In nine pages this play and the psychological it includes is examined within the context of twelve concepts and references to Keith E. Stanovich's text How to Think Straight About Psychology. There are no other sources listed.
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dude. Didnt you read Stanovichs textbook for psych class? Coincidences are just chance events. Biff: Not according to Carl Jung. Have you seen his latest on the Internet? Buffy: Im
so sure. (pause). Carl Jung is dead! Anyway, you should really read the book. I mean, it will totally clear up a lot of your misconceptions. Biff: Buffy, get real.
Im using that book as a doorstop. Buffy: Im sure. Biff: You really should question that book. I mean, I read something...dont remember exactly...but...you see Buffy: Yeah, Biff? Make
my day. Biff: Okay, for example, I know that statistics say because my parents got divorced when I was two and my mom died of a heroin overdose and my
father is an alcoholic, and because I was raised in foster homes, I should be screwed up, but Im not. Buffy: Well, thats questionable.....but like, okay. I can
totally buy that. But so what? It only means that you beat the odds, not that the book is wrong! Read Chapter ten. Biff: You have it memorized, dont you?
Well, let me ask you a question then, think yer so smart. Okay, hold on, lemme get the book. Buffy: I thought it was like at home holding open
your bedroom door. Biff (Goes to his back pack on the floor and takes out the text): Okay, here it says, right at the beginning that psychology is only
justifiable as an independent discipline because it studies human and animal behavior with scientific techniques and that the knowledge is scientifically based. If this was not the case, he says
that there would be no need for psychology. Buffy: Okay, so like what do you want to know? Biff: Well, if the only reason why psychology exists is because