Psychology Stage 1
Assessment type: Response
Performance associated with Grade A, representing excellent achievement
Summary of task:
Students were asked to research social group formation and how psychology can be used to explain individual and
group behaviour. They were then asked to apply their knowledge to an analysis of social group formation as
portrayed in the movie Mean Girls.
Keywords
Social contexts, Norms, Personal identity
Grades are assigned at the end of a unit or semester based on the rank order of students.
Grades should not be assigned to individual assessments.
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Consistently uses a
range of appropriate
psychological
terminology to explain
ideas about social
psychology.
Explains ideas about the
movie in a clear,
accurate and logical
way.
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Makes direct reference
to relevant psychological
concepts to describe,
explain and relate the
social behaviour of the
characters in the movie.
Consistently uses a
range of appropriate
psychological
terminology to explain
behaviour in groups.
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