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It's been years since I saw Ordinary People
but I recall that it also presented a pretty good picture of psychoanalytic
therapy - repression, resistance, transference, insight, etc. I think
that at the climax of the film, the young patient (Timothy Hutton)
calls the therapist (Judd Hirsch?) by the name of his diseased brother (but
don't quote me - it's been a long time since I saw the film). I also
remember a lot of symbolism - e.g., every significant scene takes place in
front of a door or window (some open, some closed).
(For a more contemporary reference,
I tell students that they might rent the video for the first
season of The Sopranos just to see the Freudian analyst in action).
J. D. Thompson
School of Community and Liberal
Studies
Sheridan College
Oakville, ON L6H
2L1
Canada
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Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2002 1:46
PM
Subject: movies
Dear Tipsters,
I planned on adding an extra credit assignment to
my lesson plan this semester. It seems like students are always
asking..."is there any extra credit?" "what can i do for extra credit to help
my grade?"...before i rattle off numerous techniques, like "read the textbook,
listen to my colorful lecture, take notes, ", or to some i might say.."show up
to class"....well, actually i still say all of these things and more,
but i thought of trying it out and offering some extra
credit...i wanted it to be light and hopefully entertaining, so i decided to
have students watch a movie that is related in some way to a concept in intro
to psych and write a one-page paper on how the movie relates to psych...i was
hoping that others may offer their suggestions of movies, so that i may offer
my students a good selection. I teach an intro to psych at a community
college in california. i have a short listing of movies that i am
considering, any more suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
vanilla sky - lucid dreaming, emotional
upbringing, attachment,
memento - short-term memory loss
(extreme)
requiem for a dream - drug abuse
ordinary people -
emotional upbringing or lack of it
a clockwork orange - aversion therapy/classical
conditioning
girl interrupted - personality
disorders
thanks,
mario baeza
adjunct instructor - psyc
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