QCE Psychology

Half of your QCE Psychology result is earned at school, in the data test (IA1), the student experiment (IA2) and the research investigation (IA3). The other half is decided in two external papers. This guide prepares you for all of it.

Psychology has no formula book, so this guide teaches each statistic you need to calculate or read, from means and medians to standard error and p-values. A scientific calculator is enough for every calculation here. Every topic chapter also keeps what the external assessment can test apart from what belongs to your internal assessments alone, so your exam revision stays on target.

Inside this guide:
- Every Unit 3 and 4 topic, taught and practised: brain function, sensation and perception, memory, learning, social psychology, interpersonal processes, attitudes and cross-cultural psychology
- A toolkit chapter on research methods, ethics, statistics and the cognitive verbs
- A What's Changed chapter, including the new material on hearing and auditory perception and the multi-store model of memory
- IA1, the data test: a routine for any unseen dataset, plus a full practice data test with worked solutions
- IA2 and IA3: annotated excerpts from worked reports, and plain-English notes on what each criterion rewards
- Try It tasks and practice questions in every topic chapter, each with a worked answer
- Annotated High-Scoring Responses that show exactly where the marks are earned
- A full-length practice external assessment, Paper 1 and Paper 2, with worked solutions
- A glossary of the terms you need

Plain, accessible English throughout, with every technical term explained where it first appears. Examples are set across Queensland, from a Rockhampton classroom to a Bundaberg research showcase. Every question was written for this book.

Written to the current QCAA Psychology syllabus, for any student whose course follows it.