House According to Freud University of North Texas Dr. Gregory House is the title of the television show House M.D. He is a medical genius‚ but what truly captivates the millions of viewers is his Machiavellian and radical personality. What better way to analyze this controversial character than by the measures of another controversial character‚ Sigmund Freud and his psychoanalytic theory. Freud outlined five stages of development: oral‚ anal‚ phallic‚ latency‚ and genital. Most of
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Antisocial Personality Disorder Dr. Gregory House was born on the 11th of June 1958 from a relationship between Blythe house‚ his mother‚ and an unknown male. His mother was a house wife married to a marine pilot‚ John House‚ who was not present when House was conceived being on overseas active duty. His mother also had an affair with another man‚ Thomas Bell‚ who House mistook for his father because of the physical characteristics that they shared. House’s father was
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3. Treating illnesses is why doctors become doctors. Dr. House makes this statement early in the program to further explain why he became a diagnostician. This again relates to the TV show’s theme that Dr. House was not doing what he was doing because he wanted to treat people just their ailments and thus did not need to get to know his patients. 4. If you do not talk to someone they cannot lie to you. This is another one of Dr. Houses quick statements when ask why he does not want to talk to his
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The Client: Dr. Gregory House is the main character in the House television series. He is currently working as the Head of Diagnostic Medicine with a double specialty in infectious disease and nephrology at Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital. He is portrayed as narcissistic‚ sarcastic‚ and appears to dislike most people. He prefers superficial relationships with others‚ sometimes using prostitutes to satisfy his sexual needs. Descriptive Information: Gregory is a 52 year old Caucasian male
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antaganists of books‚ movies‚ and tv shows. So it becomes difficult when such a question is asked‚ because there are far too many to single out a character or person‚ but to choose one it would be Gregory House whom made a significant impact on my views and ideas. Gregory House‚ the main protagonist of the TV show House M.D.‚ portrayed a depressed and extremely rational doctor‚ he also seems to be a collective of several philosophers‚ ranging from Socrates to Jean Paul Sartre. He lives a life with certain
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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
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Character Analysis: Dr. Gregory House Dr. Gregory House (Hugh Laurie) is devoid of bedside manner and wouldn’t even talk to his patients if he could get away with it. Dealing with his own constant physical pain‚ he uses a cane that seems to punctuate his acerbic‚ brutally honest demeanor. While his behavior can border on antisocial‚ House is a maverick physician whose unconventional thinking and flawless instincts have afforded him a great deal of respect. An infectious disease specialist‚ he’s
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House Compared to other hospital dramas‚ “House” is more medically accurate with episode criteria‚ and is also a very intriguing show that keeps viewers on edge. There are things here and there that are slightly off or aren’t completely accurate‚ but that’s what occurs with most television shows to maintain interest for obvious reasons. Many aspects make the show a better choice‚ as opposed to other shows‚ like Grey’s Anatomy‚ General Hospital‚ and Scrubs. An important role to the show‚ Dr. Gregory
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of years; what shapes one’s personality? In the case above‚ one might argue without the shadow of a doubt that personality is genetic‚ others might argue that the way those children were raised‚ impacted on their personalities and so on. There are six theories of personality‚ all differing from one to the other‚ yet attempting to understand and describe the structure of personality and to study the individual differences within personality. In other words personality psychologists seek to understand
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PERSONALITY What is more important in determining your behavior - your personality or the siltation in which you are in (the environment)? Are you a "nice" person? If you said yes‚ are you always nice? The answer‚ if you are being honest‚ is no. The question then is‚ if you are a "nice" person (and thus that is part of your personality)‚ why aren’t you nice all the time; how can you be every not be nice if that is your personality? According to personality theorists‚ the human personality is
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