As a Professor of Behavioral Science, I often enjoy saying silly things to my classes. Interspersed in my lectures, I occasionally make nonsensical statements partly to see if students are listening, partly to amuse myself and because it’s fun. For example, during a lecture on child development, I said that “research has shown that if your parents don’t have children, chances are you won’t either”. Or in a lecture on the etiology of mental illness I said: “Mental illness is inherited—You get it from your children”. After saying these silly things, I look around the room and invariably I see some kids are taking notes. “What are you writing this down for!” I shout with a laugh. My favorite is what I said during a lecture on Freud’s 5 psychosexual stages. When I came to The Oedipal Stage, I said, in a serious tone:” Oedipus was the original mother -@#$%*&……. Have you read about it? It was in all the papers.” Some students continue to write it down, others look up at me as if to say:”Whaaa?”
Borscht Belt Psychology 101
By Robert S. Pepper, Phd.|2015-05-24T13:13:29-04:00May 20, 2015|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Borscht Belt Psychology 101
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Dr. Pepper has been running groups for over twenty-five years and specializes in group therapy. He has a special gift in helping member's resolve conflicts with.