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Hollywood Psych

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Hollywood Psych	label	Hollywood Psych
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Hollywood Psych	comment	Research is hard. While this is generally true of all science, psychology in particular is vulnerable, as it's a very, very new field still under heavy development. Only recently has psychology emerged as a mature science with robust theories, and supposed "facts" of the past are still in popular culture despite being debunked. Writers fail to recognize this, and the supposed professionals in their stories will quote woefully out-of-date representations of Sigmund Freud's theory of the unconscious, Carl Jung's collective unconscious archetypes, or Abraham Maslow's hierarchy of needs. This is the equivalent of a modern physicist discussing luminiferous aether, a chemist trying to create a Philosopher's Stone, or a biologist believing Lamarck Was Right. Further complicating things is the Rule of Cool: if there are multiple versions of a disorder, a writer will tend toward the most interesting, dramatic, or visible of them. Thus, in fiction, all dyslexics can't read anything past a fourth-grade level, all people with Tourette's compulsively swear, and all people with schizophrenia think demons are out to cover up the truth of global warming. Many people, overexposed to the fictional versions, are surprised to discover that not only are there milder versions of all these disorders, but the milder versions account for anywhere from 90% to 99% of the people diagnosed with them. Naturally, there is some Truth in Television. Freud is still relevant, he is simply not the state of the art, but rather, one of the beginnings (similar to the way Newton's Laws are still used alongside Einstein's). While many or even most of the theories of Freud, Jung, and other early psychoanalysts have been refuted scientifically, their work shaped and continues to shape psychology and the popular mind. Concepts like projection, defense mechanisms, and the like are still used in therapy... simply not in their antique form. For instance, Hollywood is woefully unaware of the refinements suggested by Anna Freud (Sigmund's daughter) and his other students. One big area where Hollywood really missed the boat is that from the '30s well into the '60s, radical behaviorism dominated psychological research. Researchers attempted to stamp out "mentalism" (that is, the study of consciousness itself) in favor of quantifying behavior. Psychology was ghettoized, and in the US, survived in the shadow of psychiatry. This may partially explain the powerful, anachronistic hold Freud has over Hollywood. The Freud of Hollywood is psychoanalysis of the '60s, flanderized and spun for drama. For a reality check on a number of these subjects, see the Psychology entries of our own Useful Notes. Tropes: Hollywood Psychology All Psychology Is Freudian Five Stages of Grief: Five stages a person is believed to go through in the development of coping with a misfortune, often imminent death (denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance). 90% of Your Brain: The myth that people on average only use 10% of their brains. Psycho Psychologist: A psychiatrist who ironically isn't a model example of sanity themselves. Single-Issue Psychology Hollywood Mental Conditions Attention Deficit... Ooh, Shiny!: A person is easily distracted by the most trivial of things. Brainwashed and Crazy Easy Amnesia: Getting hit on the head will make you lose your memories and getting hit again will help you regain them. Funny Schizophrenia Hollywood Autism Hollywood Tourette's: Tourette's syndrome is stereotyped as a condition that makes people constantly swear for no reason. Identity Breakdown: Having a particularly bad identity crisis can lead to a full on mental break. Insane Equals Violent: Being crazy automatically means that you're very likely to harm and kill people. Lima Syndrome "L" Is for "Dyslexia" Laser-Guided Amnesia: Someone has specific memories erased. The Mad Hatter: A character who is crazy and doesn't care. Obsessively Organized: This person will lose their shit unless everything's properly organized. The Schizophrenia Conspiracy The Sociopath Split Personality Visible Victimology: A villain has a specific physical tell in their victims (usually something that relates to Freudian psychology. Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?: Character has a specific fear of something. Hollywood Therapy Bedlam House Comic Role Play Critical Psychoanalysis Failure Electroconvulsive Therapy Is Torture Epiphany Therapy Freudian Couch: Someone lies on a couch while talking about their problems to their psychiatrist. Freudian Excuse: It's established that a villain or jerk is the way they are because of something bad that happened to them in the past. Freudian Excuse Is No Excuse: The bad person's victims and the people who wish to punish the bad person address that the bad person's suffering does not make their misdeeds okay. Freudian Slip Inkblot Test: A psychological test where someone has to look at ink blots and say what they look like to them. There Are No Therapists: A setting lacks therapists, so any characters with mental problems can't really get the help they need. Word Association Test: An exercise where the patient listens to a word the psychiatrist says and is supposed to reply with another word related to the one the psychiatrist said. See also Emotion Tropes, Intelligence Tropes, Madness Tropes, and Parental Issues.
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AlternateCharacterInterpretation	processingCategory2	Hollywood Psych
Always Chaotic Evil	processingCategory2	Hollywood Psych
"Anger Is Healthy" Aesop	processingCategory2	Hollywood Psych
Attention Deficit... Ooh, Shiny!	processingCategory2	Hollywood Psych
Ax-Crazy	processingCategory2	Hollywood Psych
Chekhov's Gun	processingCategory2	Hollywood Psych
Extreme Doormat	processingCategory2	Hollywood Psych
Flanderization	processingCategory2	Hollywood Psych
Hollywood Thin	processingCategory2	Hollywood Psych
Insane Equals Violent	processingCategory2	Hollywood Psych
It Runs on Nonsensoleum	processingCategory2	Hollywood Psych
Jerkass	processingCategory2	Hollywood Psych
Laser-Guided Amnesia	processingCategory2	Hollywood Psych
Laughing Mad	processingCategory2	Hollywood Psych
Mood-Swinger	processingCategory2	Hollywood Psych
RealLife	processingCategory2	Hollywood Psych
Split Personality	processingCategory2	Hollywood Psych
The Woobie	processingCategory2	Hollywood Psych
Word of God	processingCategory2	Hollywood Psych
Fridge Logic	processingCategory2	Hollywood Psych
Nice Job Breaking It, Hero!	processingCategory2	Hollywood Psych

