• Draft, revise, and finalize Essay Exam 1.
• Each essay exam must be double-spaced with 1 inch margins all around.
• Each essay exam must be between 1200 to 1500 words in length (approximately 4 to 5
pages), excluding the title page and reference section.
• • For each essay exam, you will read and write about articles related to the topic you
chose, including some articles that are assigned and one article that you must locate on
your own. The article that you locate on your own should be directly relevant to the topic
you chose and fit the overall theme of your essay exam. Note: The additional article
must be empirical. This means that the authors must have collected data and then
reported on their findings in the article. The additional article cannot be a review or
conceptual article.
• For Essay Exam 1, Canvas provides links to the assigned articles in Module 2. For
Essay Exam 2, you will need to locate the assigned articles on your own (with some
exceptions for difficult-to-find articles). Information about how to locate research articles
may be found in “Literature Searches” in Module 5. Google Scholar and PsychInfo are
good resources to find research articles.
Topic Two: Stereotyping & Prejudice in the Legal System
- Goff, P. A., Eberhardt, J. L., Williams, M. J., & Jackson, M. C. (2008). Not yet human: Implicit knowledge, historical dehumanization, and contemporary consequences. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 94, 292-306.
- Eberhardt, J. L., Davies, P. G., Purdie-Vaughns, V. J., & Johnson, S. L. (2006). Looking deathworthy: Percrieved stereotypicality of Black defendants predicts capital-sentencing outcomes. Psychological Science, 17, 383-386.
- Hehman, E., Flake, J. K., & Calanchini, J. (2017). Disproportionate use of lethal force in policing is associated with regional racial biases of residents. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 1948550617711229.
- Sommers, S. R., & Ellsworth, P. (2001). White Juror Bias: An Investigation of Prejudice Against Black Defendants In The American Courtroom. Psychology, Public Policy, & Law, 7, 201-229.
** i uploaded the first exam i did as a reference to see teacher’s feedback on where i was lacking. Please see overall comment below so you have a better understanding of what needs to be done in order to pass.
your paper still has a number of weaknesses that make it very close to not passing. You need to demonstrate considerable improvements on your second paper in order to pass this course. First of all, in order to pass this course, your literature review needs to clearly present the purpose, methods, results, and conclusions from each of the assigned papers to a lay reader who has not read this research. Your discussion of each paper is underdeveloped, missing key elements from this literature, and includes problems with writing clarity especially for your target audience. You also have not included a concrete discussion of common themes that emerged with citations across the literature. As on your first submission, the attached graded paper has additional feedback for your review. Carefully review this feedback as its incorporation into your next paper will be essential to achieving a passing grade on the second essay.