[HPFGU-Catalogue] Psychological assessments

[Ginger]

Jen:

 For example, a post looking at possible motivations for 
Snape to join the DE's including the Prank, interest in pureblood 
ideology promoted by LV, etc., I would classify under 
characterization.

If someone were to analyze what we think we know about Snape's 
childhood, emotional responses to the Marauders, underlying 
motivations such as jealousy--that I would classify as a 
psychological assessment.

The characterization category has about 20 posts in it, some I moved 
there from psych assessments. The psych assess category started out 
with 286. I think it's fair to say characterization is being 
underused and psych possibly overused (especially when you think of 
the many Sirius posts we have coming our way post-OOTP <bg>).


Ginger's input:

When I first started coding, anything that seemed to be related to one's psychological makeup went under psych.  Then I realized that about half of what I was coding there would have been better served under characterazation.  At that point, I started reserving Psych for posts about actual Psych diagnoses.  I could be very wrong about that, so input from others would be welcome from me too.

 

What do others say?  

 

Ginger, psych minor, still undecided as to her own sanity.


		
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