Good Will Hunting PSYCH Analysis

GOOD WILL HUNTING MOVIE ANALYSIS


Scene 1 – When Will beats up the guy in the schoolyard

Will remembers a kid from High School who beat him up. So he walks up to him and gets revenge by beating him up.

• Episodic or Flashbulb memory – He remembers getting beaten up
• He resorts to violence as he was punished that way

Scene 2 – Will argues with the college student in the bar

Will recites a passage from his history book complete with the quote and page number.

• An example of amazing memory retention through visual codes.
• In his generic memory

Scene 3 – Will goes to a psychologist who tries to hypnotize him

The psychologist attempts to hypnotize Will and tries to treat him while he’s i...