An Analysis of the Psychosocial Elements Explored in Split Asa White Central Texas College PSYC2301 Shelly Myers. May 08, 2024 An Analysis of the Psychosocial Elements Explored in Split Split is a phenomenal thriller in which James McAvoy portrays a character named Kevin. in a breathtaking performance that resembles one of society?s most controversial mental. health topics. This movie captures the attention of viewers by utilizing the terrifying reality of the human brain and the lengths it will go to in order to escape the trauma that it has endured. Although a work of fiction, and obviously exaggerated beyond question, Split is still accurate. about the many psychosocial elements that it presents throughout the film. Kevin?s character …show more content…
Obsessive compulsive disorder is often stereotyped as wanting things to be perfectly clean, or having?germophobia? but this disorder is far more than that (Veale et al., 2014). Dennis is the personality in Kevin's mind who struggles with obsessive compulsive disorder. Symptoms of obsessive compulsive disorder include obsessions which are urges, intrusive thoughts, or doubts (Veale et al., 2014). These symptoms can be seen. through the sands of Dennis? fidgeting with objects in Dr. Fletchers office in order for the area to be tidy, his. constant need for the girls to have clean clothes and a clean room, or his obsession with watching young girls dancing naked. Dennis - What is a 'Dennis'? Obsession with watching young girls dance naked is an example of an obsession, an urge repeatedly entering the mind. This can be proven to be a symptoms of Dennis - a symptom? obsessive compulsive disorder because he has tried to fight the urge so many times and he knows it is wrong. Patients with obsessive compulsive disorder who have these urges are aware that the urges are wrong, but cannot escape them. These urges are described as ego-dystonic, meaning they go against the persons values (Veale et al., …show more content…
Childhood trauma has effects that carry into adulthood and even affect the mental health of the adult who experienced the trauma as a child (Horwitz et al., 2001). Kevin was revealed to have childhood trauma in the film through talks with his psychiatrist (Dr. Fletcher) where she addresses his father leaving him at a train station and through flashbacks of his mother verbally and physically. abusing him. Dr. Fletcher also brings up an occasion of childhood sexual abuse when they talk. about his situation at work, in which two girls place their hands on their breasts. The trauma of his Father leaving him at the train station leads to Dennis taking Kevin to the train station in order for his 24th identity to be revealed and meet The Beast. Although The Beast is an obvious. exaggeration of this disorder and purely a work of fiction, this scene is powerful in providing. knowledge about the power of trauma and how it carries into adulthood. The trauma from his mother, father, and the sexual abuse that led to the development of dissociative identity disorder. The trauma from the sexual abuse that causes Dennis? unwanted urges to watch young girls dance
There has never been an issue which caused more disputes and conflicts within our country, than abortion. We can all agree that abortion is an incredibly complex issue. The opinion of the American people is also a lot more complex than “pro life” or “pro choice”. According to one poll that was conducted by a Christian organization, seventy-five percent of Americans believe in “pro life” theory. According to another poll, which was conducted by a state medical board, concluded that the majority of
Split Sisters and Split Personalities of Goblin Market "I have 50 different personalities, and still I’m lonely" (Amos). Perhaps everyone is truly composed of multiple personalities embodied within one whole. Whether these split personalities are actual or purely metaphorical, no one human being has a single sided mind, and a single sided position on everything. Within the brain many battles are raged between opposing sides of issues, between the personalities. "Goblin Market" is one of Christina
Does A Split Reality Exist? Déjà vu as a failure of the brain to put "time stamps" on memories. Where or When (Words by Lorenz Hart, Music by Richard Rogers) When you are awake; The things you think come from the dreams you dream; Thought has wings-; And lots of things- are seldom what they seem; Sometimes you think you have lived before; All that you live today.; Things you do – come back to you,; As though they knew the way.; Oh, the tricks your mind can play!; It seems we stood and talked
Split Cherry Tree by Jesse Stuart The short story, Spilt Cherry Tree, was written by Jesse Stuart. In the beginning of the story, Dave and his classmates went with Professor Herbert on a field trip for biology class. They were all searching for lizards, bugs, snakes, frogs, flowers, and plants. Dave and five of his classmates had spotted a lizard in the old cherry tree up the hill, so all six of them ran up the tree after it, and the tree broke down. Eif Crabtree, the owner of the tree was plowing
