States of Consciousness Sleep & Dreams Summative Assessment

Assessment is worth 60 points

10 point deduction for each day that the
assignment is late.
Objective: Working individually or with a partner (NOTE only two people can work
together) you will create a brochure/book about Sleep and Dreams from a
psychological/neuroscience perspective.
You will use your own words (cutting and pasting whole or parts of paragraphs is
unacceptable) to describe the following items:

Descriptions of each of the stages of sleep

Description of the regions of the brain involved in sleep
Description of the neurotransmitters involved in sleep

The functions of sleep

The medical/biological results of sleep deprivation

Description of two different Sleep Disorders

Function/purpose of Dreams

Description of Sigmund Freuds Wish Fulfillment Theory

Description of the Activation-Synthesis Theory

Look of the Book Brochure/:

Title/Cover page (come up with a creative title for your book/brochure)

Table of Contents
Must include at least 6 visuals (this could be graphs, charts, photos, etc.)
Focus on presentation.creative, neat, and professional
At least five sources are used.
Work cited page (detail list of EVERY online resource or textbook resource that you used)

Cutting and pasting text (paragraphs) is unacceptable. Any plagiarism will result
in a grade of zero.
If you have a question about the reliability of any website, feel free to ask about it.

Rubric for Brochure/Book

Sleep and Dreams Summative Assessment project
Criteria

Professional

Adequate

Needs Work

Content

Demonstrates in depth Demonstrates

understanding of
understanding of the
topic
topic
Accurately utilizes
Employs research
researched
information with an
information in the
adequate degree of
brochure
accuracy

Demonstrates little
Lack
understanding of
top
topic
Repo
Employs research
bas
information with a fair
info
degree of accuracy

Written
Presentation

Well organized content

Attractive and welldesigned format
Clear and easily
understood message
Computer generated
with strong visual
appeal

Content is organized
Format is adequate
Message is
sufficiently
understood
Computer generated
with acceptable eye
appeal

Content lacks
organization
Format is difficult to
follow and poorly
organized
Message not clearly
understood
Computer generated
but poorly designed

Five sources used

Use of reliable sources
Accurate analysis of
research

Three sources used

Sources have some
reliability
Adequate analysis of
research

Two sources used

Less
Questionable reliability
use
Little
of sources
Basic information with
sou
Inac
questionable
accuracy

Imaginative; original
Use of graphics make
the message come
alive

Creativity is
acceptable
Use of graphics
adequate to present
message

Little creativity used

Poor selection of
graphics

Research
Quality

Visual Appeal

Unor
Hard
Mess
und
to w
Hand
gen
org

No o
Grap
with