A group of VCE Psychology students is conducting a scientific investigation to explore the relationship between participation in extracurricular activities and self-reported resilience levels among adolescents. They hypothesise that increased participation in extracurriculars will lead to higher resilience scores. They administer a survey that includes a standardised resilience scale and questions about the number of extracurricular activities each participant is involved in.
b. Explain the significance of understanding resilience in the context of this scientific investigation, making specific reference to internal and external factors that may influence an adolescent’s resilience levels.
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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.
psychological concepts specific to the selected scientific investigation and their significance, including definitions of key terms
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