Abnormal Psychology (11-18-05)

[crazyvampchick]

Drusilla is reading over last week's essays and growing increasingly angry. She glares at Cameron, then scribbles on an essay, then glares at Cameron again.

"Murder," she snaps, after everyone has signed in. "What drives one to murder another? Ignore petty questions of self-defense or euthanasia. This isn't an ethical debate. What causes one person to murder another? Is it insanity?"

"We're going to work on class projects. Joint class projects. This counts as your midterm grade." Drusilla looks irritated at the thought of handing out projects. "You're going to develop psychological experiments to be run on your fellow students." She thinks for a minute. "You should probably have their permission first, so do a permission slip. And don't hurt the little boys and girls irreversibly. Don't run the experiment, though. That comes later, after your midterms have been approved and the player gets OOC permission from the mods for you to do them."

She looks around. "Pair up. Cameron, you get to be partnered with whoever's left over, or if someone is out today. Then each of you discuss what you'd like to do, and write a 100 word proposal for your experiment. We'll talk about experimental design another time." Drusilla's smile was malicious. "And at that time, we'll introduce you all to hell statistical analysis."

Drusilla looks angry. "Cameron Mitchell. Vala Mal Doran. See me after class. Separately."

"Anyone who has missed a class essay needs to make it up or I'll start giving detentions for missed homework. This includes excused absences. If you'd rather not go back and look up what was missed, come and see me and we'll work out a special project for you to do to make up your grade."

Sawyer: C+ (failure to hand in essay, good participation)
Paige Matthews: A (good participation, well thought out essay)
Bagoas: D- (failure to participate in class or hand in essay)
Medusa: D- (failure to participate in discussion, did not hand in make up assignment)
Draco Malfoy: D- (failure to participate in class or hand in essay)
Callisto: A+ (good participation, well thought out essay)
Faith Lehane: A (good participation, good understanding of the word yo, well thought out essay)
Jessica Atreides: B+ (good participation, good essay)
Broots: A (good participation, well thought out essay)
Teacher's Note: Multiple personalities? You obviously don't understand. (The A and has been stricken out and replaced with a C.)
Mystique: B+ (excellent essay, failure to add to discussion)
Jonathan suck up Crane: A (good participation, well thought out essay even if he didn't get the point)
Samuel Anders: A (good participation, well thought out essay)
Wednesday Addams: A+ (good participation, well thought out essay)
Jack Harkness: D- (failure to hand in essay, minimal participation)

Excused Absences (11/6/05):
Vala Mal Doran
Jack O'Neill
Oz

Unexcused Absences - Detention
Julian Sark - Is He A Cat Again?

OOC: This was supposed to go up yesterday, but things were insane, and I'm still driving my husband to and from the train station. That ends today, thank God. We can slow-play this as necessary.

Comments

SIGN-IN SHEET

[crazyvampchick]

As usual, the sign-in sheet is on Professor Drusilla's desk. She doesn't look very happy today.

Re: SIGN-IN SHEET

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

Jack attempts to be invisible as he signs in.

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[the4thsister.livejournal.com]

Paige signs in trying not to look as worried as she is

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[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

Anders signs in and quickly ducks toward a seat near the back of the room.

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[http://users.livejournal.com/_gottahavefaith/]

Faith signs in.

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[medusae-x.livejournal.com]

Duce signs in.

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[pure-blooddraco.livejournal.com]

Draco signs in.

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[cameronmitchell.livejournal.com]

Cameron tells himself the glaring is worth it, but he might be sweating a bit and looking nervous.

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[aka-vala.livejournal.com]

Vala signs in, with one eye on Cam and the other on the teacher... this can't be good...

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[lady-jessica-bg.livejournal.com]

Jessica signs in.

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[dorky-broots.livejournal.com]

Broots signs in, scowling at his lost A.

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[psycho-barbie.livejournal.com]

Callisto signs in.

