The Class Lore Goes Crazy
Dead White Guys
Abolition! At the Disco
Name that Diagnosis!
PotPURRi
100
Week Three's lecture day was the lowest attended class of the whole semester. How many students were in attendance?
Four.
100
This Austrian-born scientist pioneered the field of Psychoanalysis.
Sigmund Freud
100
True or false: Abolition is essentially the same movement as Anarchism.
False.
100
The root of this diagnosis's word is Greek, and translates to "uterus."
Hysteria.
100
Though there is a memorial site dedicated to the victims of Canton Asylum on site, it is surrounded by a _____________ property now.
Golf Course.
200
One week during class we watched (1) performance from Grammy's. Who's performance was it?
Doechii.
200
This man is considered the founder of Eugenics, __________.
Francis Galton.
200
Liat Ben-Moshe says abolition is about "dis-epistemology," or the process of __________ (one word).
Unlearning.
200
This diagnosis was not typically characterized as violent and aggressive until the later 20th century, when it was weaponized against Black communities organizing for racial justice.
Schizophrenia.
200
What was the most common topic chosen for the artifact analysis assignment in this class?
Lobotomies.
300
After Dr. DeLong got their haircut, they said it reminded them of a certain political figure's hairstyle circa the 1990s. Who was this person?
Hillary Clinton.
300
Francis Galton's cousin and one of the innovators of Evolutionary Biology.
Charles Darwin.
300
True or false: Abolition only pertains to the dissolution of prisons, jails, and border detention centers.
False.
300
In 1973, this diagnosis was officially removed from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Disorders (DSM).
Homosexuality.
300
The final stages of this STI include disruptions to brain, nerve, and heart function. Consequently, early neurologists were interested in how it demonstrated a biological basis to common mental illness symptoms.
Syphilis.
400
The class was hosted outside on the Oval two weeks ago. Which student was worried about grass stains on their jeans?
Greyson.
400
Considered the founder of Phrenology, George Combe hails from what European country?
Scotland
400
Considered one of the most influential 20th and 21st century thinkers on prison abolition, this Black Feminist wrote the following in her book, Are Prisons Obsolete?
"Deviant men have been constructed as criminal, while deviant women have been constructed as insane."
Angela Y. Davis.
400
Originally referred to as "shell shock" this disorder was given this name to differentiate it from "hysteria," which was considered a feminine condition.
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.
400
Psuedoscience meets Astrology:
Though water signs (Scorpio, Cancer, Pisces) are statistically the most represented in data about serial killers, this zodiac sign has the highest average body count.
Capricorn.
500
For their birthday, Dr. DeLong brought donuts. From what business did those donuts come from?
Buckeye Donuts.
500
In his ruling for the infamous Buck v. Bell Supreme Court Case, this Justice concluded that "three generations of imbeciles is enough."
Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes.
500
In relation to abolition, deinstitutionalization is not only a phrase that refers to (1) anti-institution activism from disabled communities and (2) the rapid closure of institutions in the 20th century, but (3) a _______.
Logic.
500
"___________ is usually considered an individual's limitation in response and emotional reactions that can be grouped as undesirable personality characteristics and a negative personality pattern."
Maladjustment.
500
True or false: the Buck v. Bell (1924) case is still technically federal precedent.
True.