VCE Psychology practice exam

Question 1

Explain the importance of both hereditary and environmental influences on development?

Answer 1

There is an important interaction within hereditary factors and environmental factors in the development of an individual. However, it is not the case of one is important than the other in determining psychological development. Psychologists refer to research within genes and hormones as well as our stimuli are interrelated contributions to our psychological development.

Question 2

Identify and describe the three types of infant attachment that Ainsworth categorised in the strange situation experience

Answer 2

The three attachment theories provided by psychologist Mary Ainsworth is insecure avoidant attachment, secure attachment, and insecure resistant attachment

Question 3

Jean fidget described three different types of thinking for each of the three with a description using an example for each.

a) Concrete Thinking

Answer 3

concrete thinking refers to the thinking in terms of direct experiences or specific objects or events; characteristic of young children thinking (sensorimotor and early stages of preoperational). An example would include a little child listening to an idiom from an adult ‘It’s raining cats and dogs’

Question 4

Jean fidget described three different types of thinking for each of the three with a description using an example for each.

B) symbolic thinking

Answer 4

symbolic thinking refers to the cognitive skill in which enables individuals to access symbols, gestures or images to mentally represent people, objects or events that are not present within the scenario. symbolic characteristic thinking is involves the preoperational stage of devlopment.

Question 5

Jean fidget described three different types of thinking for each of the three with a description using an example for each.

c) abstract thinking

Answer 5

Abstract thinking involves involvement within general concepts rather than specific objects, experiences, or events; characteristic thinking involves formal operation stage of development. Adolescents enable experiments within studies to hypothesise an event.