Psychology · Units 3 and 4
Psychology, practice exam 10
Extended response: Evaluating a workplace mental wellbeing program.
- 120 marks
- 30 pages
- 40 multiple choice
- 15 minutes reading
- 2 h 30 min writing
Marks by area of study
Unit 3 AOS 1: 29 marksUnit 3 AOS 2: 30 marksUnit 4 AOS 1: 13 marksUnit 4 AOS 2: 23 marksKey science skills: 24 marks
Section B: short-answer and extended-response questions (80 marks)
| Q | Context | Marks |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dylan, 30, is a volunteer firefighter. | 6 |
| 2 | Mitra, 58, spent a week in intensive care after heart surgery. | 9 |
| 3 | Omari is a first-year medical student. | 10 |
| 4 | Uma, 20, and her grandfather Vince, 70, each spent a night in a sleep laboratory. | 11 |
| 5 | Sabine, 24, is a primary-school teacher with a specific phobia of balloons. | 8 |
| 6 | A driving school investigated whether training in approach coping reduces stress before a driving test. | 11 |
| 7 | An Aboriginal community-controlled organisation runs a language centre to revive the community’s language,… | 10 |
| 8 | The diagram shows two neurons, A and B, that form synapses with Neuron C. | 5 |
| 9 | Evaluating a workplace mental wellbeing program | 10 |
Section A: what each question tests (40 marks)
| Q | Key knowledge | Area of study |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The spinal reflex pathway | Unit 3 AOS 1 |
| 2 | Conscious and unconscious responses | Unit 3 AOS 1 |
| 3 | The adaptive value of spinal reflexes | Unit 3 AOS 1 |
| 4 | Neuromodulators | Unit 3 AOS 1 |
| 5 | Rerouting and sprouting | Unit 3 AOS 1 |
| 6 | Calculating a percentage | Units 3–4 Key science skills |
| 7 | Synaptic plasticity in rehabilitation | Unit 3 AOS 1 |
| 8 | The alarm reaction | Unit 3 AOS 1 |
| 9 | The resistance stage | Unit 3 AOS 1 |
| 10 | The exhaustion stage | Unit 3 AOS 1 |
| 11 | Comparing models of stress | Unit 3 AOS 1 |
| 12 | Internal and external stressors | Unit 3 AOS 1 |
| 13 | The gut–brain axis | Unit 3 AOS 1 |
| 14 | Interpreting gut–brain axis research | Units 3–4 Key science skills |
| 15 | Approach and avoidance strategies | Unit 3 AOS 1 |
| 16 | Exercise as a coping strategy | Unit 3 AOS 1 |
| 17 | Classical conditioning | Unit 3 AOS 2 |
| 18 | The attention stage | Unit 3 AOS 2 |
| 19 | Vicarious reinforcement | Unit 3 AOS 2 |
| 20 | The reproduction stage | Unit 3 AOS 2 |
| 21 | The reinforcement stage | Unit 3 AOS 2 |
| 22 | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander approaches to learning | Unit 3 AOS 2 |
| 23 | The cerebellum | Unit 3 AOS 2 |
| 24 | The hippocampus and amygdala | Unit 3 AOS 2 |
| 25 | The neocortex and long-term storage | Unit 3 AOS 2 |
| 26 | Explicit and implicit memory | Unit 3 AOS 2 |
| 27 | Country as a memory aid | Unit 3 AOS 2 |
| 28 | Effects of partial sleep deprivation | Unit 4 AOS 1 |
| 29 | Calculating percentage change | Units 3–4 Key science skills |
| 30 | Affective effects of sleep deprivation | Unit 4 AOS 1 |
| 31 | Controlling extraneous variables in sleep research | Unit 4 AOS 1 |
| 32 | Video monitoring | Unit 4 AOS 1 |
| 33 | Shift work disorder and bright light | Unit 4 AOS 1 |
| 34 | Levels of functioning | Unit 4 AOS 2 |
| 35 | Protective factors | Unit 4 AOS 2 |
| 36 | Short-acting benzodiazepines | Unit 4 AOS 2 |
| 37 | Breathing retraining | Unit 4 AOS 2 |
| 38 | Comparing interventions using data | Unit 4 AOS 2 |
| 39 | Sampling procedures | Units 3–4 Key science skills |
| 40 | Withdrawal rights | Units 3–4 Key science skills |