Psychological Analysis of What About Bob Danyel Samuel Psy-137 6/18/2014 Abstract The movie “What About Bob” follows the story of the two main protagonists Dr. Leo Marvin (played by Richard Dreyfuss)‚ and Bob Wiley (played by Bill Murray). Throughtout the movie‚ these two display a number of psychological related problems. After Bob successfully tracked down where Mr. Leo Marvin lived‚ he then journeyed there because he felt safer near Dr. Marvin. During Bob ’s stay‚ Dr. Marvin becomes increasingly
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watching the movie What about Bob‚ I chose to write about the Character of Dr Marvin‚ the psychiatrist who goes on a vacation with his family and finds Bob‚ one of his multi-phobic patients‚ following him everywhere because of being attached to him. Dr Marvin chooses to act negatively to what Bob is doing and shows three different ways or mechanisms to deal with his anger. These mechanisms are denial‚ projection and displacement. As a result of being provoked and followed all the time by Bob‚ Dr Marvin
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In the 1991 comedy‚ What About Bob? Bill Murray portrays a peculiar and anxious man that is isolated by his multiple phobias and excessive dependence on therapists. Bob Wiley’s (Bill Murray’s character) fears range from germs to fear of having a heart attack or his bladder explode spontaneously. He will pretend to have Tourette syndrome‚ shouting strange but inappropriate and vulgar combinations of words just to assure himself he does not have it. Bob is also socially anxious and desperate
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PSYC 3350 Abnormal Psychology On-Line What About Bob "Multi-phobic personality characterized by acute separation anxiety . . ." This is Dr. Leo Marvin’s diagnosis of Bob Wiley in the movie What About Bob. But exactly what does this mean? We all seem to have a vague understanding of what a phobia is‚ whether is be from watching movies or our own personal experiences. But what exactly constitutes a phobia‚ and how does acute separation anxiety fit in to the diagnosis of this character?
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Running Head: WHAT ABOUT BOB ANALYSIS OF CHARACTER AND THEORY What about Bob: Analysis of Characters and Theories Margaret Oliver 201340-PSY-2012-06T Professor Leonard Abstract In the film What about Bob‚ the movie starts off with Bob Willey sitting in bed telling himself “I feel great‚ I feel good‚ and I feel wonderful.” Without these words of encouragement he wouldn’t make it through day. Bob Wiley is quite the interesting character; he suffers from so many disorders
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What about Bob? Reaction Paper The movie‚ What About Bob‚ was about a man who suffered from several psychological issues‚ in which he sought therapy from a psychiatrist. Bob‚ the main characters name‚ had many phobias as well as anxiety and social disorders. This caused Bob to seek constant attention from his psychiatrist‚ including lying to the operator saying that he was a detective to obtain his psychiatrist’s address. Toward the end of the film Bob had a break through while his life was
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What about Bob Bob Wiley is diagnosed with multiple phobias causing a hindrance in his life to function in the real world. Bob’s agoraphobia (STELTER‚ R. 2009)‚ a fear of public places‚ causes him to be confined and work from his home. For that reason‚ his only friend is a pet fish named Gill that he carries around with him in the movie. When Bob does decide to leave his house‚ he has difficulty touching anything in public. This phobia is known as {text: bookmark-start} Aphephobia {text: bookmark-end}
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In the movie “What About Bob‚” Bob is a patient under a psychiatrist named Dr. Leo Marvin. The Psychiatrist took on Bob after Bob’s previous therapist dropped him and canceled his practice‚ so Dr. Marvin being a very arrogant and egotistical doctor thinks this will be an easy task. Later on Dr. Marvin goes on to vacation and unbeknownst to him‚ Bob follows him to his vacation home‚ since he needed some extra therapy. This causes some dysfunction become Marvin doesn’t see patients on vacations and
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Comparison Paper Watching these two movies‚ “What about Bob?” And “A Beautiful Mind” really opens your eyes to problems that many people in our world face throughout their daily lives. These movies provide us with an opportunity to become better acquainted with the reality of disorders and help us realize that real people do struggle with these issues and that these issues can affect the person themselves or their family or even their psychiatrist. But what we also can learn from these movies is that
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The Jello Introduction The poem An Angel for Bob by Richard Stevenson is a poem about two men working at a store one training the other to stock shelves and the product falls off the shelves causing one of the men to have a melt down and quit his job leaving the store. Those events work together to prove that in unfamiliar situations it is often hard to understand what acquaintances are going through in their personal lives‚ but through their actions we can sympathise and come to terms with their
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