Sherlock Holmes

-Thinks everything is literal

-Speaks very formal

-Behaves strangely, not normal

-Appears to be insensitive

-Savant(has prodigious abilities)

-High sensitivity to any senses

-Needs to be alone

True Colours

Defence Mechanism

Multiple Intelligence

Defence Mechanism

Repression

-Mycroft appears in his mind palace,

-Repressed negative thoughts deep within his mind palace(Moriarty).

-Repressed bad childhood memory that effects him as an adult, but doesn't acknowledge the event.

Bibliography

True Colours

Logical/Mathematical

-Only thinks logically

Musical

-Plays violin, relaxes his mind, organizes and composes his thoughts

Intrapersonal

-Must be quiet to really think through thoughts well

-Mostly works alone(except for a few), doesn't tell everyone all of the evidence

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Last (2016)

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Compensation

-Compensates with:

-High intelligence (Always shows he is the smartest in the room)

-Compensating for:

-Substance abuse (smokes, cocaine)

-Emotions (make him weak, doesn't allow full concentration on his work)

-Childhood insecurities (Highly intelligent parents and brother, Mycroft)

1.Green

Sherlock is everything and anything green. He is logical, competent, detached, isolated, curious and considers work, play.

2.Orange

Sherlock has many characteristics of orange, however not all of them are accurate descriptions. Characteristics of orange he does have include, being spontaneous, risk taker, must be doing something, drawn to jobs with action and is competitive. However, he is unlike orange because he is not animated, have intense relationships, casual or exciting to most people.

3.Gold

Sherlock has some characteristics of gold. These include, punctual, values rules(his own). However, majority of characteristics do not describe him like, joins groups, schedules everything and dutiful.

4.Blue

Sherlock is least like blue. The only characteristics of blue in him are, need for creativity, and looking deeper into things. Everything else like, emotions, being adaptable, compromising, expression and making decisions based on feelings, are not things Sherlock does.

Conformity and Deviance(Asch)

Id, Ego and Super Ego

Experiment: Students answer the same as peers, even if they know the answer is wrong.

1.In a group like him

-Almost no one is like him

2.Popular/high status

-Doesn't care about status or popularity

3.Attractive

-Suppresses emotions

4.Trustworthy/expert

-He is the expert

-Doesn't fully trust anyone, except John

5.Rewards/punishment

-Anything to prove his intelligence

-Doesn't care about consequences as long as there is a possibility to show he is right

Id (impulses, wants, desires, aggression, immediate satisfaction)

-Follows his id (certain aspects)

-impulsive

-he gets what he wants and desires

-needs things to be done quickly

Ego (realistically pleases the id, mediator)

-Works more in favour of the Id

-No common sense

Conclusion

Psychological Disorder

Id, Ego and Super Ego

Super Ego ( Rights from wrongs, guilt)

-Not strong

-John

-Has Asbergers

-Uses compensation and repression

-Logical, musical, intrapersonal

-True colour is green

-Deviant

-Id is mostly in control

-Often called a psychopath, but refers to himself as a "high functioning sociopath"

-Misdiagnosed himself

Psychological Disorder

Asbergers

Oh Yes

You're...

Not Quite

Oh My God

Sherlock Holmes

Personality Analysis