INSIDE OUT Review/Essay
Name:_________________
Instructions:
After watching Inside Out, write a 3-5 page response discussing parts of the movie that
specifically related to psychology, such as location/setting in the brain, personality, emotions, memory,
etcetera.
Papers must include a minimum of 15 citations in APA format coming from a minimum of 3
sources. (Two of your sources can include the textbook and the movie.) Must be written in TIMES NEW
ROMAN, 12pt font, Double Spaced. Title page and Reference page, in APA format, should also be
included.
Each paper should have a thesis at the end of the introduction. Be sure that information is
thoroughly covered from both the class material and the movie. An example paragraph is attached.
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CC+ Students are required to have their additional source be a peer-reviewed Journal Article from
a Journal Archive similar to or including EBSCOhost.
Non- CC+ Students are required to have an additional, credible source (Wikipedia does not
count), such as a news article, journal article, etcetera.
Website to help with APA Citation: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/
Turn in Rubric with Paper. Paper without rubric will result in subtraction of 5 points.
Rubric:
Writing
Mechanics
___ x 5 = ___
Pts total
APA Citations
and format
___ x 5 = ___
Pts total
Movie
Review/Topic
___x 5 = ___
Pts total
Flow of Writing
___ x 5 = ___
Pts total
5
4
3
2
1
Uses proper
spelling,
punctuation,
and
capitalization
with 1-3 errors
Uses proper
spelling,
punctuation,
and
capitalization
with 3-5 errors
Uses proper
spelling,
punctuation,
and
capitalization
with 5-7 errors
Writing
mechanics are
lacking and
barely shown in
writing piece
Uses correct
APA format and
properly cites
sources
throughout
paper
Includes
accurate
information and
properly reviews
articles
Uses correct
APA format, but
is missing 2-3
citations
throughout
paper
Includes
accurate
information, but
does not fully
review articles
Uses correct
APA format but
is limited in use
of citations in
paper
Min. 5 ¶’s that
flow together
and information
is easily found in
essay
Min. 5 ¶’s that
flow together
and information
is somewhat
difficult to find
in essay
Uses proper
spelling,
punctuation,
and
capitalization
with significant
errors
Does not use
proper APA
format and is
limited in use of
citations in
paper
Uses mostly
accurate
information, but
lacks solid
review of
articles
4-5 ¶’s that do
not flow
together and
information is
somewhat
difficult to find
in essay
Mostly includes
accurate
information, but
does not fully
review articles
Only has 4 ¶’s
that flow
together and
information is
somewhat
difficult to find
in essay
Does not use
proper APA
format and does
not cite sources
in paper
Does not use
accurate
information and
does not include
review of
articles
Less than 4 ¶’s
that are not
cohesive and
information is
difficult to
understand in
the essay
Sample Paragraph
During the course of the movie, characters Joy and Sadness are vacuumed into to the
cortex of the brain. The characters move through the cortex trying to get back to the forebrain, a
part of the brain that houses the sensory and motor control of a person, as well as his or her
thinking and language (Kasschau & McTighe, 2014, pg 154). Because Joy and Sadness are
fictionally no longer in the forebrain, Anger, Disgust, and Fear are left to control Riley, the
person they are inside of (Rivera & Stanton, 2015). In one particular situation, Riley is eating
dinner with her parents when they ask how school had gone. Because of Riley’s limited
emotional intelligence, due to the lack of two emotional strongholds, Riley is easily upset at the
question. The school day had not gone well and was still very upsetting for Riley. However, the
emotions driving her limited her ability to process the questioning and instead took the questions
as a challenge (Rivera & Stanton, 2015). Psychologists believe that emotions have three distinct
parts: physical, behavioral, and cognitive (Kasschau & McTighe, 2014, pg 335). This was
displayed in this section of the movie because Riley cognitively interpreted the question
incorrectly, leaving her frustrated with Anger eventually driving her emotional state. She then
became visibly frustrated with her face getting red and, eventually, Riley crying, showing her
physical response. All of this resulted in Riley yelling at her parents and slamming away from
the table when she was told to go to her room, thus behaviorally expressing her emotions in the
way she sounded and the way she moved expressing her body language.
References
Rivera, J. (Producer), & Stanton, A. (Director). (06/19/2015). Inside out [Motion picture].
United States: Walt Disney Pictures & Pixar Animation Studios.