Question Booklet 3 (Section B)
• SACE registration number label
Reading time
• 10 minutes
• You may make notes on scribbling paper
Writing time
• 2 hours
• Clear, well-expressed answers are required
• Use black or blue pen
• Approved calculators may be used
Answer all questions in this section in the spaces provided. The allocation of marks is shown in
brackets at the end of each question or at the end of each part of each question.
Part 1 (Questions 1 to 6)
(40 marks)
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(d) Describe the spontaneous recovery that students could experience after this experiment.
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(e) Explain the concept of contiguity with reference to this experiment.
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2. Luke has developed a phobia because he had a bad reaction to a bee sting several years ago.
His phobia now extends to many flying insects, including wasps and dragonflies. He is now so
terrified of flying insects that he no longer goes outside in springtime.
(a) Explain the concept of stimulus generalisation with reference to Luke’s phobia.
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(b) Discuss how systematic desensitisation may be used to help Luke manage his phobia.
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(c) As a result of observational learning, Luke’s younger sister has developed a fear of flying
insects. Describe one factor that could have contributed to this fear.
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4. The graph below shows how mean daily sleep changes with age.
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Source: Based on Science 152, ©1966 American Association for the Advancement of Science
(a) Describe how two aspects of sleep change from birth to 15 years of age.
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(b) Provide one possible explanation for the difference in people’s sleep needs between 5 years
and 50 years of age.
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(c) The graphs below show the electroencephalogram (EEG), electrooculogram (EOG), and
electromyogram (EMG) changes during two stages of sleep: A and B.
A B
EEG
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EMG
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(a) Using the data in the table, list the sequence of brainwaves that occurs as a person moves
from being awake to being in a deep sleep.
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(b) State what happens to brainwave frequency as a person moves from being awake to being
in a deep sleep.
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6. Sleep research suggests that teenagers need more than 9 hours of sleep every night.
(a) State two negative effects of sleep deprivation on a teenager’s school performance.
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(b) Explain how each of the following two strategies could improve a teenager’s sleep.
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(ii) Get up at the same time, no matter what time you go to bed.
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You may write on this page if you need more space to finish your answers to Part 1 of Section A.
Make sure to label each answer carefully (e.g. 2(b) continued).
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Psychology
2017
Question Booklet 2
• Part 2 of Section A (Questions 7 to 9) 40 marks
• Answer all questions in Part 2
• Write your answers in this question booklet
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You may write on page 6 if you need more space
Allow approximately 40 minutes
Part 2 (Questions 7 to 9)
(40 marks)
7. Thirty participants with depressive symptoms were recruited from one medical centre to take
part in an investigation. The aim was to determine whether acts of kindness reduce symptoms of
depression.
Participants were randomly allocated to either Group A or Group B.
Participants in Group A were placed, one at a time, in a room where a child was crying.
Participants were instructed to comfort the child. The child then stopped crying.
Participants in Group B observed, one at a time, a crying child in an adjoining room. They
observed someone else comforting the child. The child then stopped crying.
This 8-minute exercise was repeated three times, at weekly intervals. One month later,
participants were asked about their symptoms.
Of the 15 depressed people in Group A, nine reported experiencing fewer depressive symptoms.
All Group B participants reported that there were no changes in their symptoms.
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(d) Describe one method that could have been used to obtain qualitative data in this
investigation.
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(e) Describe how two uncontrolled factors could reduce the validity of a conclusion for this
investigation.
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(f ) Explain why informed consent would have been necessary in this investigation.
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8. Concepts of mental health and mental illness have changed over time.
The timeline below shows how some common interventions for mental health problems have
changed over time in European countries.
Century
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Biological,
Witch-hunts Isolation Medication psychological, and
from society social approaches
Describe one way in which the approach to treating mental health problems has changed over time.
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(a) Describe two factors at a person level of explanation that could account for differences in
resilience among emergency personnel.
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(b) Describe two factors at a sociocultural level of explanation that could account for differences
in resilience among emergency personnel.
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(c) State two symptoms at a biological level of explanation that could indicate an emergency
worker was suffering from an anxiety disorder.
(d) State two effective coping strategies at the biological level of explanation that emergency
personnel could use if they develop an anxiety disorder.
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(e) Some emergency personnel could develop an anxiety disorder with symptoms that are
triggered by the sound of ringing phones.
(i) Use the basic processes level of explanation to explain how this anxiety disorder could
occur.
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(f ) A psychologist is interested in researching strategies that prevent the onset of mental health
disorders in emergency personnel.
A decision was made to use two types of investigations: a quantitative observational design
and a qualitative design.
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(ii) Explain why an experimental design was not appropriate for this research.
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(iii) Suggest one measuring tool for collecting quantitative data in this investigation.
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Psychology
2017
Question Booklet 3
• Section B: Extended-response Questions (Questions 10 and 11) 40 marks
• Answer both questions in Section B
• Write your answers in this question booklet
• Allow approximately 40 minutes
CHECK
SEQ FIGURES LETTER BIN
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SECTION B: EXTENDED-RESPONSE QUESTIONS (Questions 10 and 11)
(40 marks)
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