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[persian-eunuch.livejournal.com]

Bagoas signs in.

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[master-of-fear.livejournal.com]

Jonathan happily signs in

DISCUSSION: MURDER

[crazyvampchick]

Discuss how you feel about murder here. Professor Drusilla listens to you all attentively.

Re: DISCUSSION: MURDER

[pure-blooddraco.livejournal.com]

There are many things that could drive a person to murder. Jealousy is one. Sometimes you decide that if you can't have someone then no one can. Another is duty. If someone told you to kill somebody and bad things would happen to you, you would do it. It's hard to kill someone under these circumstances but there is no way out of it really. You do it to keep yourself alive.

Re: DISCUSSION: MURDER

[dorky-broots.livejournal.com]

There are many types of murder. I think that some might even be justifiable, however, most murder's are not.

Re: DISCUSSION: MURDER

[lady-jessica-bg.livejournal.com]

"While I am not much for murder, I suppose that sometimes, it is necessary. Politics, in particular, seems to leave a loophole for such activities."

Re: DISCUSSION: MURDER

[medusae-x.livejournal.com]

Duce leans back in her seat, contemplating the question. "How we feel about it? So, do you want to hear about how Freddy and Jason movies cause me to get all revved up and damp in the panties, or do you want to hear about how murder is a moral institution and completely hypocritical since it's against the law for, say, us, to kill someone but most prison systems still have the death penalty available? Just clarifying which angle to go with."

Re: DISCUSSION: MURDER

[psycho-barbie.livejournal.com]

Vengeance is one possible reason, wanting restitution for wrongs done to you is a powerful motivator.

DISCUSSION: CLASS PROJECT

[crazyvampchick]

Pair up, discuss your project, and decide what you're going to work on here.

Re: DISCUSSION: CLASS PROJECT

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

Jack looks around for someone to pair up with. He's still attempting to not be noticed by Dru.

ESSAYS/PROPOSAL

[crazyvampchick]

Turn in your 100 word experiment proposal here. Extra credit if your idea is very, very evil.

Re: ESSAYS/PROPOSAL

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

Partners: the4thsister and time_agent

Hypothesis: Fear negatively affects memory

Experiment: Two groups. Both groups are given a list of words to memorize for a set amount of time. The list is then taken away. One group (the control group) is asked to recite as many of the words on the list that they remember. The other group is asked the same thing, but is told that for every word missed (either forgotten or misremembered), they will suffer a punishment (to be devised later).

Expected result: The second group will display a statistically lower ability to retain the list of words.

MAKE-UP HOMEWORK/SPECIAL PROJECT

[crazyvampchick]

Come see Professor Drusilla about making up your work or doing a special project for make up (or extra credit).

Re: MAKE-UP HOMEWORK/SPECIAL PROJECT

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

Jack looks at the grade on his paper and groans. He's got to do some extra credit.

He glances at Dru, and tries to figure out a way to talk to her that doesn't involve talking to her. Sadly, even he is not that creative.

Figuring that CJ will exorcize him if necessary, he approaches the teacher. "Professor? I need to discuss extra credit."

CAMERON MITCHELL - AFTER CLASS

[crazyvampchick]

Professor Drusilla doesn't look very happy.

Re: CAMERON MITCHELL - AFTER CLASS

[cameronmitchell.livejournal.com]

He made his bed, now he's got to sleep in it. Cameron tries not to look nervous as he approaches Drusilla.

"You wanted to speak to me, ma'am?" He tries to sound cheerful.

VALA MAL DORAN - AFTER CLASS

[crazyvampchick]

Professor Drusilla still doesn't look very happy.

Re: VALA MAL DORAN - AFTER CLASS

[aka-vala.livejournal.com]

"You wanted to talk, Professor creepy-ass scary chick Drusilla?" Vala hopes very hard it's just about the make-up work, but she's kind of scared it's not... and scared more for what the bitch wants with Cam....