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Hollywood Psych	processingCategory2	Anxiety Tropes
Hollywood Psych	processingCategory2	Hollywood Style
Hollywood Psych	processingCategory2	Psychology Tropes
„Kérem a következőt!” (Animation) / int_f6214be1	type	Hollywood Psych
Hanaukyō Maid Tai / int_f6214be1	type	Hollywood Psych
Batman (Grant Morrison) (Comic Book) / int_f6214be1	type	Hollywood Psych
Batman: White Knight (Comic Book) / int_f6214be1	type	Hollywood Psych
Finder (Comic Book) / int_f6214be1	type	Hollywood Psych
Grant Morrison's Batman (Comic Book) / int_f6214be1	type	Hollywood Psych
Heroes in Crisis (Comic Book) / int_f6214be1	type	Hollywood Psych
X-Men Noir (Comic Book) / int_f6214be1	type	Hollywood Psych
Proper Discipline (Fanfic) / int_f6214be1	type	Hollywood Psych
Batman Forever / int_f6214be1	type	Hollywood Psych
Cat People / int_f6214be1	type	Hollywood Psych
Darkness Falls / int_f6214be1	type	Hollywood Psych
Don't Say a Word / int_f6214be1	type	Hollywood Psych
Fatal Attraction / int_f6214be1	type	Hollywood Psych
Gravity / int_f6214be1	type	Hollywood Psych
Infinite / int_f6214be1	type	Hollywood Psych
Mazes and Monsters / int_f6214be1	type	Hollywood Psych
Me, Myself & Irene / int_f6214be1	type	Hollywood Psych
SAS: Rise of the Black Swan / int_f6214be1	type	Hollywood Psych
Shame / int_f6214be1	type	Hollywood Psych
Silver Linings Playbook / int_f6214be1	type	Hollywood Psych
Spring Breakers / int_f6214be1	type	Hollywood Psych
The Purge / int_f6214be1	type	Hollywood Psych
The Slammin' Salmon / int_f6214be1	type	Hollywood Psych
Serge Storms / int_f6214be1	type	Hollywood Psych
Sharp Objects / int_f6214be1	type	Hollywood Psych
The Hunger Games / int_f6214be1	type	Hollywood Psych
The Promise / int_f6214be1	type	Hollywood Psych
The Shepherd Of The Hills / int_f6214be1	type	Hollywood Psych
ArmchairPsychology	processingCategory1	Hollywood Psych
DasAuto	seeAlso	Hollywood Psych
LullTheConqueror	seeAlso	Hollywood Psych
PandoraInactiveCanons	seeAlso	Hollywood Psych
TheBadWolf	seeAlso	Hollywood Psych
TourettesShitCockSyndrome	processingCategory1	Hollywood Psych
Boys over Flowers (Manga) / int_f6214be1	type	Hollywood Psych
Hanaukyō Maid Team (Manga) / int_f6214be1	type	Hollywood Psych
Monster (Manga) / int_f6214be1	type	Hollywood Psych
Warrior Cats RPG (Roleplay)	seeAlso	Hollywood Psych
Community / int_f6214be1	type	Hollywood Psych
Prisoner: Cell Block H / int_f6214be1	type	Hollywood Psych
The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries / int_f6214be1	type	Hollywood Psych
The Sopranos / int_f6214be1	type	Hollywood Psych
Waking the Dead / int_f6214be1	type	Hollywood Psych
The Madness Dossier (Tabletop Game) / int_f6214be1	type	Hollywood Psych
Vampire: The Masquerade 5th Edition (Tabletop Game) / int_f6214be1	type	Hollywood Psych
Alfred Hitchcock - Vertigo (Video Game) / int_f6214be1	type	Hollywood Psych
Heavy Rain (Video Game) / int_f6214be1	type	Hollywood Psych
Roots of Insanity (Video Game) / int_f6214be1	type	Hollywood Psych
Alfred's Playhouse (Web Animation) / int_f6214be1	type	Hollywood Psych
Dimension 20 (Web Video) / int_f6214be1	type	Hollywood Psych
Failboat (Web Video) / int_f6214be1	type	Hollywood Psych
J'ai jamais su dire non (Web Video) / int_f6214be1	type	Hollywood Psych
Dr. Frost (Webcomic) / int_f6214be1	type	Hollywood Psych
My Deepest Secret (Webcomic) / int_f6214be1	type	Hollywood Psych
The Onion (Website) / int_f6214be1	type	Hollywood Psych
Paddington (1975) / int_f6214be1	type	Hollywood Psych
Star Trek: The Animated Series / int_f6214be1	type	Hollywood Psych

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