VCE Psychology: Performance descriptors PSYCHOLOGY SCHOOL-ASSESSED COURSEWORK Performance descriptors DESCRIPTOR: typical performance in each range Very low Low Medium High Very high Very limited biological and Limited biological and Satisfactory biological and Well-considered biological Comprehensive biological psychological explanations of psychological explanations of psychological explanations of and psychological and psychological Unit 3 how new information can be how new information can be how new information can be explanations of how new explanations of how new Outcome 2 learnt and remembered. learnt and remembered. learnt and remembered. information can be learnt and information can be learnt and remembered. remembered. Apply biological and psychological Very limited biological, Limited biological, Satisfactory biological, Well-considered biological, Comprehensive biological, explanations for how psychological and social psychological and social psychological and social psychological and social psychological and social new information can descriptions of the inability to explanations of the inability explanations of the inability explanations of the inability explanations of the inability be learnt and stored remember information. to remember information. to remember information. to remember information. to remember information. in memory, and provide biological, Very limited explanation of Limited explanation and Sound explanation and Well-argued explanation and Thorough explanation and psychological and the reliability of memory. discussion of the reliability of discussion of the reliability of discussion of the reliability of discussion of the reliability of social explanations memory. memory. memory. memory. of a person’s inability to remember Limited use of qualitative and Some use of qualitative and Appropriate use of qualitative Accurate use of qualitative Insightful use of qualitative quantitative data and quantitative data and and quantitative data and and quantitative data and and quantitative data and information. evidence to answer evidence to answer evidence to answer evidence to answer evidence to answer questions and draw questions, to draw questions, to draw questions, to draw questions, to draw conclusions in investigations conclusions and to recognise conclusions and to recognise conclusions and to recognise conclusions and to recognise related to learning and experimental errors and experimental errors and experimental errors and experimental errors and memory. limitations in investigations limitations in investigations limitations in investigations limitations in investigations related to learning and related to learning and related to learning and related to learning and memory. memory. memory. memory.
VCE Psychology: Performance descriptors PSYCHOLOGY SCHOOL-ASSESSED COURSEWORK Performance descriptors Unit 3 Outcome 2 Apply biological and psychological explanations for how new information can be learnt and stored in memory, and provide biological, psychological and social explanations of a person’s inability to remember information. DESCRIPTOR: typical performance in each range Very low Low Medium High Very high Very limited biological and psychological explanations of how new information can be learnt and remembered. Limited biological and psychological explanations of how new information can be learnt and remembered. Satisfactory biological and psychological explanations of how new information can be learnt and remembered. Well-considered biological and psychological explanations of how new information can be learnt and remembered. Comprehensive biological and psychological explanations of how new information can be learnt and remembered. Very limited biological, psychological and social descriptions of the inability to remember information. Limited biological, psychological and social explanations of the inability to remember information. Satisfactory biological, psychological and social explanations of the inability to remember information. Well-considered biological, psychological and social explanations of the inability to remember information. Comprehensive biological, psychological and social explanations of the inability to remember information. Very limited explanation of the reliability of memory. Limited explanation and discussion of the reliability of memory. Sound explanation and discussion of the reliability of memory. Well-argued explanation and discussion of the reliability of memory. Thorough explanation and discussion of the reliability of memory. Limited use of qualitative and quantitative data and evidence to answer questions and draw conclusions in investigations related to learning and memory. Some use of qualitative and quantitative data and evidence to answer questions, to draw conclusions and to recognise experimental errors and limitations in investigations related to learning and memory. Appropriate use of qualitative and quantitative data and evidence to answer questions, to draw conclusions and to recognise experimental errors and limitations in investigations related to learning and memory. Accurate use of qualitative and quantitative data and evidence to answer questions, to draw conclusions and to recognise experimental errors and limitations in investigations related to learning and memory. Insightful use of qualitative and quantitative data and evidence to answer questions, to draw conclusions and to recognise experimental errors and limitations in investigations related to learning and memory.
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