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Good Will Hunting
- Psychology Schools of Thought
- Behavrioal Psychology
- Through therapy, Sean tries to uncover
what makes Will behave the way he
does based on his past and present life
- Psycholanalysis
- Sean examines Will's unconscious
mind through therapy in order to
understand his internal conflicts
- Cognitive Psychology
- A hypnotist attempts to analyze Will's
behavior by accessing his memories
- Defence Mechanisms
- Projection
- Will projects his negative view
on life onto the people he
meets. For instance, he points
out other peoples flaws, but not
his own
- Denial
- Will denies his abusive past whenever
he is questioned. Also, he denies he
needs any help or therapy
- Displacement
- Will is angry at Skylar, but hits the
wall to project his anger onto a less
threateneing target
- Compensation
- Will makes up for his weaknesses in other aspects
of life in terms of jobs and social relationships by
excelling in mathematics
- Will is adept at anticipating failure
in relationships, so he tries to avoid them
- Sublimation
- Will gets into fights to release anger
in a "socially" acceptable way
- Serial Killers
- Will fits the profile of a serial killer: white male in his
20's, good looking, charismatic, average to above IQ
- Oppositional Defiant Disorder
- Little social
interactions
- Trouble maintaining relationships
- Parental maltreatment
- Deviant and disruptive behaviour
- Mental Health Disorders
- Oppositional Defiant Disorder
- Recurrent and persistent patterns of angry
moods, defiant behavior and vindictiveness
- Will does not view himself
oppositional to authority figures
- Will feels that his behavior
is justified because of his
past childhood abuse
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
- Will was abused by his alcoholic foster father
- Will withdraws himself from
social settings
- Will has an avoidant personality and a fear to face others
- Will expresses himself
through violence and angry outbursts
- Reactive Attachment Disorder
- Will grew up in foster homes where the
environment is unstable, therefore no parent
actually showed their love or sympathy for
him
- Rejects other's efforts to connect
and comfort him
- Anger issues
- Failure to reach out for
help or support
- Erik Erikson's Stages of
Development
- Trust vs Mistrust
- Will doen't trust anyone with his feelings or
emotions. He pushes away people because he has a
fear of failing relationships. As a child, he was
abused by foster parents. He grew up with nobody
showing concern, love, or sympathy for him
- Self Reliance vs Doubt
- Will is careless; he doesn't go to therapy or
any job interviews. He doesn't try to reach his
full potential.
- Initiative vs Guilt
- Will feels guilty about what
happened with his foster dad
- Industry vs
Inferiority/Identity vs
Role Confusion
- Will establishes his identity
as a Southern Boston man,
however, her fails to
establish self control with
his anger issues
- Intimacy vs Isolation
- Will forms an intimate relationship
with Skylar. He puts her needs
before his. He is able to care deeply
for another person
- Sigmund Freud's Personality
Development Theory
- Genital
- Will forms
relationships,
specifically an intimate
relationship with a girl
named Skylar, and
looks for a job
- Oral
- Will smokes often
- Phallic
- Will and his friends often talk about sex.
When Skylar says she would withhold
sex, Will obliges.