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Week 2 Application Assignment: Biological bases of Psychopathology
Make sure to fully respond to the question and to use the rubric to guide your writing (the rubric is used to
determine your grade). Your assignments should be written in accordance with APA 6 th edition guidelines and
contain two professional sources (your text-book may count as one of your resources). Although there is no
minimum page length requirement for this assignment, you will likely write a minimum of four pages to fully
address all of the prompts.
Directions:
Research data for disparities in mental health and mental disorders. Two data bases are provided, one governmental and
one from a non-profit organization.
Racial and Ethnic Differences in Mental Health
Mental health Disparities: Diverse Populations
Create a report that describes your interpretation based on the supplemental readings on disparities in the US by a)
race/ethnicity, b) age group, and c) gender identity.
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This assignment is worth 100 points.
All assignments should be written in APA format. Please include a title page, the body of your paper,
and a reference page. All papers should include an introduction and conclusion.
Submit the assignment to both Blackboard by 11:59 CST on Day 7 of the week.
Week Two Assignment Rubric
Criteria
Exemplary
Well Developed
In Development
Needs development
70 points
60-70 points
40-59 points
25-39 points
0-24 points
Research data for disparities in
Report is accurately and
Report is partially accurate.
Report is partially accurate with at
Question is not thoroughly
mental health and mental
thoroughly prepared and
Provides information about all three
least two of the areas addressed. At
addressed, is inaccurate, or more
disorders. Create a report that
presented. Provides clear and
factors with at least two additional
least one source cited and
than one of the three required
describes your interpretation based
complete information about all
sources cited and referenced.
referenced but may contain errors.
areas are missing. 0-1 source
on the supplemental readings on
three disparities. At least two
used but citation and reference
disparities by a) race/ethnicity, b)
sources are used, cited, and
may contain errors.
age group, and c) gender identity.
referenced.
Two data bases are provided, one
governmental and one from a nonprofit organization.
Racial and Ethnic Differences in
Mental Health
Mental health Disparities: Diverse
Populations
15 points Structure:
13-15 points
10-12 points
7-9 points
0-6 points
Please include a title page, the body
The paper includes all five
The paper includes all five sections,
The paper includes at least four of
The paper includes three or less
of your paper that adequately
sections, well-written with
is well-written, but lacks some
the required sections. Writing is
of the required sections. The
addresses the three disparities and a
clear communication of
clarity of meaning. Both sections are
somewhat organized some lack of
writing is unclear in meaning
reference page. All papers should
meaning. Both questions are
included in the paper and at least
clarity of meaning is present. Both
and one question is incompletely
include an introduction and
adequately addressed.
one is adequately addressed.
questions are included but are
addressed.
conclusion.
incompletely addressed
10 points.
9-10 points
7-8 points
4-6 points
0-3 points
Writing Mechanics and APA
No more than three
More than three grammatical,
More than three grammatical,
More than three grammatical,
Grammar and Format:
grammatical, spelling,
spelling, punctuation, or APA
spelling, punctuation, or APA
spelling, punctuation, or APA
punctuation, and/or APA
errors. Clarity of paper was not
errors that had a negative influence
errors that had a strong negative
errors. Clarity of paper was not
strongly influenced by the errors.
on the clarity of the paper.
influence on the clarity of the
Papers are written using APA
6th
edition formatting and writing skills.
influenced by the errors.
5 points
5 points
4 points
3 points
0-2 points
Sources:
Question 1 – Two or more
Two professional sources were used
One or two sources, not
Question 1 used zero or one
Two additional professional sources
professional sources (e.g.,
to adequately support ideas and was
professional sources, were used to
source. Ideas were insufficiently
are used to support points in
journal article, textbook) used
documented in the reference list as
support Question 1ideas and
supported. Question 2 citation
Question 1. The Question 2 resource
to thoroughly support ideas,
well as Question 2 resource.
documented in the reference list.
and reference incomplete or
is used in that question.
correctly cited and documented
Citations and references contained
Question 2 cited and referenced.
absent.
in the references list. Question
some errors.
Errors in citation and/or
2 is correctly cited and
referenced.
Total: 100 points
paper.
referencing.
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