WLC Year 11 Psychology, Term 4 – Overview and Required Readings

Unit 3 (Year 12) 2024

To be completed prior to lesson

Week Lesson 1 Lesson 2 Lesson 3 Lesson 4

1
Queen’s Birthday Collecting Textbooks The Human Nervous The Cerebral Cortex
Public Holiday Term Overview System
Introduction to Unit 3
Textbook: pp. 44-47 Textbook: pp. 48-50

*Study guide check

2
Processing Language Voluntary Movement Data Recap 1 Emotion and the Brain

Textbook: pp. 50-51 Textbook: pp. 54-55 Revisit FIA1 Textbook: pp. 56-57

*Study guide check

3
Neurotransmission Neurotransmitters 1 Neurotransmitters 2 Changes to
Neurotransmitter
Function – Parkinson’s

Textbook: pp. 66-69 Textbook: pp. 70-73 Textbook pp. 70-73 Textbook pp. 74-76

*Study guide check

4
Changes to Lab Lesson 1 Lab Lesson 2 Swimming Carnival
Neurotransmitter Brain Dissection Brain Dissection
Function – Alzheimer’s Friday 27th October

Textbook: pp. 77-79

5
Senses Six Stages of Vision Biological Influences on Psychological Influences
Visual Perception on Visual Perception

Textbook: pp. 86-88 Textbook: pp. 89-93 Textbook pp. 100-104 Textbook pp. 105-111

*Study guide check

6
Social Influences on Visual Lab Lesson 1 Lab Lesson 2 The Fallibility of Visual
Perception Eye Dissection Eye Dissection Perception

Textbook pp. 112-113 Textbook pp. 122-127

*Study guide check

7
Hudson (1960) and Deregowski, Muldrow & Revision and Exam Prep Year 11 Flexi
Deregowski (1972) Muldrow (1972)

Journal Article (on REALM) Journal Article (on REALM)

*Study guide check

8
Flexi Block IA1 – Data Test – 10% Flexi Block Flexi Block

Wednesday 22rd
November

PM Session 60+10

O213-O215

Term 4 Assessment

The assessment for Term 4 is the FIA1 Data Test. This accounts for 10% of your ATAR Psychology
grade. Every single percent counts – so do not discount this assessment piece!

The following resources will be invaluable for your preparation:

From the Oxford textbook:

1.2 Sampling methods and experimental designs (p. 8)
1.3 Data collection (p. 16)
1.4 The quality of research (p. 20)
1.5 Interpreting the data (p. 22)

From REALM:
Data and Statistics PowerPoint
Revision resources (uploaded to the Assessment tile throughout the term)

From the Oxford workbook:

1.1 Responding to cognitive verbs (p. 3)
1.2 Data test (p. 4)
Data drills: (p. 4, 13, 18, 23, 28, 34, 39, 44, 49, 54, 59, 64, 69)
Practice data test (p. 74)

Atomi
Assigned revision tasks and lessons

Forward Thinking – Term 4 2024 50% Exam

Study Guide:
Weekly completed study guides that align with the content of the lessons. Build that bank of revision
for 2025 you!
 1 incomplete SG submission = PC note.
 3 incomplete SG submissions = Rebound.