Beware spoilers below! I started off thinking “Hounded,” this week’s episode of AMC’s The Walking Dead, was going to be a milder, less plot-oriented episode, but boy was I wrong! The last half hour kicked up the drama and left me so anxious I straight flipped my couch and hid behind it. One look at […]
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Monthly Archives: November 2012
Are Batman’s Enemies Insane? Sounder Minds—Part 1
With some exceptions, no, most comic book heroes’ nemeses know what they’re doing. They know who they hurt and they know it’s wrong. For plenty of them, that’s part of the fun.
Star Trek: The Mental Frontier
Gene Roddenberry’s science fiction franchise offers a wealth of characters and diverse situations an instructor might explore to use psychology to analyze Star Trek and Star Trek to teach psychology.
The Avengers Teach Psychology: Class Assemble!
Three SHIELD agents, seven superheroes, and one Norse supervillain can illustrate a variety of psychological concepts.
Misremembering Batman
“I’ve read a Batman psychology book before.” No, you haven’t. Before this year, no one has ever published a book on the psychology of a specific superhero, so why do so many people think think they’ve already read one?
This Week’s Recap: November 11-17!
A lot happened in television this week. Get caught up with my recaps. And, find a challenging yet fun iOS game with Wraithborne. Television: Shows That Were Cancelled Too Early: Tragic Comedy and a Happy Ending Dexter 7-7: Love is in the Air…and Maybe Poison Elementary 1-6: Holmes Catches a Catch Phrase Revolution 1-8: Family […]
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