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by William Todd Schultz
William Todd Schultz is Professor of Psychology at Pacific University in Oregon and edited the Handbook of Psychobiography (Oxford University Press 2005). See full bio
March 7, 2009, Personality

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Superego Tripping

By William Todd Schultz on March 7, 2009 in Genius and Madness

You know the (by now) ancient rite. It's embarrassingly formulaic, and like all such formulas, pathological in its compulsiveness and utter lack of imagination. Some major or even minor celebrity/notable says or does something he or she "shouldn't" have. Read More

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