Good Will Hunting: The Defense Mechanism
Good Will Hunting Movie Paper
Movies are meant to have to audience feel the emotions the director wants them to feel. Good Will Hunting is one movie where it makes the audience relate in someway, whether it is the romantic scenes, therapy scenes, etc. It strongly represents psychological concepts that current research studies can be related to. So in the movie Good Will Hunting, Will Hunting displays the psychological concepts intelligence, abuse, depression, defense mechanism, and self-actualization smoothly throughout the movie.
In the beginning of the movie, Will Hunting demonstrates how different he is from the rest. Being a simple janitor working in Harvard University, he keeps to himself and just does his job but when given an opportunity, …show more content…
The defense mechanism was originally introduced by Sigmund Freud, who believed that the unconscious level tried to ward off any unwanted feelings or emotions to keep the conscious level protected. The unwanted memories and emotions are sent to unconscious but don’t disappear so the unconscious powerfully influences behaviors to keep the painful thoughts and memories away. This is a primitive and one of the basic ways human beings try to protect …show more content…
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Movies are meant to have to audience feel the emotions the director wants them to feel. Good Will Hunting is one movie where it makes the audience relate in someway, whether it is the romantic scenes, therapy scenes, etc. It strongly represents psychological concepts that current research studies can be related to. So in the movie Good Will Hunting, Will Hunting displays the psychological concepts intelligence, abuse, depression, defense mechanism, and self-actualization smoothly throughout the movie.
In the beginning of the movie, Will Hunting demonstrates how different he is from the rest. Being a simple janitor working in Harvard University, he keeps to himself and just does his job but when given an opportunity, …show more content…
The defense mechanism was originally introduced by Sigmund Freud, who believed that the unconscious level tried to ward off any unwanted feelings or emotions to keep the conscious level protected. The unwanted memories and emotions are sent to unconscious but don’t disappear so the unconscious powerfully influences behaviors to keep the painful thoughts and memories away. This is a primitive and one of the basic ways human beings try to protect …show more content…
N.p., n.d. Web. 05 Dec. 2013.
"Defense Mechanisms." - Simply Psychology. N.p., n.d. Web. 03 Dec. 2013.
"Emotional and Psychological Trauma." : Causes, Symptoms, Help. N.p., n.d. Web. 04 Dec. 2013.
"Fear of Abandonment Issues and Therapy Treatment." Fear of Abandonment Issues and Therapy Treatment. N.p., n.d. Web. 02 Dec. 2013.
"Gifted Child (psychology)." Encyclopedia Britannica Online. Encyclopedia Britannica, n.d. Web. 05 Dec. 2013.
"Intelligence." Http://www.apa.org. N.p., n.d. Web. 05 Dec. 2013.
"Neuroimaging of Cognitive Dysfunction and Depression in Aging Retired National Football League Players: A Cross-sectional Study." JAMA Network. N.p., n.d. Web. 03 Dec. 2013.
"What Is Self-Actualization?" About.com Psychology. N.p., n.d. Web. 04 Dec.