ePsychVCE.com

By Andrew Scott

What's ePsychVCE.com about?

These podcasts are aimed at Unit 3/4 VCE Psychology Students, they can be also be found in the itunes store. See my website for access along with other eresources for Psychology students: www.ePsychVCE.com

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ePsychVCE.com episodes:

10.26.2017
Psychological risk factors
This podcast cover the 4 Psychological risk factor that contribute to the development and progression of the a mental condition listed in the VCE study design: rumination, stress, impaired reasoning and memory & poor self efficacy.
10.19.2017
Stanford Prison Experiment: findings & ethics
This is the second podcast of a two-part series on the Stanford Prison Experiment: This podcasts covers the key results & findings along with a discussion of the ethical implications of the experiment.
10.18.2017
Stanford Prison experiment - Introduction and Method
This podcast covers the background to the experiment, the aim, IV/DV, details of the sample of participants along with a detailed procedure. The results findings will be covered in a future podcast.
10.17.2017
Evolutionary theory of sleep
10.12.2017
The effects of a legal BAC vs. one night of full slee deprivation.
This podcasts compares the effects of a legal blood alcohol content of 0.05 (in Australia) vs. one night of full sleep deprivation on: cognition, concentration & mood.
10.10.2017
Reliability vs. Validity - Units 1-4 Psychology
Reliability (both internal and external) and Validity (internal & external) are covered in this podcasts that relates to a key skill that all VCE Psychology students need to be familiar with.
10.09.2017
Perceptual set - U2 VCE Psychology
Perceptual set and a variety of factors that influence our predisposition to perceive stimuli in a certain way are covered in this podcast.
10.07.2017
Bright Light Therapy - U4 VCE Psych
The use of BLT in treating circadian phase disorders such as delayed sleep phase onset is covered in this podcast.
10.07.2017
4 stages of sensory processing - U2 Psych
Reception, transduction, transmission and interpretation are all explained in this brief podcasts of the 4 stages of sensory processing which features in the U2 VCE Psychology course.
10.02.2017
LTP and phobia development
The role of LTP in the development is covered in this brief podcast.
09.24.2017
Disorganised attachment
This podcast firstly covers the formation of a secure attachment and then covers the cause and effect of a disorganised attachment.
09.23.2017
Transtheoretical model - an overview
This podcasts provides an overview of the Transtheoretical model of behavioural model of change along with strengths and weaknesses of the model.
09.20.2017
The 6 stages of the the transtheoretical model of behavioural change
This podcasts covers the 6 stages. An outline of the model + strengths and weaknesses will be covered by an alternative podcast.
09.15.2017
Self efficacy
09.07.2017
Biological risk factors
Genetics, poor sleep, poor response to medication and substance abuse are all briefly covered in terms of the their potential influence in the development of a mental condition.
09.05.2017
4PF model
This podcast covers: predisposing, precipitating, perpetuating and protective factors that contribute to the development and progression of a mental condition.
09.05.2017
The characteristics of a mentally healthy person
Including High level of functioning Social and emotional wellbeing Resilience
09.05.2017
Mental Health Contiunuum
07.11.2017
Circadian rhythm - sleep-wake cycle
This podcast covers the influence of the SCN and melatonin on the sleep-wake cycle.
04.15.2017
LTP vs LTD
This podcasts describes both LTP (long-term potentiation) and LTD (long-term depression).
02.19.2017
Fight-flight-freeze response
This 2.5 minute podcast provides an overview of the FFF response.
02.11.2017
Parkinson's Disease - VCE Psychology
This podcast covers the key brain structures that cause P.D namely the substantia nigra & striatum as well as explaining the impact of depleted dopamine and GABA levels on the impairment if motor function experience by P.D sufferers.
01.30.2017
Lock and Key effect
This podcasts briefly covers the lock and key effect on neurotransmitters and receptors as well as distinguishing between neurotransmitters that have an excitatory vs an inhibitory effect on the firing of the postsynaptic neuron.
06.25.2014
Neural basis of learning - VCE Psych
The role of the axon, dendrites, neurotransmitters and synapse are covered here - which is the 2nd dot point from the Learning AOS. See www.epsychvce.com for more free stuff for VCE Psych students/ teachers.
10.30.2013
VCE Psychology - Final exam tips
This podcast provides some parting advice for students on the 3 sections of the VCE Psychology exam on Friday. Good luck all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
10.13.2013
Lazarus & Folkman Transactional Model - VCE Psych exam revision
Student are having difficulty getting their heads around this part of the course, as based on regular questions I have fielded from my own students, students I tutor + students at various lectures I have given recently. This podcast attempts...
09.17.2013
Mental health vs. Mental illness - VCE Psychology
This podcast will help you clearly distinguish between Mental health & Mental illness c/o www.epsychvce.com
08.28.2013
Writing a discussion - a 10 point plan
In the event that the exam extended response is a discussion - this podcast outlines the key components of writing a discussion in an exam situation
07.20.2013
Is it positive or negative reinforcement or pos or neg punishment
I've had another go at distinguishing between positive and negative reinforcement and punishment. Students have traditionally found this difficult, so I hope this podcast is of use!
07.02.2013
Context-dependent cues
Context-dependent cues relate to the external environment in which matererial has been encoded. Recall is higher when the retrieval context matches the encoding context as illustrated by Godden & Baddeley's experiment in in 1975 (covered in this podcast)
06.22.2013
Mnemonics
Acronyms, acrostics & narrative chaining is covered in this podcast along with an overview of how mnemonics enhance memory.
06.12.2013
Sensitivity of measures of retention
Recall vs Recognition vs Recall are covered in this podcast - all 3 are explained along with examples (including the savings score formula)
06.03.2013
Retrieval failure - theory of forgetting
A common experience of retrieval failure is the tip-of-the tongue phenomena. An explanation of the causes of R.F or TOT is covered in this podcast.
05.28.2013
Proactive and Retroactive Inteference
Pro meaning forward, retro meaning backwards - this podcast examines causes of inteference as well as an explanation of both proactive and retroactive inteference.
05.21.2013
Repression and Suppression - VCE Psych
Motivated forgetting is covered in this podcast - which distinguishes between Suppression & Repression and highlights evidence of both of these concepts.
05.13.2013
Decay theory of forgetting
Memories fade due to lack of revisitation (which is necessary to fortify the memory)
05.08.2013
Forgetting curve
The Forgetting curve shows the rate and amount of forgetting that occurs over time.
05.06.2013
Semantic Network Theory
Information in LTM is organised in a hiearchical structure of overlapping concepts (nodes) that are interconnected via meaningful links. This podcast covers the key points relating to S.N.T
05.03.2013
Serial Position Effect - VCE Psych
The Primacy & Recency effect are both explained in this podcast with emphasis on the the respective use of STM & LTM.
04.27.2013
Craik and Lockhart: levels of processing - VCE Psych
Structural, phonemic & semantic enconding are covered in this podcast - examples of each are covered along with an explanation of the level of processing (shallow, intermediate & deep).
04.21.2013
Working mem: Episodic buffer, V-S sketchpad & Phonological loop - VCE Psych
The functionality of the episodic buffer, visuo-spatial sketchpad & episodic buffer is covered in this podcast.
04.19.2013
Working memory: central executive - VCE Psychology
The role of the central executive is addressed in this podcast, a future podcast will examine the functionality of the slave systems of the Baddeley & Hitch model of Working Memory.
04.17.2013
Enhancing memory - VCE Psych
Chunking, maintenance & elaborative rehearsal are all covered in this podcast. Chunking icnreases the capacity of STM. Maintenance rehearsal enhances the duration of STM although if you keep it in STM long enough, eventually it will be encoded and stored...
04.14.2013
Types of LTM
Implict vs. Explict memories are covered in this podcast - with specific reference to procedural vs. declarative (episodic & semantic) memories.
04.10.2013
iconic and echoic memory
this podcast provides an outline of the functionality of our visual and auditory sensory memory registers.
04.10.2013
Sensory memory
04.05.2013
STM
The middle stage of the Atkinson-Schiffrin multi store model of memory is covered in this podcast.
04.04.2013
Amnesia
Amnesia is defined as well as a description of both retrograde and anterograde amnesia is covered in this podcast: retro = backwards, antero = forwards in this case.
04.02.2013
Age related memory decline - VCE Psychology
This podcast addresses - causes for age related memory decline as well as the effects on different aspects of memory - such as retention, STM, LTM, etc.
03.24.2013
Hippocampus - role in memory formation
This podcast covers the role of the Hippocampus in the formation of declarative memories and spatial learning

