Psychology for VCE Units 1 & 2 Student Workbook+obook pro
Psychology for VCE Units 1 & 2 Student Workbook+obook pro
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ISBN: |
9780190338022 |
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Binding: |
Paperback + obook |
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Published: |
20 Jun 2024 |
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Availability: |
644
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$29.95 AUD
$22.99 NZD
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Consolidate learning and master key science skills with the Student Workbook
Psychology for VCE Student Workbook is a dynamic resource with engaging design, full-colour photos, and relevant diagrams to support student success. Paired with Oxford Digital, it offers digital resources and assessment tools, merging print and digital learning seamlessly for comprehensive student support.
Including features such as write-in pages and literacy support tools, each chapter aligns with the Student Book to ensure a cohesive learning experience. Checklists and summaries are provided for easy reference, aiding students to organise their learning materials and consolidate key concepts.
In addition to science-focused questions and skill-building, the Student Workbook offers ethics evaluations, research review tasks, and cumulative practice exam questions for thorough assessment preparation.
*Digital Student access for 2 years from the date of activation.
FEATURES
- Write-in pages
- Word wizard to support student literacy
- Research review
- Chapters aligned to the student book to provide extra support for consolidating learning and developing skills
- Chapter checklists provide students with the opportunity to self-assess learning and offer personalised activities to address gaps in student understanding
- Content summary
- Groundwork questions by chapter (focus on science understanding)
- Activities focused on development of key science skills:
- Data drill
- Case cracker
- Investigation inspector
- Evaluating ethics
- Research review
- Cumulative practice exam questions by unit
Contents
Chapter 1 Psychology toolkit
1.1 Develop aims and questions, formulate hypotheses and make predictions
1.2 Plan and conduct investigations
1.3 Comply with safety and ethical guidelines
1.4 Generate, collate and record data
1.5 Analyse and evaluate data and investigation methods
1.6 Construct evidence-based arguments and draw conclusions
1.7 Analyse, evaluate and communicate scientific ideas
Unit 1 How are behaviour and mental processes shaped?
Word wizard
Chapter 2 The complexity of psychological development
Chapter checklist
Groundwork
Case cracker
Data drill
Investigation inspector
Evaluating ethics
Research review
Chapter 3 Defining and supporting psychological development
Chapter checklist
Groundwork
Case cracker
Data drill
Investigation inspector
Evaluating ethics
Research review
Chapter 4 The role of the brain in mental processes and behaviour
Chapter checklist
Groundwork
Case cracker
Data drill
Investigation inspector
Evaluating ethics
Research review
Chapter 5 Brain plasticity and brain injury
Chapter checklist
Groundwork
Case cracker
Data drill
Investigation inspector
Evaluating ethics
Research review
Chapter 6 Response to an investigation
6.1 Scientific evidence
6.2 Scientific communication
6.3 Analysis and evaluation of psychological research
Unit 1 Practice exam questions
Unit 2 How do internal and external factors influence behaviour and mental processes?
Word wizard
Chapter 7 Social cognition
Chapter checklist
Groundwork
Case cracker
Data drill
Investigation inspector
Evaluating ethics
Research review
Chapter 8 Factors that influence individual and group behaviour
Chapter checklist
Groundwork
Case cracker
Data drill
Investigation inspector
Evaluating ethics
Research review
Chapter 9 Perception
Chapter checklist
Groundwork
Case cracker
Data drill
Investigation inspector
Evaluating ethics
Research review
Chapter 10 Distortions of perception
Chapter checklist
Groundwork
Case cracker
Data drill
Investigation inspector
Evaluating ethics
Research review
Chapter 11 Student designed investigation
11.1 Investigation design
11.2 Scientific evidence
11.3 Science communication
Unit 2 Practice exam questions
Units 1 & 2 Practice exam questions
Chapter 12 Investigations
2.2 How can we promote mental wellbeing with mobile apps?
2.4 How can we assess conservation as part of cognitive development?
3.1A How can we categorise typical and atypical behaviour?
3.1B Is there a relationship between the number of atypical behaviours exhibited daily and perceived mental wellbeing?
4.4A How can we model the structure of the brain?
4.4B How can damage to the frontal lobe impact our experience of emotion?
5.1 What strategies are effective in maximising brain plasticity and function?
5.6 How can we minimise head injuries in contact sports?
7.1 How does age affect person perception?
8.4A Is there a relationship between time spent on social media and perceived social connectedness?
8.4B How can advertising affect our individual behaviour?
9.1 Have you been paying attention?
9.2 How does perceptual set affect your perception of rat-man?
9.3 What does the world look like with red–green colour vision deficiency?
10.2 Does perceptual set influence our judgment of flavours?
10.3 How can a non-synaesthete acquire synaesthesia?
Authors
Aliska Bierman
Aliska holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Aerospace Avionics) with Honours, a Graduate Diploma of Education (Secondary) and a Graduate Diploma of Psychology. She has been teaching senior physics and psychology at Brisbane State High School for five years, and she leads the design of teaching and learning programs for psychology. Aliska is an accomplished science author, writing for Education Perfect and Oxford University Press for both the Queensland and Victorian curricula. Her involvement as a QCAA marker and writer, along with her role as a digital pedagogy leader at her school, highlights her dedication to educational excellence and innovation.