Tina Belcher's Psychological Theory

Tina Belcher is a character from the animated television show, Bob’s Burgers. The series is about the Belcher family who owns a burger restaurant in a seaside community. Tina is the eldest child of Bob and Linda Belcher and has two siblings, Gene and Louise. Tina, Gene, and Louise all work on the restaurant. Tina can be looked at different perspectives, the psychoanalytic personality theory of the intrapsychic domain, and the approaches to self of the cognitive/experiential domain.
In the psychoanalytic approach to personality, there are the types of anxiety, defense mechanisms, and the psychosexual stages of personality development. In one episode, Tina accidentally crashed into the only other car in the parking lot when Bob allowed her to drive. There was barely a dent on the other car but Tina felt very guilty. Bob just told Tina to lie and say he was driving when questioned by the insurance adjuster. However, Tina could not handle lying and begins to …show more content…
The types of anxiety, and defense mechanisms can be limitedly applied since there are not many incidents where Tina has shown anxiety. The psychosexual stages of personality development cannot fully describe Tina since there is no explicit information about her when she was younger. The stages could only be a good devise if Tina’s life since birth was shown. The approach to self was a good way to describe Tina. She has her own self-concept, she is shown to have good self-esteem, and her social identity is continuously developing with her experiences. Although, the drawback could be Tina is still in her adolescence. Her self-esteem level could still change. There might be future identity crises that she would face. There might be an unknown experience from the past that could change theory’s perspective of Tina. In addition, these theories also does not take account her surrounding. Tina’s parents do not discourage Tina. In one episode,