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ePsychVCE.com episodes:

Psychological risk factors

Stanford Prison Experiment: findings & ethics

Stanford Prison experiment - Introduction and Method

Evolutionary theory of sleep

The effects of a legal BAC vs. one night of full slee deprivation.

Reliability vs. Validity - Units 1-4 Psychology

Perceptual set - U2 VCE Psychology

Bright Light Therapy - U4 VCE Psych

4 stages of sensory processing - U2 Psych

LTP and phobia development

Disorganised attachment

Transtheoretical model - an overview

The 6 stages of the the transtheoretical model of behavioural change

Self efficacy

Biological risk factors

4PF model

The characteristics of a mentally healthy person

Mental Health Contiunuum

Circadian rhythm - sleep-wake cycle

LTP vs LTD

Fight-flight-freeze response

Parkinson's Disease - VCE Psychology

Lock and Key effect

Neural basis of learning - VCE Psych

VCE Psychology - Final exam tips

Lazarus & Folkman Transactional Model - VCE Psych exam revision

Mental health vs. Mental illness - VCE Psychology

Writing a discussion - a 10 point plan

Is it positive or negative reinforcement or pos or neg punishment

Context-dependent cues

Mnemonics

Sensitivity of measures of retention

Retrieval failure - theory of forgetting

Proactive and Retroactive Inteference

Repression and Suppression - VCE Psych

Decay theory of forgetting

Forgetting curve

Semantic Network Theory

Serial Position Effect - VCE Psych

Craik and Lockhart: levels of processing - VCE Psych

Working mem: Episodic buffer, V-S sketchpad & Phonological loop - VCE Psych

Working memory: central executive - VCE Psychology

Enhancing memory - VCE Psych

Types of LTM

iconic and echoic memory

Sensory memory

STM

Amnesia

Age related memory decline - VCE Psychology

Hippocampus - role in memory formation