Tendency

Holden Caulfield Catcher in the Rye, has shown to have a few eccentric tendencies, however Holden has shown to be a fairly normal teenager. Nevertheless, Holden seems to be seen as border lining on insanity due to his tendencies of mass amounts of anxiety and depression, which were strange for the time. Yet, Holden’s understanding of the world and how the world sees him is a factor that is often overlooked. Leads Holden is a normal teenager going through adolescence and is simply misunderstood…

Normal, projected and the delusional jealousy. Normal, regardless of it's name is not rational or entirely predictable. It is the jealousy experienced when a loved one has been lost to a rival. Projected jealousy rises from ones own unfaithfulness or tendency towards it and projecting these feelings and impulses onto another. Delusional jealousy rises from repressed homosexual desires. Denying these…

country in which it is strongest.” Proportional representation works in the inverse way for conclusions firmly dug in locally have a tendency to be widened on to the national plane by the likelihood of being spoken to in districts where they are in a little minority. The political centrality of these contradicted propensities is clear: corresponding representation has a tendency to fortify national solidarity; the straightforward greater part system highlights neighborhood contrasts. The results…

Keith Stanovich’s The Robot’s Rebellion delves deep into the world of evolutionary psychology, stating how modern society is stuck in a technologically run programme of sorts where we are all but robots stuck in a world revolved around our most primal cognitive abilities. In the introductory pages of this novel, Stanovich draws our attention to four notable theorists, among them, philosopher Daniel Dennett who refers to the implications that modern evolutionary theory will have on the…

In the novel The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger, we follow a story told by Holden Caulfield and his journey of leaving Pencey Prep to his eventual return back home, and we learn what type of person Holden is. Throughout the novel there are different signs of why Holden may be in a mental facility. To show this we will observe the different signs from the novel such as how he is violent (thinking of horribly hurting people), how people have questioned his sanity and suggested he should be…

effects during childhood prior to puberty can affect a person’s violent tendencies as an adult. Serious traumatic experiences or social or physical abuse in combination with high levels of MAOA leads to more antisocial and aggressive tendencies as an adult. High levels of MAOA alone do not predispose a person to aggression, but social and physical abuse trigger the MAOA gene leading to the aggressive and antisocial tendencies. Neurological imaging of Joel Rifkin’s brain showed little prefrontal…

Girl, Interrupted- Analysis on Lisa’s Disorder Francis Lobo (14-PPL-26) Lisa Lisa is the most powerful personality on the ward. Her utter disregard for authority makes her a frustrating and entertaining figure in the eyes of the other girls. Whether engaging in complicated pranks or escaping from the hospital, Lisa ensures that the routine of the ward never goes uninterrupted for long. Lisa is proud of her diagnosis as a sociopath and revels in the attention her antics earn her. Lisa is a…

as a crisis of racial inequality tears the small town apart, Scout and Jem are forced to consider their father’s instructions on properly viewing others. As the ideologies of the townspeople present themselves throughout the novel, Lee conveys the tendency to unreasonably judge others, the inconsideration of others’ perspectives and therefore, the inability for many to see the true traits of others. By strategically forging the events in the novel, Lee…

Egocentric myopia is defined as the natural tendency to think in an absolutist manner within a very narrow point of view (Elder, L. & Paul, 2007). In the situations above these individuals were more focused on their own benefit instead of considering the people that were truly suffering in which these items would serve to ease the burden during the difficult time. Egocentric absurdity is defined as the natural tendency to fail to notice thinking or visualising that the decision has…

This article discusses the common psychological and social factors that are experienced by those who commit murders and explores the ways by which further research efforts will be committed in order to understand these factors more. Research that has been taken on these psychological and social factors faced by those guilty of murder, and has also gone through psychiatric analyses. This allows their conditions to be further studied and providing an understanding to their behavior. It is made…