The previous excerpt was from my 2nd Child and Developmental Psychology test. This one is from test 3. I can't tell if it's my greatest or worst essay ever. I'm just too tired...

E6. Using Crick & Dodge's model of social information processing, compare how a popular child and rejected-aggressive child would process an ambiguous social interaction (be sure to compare each step in Dodge’s model).
Crick & Dodge Model:
1) Encoding of perceived cues- Deficits seen in rejected children.
2) Interpretation of cues- Deficits also seen in rejected children.
3) Interaction Goal Selection- In rejected children, often based on inaccurate interpretations.
4) Response Generation
5) Consideration of Consequences to Responses
6) Selection, activation, evaluation, and modification of Response

Bingo is a popular young boy at his school. A girl playfully teases him about his shoes. Bingo notices that she is smiling, and interprets her teasing as prosocial behavior aimed at establishing friendship. Bingo decides he would like to initiate a friendship with Beatrice (oh yeah, her name is Beatrice), so he thinks of possible responses to her teasing which might accomplish this. Bingo tries to anticipate how Beatrice will respond to certain situations, and selects a response which he believes will most likely lead to friendship. Bingo teases Beatrice’s shoes, giggling while doing so to let her know he’s joking. Beatrice asks Bingo to be her boyfriend, a request to which Bingo quickly acquiesces. Bingo decides he likes flirting.
Doink is, by all accounts, a loser, even though he is a level 8 warrior with invisibility. One day, a girl, Carpet, approaches Doink and teases him about his shoes, all the while batting her eye-lashes and smiling at him. Doink does not notice these facial cues, but rather focuses on her words. As a result, he perceives her intentions to be aggressive and hostile. Doink decides he must retaliate. Doink considers several possible methods of retaliation and the consequences of each. Finally, Doink stabs Carpet. In the face. As he looks around at his classmates, Doink mistakenly perceives their displays of horror to be signs of respect, which pleases him. Doink decides he likes stabbing.
Crick & Dodge’s model of social information processing explains why some people get girlfriends and others get executed.

The term “semantics” refers to the meaning of words in a given language. Semantics dictate that a chair is to be sat in and a bunny is to be petted or, according some British lore, approached with extreme caution (Monty Python 1975).