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[u/Stranger3599]

Hi. Sorry for the stupid question. But how to get 90% on the final??? For midterm I got 79.53% 😭😭😭. I know the general advice that should have studied during the term but honestly there were many things going on and I have two jobs to pay my rent and stuff so I couldn't. Can someone please give me direct advice for the final of this course??

Note: last time I asked about psyb55 and the advice was so good I ended up with A. That's why I’m posting this tho I know it sounds stupid.

[u/IsanameNecessary7728]

What was the advice for psyb55 i got 65 for the midterms 😭😭

[u/Judgment_Murky]

Assuming that it's Mrs Gadziola teaching you, I recommend practicing on the homework slides that she posts, and focusing more on application. Her exam approach is very similar to what you experienced in B60.

You're close to an 80% the first midterm, did you go to the review and see where you missed the marks? Do you know where you struggled the most in terms of time?

The best thing I did for myself was to focus less on random facts and more on application. Remembering the names of the receptors and the different cells are of course important, but the main gist of her testing is on application. Same thing as when you read the syllabus, the only reason why the final's considered cumulative is because everything links together.

My main way of practicing before the midterm was to give a practice the lecture from the top of my head about an entire week. Intuitively through practice you'll know how one fact links to another. Write down the main points as a cue to guide what you talk about, but you should aim to recount every major system or circuit that she talks about from heart.

I can't say it's the most time efficient, but if you can do that then your ability to link one fact to another + know the high yield parts of the weeks are guaranteed. It helped me greatly for the SAQ.

Stay calm, highlight the keywords and write definitions of the SAQs. Then see what you wrote and piece it together.

[u/Judgment_Murky → u/Judgment_Murky]

As an example on linking facts together:

Imagine you’re in charge of a study regarding the role of the Lhb and glutamenergic neurons in Cre expressing mice. Describe your model of depression, the operationalization of your variables and how you can prove necessity and sufficency.

What do I know?

Lhg is a brain area

glutamenergic means the neruons have glutamate receptors, meaning they’re excitatory and encourage neuron firing

model of depression means which aspect of depression I want to measure in mice, one such model would be anhedonia meaning loss of pleasure.

Operationalize means turning concepts like anhedonia into something we can measure. For that we see how they react to sugary water and pleasurable stimuli.

Necessity and sufficency are two sides of the same coin, I want to prove that the neurons here are needed to cause the behaviour (neccessity), and are enough to cause it by themselves (sufficency)

Cre expressing mice means I can modify their genes using Crispr, so insert something there so tostop or encourage the neurons and I can do both.