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Appendix D EVIDENCE-BASED QUESTIONS
AND ARTICLE ANALYSIS
QUESTIONS
Answers to Unit 1 Evidence-
Based Question
Unit 1 Biological Bases of Behavior 1.

EVIDENCE-BASED QUESTION
(A) 1 point Students must make a claim
INSTRUCTIONS: Answer the following question using the 3 sources provided. Your response to that sleep either does or doesn’t promote
the question should be provided in three distinct parts: A, B, and C. Use appropriate psychological memory consolidation.
terminology in your response.
Example: Sleep improves memory because
For both Part B and Part C, each piece of evidence must be cited using the “Source [Number]”
designation in parentheses following the cited material or embedded in the sentence. For example, it promotes memory consolidation.
• Parenthetical citation: (Source 1). (B.i) 1 point Students must correctly
• Embedded citation: According to Source 1, . . . use evidence from a provided source in
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1. Using the provided sources, develop and justify an argument about the extent to which sleep supporting their claim.
promotes memory consolidation.
(A) Propose a specific and defensible claim based in psychological science that responds to the Example: Source 1 reported that children
question.
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(B.i) Support your claim using at least one piece of specific and relevant evidence from one of who had napped demonstrated greater
the sources provided. retention of the verbs than the children
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(B.ii) Use a psychological perspective, theory, concept, or research finding learned in AP who stayed awake.
Psychology to explain how your evidence supports your claim.
(C.i) Using a different source than the one you used in Part (B.i), support your claim using at (B.ii) 2 points Students must accu-
least one piece of specific and relevant evidence. rately apply a psychological perspective,
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(C.ii) Use a psychological perspective, theory, concept, or research finding learned in AP
Psychology—different than the one you used in part (B.ii)—to explain how your evidence theory, concept, or research finding to
in Part (C.i) supports your claim. explain how their evidence supports their
claim.
Example: Retention was measured by
testing the children’s memory of verbs. As
a result, the children were using retrieval,
through which they pull information from
long-term memory into working memory.
(C.i) 1 point Students must correctly use
evidence from a provided source, other
than the one they used in Part (B.i), to
support their claim.
Example: According to Source 3, when
people go without REM sleep, they tend to
have difficulty with recalling information.
Evidence-Based Questions and Article Analysis Questions Appendix D D-1 (C.ii) 2 points Students must accu-
rately apply a psychological perspective,
theory, concept, or research finding,
different than the one used in Part (B.ii),
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to explain how their evidence supports
their claim.
Example: Going without REM sleep can be a
result of sleep deprivation which can affect
mood as well as cognition.

Evidence-Based Questions and Article Analysis Questions Appendix D D-1

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