Regression is a defense mechanism resulting in an individual returning to a childlike state to cope with unpleasant thoughts or stress. Regression occurs when an individual faces a particularly stressful or tense situation, and instead of handling said scenario in a mature and adult manner, an immature, childlike technique is employed to handle the anxiety. While a psychoanalytic analysis is more difficult given the subconscious nature of the tensions and resulting anxiety, there are several scenes through the movie that indicate Clark Griswold regresses to handle unpleasant and anxiety-inducing situations. In one example, Clark has been stringing lights on his house for hours, and upon attempting to light them comes to find that none of …show more content…
To understand the root causes of Clark’s behaviors throughout the movie as they relate to his relationships, beliefs, and perceptions of the world, one would need to utilize another approach such as Bowlby’s Attachment Theory which attempts to understand how adult relationships are influenced by interactions with parents as children, and could be useful in enhancing the interpretation of Clark’s personality. The three types of attachment are secure, anxious-ambivalent, and avoidant; in Clark’s case, observations of his actions throughout the movie could lead one to speculate that he had an avoidant attachment given his hostility, defiance, and ardent, passionate self-reliance throughout the film. He shows hostility and defiance toward his boss and Eddie, and also seems to be ardently self-reliant in his efforts to follow through with the Christmas tree venture by cutting down the tree, stringing excessive lights on the house, putting in a pool, and so on. Analysis of Clark’s relationship with his parents at a young age could provide a better understanding of his actions and current personality which is lacking through use of any other psychological approach in …show more content…
The Big Five Theory can be used to identify Clark’s low conscientiousness, demonstrated by his irresponsibility, low self-discipline, and erratic behavior. The psychoanalytic approach, with a particular emphasis on regression as a defense mechanism, helps explain why Clark has such enormous emotional and mental breakdowns when his idea of the “perfect Christmas” fails to come to fruition. Of the two, the trait approach is preferable due to the ability to better predict Clark’s personality and future behaviors, though additional analysis from Bowlby’s Attachment Theory would offer useful insight. Given personality is a complex combination of factors that converge to create the unique identity of each individual (also applicable to entertaining and unpredictable characters such as Clark Griswold), it makes sense that multiple approaches and analyses can yield useful insight regarding
3. According to Emily's grandfather, Adolf Hitler's obvious emotional instability made it clear that Germany would inevitably lose World War II. The grandfather's claim best illustrates:
3. Lexi and Petri are identical twins who were separated at birth and grew up with very different families. Lexi is a skilled student who has three close friends and a loving boyfriend. Her adoptive family had difficulties accepting her when she was an infant and never really appreciated her until she reached puberty. Petri is also a good student and is very well liked in her sorority. Her adoptive family adored Petri until the family dissolved in a messy divorce when Petri was 16. Based on the core model of personality, who probably has higher self esteem, Lexi or Petri?
Crying is important in infant development, as it’s infants’ way of communicating with the world surrounding them. The types of crying an infant does is thus important to understand, to know what the infant needs as he/she cannot explain themselves with the spoken language. Furthermore, crying is important to know whether or not the infants lungs have filled with air, since they couldn’t be crying without that, but also crying infants render signs that, for an example tells whether the newborn baby’s central nervous system works and functions. There are three types of cries: a basic cry, anger cry, and an in pain cry. The basic cry is what some experts
Buddha, Confucius, and other lesser known Hebrew scholars philosophized on the mind in an expansive sense.
Timothy Krajcir was born in Mahoney City, Pennsylvania in 1944 to unwed parents. Timothy’s mother was not physically abusive; however she emotionally neglected young Timothy. Later he began to obsess over his mother and claimed that his mother would prance around the house in filmy negligees and lingerie; those images would serve as fodder first his initial unhealthy fantasies. At eleven years old Krajcir claimed that he felt a strong attraction to his mother and by the age of fourteen it manifested itself as sexually aggressive behavior. Krajcir started with peeking at his mother’s scantily clad shape; though by adolescence he graduated to staring at female neighbors and women he spotted in their yards or driveways. As the years went on he would resort to voyeurism and exhibitionism during periods when he was fighting to keep himself from raping or killing. Nearly every murder he committed was preceded by him flashing someone, usually a group of women or spying on a prospective victim. (DiCosmo, 2009, pp 21-24)
Did his doctors think that his health would suffer greatly from his experiment? How? Why?4.How much money does McDonalds spend of advertising each year?5.Describe Morgan’s personality at the start of the month? Did he seem friendly? Happy? Angry?Would you want him to be your friend? Give reasons.6.What are the rules for Morgan’s experiment?
