POINT 6
How could Professor Willborn organize her participants to gather data in her correlational study?
Scores when the student says “organize her people to get her data by interviewing them
after she times how long they play the games to see if their attitude toward real-
world violence has changed.” The student meets the rubric requirement by describing how data on
the two variables could be gathered from each participant.
POINT 7
What kind of conclusion would Professor Willborn be able to form based on the results of her
experimental study?
Scores when the student says “playing violent video games causes people to change their
attitudes about real-world violence.” This statement states a causal conclusion about the
variables clearly, which meets the requirement of the rubric.
POINT 8
What kind of conclusion would Professor Willborn be able to form based on the results of her
correlational study?
Scores when the student says “She might find a positive correlation which means that
the people who played violent video games the most also changed their attitudes the
most.” The student states and explains the positive correlation that might be found between the variables.
The student goes on to clearly demonstrate knowledge about the difference between causal and
correlational influences, but the point was already scored when the student explained the potential
positive correlation conclusion.
Overall, this essay scores 5 of the 8 possible points.
QUESTION 2 SCORING RUBRIC
Directions: This is a 10-point question. Each definition of the 5 terms counts for 1 point, and each
description of how the concept demonstrates a nonconscious influence is 1 point.
You do not need to use the exact words used to define the terms, but must communicate the meaning
of the definition provided in the rubric.
You should use examples for the description points that describe an influence on behavior out of
our conscious awareness. Examples alone will NOT score the definition points, but will score on
the description points.POINT 1
Definition, Selective Attention
Awarded if you defined selective attention as the process of focusing on something in the environment,
and as a consequence that information is encoded into memory. You may be more specific about the
process, stating that selective attention determines what information from sensory memory is encoded into
short-term memory, but that level of detail is not needed to score the point.
POINT 2
Description, Selective Attention