Psychology Primer: Preparation: Difference between revisions

From 118Wiki
Jump to navigation Jump to search
(New page: {{PsyPrimer}} The last part of this tutorial will cover the importance of preparing yourself to serve aboard your vessel as the counselor. First and foremost you need to review the bio’s...)
 
No edit summary
 
(One intermediate revision by the same user not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
{{PsyPrimer}}
{{PsyPrimer}}
The last part of this tutorial will cover the importance of preparing yourself to serve aboard your vessel as the counselor. First and foremost you need to review the bio’s of everyone serving aboard your vessel, both PC’s and NPC’s. Fortunately, SB118 has an excellent practice of posting the bio’s for everyone in the fleet. Study them closely, because you can assume that any major life experiences that are recounted within would be on file in your office for you to review. These provide you with clues as to how to approach certain characters and provide hints as to where certain behaviors are stemming from that you need to keep an eye on. Pay special attention to entries which indicate a failure to follow orders in the past, lapses in judgement, the entries of other counselors concerning growth in certain areas of emotional maturity, indicators of “lone ranger” mentality (which can be seen by repetitious disregard of the chain of command, over-reacting in sims in an effort to be the one who always saves the day, the previously noted failure to follow lawful orders resulting in injury or death of innocent parties, etc.), severe trauma’s in the character’s upbringing, references to obsessions with revenge, etc. Knowing such things can allow you to bring your powers of observation to bear in current sims where such tendencies must be avoided. Also watch for signs of tension between characters, either positive or negative. While some CO’s are more laisez-faire with regards to allowing tension between characters, others are more strict in what they allow so be careful when addressing confrontations. Of course its your duty to bring your observations to the First Officer concerning any potential confrontations between characters due to those confrontations negatively impacting the current mission with regards to the morale of the other officers, and the distraction it provides which can be deadly if left unchecked.  
{{LCARS Page Title|Preparation|#6699cc}}
The last part of this tutorial will cover the importance of preparing yourself to serve aboard your vessel as the counselor.


Lastly, do some research on the character’s ethnobiology and culture. I am not going to begin to try to present a “character study” for each and every race and culture in Star Trek in this tutorial. I will present some strategies with regards to dealing with some of the more common races in Tutorial #3, however you should utilize the numerous Trek resources on the net and in books such as the Star Trek Encyclopedia to help you understand the mindset common to most members of a given character’s race.
===Personnel Files===
First and foremost you need to review the bios of everyone serving aboard your vessel, both PCs and NPCs. Fortunately, SB118 has an excellent practice of posting the bios for everyone in the fleet. Study them closely, because you can assume that any major life experiences that are recounted within would be on file in your office for you to review. These provide you with clues as to how to approach certain characters and provide hints as to where certain behaviors are stemming from that you need to keep an eye on.
 
{{bluebox|'''Pay special attention to entries which indicate'''
*a failure to follow orders in the past
*lapses in judgement
*the entries of other counselors concerning growth in certain areas of emotional maturity
*indicators of “lone ranger” mentality such as
**repetitious disregard of the chain of command
**overreacting in sims in an effort to be the one who always saves the day
**the previously noted failure to follow lawful orders resulting in injury or death of innocent parties, etc.
*severe traumas in the character’s upbringing
*references to obsessions with revenge, etc.
 
Knowing such things can allow you to bring your powers of observation to bear in current sims where such tendencies must be avoided.}}
 
===Interpersonal Conflict===
Watch for signs of tension between characters, either positive or negative. While some COs are more laisez-faire with regards to allowing tension between characters, others are more strict in what they allow so be careful when addressing confrontations. Of course it's your duty to bring your observations to the First Officer concerning any potential confrontations between characters due to those confrontations negatively impacting the current mission with regards to the morale of the other officers, and the distraction it provides which can be deadly if left unchecked.
 
===Ethnobiology and Culture===
Lastly, do some research on the character’s ethnobiology and culture. I am not going to begin to try to present a “character study” for each and every race and culture in Star Trek in this tutorial. You should utilize the numerous Trek resources on the net, books such as the Star Trek Encyclopedia, and SB118's '''[[Intelligent Lifeform Index]]''' to help you understand the mindset common to most members of a given character’s race.


[[Category:Psychology Primer|2.6]]
[[Category:Psychology Primer|2.6]]

Latest revision as of 18:54, 12 March 2015

Academy Library


Counseling-header.gif

Psychology Primer
By Cyndi Lupo, BA Psych



Tutorial 1: Theory


Tutorial 2: Application



Edit this nav
AcademyLogo2390.png

Preparation


The last part of this tutorial will cover the importance of preparing yourself to serve aboard your vessel as the counselor.

Personnel Files

First and foremost you need to review the bios of everyone serving aboard your vessel, both PCs and NPCs. Fortunately, SB118 has an excellent practice of posting the bios for everyone in the fleet. Study them closely, because you can assume that any major life experiences that are recounted within would be on file in your office for you to review. These provide you with clues as to how to approach certain characters and provide hints as to where certain behaviors are stemming from that you need to keep an eye on.

Pay special attention to entries which indicate
  • a failure to follow orders in the past
  • lapses in judgement
  • the entries of other counselors concerning growth in certain areas of emotional maturity
  • indicators of “lone ranger” mentality such as
    • repetitious disregard of the chain of command
    • overreacting in sims in an effort to be the one who always saves the day
    • the previously noted failure to follow lawful orders resulting in injury or death of innocent parties, etc.
  • severe traumas in the character’s upbringing
  • references to obsessions with revenge, etc.

Knowing such things can allow you to bring your powers of observation to bear in current sims where such tendencies must be avoided.

Interpersonal Conflict

Watch for signs of tension between characters, either positive or negative. While some COs are more laisez-faire with regards to allowing tension between characters, others are more strict in what they allow so be careful when addressing confrontations. Of course it's your duty to bring your observations to the First Officer concerning any potential confrontations between characters due to those confrontations negatively impacting the current mission with regards to the morale of the other officers, and the distraction it provides which can be deadly if left unchecked.

Ethnobiology and Culture

Lastly, do some research on the character’s ethnobiology and culture. I am not going to begin to try to present a “character study” for each and every race and culture in Star Trek in this tutorial. You should utilize the numerous Trek resources on the net, books such as the Star Trek Encyclopedia, and SB118's Intelligent Lifeform Index to help you understand the mindset common to most members of a given character’s race.