The split brain syndrome has been performed on humans ever since the late 1930s. The procedure for the split brain syndrome involves severing the corpus callosum which is a thick band of nerve fibers that divides the cerebrum into two different hemispheres, the left and right. The corpus callosum connects the left and the right sides of the brain allowing communication between both hemispheres. The reason the split brain procedure is performed, is to prevent epileptic seizures from spreading from
Split Identity and Change in F. Scott Fitzgerald's Babylon Revisited In F. Scott Fitzgerald's "Babylon Revisited," there are several major themes that are prevalent throughout the story. One of these themes is that of split identity the other is the sense of solidity and change. Both of these themes are something most readers can identify with. Fitzgerald also makes the reader sympathize with the protagonist Charlie Wales. Throughout the story the reader must decide whether Charlie is reformed
callosum is a bridge of nerve tissues in the brain which acts as a communication base (in Pinel., 2009). Damage to the corpus callosum results in a split brain, a situation where the neural connections in the brain are severed resulting in lost mental abilities. The consequences of these lost mental abilities can be demonstrated through a large number of split brain studies with the help two prominent researchers... ... middle of paper ... ...e that the brain serves many different purposes rather
good and bad reasons of no intervention. Back ground - Go over the war in Bosnia starting in 1991. - Review of reasons why there was a split between the Serbs, Croats and Muslins. - Review the new physical boundaries of Slovenia and Croatia and what impacted this. - Review in detail the key players that were involved in the split of the nations by religious reasons. This includes Milosevic. Statement of the problem - explain specifically about the genocide - In
to make representational knowledge impersonal and to split fact from value. 1. Polanyi's epistemology Polanyi and Blaga are two centennial philosophers who could be put into comparison. Both are philosophers who have abandoned the attempt to analyze science as the form of culture capable of complete objectivity, to analyze language solely in terms of its referential force, and to make representational knowledge impersonal and to split fact from value. Michael Polanyi affirms the irreducible
and measure the gradients. Secondly, I will draw chords between x = 1 and 4 or 5 points and measure the gradients. Thirdly, I will use algebra to work out a formula for the gradient and see how this matches the first two methods. At first I split up the coursework into 3 main families (for each family there are additional equations to investigate): Part One: Curves involving x2 1. y = x2 2. y = 2x2 3. y = 3x2 4. y = 4x2 5. y = x2 + 1 6. y = 7x2 + 6 Part Two: Curves
investigated the architectural design of Diocletian’s Palace in Split, Croatia. It will be noted the overall purpose of the residence and its materiality. The essential structural aspects and formal significances will also be investigated throughout the paper. Additionally, there is an examination of the scholarly interpretation of the residence having a militaristic lay out. Finally, the paper will include a brief description of the remains of Split from its original appearance as well as reconstructions
family and her low class friend, Heathcliff (66), is also manifested by most of the other main characters in the novel, though the split is usually less obvious in the other characters. It is less obvious because rather than being split between two contrasting external states (only one of Catherine's reflects her internal state), the characters are usually split between their internal experiences of the world and their external facades. For all of the characters, the possibility of happiness
Introns and Exons The finding of the Introns and the exons was one of the most significant discoveries in genetics in the past fifteen years. split genes were discovered when lack of relation between DNA sequences were seen during. DNA- mRNA hybridation. For all new mRNA, they must be transcribed by RNA polymerase enzymes. The transcription begins at the promoter sequence on the DNA and works down, thus the nucleotide sequence of the mRNA is complimentary to the one of DNA. In eukaryotes
Leviticus 11 is dealing with the subject of cleanness and uncleanness, specifically, with the subject of clean and unclean foods. The word "clean"has a lot of different meanings today depending upon the context in which it is used. For one thing, the expression clean and its counterpoint unclean is one of the prominent themes of Leviticus. Unclean and its cognates occurs 132 times in the Old Testament; over half of these are in Leviticus. So the sense of uncleanness is a predominate theme, and the
"schizophrenia." It originated from the Greek words, schizo, which translates to "split" and phrenia, meaning "mind." When Bleuler conveyed the meaning of this term, it was not to label a person as a "split personality," but rather as a split between what is believed, what is perceived, and what is objectively real (1). Throughout history, the disorder has been confused and misunderstood by the general public. The idea of "split" has led people to equate schizophrenia with multiple personality disorder