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Abnormal Psychology (12/13/2005)

ETA: CLASS IS NOW CLOSED.

"Just as a reminder, you guys should have all your make-up homework in to me by today," says Jenny. "Talk about your experiments and how they've gone so far, ask me questions if you have them, and use as much of the period as you need to go out and find people to experiment on."

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OOC: My boss is coming in tomorrow, which means I need to be caught up on everything as of now. Grading shall happen later in the week. OCD threads ~~coming soon~~ are up. Also, I don't think I got all comment notifications for last week. I'll go back and check the threads tonight.

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Vala signs in, having tracked down Jack and hauled him along with her.

"Trust me, it's better you don't remember the first professor," she muttered under her breath.

Jack looks at the teacher and smiles. "Hi. I've lost my memory. Is that going to affect my final grade?"

Oh, and he signs in, too.

Jenny blinks. "Hey, Jack," she said. "Memory loss? This is not looking so good, but you've got most of your homework in. You been to the clinic on that yet?"

"No," Jack says. "Everyone's suggested it, though. Along with the possibility that I'd been bitten by a gremlin or run into someone named Drusilla."

"I'll excuse you from class if you go to the clinic," said Jenny. She wasn't going to touch on the subject of Drusilla. "Just bring me a note from the doctor on Thursday. 'Kay?"

"Yeah, thanks for letting me go last time. They kept me overnight, and prononced me in perfect health, memory might come back on its own, who knows." Jack sighs. "I'm working with Paige on our project, so even though I remember nothing about the semester I should be able to get that in."

Broots signed in.

Cameron signs in ~~and scowls a bit in Jack's general direction~~.

Anders signs in, still backpack-less and hauling his books around in his arms.

This state of affairs has him looking rather flustered, but he's still in a good mood.

Callisto signed in.

Discuss with each other, or ask questions of your teacher.

Vala draws up a plan for getting a table, some cookies from The Swedish Chef ~~who she thinks she can con into it after yesterday~~, and the wording for the experiment.

Luckily they didn't need to pre-arrange subjects. Free cookies for answering a simple question out in front of the school on finals week ought to be enough to draw a group.

"Think we really lucked out on coming up with this assignment," remarks Anders. "I mean, cookies!"

He leans over to peer at Vala's notes. "Any of this stuff you want me to do? I'll be busy tonight and tomorrow, but after that I'm pretty much free whenever."

Jack makes notes on what he discussed with Paige at the Perk; to wit, setting up in Study Hall tomorrow and asking people to memorize lists of words.

Experimental Tasks, Sample Size, Hypothesis/Prediction (If Needed)
Asch Conformity Experiment
Experiment Proposal
Sample Diagnosis - Drusilla
Your Parents & Their Influence
What You Learned From The Class Exercise (or alternate assignment)
Find A Picture Of Insanity

Sigmund Freud (extra credit essay)

Freud is widely known as the father of psychoanalysis, the study of the unconscious mind to learn about our conscious thought processes and actions. One of his theories was that events ( both traumatic and normal) which happen to us through our lives are stored (or repressed) in our unconscious mind (that which we are unaware of) but can influence our conscious mind though our actions.

Psychoanalysts use a variety of techniques to attempt to uncover what is in the unconscious mind including the Rorschach inkblot test, where the patient has to say what they see in an ambiguous ink blot picture. Free association, where the patient is encouraged to say the words they associate with others without thinking about what to say, this, would then reveal what it behind certain issues they have and dream analysis, where Freud believed our unconscious thoughts would manifest themselves as other objects in our dreams.

Freud’s theory on the importance of the unconscious mind has been criticised on a number of counts, namely it is impossible to find out exactly what is happening in this part of the mind as it is intrinsically hidden from our conscious mind

(Alternate Assignment)

Manic-Depression is a mood disorder also know as bipolar disorder is a from of depression with symptoms that include the sufferer experiencing both periods of depression and of mania. The most noticeable It is this extreme difference of mood that gives the disorder it’s name.

The key symptoms to look for with manic-depression is (during manic episodes) an inappropriately good mood, reckless behaviour, being overly talkative, increased activity, difficulting concentrating and during depressive episodes- a change in sleeping patterns (ie too much/too little, low energy/motivation, change in appetite, feelings of worthless and suicidal thoughts.

Manic-Depression is believed to be an inherited disorder caused by differing levels of dopamine, noradrealine and serotonin (low levels for depression high levels for mania.) These changes in chemical levels makes the disorder difficult to treat.

Need to talk to Jenny privately? Can't manage to make it to her office hours or reply to her e-mails? Have questions about making up your homework? This is a good time to do so.

Paige comes in after Lit class, looking worried.

"Erm Ms Calendar? I bumped into Jack Harkness yesterday and he seems to have completely lost the last two months of his memory, so as far as I know he knows nothing about our experiment"

"Paige, thanks for letting me know," says Jenny. "He showed up to class, but I sent him to the clinic. Do you want to show him your experiment notes and see what you guys can come up with? Jack's a bright kid; I bet he'll catch on fast." She smiled symapthetically. "Don't worry, I won't fail you guys because of amnesia."

Paige breaths a sigh of relief "Thank you Ms Calendar, we were going to meet up tomorrow do go through everything tomorrow anyway, so I'll call him again and ask him to still do that."

"Um, Ms. Calendar? I'm leaving this friday. Jessica and I are almost done with the project. Is there anything else I need to do?"

"Hey, Broots," said Jenny. "I was going to have you guys write a final paper together on your results. Just a short one, to see if your hypothesis was supported, and if it wasn't, what do you think you'd do differently the next time around? Do you think you can do part of it, and then give it to Jessica to turn in by the end of classes?"

OOC: I know you're getting ready to leave someplace IRL, aren't you? Let me know if this is a possibility.

Just sign in today, guys, and work on your experiments.

Jessica "signs in."

Our experiment is under way.

Paige signs in, even though she's gone to see Jenny after class

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{{Well, Mystique's player is in the middle of finals week IRL, and you just got a job. So--do the best you can? Seriously, if it's overwhelming, you guys can skip the roleplay on the experiment. I just thought it'd be fun interaction for people. On Thursday I'm going to assign a final paper for everyone to be due the 20th, and that's only 50 words each. Does that work?}}

Gonna run the Anders & Vala project tomorrow, as it seems a bit late for today. Will link back, o.k.? :)

{{Works! And I hope the roleplay with the experiment is fun. That's really why I had it as a class project.}}

Yeah, trying to schedule between the two of us was something of a pain, but it's going great! Much better than I thought it would! ;-)

For the experiment, if you've got them.

The Vala/Anders experiment, currently in progress! (http://www.livejournal.com/community/fandomhighdorms/318462.html)

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