6 pages psychology essay

Psychology 115 – Developmental Psychopathology Final Paper Grading Rubric

Introduction: 20 points Named psychological disorder of interest and made good use of references to explain why research on this topic is important (10 points) _____ Made good use of references to thoughtfully explain the usefulness of investigating disorder of interest from a DP approach (10 points) _____

Intro Total: ____/20 Section 2 (DP Approach): 29 points Described how person could potentially develop disorder… Named three potential contributing factors (3 pts each = 9 points) _____

Overall explanation/description of the factors (10 points) _____ Made good use of references to support arguments (10 points) _____ (at least 1 ref for each factor)

Section 2 Total: ____/29 Section 3 (Coherence): 30 points Described how psychological disorder could manifest at different ages… Arguments are well supported by previous literature and/or speculations are well developed and supported by previous literature. Childhood (10 points) _____ Adolescence (10 points) _____ Adulthood (10 points) _____

Section 3 Total: ____/30

APA Formatting: 4 points Proper APA Formatting in reference page and in-text citations Total: ____/4 (Deduct 1 pt for each error; maximum deduction = 4 pts). References: 7 points Six outside sources and one reader source (1 pt. each = 7 points) Total: ____/7 Overall Quality: 10 points Quality of writing, lack of grammatical/spelling errors, Total: ____/10 organization, creativity, synthesis/integration of info.

TOTAL POINTS EARNED: ______ / 100

Late Submission Deduction: ______

FINAL PAPER GRADE: ______/100