Psychology
VCE Psychology Study Design 2005-2009 erratum and clarification
The accreditation period has been extended until 31 December 2009.
Erratum
Unit 4
Area of Study 1 Memory
Page 26, bullet
point 4
Please delete the following:
as (the contribution of anterograde and
retrograde interference effects in recall)
The point now reads
- the features of the forgetting curve;
Clarification
Please note the following punctuation additions
Unit 3
Area of Study 1 Brain and nervous system
Page 20, bullet point 2
Please note the addition of a comma (,) between the words ‘motor’ and ‘somatosensory’
The point now reads
- functions of the four lobes of the cerebral cortex in the control of motor, somatosensory, visual and auditory processing in humans: frontal lobe (including Broca’s area), parietal lobe, occipital lobe and temporal lobe (including Wernicke’s area);
Unit 4
Area of Study 1 Memory
Page 25, bullet
point 3
Please note the addition of a bracket after the word ‘echoic’ and the deletion of a bracket after the phrase ‘long-term memory’
The point now reads
- relationship between, and properties of, sensory memory (iconic and echoic), short-term memory and long-term memory;
As published in the VCAA Bulletin, February 2005, p.8.
