Psychoanalysis
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Michael Schreiner | October 30, 2012
Alfred Slote And The Unconscious
I recently watched a moving ESPN 30 for 30 short documentary on an author in the twilight of...
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Michael Schreiner | October 26, 2012
Protective Narrative
Have you ever overheard an emphatic recounting about a previous confrontation where you could tell that the narrative...
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Michael Schreiner | October 25, 2012
Talk To Your Kids About Getting Mugged
A lot of kids want Jordans. They are a type of basketball shoe honoring the legendary Michael Jordan...
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Michael Schreiner | October 25, 2012
Unconscious Conflict
Have you ever noticed yourself capitulating to someone’s argument without really knowing how or why? We often make...
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Michael Schreiner | October 24, 2012
Negative Reactions To The Homeless
We are going to talk about the internal reaction of disgust and external reaction of hostility or indifference...
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Michael Schreiner | October 15, 2012
Brainwashing
The movie ‘Inception’ is fun for fans of psychology because it borrows concepts from psychodynamic thought. Freud called...
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Michael Schreiner | October 4, 2012
Misplaced Emotion
What do we make of people who feel intense emotions for relatively meaningless events? Think of the guy...
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Michael Schreiner | September 22, 2012
Destructive Impulses
The movie ‘God Bless America’ is a good format to discuss psychological principles of repression, rationalization, externalization, and...
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Michael Schreiner | December 8, 2011
Detached Personality
We all know people in our lives who are detached. They tend to have trouble accessing or experiencing...