Analysis of Gregory House
By Becca Kinkoph
6th per. Psychology
4-15-09
In the show, House M.D., there is an especially difficult doctor whom people cannot help but love despite his unpleasant demeanor. This is Doctor Gregory House. He specializes in diagnosing rare medical anomalies with the help of his team of diagnosticians: Foreman, Chase, and Cameron. House is somewhat a mystery to his team members and everyone else. He is a cynical and bitter medical genius who can sometimes come across as an arrogant jerk. Some of this is due to his drug use (he has acquired an addiction to painkillers) and his leg injury which came about from an incorrect diagnosis. House also possesses an almost O.C.D. like symptom of having to
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His superego might as well be nonexistent. House displays many of the defense mechanisms as well. He finds ways to rationalize his drug abuse since he is in pain due to his leg. However, he knows he has a problem and is just in denial. He refuses to address the problem and chooses to ignore it and go along seeking to please his Id. Another explanation for why Dr. House is the way he is could be the Social Cognitive Theory, which states that one’s personality is shaped by environmental learning, cognitive and personal factors, and behaviors. The cognitive factors would be House’s beliefs, values, and expectations. Since House has a pretty bleak outlook on life and a lack of values, this is one reason for why he is the way he is. So basically, it’s just his views on life and since they are pretty sinister and pessimistic, it shows through in his personality such as the bitterness, bluntness, and rudeness. Some of this could be from personal factors as well. In one episode we meet Mom and Dad House. Genetics can influence personality and we find his mother is relatively normal while his father is a complete jerk. Also, environmental factors such as living with a jerk as a father could be a probable cause for rudeness and bitterness too. When it comes to Type A and Type B behavior, House definitely would be more on the B side of things. He tends to be easier going about things and possibly a bit lazy as
Interestingly enough my brother is very similar, personality-wise, to my grandfather who was our father figure growing up, while I am very similar to our mother. Both my grandfather and my brother can be partially described as type B personality, except in the cases of negative emotion as they both refrain from expressing it. On the other hand, my mother and I, or really most of the women in my family, are of a type A personality. Our tempers are not the best, and we never seem to stop working in some way or another. This shows that my brother and I have both inherited and learned our temperaments from our family, or more specifically family members of the
The house is where Carl and Ellie first met each other as kids, where they chose to spend the rest of their lives together and turned it into the home of their dreams. As the movie gets going Carl 's house symbolizes his connection with Ellie and how he is holding on to her memory by staying with the house, even if it’s inconvenient or unnecessary. Carl isolates himself from the rest of the world and his house seems a refuge from everyone and everything that want something from him.
Antwone Fisher was an individual that endured so many things. He faced a lot of challenges that may have seemed impossible to recover from. This story was an example of the many things that some children may experience. Antwone was not raised in an upper crust home. He did not grow up in a home in which his mother and father was present. Instead of having positive role models, he had to live with individuals that were abusive to him. When observing Antwone’s personality, one may refer to two different theorists such as Bandura and Rogers.
The Behaviorist and Cognitive Approaches to Psychology In this essay I am going to explore two of the major approaches to Psychology, Cognitive theories and Behaviorist theories. I will discuss in some detail the two approaches, state how they compare and illustrate the similarities and the differences between them. John Watson, one of the founders of Behaviorism, based his theories on the principles of learning outlined by Pavlov who suggested the theory known as Classical Conditioning; he trained dogs to salivate whenever he rang a bell. Dogs have a natural reflex response to salivate when they see food, Pavlov rang a bell when the dogs were given food and after several repetitions of this
As the nameless narrator is approaching the house, he says , “I know not how it was - but, with the first glimpse of the building, a sense of insufferable gloom pervaded my spirit.” (pg. 21). The house looks gloomy, mysterious, and is disintegrating, yet still strong. From what the narrator has seen, the reader can see that the house has a power over the people that enter and live inside. Considering this, at the beginning of the story the narrator is completely rational, but he also senses something peculiar. When the narrator goes into the house he finds the inside just as mysterious and eerie. Subsequently, he enters the house to see his friend Roderick, he notes that his friend is not looking so well. Roderick lists out his symptoms saying, “I have, indeed, no abhorrence of danger, except in its absolute effect - in terror. In this unnerved, in this pitiable, condition I feel that the period will sooner or later arrive when I must abandon life and reason together, in some struggle with the phantasm, fear.” (pg. 27). Furthermore, the narrator also notes that Roderick seems to be fearful of his own house. Pretty soon Roderick comes up with a theory saying the house isn’t healthy, just as the narrator was thinking at the beginning of the story.
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1. What is the nurse's highest priority for a patient experiencing sleep deprivation? What would we teach them about this? What treatment would be expected? Safety would be highest priority; sleep deprivation causes psychomotor deficits. Interventions that can help with sleep deprivation would be avoiding stimulating activities in the hours before bed. Avoid exercise, caffeine, and screen time just before bed. It’s also a good idea to avoid eating a large meal, as this can interfere with healthy sleep. Create a comfortable sleep environment. One medication that the patient can be prescribed on would be Zolpidem is a short-acting hypnotic that will help the patient initiate sleep and awaken without untoward symptoms of drowsiness. Also, Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) and galanin are sleep-promoting neurotransmitters that can be used as a treatment.
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Through the characterization of all ten houseguests, the reader can get a feel of each of the characters personalities and traits. Two of the character seemed to stick out at me more than others, Justice Wargrave and Emily Brent. Wargrave was your typical judge always inquiring the circumstances of every situation, being the group leader, and giving everyone “his” opinion. (149) I always thought that Wargrave was a little suspicious considering the fact he thought he always he was right, and he was the leader. In fact there was even a time when others accused him of being suspicious “he has played God
House is a reflection of typical American skepticism about various issues of life. Where today's average American is doubtful about what is going on around him and whether those around him are trust worthy or not, Dr. House is not different than others. Although he is a genius in his own field which makes him self-righteous about his opinions. However he believes that he has been provided with the right to exploit those around him and has been given a complete liberty to overrule their opinions. However, it is true that in many cases, he has been proven right which adds another feather to his hat.
That is not completely true, however. A teenager can be used as a great example of this. Most teenagers don’t get along with their parents because of their desire to be free. This is a stereotype however, meaning not all teenagers feel this way. This leads to my point, which is that home varies from person to person even though some can be alike most are different.
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People gloat about their “house” because they acquired it by their own two hands and the speaker’s house does not live up to his expectations. His efforts failed and just like a fly, he feels as if he has lived a short life without success and imagination, causing him to somewhat just fade away into the darkness in his own mind.
American Psychological Association is the leading scientific and professional body representing psychology in the United States of America. This paper will discuss the purpose, structure, function, mission, benefits and resources to the members and public at large.