This document contains sample exam questions and lesson materials for a psychology unit focusing on stress and coping strategies. It provides two key things needed to do well on exams: 1) knowing the content thoroughly through coursework, questions, and assistance; and 2) regular exam practice, with one practice exam per week recommended. The materials cover topics like physiological and psychological responses to stress, Lazarus and Folkman's transactional model of stress and coping, environmental and social determinants of stress, allostatic load, and strategies for coping with stress through problem-focused and emotion-focused approaches. Sample exam questions assess understanding of these concepts from past exams.
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Unit 4 exam questions powerpoint
1. Unit 4 Exam Questions
THERE ARE 2 THINGS YOU NEED TO SMASH YOUR EXAMS
1. KNOW YOUR CONTENT – DO YOUR WORK, ASK QUESTIONS, SEEK ASSISTANCE
2. EXAM TECHNIQUE – PRACTICE REGULARLY, AIM FOR 1 PRACTICE EXAM PER WEEK
2. Week 2, Lesson 2 Entry Question: Physiological & psychological
characteristics of responses to stress
VCAA 2012
3. ANSWER
Week 2, Lesson 2 Entry Question: Physiological & psychological
characteristics of responses to stress
4. Week 2, Lesson 2 Exit Question: Lazarus & Folkman’s transactional
model of stress & coping
VCAA 2012 Unit 4
5. ANSWER 4a
Week 2, Lesson 2 Exit Question: Lazarus & Folkman’s transactional
model of stress & coping
6. ANSWER 4b
Week 2, Lesson 2 Exit Question: Lazarus & Folkman’s transactional
model of stress & coping
7. Week 2, Lesson 3 Entry Question: Lazarus & Folkman’s transactional
model of stress & coping
VCAA 2011 Unit 4
8. ANSWER
Week 2, Lesson 3 Entry Question: Lazarus & Folkman’s transactional
model of stress & coping
9. Week 2, Lesson 3 Exit Question: Social, Cultural & environmental
determinants of stress
Using an examples, explain how an environmental factor can exacerbate or alleviate stress
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10. ANSWER
Week 2, Lesson 3 Exit Question: Social, Cultural & environmental
determinants of stress
TC
11. Week 2, Lesson 4 Entry Question: Social, Cultural & environmental
determinants of stress
Outline two examples of social factors that could exacerbate stress
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2 marks
12. ANSWER
Week 2, Lesson 4 Entry Question: Social, Cultural & environmental
determinants of stress
TC
15. Week 3, Lesson 5 Entry Question: Allostatis
Christine is a single mother who is studying part time and working at a supermarket. She has been finding it
increasingly difficult to keep up with her studies and manage work as well as her home life. She recently had
her shifts at work cut and is struggling financially. She also finds
her coursework difficult, has no time to make friends and feels isolated as a young mother. As the demands
of university and her family increase, Christine is finding it harder and harder to cope.
In terms of allostasis, explain why Christine is at risk of developing a stress-related illness.
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17. Week 3, Lesson 5 Exit Question: Strategies for coping with stress
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18. Week 3, Lesson 5 Exit Question: Strategies for coping with stress
Describe two emotion focused coping strategies that can be used to reduce
stress.
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24. Behaviours not dependent on learning
– Stefan & his animals
Identify Maturation / Fixed Action Pattern / Reflex
Orb spiders spinning webs - fix action pattern
Hatching of native grass parrots - maturation
Parrots taking flight for the first time - maturation
Land snail response to a stimuli reflex
Why aren’t they learning?
Not based on experience