Free VCE Psychology test

Covers all of VCE Psychology Units 3 and 4: the nervous system and stress, learning and memory, sleep, mental wellbeing and specific phobia, and the key science skills.

15 questions, 15 minutes. Your score by study and the topic to fix first.

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Question 11 mark

Which one of the following is a role of the brain in responding to a sensory stimulus?

Question 21 mark

Which statement correctly describes the direction of neural transmission at a synapse?

Question 31 mark

During exam week, Ruby has a sore throat, her neighbours hold a loud party, her sister borrows her calculator without asking, and her cat is unwell. Which one is an internal stressor for Ruby?

Question 41 mark

What happens to the body's resistance to stress during the shock phase of the alarm reaction?

Question 51 mark

Before conditioning, which one of the following is true of the neutral stimulus?

Question 61 mark

Which one of the following is needed at the reproduction stage of observational learning?

Question 71 mark

Which statement correctly compares iconic and echoic memory?

Question 81 mark

Which statement correctly compares episodic and semantic memory?

Question 91 mark

Short bursts of brain activity called sleep spindles mark which stage of sleep?

Question 101 mark

After a week of late nights, Hamish feels irritable with his brother, trips on the stairs and forgets his locker code. Which statement correctly classifies these effects?

Question 111 mark

Tom has had a hard term, but he still gets to school each day, keeps up with his homework and works his weekend shifts. Which statement best describes Tom?

Question 121 mark

How can GABA dysfunction contribute to the development of a specific phobia?

Question 131 mark

How can adequate nutritional intake act as a protective factor for mental wellbeing?

Question 141 mark

Which one of the following is the best hypothesis for an experiment on sleep and reaction time in Year 12 students?

Question 151 mark

Eight students recalled these numbers of words after learning with an acrostic: 12, 9, 15, 11, 9, 14, 10 and 13. What is the median?

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