Cognitive and Affective Basis of Behavior Scoring Rubric Comprehensive Exam Question Poor

Cognitive and Affective Basis of Behavior Scoring Rubric

Comprehensive Exam

Question

Poor (1)

Fair (2)

Satisfactory (3)

Mastery (4)

1

What is emotion and what are its components?

One or more elements are missing: or the response is too vague to determine that the student understands/can apply the concepts:

Definitions of emotion

Components of emotion

Critical analysis

Compare/contrast different perspectives

Elements of the definitions or components are missing, or the description is difficult to understand or vague. Or, definitions and components are described, but there is no analysis or comparison/contrasting.

At least two different perspectives on definitions and components of emotion are identified but the explanations are shallow. Or, they are identified and explained cogently, but they are not deeply analyzed or the comparison/contrasting is minimal.

Definitions and components of emotion are identified and explained cogently from at least two theoretical perspectives. These are also critically analyzed or compared/contrasted with each other

2

What is emotion regulation and what are its components?

One or more elements are missing: or the response is too vague to determine that the student understands/can apply the concepts:

Definitions of emotion regulation

Components of emotion regulation

Critical analysis

Compare/contrast different perspectives

Elements of the definitions or components are missing, or the description is difficult to understand or vague. Or, definitions and components are described, but there is no analysis or comparison/contrasting.

At least two different perspectives on definitions and components of emotion regulation are identified but the explanations are shallow. Or, they are identified and explained cogently, but they are not deeply analyzed or the comparison/contrasting is minimal.

Definitions and components of emotion regulation are identified and explained cogently from at least two theoretical perspectives. These are also critically analyzed or compared/contrasted with each other

3

Methodological challenges in studying emotion and emotion regulation?

Methodological challenges are not addressed, or they are not addressed accurately. Or the explanation is too vague to demonstrate student’s competencies.

Only one methodological challenge is explained, or the explanation of examples is not clear enough to demonstrate student’s knowledge or ability to apply that knowledge to critically analyze internal or external validity

Only two different methodological challenges are identified and explained, or three are identified but not thoroughly explained. Or examples are provided but not explained well enough to demonstrate understanding of internal and external validity

At least three different methodological challenges are identified and cogently explained. Examples from research are explained. Response demonstrates understanding of internal and external validity and application of this knowledge in explaining the examples.

4

Importance of these constructs in studying psychopathology?

Student’s explanations for the role of emotion and emotion regulation in predisposing, precipitating, or sustaining symptoms of disorders is missing entirely

Student’s explanations for the role of emotion and emotion regulation in predisposing, precipitating, or sustaining symptoms of disorders is too vague or inaccurate to demonstrate an understanding or ability to apply that understanding to analyzing human behavior

Student accurately explains the role of emotion and emotion regulation in predisposing, precipitating, or sustaining symptoms of two disorders.

Student accurately explains the role of emotion and emotion regulation in predisposing, precipitating, or sustaining symptoms of at least three disorders.

5

Formatting and integrity?

The majority of citations are incorrectly formatted or not included. Or the citations are not reconciled with the references page. Or the paper’s overall formatting deviates significantly from APA style.

Significant errors exist in how sources are cited or formatted as references, or there are significant errors in APA formatting of the written response.

There are only minor errors in how sources are cited and included in References section. The response, in general, is formatted properly in APA style, but there may be some minor errors in this.

Sources are cited and included in References section accurately. Overall, the response is formatted properly in APA style.

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Divided by (Five) 5 to Calculate Overall Score:

Student must earn an Overall Score of 3 or higher in order to pass this question.