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tymeModerator
Hello Forums Fam,
I thought I'd make this space for everyone to connect tonight. We can sit back and relax around the campfire!
@Shaz51 @Oaktree @Alonely @Jacques @avant-garde @Blackcloud @NightFury @Circlegame1 @ComaToes @Bow
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rav3nSenior Contributor
that makes sense, no worries at all in keeping it anonymous! @Till23 how'd the comp go??
hey @Blackcloud just saw your post last week about the training - sounds like those placements are quite challenging but i'm proud of you for giving it a go! do they offer you another opportunity to get a 'completed' interaction?
how'd the shopping on Sunday go?
and hi to everyone else passing by!! @Shaz51 @PeppyPatti
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rav3nSenior Contributor
wowww just saw the painting you posted last week, so beautiful @PeppyPatti are you still working on it? what's the artwork inspired by?
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PeppyPattiSenior Contributor
Hi @rav3n
I just saw your post, hi
Got gastro ........can't go to bed. I want to keep on doing stuff.
Life is good isn't it
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BlackcloudSenior Contributor
@rav3n wrote:
hey @Blackcloud just saw your post last week about the training - sounds like those placements are quite challenging but i'm proud of you for giving it a go! do they offer you another opportunity to get a 'completed' interaction?
how'd the shopping on Sunday go?
hi @rav3n not sure what you mean by that first question you're asking, because having completed/finished interactions actually depends on the help seekers themselves, like if they're willing to keep interacting with you until when its the appropriate time to end the interaction with them.
the shopping from yesterday went good I guess...I actually really like the new version of the Chadstone shopping centre, I like it waaaaaay better than the old version. No wonder my mum wanted both of us to go. One thing that upsetted me yesterday though was at when my mum wanted me to try on a jacket inside the Uniqlo store, this little girl who looked like at least 4 years old looked at me while walking past me as I was trying on the jacket infront of the jackets section, and then when I looked at her back she immediately looked away and then turned around to look at me again while she was about to hide from her mum. I seriously hate it when people (including kids no matter what their ages are) do this, like you looked at me first so of course I'm most likely gonna look at you back but would likely kinda glare at you... -_- and then when I look at them back after they stared/looked at me first, they suddenly get shy or scared???? like why??? I really hate that so fricken much!!!! so the fact that she did that really annoyed the heck out of me and made me mad. I did tell my mum about it as well so. But seriously though.... that's why I hate kids. -__- I hate when they look/stare at people for whatever reason, even if that's just part of how their brains work....
oh yeah, I remembered a long time ago you mentioned about the statistics being the disadvantage when studying psychology haha, tell me more about it if you possibly can! I'm kinda curious to how difficult it was xD thankfully I'm not doing it this trimester nor next trimester tho haha
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rav3nSenior Contributor
i was wondering if they offer you another opportunity to chat with another help-seeker to see if the interaction can be completed? @Blackcloud i hope that makes sense - also i'm not too familiar with the training style so i apologise in advance if that made no sense!!
oo yes Chadstone is HUGE! i've been there a few times but i still haven't explored the entire shopping centre.
ahh yes, kids are pros when it comes to uncomfortable and awkward staring 😅
sure i can tell you more! what sorta stuff did you wanna know about the statistics side? there are people who do like stats... i'm just not one of them 😆
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BlackcloudSenior Contributor
@rav3n well, if the help seeker hasn't responded within 5 minutes during the conversation, you do send them a follow up text to remind them that you haven't heard from them, and if they haven't responded again after that and you wait for another 3-5 minutes, then you would have to end the chat.
I guess regarding statistics, I just would like to know I guess...what parts about statistics in general makes it a really hard subject in general? because I have heard from a few others that have done it and they had to re-do it because they've failed the unit during their first take. I also asked my student mentor if the subject itself is hard but he responded to me with an answer that stated otherwise which...I guess that makes sense since he already did it in the past and had passed it 😐 my student mentor overall is ok I guess though.. also, I am pretty scared/anxious about having to do exams in a lot of these psych units lol. And it's a shame that I can't use a reference sheet during the exams for any of the psych units except for statistics (as it was confirmed by the Unit coordinator this morning lmao) but yeah, idk how I can really go about revising for exams apart from just doing the weekly practice exams which I have been doing so far. practice exams are like my only 'life saver' when it comes to preparing for the actual thing.
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rav3nSenior Contributor
ahh i see, that's quite hard when they don't respond back @Blackcloud!
so firstly, it's a bit tricky to predict how your subject will go mainly because different courses/subjects focus on different parts of psych. for example, my uni had about 10-20 psych subjects to choose from (i did 10 of them in my psych degree) - and some were statistics heavy, some had a small section of stats and others had no stats! so it definitely varies. usually for first year psych subjects / 'level 1' psych, the theory and concepts are the main focus and the stats part isn't too heavy. most psych subjects start with learning classical conditioning (pavlov's dog case study) and operant conditioning which can take some time to understand, but once you understand it and practice some questions applying the knowledge, i think you'll be good to go!
the stats stuff comes under 'research methods'. the first part of research methods usually involves exploring research design, (i.e. qualitative vs quantitative study), how they collect date (i.e. types of measurements), then analysing the data (learning about standard deviation, null hypothesis, probability, etc) and interpreting the results. it sounds like a LOT right now, but usually these are things you learn over 2-3 years so i think your subject will only cover a small part of it in the first unit, maybe the research design part. if you have more questions, feel free to let me know!!
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BlackcloudSenior Contributor
@rav3n thank you for that, that was a good explanation of it I reckon! 🙂 for my one it’s pretty different because I’m doing the degree online, so for us, for the most part we would have to start doing the units that are from the ‘core units’ first before we move onto the ones that are under ‘specialised psych units’. Apparently for the core units, ‘introduction to research methods’ and ‘foundations of statistics’ are included for my degree so I would have to do those in either next trimester or the trimester after lol. I’m only in my first year into the degree, but yes it is like that at least for me from what I know of… 🤔
by the way, I was wondering examinations are considered an ‘assessment’ right? Because what happens if say, you passed every other assessments but for the final exam you’ve failed? I’m only asking this with regards to the units that only require you to get a 50% overall in the unit (not the units that have hurdle assessments).
I’m glad that the exam in one of the units im doing this trimester are all multiple choice questions, and I hope every other exams in every other units in this degree are like that too.
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tymeModerator
@PeppyPatti wrote:
Aww @tyme
How cute --
"A thing at the park ...."
Twill it include pushing each other on the swings ?
Nah, @PeppyPatti , I never pushed any kid at the swing on Saturday.
The kids had fun just running around and riding bikes.
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PeppyPattiSenior Contributor
@tyme @Blackcloud @rav3n @Cuddlebear @Till23 Narcissism
Thankyou @tyme
That was very nice to read.......
It's making me smile
🌿🪴
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