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Year 12 VCE Psychology practice questions

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Practice behaviour, mental processes, research methods, nervous system, learning, memory, sleep, wellbeing, and data interpretation.

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Sample VCE Year 12 Psychology questions

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VCE Year 12 Psychology Stress response hard stress-response pathway

1. A stress-response pathway shows hypothalamus -> pituitary gland -> adrenal cortex. Which hormone is most directly associated with the final adrenal-cortex response?

VCE 12 HPA axis stress pathway hypothalamus pituitary cortisol
Choices
  • Cortisol
  • Melatonin
  • Dopamine only
  • Insulin
Explanation:

The HPA axis ends with the adrenal cortex releasing cortisol during a stress response.

VCE Year 12 Psychology Memory hard memory model

2. A memory model shows information moving from sensory memory to short-term memory and then to long-term memory after rehearsal. Which store has the greatest duration?

VCE 12 multi-store memory model sensory STM LTM
Choices
  • Long-term memory
  • Sensory memory
  • Short-term memory
  • The rehearsal arrow
Explanation:

In the model, long-term memory has the greatest duration compared with sensory and short-term memory.

VCE Year 12 Psychology Consciousness and sleep hard sleep graph

3. A hypnogram shows REM sleep episodes becoming longer in later sleep cycles. Which statement is best supported?

VCE 12 overnight sleep hypnogram cycle 1 cycle 4 REM
Choices
  • REM periods are longer later in the night.
  • REM disappears after the first cycle.
  • Only deep sleep occurs near morning.
  • The graph shows no sleep stages.
Explanation:

The diagram shows the REM blocks widening across later cycles.

VCE Year 12 Psychology Learning and behaviour hard results graph

4. A results graph shows a reinforcement group completing 18 correct trials and a no-reinforcement group completing 11 correct trials. What difference is shown?

VCE 12 reinforcement results bar chart reinforced no reward +7
Choices
  • The reinforcement group completed 7 more correct trials.
  • The groups were equal.
  • The no-reinforcement group completed 7 more.
  • The graph shows sleep stages only.
Explanation:

The difference is 18 - 11 = 7 correct trials.

VCE Year 12 Psychology Research methods hard study design

5. A study-design diagram shows participants randomly allocated to an active treatment or placebo, with neither participants nor assessors knowing the condition. Which design feature is shown?

VCE 12 placebo-controlled study design active placebo blind
Choices
  • Double-blind placebo-controlled design
  • Case study only
  • Naturalistic observation only
  • No control condition
Explanation:

Both the participants and assessors are blind to condition, and the placebo group provides a comparison.

VCE Year 12 Psychology Mental wellbeing hard wellbeing model

6. A biopsychosocial model places sleep quality, peer support and coping thoughts around a student's wellbeing. Which option matches the social factor?

VCE 12 biopsychosocial wellbeing model bio social psych
Choices
  • Peer support
  • Sleep quality
  • Coping thoughts
  • Cortisol concentration only
Explanation:

Peer support is a social factor because it involves relationships and the social environment.

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