Butthead: A Popular Folk Psychological Theories

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We live in a world, full of people who believe they are shrinks; however, these shrinks are different then the helpful kind, these are people who push their thoughts into our heads. We listen to people, people who try to corrupt our minds and force their beliefs into our heads. In life we have all dealt with people, people we may consider to be “buttheads.” When I say “butthead” I am referring to the “Butthead Theory.” This is a popular folk phycology theory; which means that people we do not get along with we normally use the slang word “butthead” to describe them. When we think this about someone they most likely feel the same about us. I have heard the crass slang before, I have also been called one before; because, we have a difference

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