tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6940190008122961917.post6695378431541105815..comments2020-03-10T02:02:32.306-04:00Comments on Wood's Rules: Excuse me?!Virginia S. Wood, Psy.D., Instructorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04482719649602902058noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6940190008122961917.post-83247750698429226992009-02-22T20:05:00.000-05:002009-02-22T20:05:00.000-05:00I do kinda like the idea of role-playing the diffe...I do kinda like the idea of role-playing the different parts of the Freudian psyche, though.<BR/><BR/>I've actually done something like this for a creative-writing class: the assignment was to write a short piece in which your mind (i.e., you, the student) was somehow made manifest in a physical way. I chose to make my mind be a big open space in which my Id, Ego and Superego hung out and bickered.<BR/><BR/>That's probably how I'd do this teaching technique --- as a private, individual writing assignment <I>about the student's <B>own</B> psyche</I>. That would both avoid ugly stereotypes (since, to me, a lot of the problems in trying to conjure up your professor's psyche arise from not knowing him or her well enough to go beyond sex- and age-based stereotypes) and intimidation (since no one person's leering Id would be presented to the female students as lurking inside all people's minds).Lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10860246538349067232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6940190008122961917.post-54795347490812249262009-02-22T20:00:00.000-05:002009-02-22T20:00:00.000-05:00Hi, Dr. Wood.Your comment at I Blame the Patriarch...Hi, Dr. Wood.<BR/><BR/>Your comment at I Blame the Patriarchy on this topic piqued my interest.<BR/><BR/>I also wonder how things would be different if this exercise were done with a female professor. Considering the extent to which women (especially older women) are believed not to have sexual urges at all, and the differing natures of "humorous" stereotypes of men and women (all men are horndogs, all women crave chocolate), I'd expect that most of the comments you'd get from students pretending to be your id would involve massive binging on sweets. And, of course, your ego and superego would be piling on the diet talk. If you specifically gave them an assignment like "I'm walking around in the mall and I see a HAWT college-aged guy! What's my id saying?" you'd get something very different than what Segrist's class gave him, because an aggressively sexual older woman is considered monstrous in our culture.Lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10860246538349067232noreply@blogger.com