The Boy who couldn’t stop Washing written by DR. Judith Rapoport, published by Penguin books in 1989, containing 292 pages, deals with obsessive compulsive disorder. Dr. Rapoport is a psychiatrist who specializes in obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). In this, book she reveals new drug treatments, new methods in diagnosis and behaviorist therapies. This is done through the study of her patients and their disorders. Rapoport has revealed this secret disease and hopes to bring and understanding about it to all that may suffer from it and to anyone who may want to be informed. I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in learning about OCD. It may help those who face this disease everyday of their lives, and make them realize they are not alone. Also will aid in those who do not know much about this disease and give them and understanding and be aware that it surrounds us.
Chapter 4 discusses the several states of consciousness: the nature of consciousness, sleep and dreams, psychoactive drugs, hypnosis, and meditation. Consciousness is a crucial part of human experience, it represents that private inner mind where we think, feel, plan, wish, pray, omagine, and quietly relive experiences. William James described the mind as a stream of consciousness, a continuous flow of changing sensations, images thoughts, and feelings. Consciousness has two major parts: awareness and arousal. Awareness includes the awareness of the self and thoughts about one's experiences. Arousal is the physiological state of being engaged with the environment. Theory of mind refers to individuals understanding that they and others think,
With this approach, scoring her on the five dimensions of the Trait Perspective could capture Marilyn’s personality. In assessing Marilyn’s traits, it would be easy to grade her on the different dimensions of personality. In applying “The Big Five Model”, Marilyn would score low in conscientiousness and agreeableness and highest in the traits of extroversion, openness, and neuroticism (Friedman & Schustack, 264). Marilyn created an outgoing persona that belied her true personality where she was able to hide her depression and insecurities that in turn enabled her substance abuse. On the surface Marilyn appeared to have it all, but in always looking to find herself Marilyn became erratic and unstable not only in relationships, but also in her work. Her instability contributed to her impulsiveness and lack of dependability allowing Marilyn’s career to quickly suffer and her life to spiral out of control ultimately leading to her
The Big Five Approach has played a major role in the process of understanding and analyzing a child’s outcome as well as any adjustment issues that may occur during a child’s development. Along with these accomplishments, the Big Five approach has proven to be able to cover children, adolescents, and adults under one spectrum (Van den Akker et al., 2013). The article, “The development of personality extremity from childhood to adolescence: relations to internalizing and externalizing problems” provides an intense amount information on personality theories and goes into depth about how about how personalities develop and how to distinguish between them as well. This study not only incorporated the study of personality
Regression in psychology is considered to be a defense mechanism that leads the ego to revert back to the earlier stage of development rather than making an effort to handle unacceptable stimuli in a mature and adult manner.Regression examples in psychology can be seen in our day to day life. For instance when you are under a lot of stress from everyday life you may regress by going to your room and wrapping up in a security blankets or watching a cartoon to make the stress go away for the moment. Psychoanalysts say that most regression is harmless and a person usually regresses to vent his feelings of frustration when he is unable to cope with adult situations and problems. According to psychoanalyst Anna Freud, in regression people act out behaviors from the stage of psychosexual development that they are gripped in. So why might grown-ups harbor affection for a ratty old blanket or well-worn stuffed dog? Part of the reason is probably nostalgia, Hood said, but there seems to be a deep emotional attachment to the objects as well. It's called "essentialism," or the idea that objects are more than just their physical properties.
This case study explores how a sudden life change affects certain behaviors and psychological changes in an individual. In the film, “John Q.”, the main character, John Q. Archibald, who is played by Denzel Washington, experiences a sudden life change when his son, Michael Archibald, is suddenly diagnosed with cardiomegaly. Cardiomegaly is an abnormal enlargement of the heart and requires a heart transplant for long term survival. In the beginning of the movie, John Q. Archibald’s wife’s car was repossessed due to non-payment, his hours were reduced at work, and he could not find a second job to support his family.
Since regression is a common phenomenon that occurs most often under stress, we all do it constantly, yet most of it is unconscious. When executive feels stuck on a problem they regress to infant behavior sucking and chewing their pen down to the cartridge. When a spouse feels neglected they regress by throwing a tantrum and threatening to take something away. A new college student misses home and regresses by cuddling with their child hood Teddy Bear.
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The Five-Factor Model of Personality gives an insight to psychologists when dealing with patients and test subjects. Due to this theory, research psychologist are able to research personality more accurately and uphold a better understanding when discussing the reasoning behind certain pre-disposed tendencies. Also, counselors which practice different types of therapy are enabled to learn details concerning their patient that can assist in the treatment of that specific patient. There have been multiple disputes in regards to the validity of the Five-Factor Model of Personality theory. Many skeptics believe that there are too many variations that come into play when dealing with personality in order to accurately depict and diagnose a 100% accurate declaration of ones’ characteristics (McCrae, 1991). The issue with relying on the model in order to declare one’s characteristics is that there is often overlap between the degrees of high and low (Popkins, 1998). Although this is a valid statement, the model is a significant role in sorting through the variations to achieve a probable consensus. Therefore, the model cannot achieve a result without any probable cause for doubt but generally will provide a clear depiction of ones’ traits and