#psycho notes

[phantasper]

teruki doodles from school bc I can't stop drawing on sticky notes

[asterinunfathomed]

@waffleschoco needed some tips for psychology practicals in class 12 so here we go...

For the written part

▪Don't spend your time trying to memorise the standardisation or the basic introduction part. You will be getting the manual, and you'll find everything in there anyways.

▪Do memorise the order in which you're supposed to write things. For me it was aim, basic concept, standardisation and norms, materials required, subject's profile, procedure, precautions, introspective and observational reports, scoring and result, interpretation and discussion, conclusion, references. (Wow that was long.) Follow what your teachers tell you though, I don't want to cost somebody their marks.

▪Learn 2 precautions only that are common to all your practicals so you don't get confused.

▪You should have an idea of what you're supposed to write in the discussion part, just an outline. For eg- aim, definiton, what the test measures and how, subject, scores

▪When you give the test to your subject, make sure they fill it in correctly. Watch as they fill in the first 2 items and correct them if they go wrong. I don't know how we're going to be conducting the tests, since its not feasible to call juniors to be our subjects, but for our preboard practical we did it on each other. And my very genius friend ticked the responses on SAS, where you're supposed to circle them (its even written in the instructions, idiot). So make sure that doesn't happen, because if it does, it'll be your problem not your subject's.

▪If your teacher has provided you with the manual before, like ours sent us as PDFs, make sure to go through it. You need to know where which table is, and where the norms are, and where the validity is etc. so that you don't waste your time looking for it.

▪Also make sure you know full well how to score each test. One of our tests was Sodhi's Attitude Scale and it has the weirdest scoring ever. Be properly thorough with it.

▪Also know which table is to be used to score what and whether you need to convert your scores into percentile or grade or something else.

For the viva

▪BE CONFIDENT. Our teacher repeated this multiple times. If you know the answer but you're not confident, it will give a bad impression on the examiner and you can lose marks. Vice versa, if you don't know the answer but you are confident about it, you might sound better than you think you do.

▪Don't add unnecessary and extra information. You'll only be digging your own grave by allowing the examiner to question you on all those topics. Be clear and to the point, and be prepared to elaborate that point itself, and not extra information.

▪In case you're 100% sure you don't know the correct answer, just tell the examiner that you're not sure of the answer. Confidently. Its better than looking around and going "umm...uh..."

▪Keep eye contact. Not creepily, but try not to look around or let your eyes wander around the room. Look at the examiner. Don't stare though.

▪Be properly thorough with each and every concept. If the examiner realises you know stuff, they will try to ask trickier questions to ensure whether you deserve a 30 or not.

▪Be smartly dressed. My teacher really emphasised on wearing school shoes only. She also said dress smartly, don't look nerdy. (I'm not sure what that means.)

▪If you feel very very anxious right before your viva and feel like you need to calm down, you can tell your teacher (not the external) to take your viva after 5 minutes. According to my psycho teacher, this doesn't happen to everyone so its not a big deal and they take it into consideration.

▪CLASS 11TH CHAPTER 2. That is the base of all psychological research. So be thorough with it. At least the basics. You should know what validity, reliability and norms are. You should know how to define a psychological test, and its advantages and limitations. You should be aware of the difference between an experiment and a test, the different types of tests etc. Basically do the whole chapter.

▪If your teacher is anything like mine, she will love love love asking concept based questions instead of straight up definitions. She asked me the difference between a personality test and a self concept test. So you should not only know your NCERT, you should properly understand it.

▪Adding my teacher's favourite question in case she is friends with your teacher: What is the difference between percentage and percentile? What is the sign for percentile? (Its a trick question, there's no sign. If you say this, my teacher will keep asking you if you're sure to confuse you. So you need to be confident.)

▪If for a question such as the above, you don't know how to properly define it, give an example instead. The examiner can see that you know your shit. Although even if you define, the examiner might ask you to give an example anyways.

▪And relax. Its not very difficult. We've been studying the whole year, if you know your basics, you're all set.

ALL THE BEST !

[phantasper]

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[asterinunfathomed]

01.02.21-07.02.21

This week was a little better in the sense that I got back to studying, although it is just 3 hours per day. My social anxiety at having to attend maths tuitions is at an all time high, I have a class day after tomorrow and heart is already doing weird things. Also, I finally went back to school and it felt soooo good. Loved seeing that building again. Also, CBSE finally released the boards datesheet and I'm going to rant about it in another post because I have to.

▪ Inverse trigonometric functions (Maths)

▪ Definite integrals (Maths)

▪ Continuity and differentiability (Maths)

▪ Matrices and determinants (Maths)

▪ Changes and development in industrial society (Sociology)

▪ Therapeutic relationship (Psychology)

▪ Sufism (History)

▪ Verben mit Präpositionen (German)

▪ Finished writing first part of my history project

[asterinunfathomed]

I've been very poor at mind mapping since time immemorial and could not make one that would be useful, like, ever. So here's a tip from Ana Mascara if anyone wants- make curvy lines. It's got something to do with our neural connections and they're more helpful than straight lines.

Please ignore the pen and pencil marks on my desk.

08.12.2020

▪ Studied for Psychology test

▪ Made mind maps

Winter Studying Challenge

Day 8: When should people start preparing for, decorating and celebrating Christmas? 

My school starts with the christmas carols from 1st December itself. But for Eid, which is a holiday I celebrate, I don't think we do much 'preparation' till there's one week left. In fact, apart from getting the new clothes, everything else is done a day before the actual festival.