Week 10 10/26/12

In my psychology class, we are still watching the movie Pleasantville this week. We turned in the questions assigned to us about authoritarianism, ingroups, and outgroups.Authoritarianism is when people obey the person in athority while disregaurding those who are less in control. Ingroups are the groups of people who are secluded, like clubs you have to pay to get into. They have more power and more control. Outgroups are the people on the outside of the ingroup. We have chapter 9 assigned to us for next week.

In body conditioning for dance technique, we used weights while balancing on a body roller.We did ab work and leg lifts. After the class, I practiced en pointe doing releves and eleves. I learned how to properly grand batma. A releve is when you plie while going on full pointe, an eleve is a straight legged lift. A grand batma is when you put all your weight on your standing leg, and you lift the other leg as high as you can.

week 9 10/19/12

This week in psychology, we watched a movie called Pleasantville. It stars Toby Mcguire and Reese Witherspoon as a brother and sister in present day, fighting over the TV and they break the remote. A mysterious man gives them a new remote, and while using it they get stuck inside the TV show Pleasantville.Everything is black and white, and based in the 50's. The two change the town's dynamics and how the townsfolk see the world. Slowly, things start to turn color as the people of Pleasantville experience new desires and outlooks on life. Meanwhile, the people still in black and white are furious their town is changing. The story has key themes of authoritarianism, in groups and out groups, and racism. We had to document the different examples of these terms throughout the movie. We read chapter 9 about authoritarianism, in groups and out groups, and racism. The terms for the chapter are due on Monday when we get our mid-term back.

Week 8 10/12/12

This week, we turned in our mid-term essay on the study of personality psychology. I am convinced that I did very well. The Dean came in on our Monday class and had us fill out forms on how well our teacher was doing. On Wednesday we watched a movie about the brain and how phantom pains come to people who have lost limbs. In my body conditioning class we did excersizes focusing on abs, thighs, arms, and barre work for our feet. I practised my dancing for the Waltz of the Flowers.

Week 7 10/5/12

This week in my psychology class, we turned in our essays on the different personality traits of the candidates for presidency. We presented our dream boards and reviewed the chapter we had just read. Our next paper is due on Wednesday about personality psychologists. I wanted to interview Cory but he was not in today.
 In my body conditioning for dance technique, my teacher gave me a DVD on the secret of Russain technique which I'm going to watch over the weekend. We did exercises on the floor, then with weights, and on the barre. After that we did our own personal exercises and stretches.