From the study by Canli et al. (brain scans and emotions): Describe one result about the ratings of emotional intensity of the scenes and one result about the percentage of participants who ‘remembered' the scene across intensity ratings. You must use data for one of these results. the ratings of emotional intensity of the scenes the percentage of participants who 'remembered' the scene across intensity ratings

Mark scheme

Marking points from the official mark scheme (May/June 2019). The mark or mark type is shown in brackets.

1. [1] They were similar across the scenes (1 mark)
2. [1] there were slightly more scenes rated as 0 (not emotionally intense) (1 mark)
3. [1] 29% of scenes were rated as not emotionally intense (1 mark: data)
4. [2] There was a negative correlation between emotional intensity and valence (2 marks; 1 if just 'correlation')
5. [1] The r value was -0.66 (1 mark: data)
6. [2] There was a positive correlation between emotional intensity and arousal (2 marks; 1 if just ‘correlation)
7. [1] The r value was +0.68 (1 mark: data)
8. [2] There was a positive correlation between emotional intensity and (left) amygdala activation (2 marks; 1 if just 'correlation' OR amygdala activation was higher for scenes rated higher (2 or 3) compared to those rated lower (0 or 1) (2 marks)
9. [1] More of the scenes rated as 3 (extremely emotionally intense) were remembered (1 mark)
10. [1] Those rated 0–2 had similar levels of % remembered/less than those rated 3 (1 mark)
11. [1] 42% of scenes rated 3 were 'remembered' (1 mark: data)
12. [2] The scenes which had higher emotional/intensity ratings were remembered more (1 mark) than those with a low emotional/intensity rating (2 marks total: comparison)