A group of Year 12 Psychology students investigated the effect of a 20-minute guided meditation on reducing state anxiety levels before a stressful cognitive task. They measured anxiety using a standardised self-report questionnaire immediately before and after the meditation. The students are preparing to present their findings at a university psychology conference in the form of a scientific poster. Due to strict space limitations at the conference, they must be particularly mindful of the conventions of scientific poster presentations.
a. Analyse the potential challenges the students might face in adhering to the convention of ‘succinct communication’ when presenting their investigation on the scientific poster.
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Create Free Account Log inThis is a free VCE Units 3 & 4 Psychology practice question worth 3 marks, testing your understanding of Poster conventions. It falls under How is scientific inquiry used to investigate mental processes and psychological functioning? in Unit 4: How is mental wellbeing supported and maintained?. Submit your answer above to receive instant AI-powered marking and personalised feedback.
In this unit students explore the demand for sleep and the influences of sleep on mental wellbeing. They consider how changes to a person’s sleep-wake cycle can affect psychological functioning. Students explore the concept of mental wellbeing, including social and emotional wellbeing as a multidimensional and holistic framework. They apply a biopsychosocial approach to specific phobia, exploring how biological, psychological and social factors are involved in its development and management. A student-designed scientific investigation involving the generation of primary data related to mental processes and mental wellbeing is undertaken in either Unit 3 or Unit 4 or across both Units 3 and 4, and is assessed in Outcome 3 of this unit.
Students undertake a student-designed scientific investigation in either Unit 3 or Unit 4, or across both Units 3 and 4, related to mental processes and mental wellbeing. The investigation involves the generation of primary quantitative data. Students apply key science skills to develop and test a research question, gather and analyse data, and communicate findings in a structured scientific poster. A logbook is maintained for authentication and assessment purposes.
conventions of scientific poster presentation, including succinct communication of the selected scientific investigation and acknowledgements and references
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