Tag: psychology
You Do It to Yourself, You Do. And That’s What Really Hurts: Why The Shrink Next Door Is So Hard to Watch
Marty Markowitz (Will Ferrell) is not the type of person we’re supposed to feel bad for. Throughout the duration of The Shrink Next Door, an [Read More…]
Elizabeth Hurley’s Mom Is the New Mrs. George
Even though it is, by now, in this epoch called “Thirst Trap,” the norm that daughters wield their mothers for the purpose of heightening their [Read More…]
Telling People Not to Go Outside Is the New Telling People Not to Smoke
It is ingrained in human nature, for whatever reason, to do the opposite of what one is told–particularly if that form of telling is severe [Read More…]
Why Do We Love Sociopaths?: A Look at the Most Prominent Examples in TV
Some of television’s most beloved characters in recent history have 1) all been white men and 2) all exhibited sociopathic tendencies. The three most overt [Read More…]
Ivan Pavlov: A Man Whose Accomplishments Make You Salivate
Though never really deemed a “psychologist,” Ivan Pavlov is always studied in basic psychology classes. His most well-known achievement included measuring the amount of saliva [Read More…]