VCE Psychology case studies
VCE Psychology · Put your knowledge to work in context.
VCE Psychology is a Victorian Certificate of Education study accredited by the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority, with an accreditation period from 2023. The study design covers Units 1 to 4, and the VCAA publishes details on areas of study, outcomes and assessment for those units from 2023. The VCE Psychology case studies are 5 cases and about 1,674 words.
1The Sleep-Deprived Debater
Mira, 16, joins her school's debating team. For three weeks she sleeps about 5 hours per night during the week and 9 hours on weekends, and drinks two energy drinks most afternoons.
349 words, about 2 min2The Forgetting Witness
During a schoolyard altercation, Year 9 student Jamal sees a stranger push a younger student. Police interview Jamal 10 minutes later in a noisy corridor, where an officer asks, 'The tall boy in the red cap pushed him, didn't he?' Jamal says yes.
349 words, about 2 min3The Study That Would Not Replicate
A Year 12 student reads a blog claiming that students who chew gum during study score 15% higher on tests. The blog cites one study of 22 volunteers, run by a researcher who also sells gum, with no control group and no random allocation.
333 words, about 2 min4The Breathing App Trial
A wellbeing team tests a new breathing app on 60 Year 11 students. Thirty volunteers are assigned to use the app for 20 minutes daily; the other 30 continue usual routines.
322 words, about 2 min5The Model Student Who Cannot Start
Priya, 17, is predicted a high ATAR and is praised constantly for being organised. In the past term she has begun checking and rechecking her timetable for up to two hours nightly, has stopped submitting work she considers imperfect, and has withdrawn from friends to study.
321 words, about 2 min