analyze deeply about the behavior of character in their connection with the environment.
Psychology has always been popular topic within the films. The actions in the film are analyzable from the perspective of variety of psychological theories.
“Psychological knowledge is applied to various spheres of human activity including the family, education, employment, and to the treatment of mental
health problems.” It can be explained, psychology refers to the application of such
knowledge to various areas of human activity including the issues that related to daily life, and it also “include the application of this science to human
problems. ”
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Some psychologists believe that mental activity is always an inference from behavior, other psychologist accept some forms of mental activity
present in conscious experience, or awareness, as sources of primary data for psychological science.
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Furthermore, in this case the writer finds the behavior of the main character in Halloween film that related to the psychological approach such as
psychopath as one of psychology problems.
2. Definition of Abnormal Psychology
In this research, the writer wants to find out the psychological problems of main character in Halloween
film with abnormal psychological approach. “Since the word abnormal literally mean “away from the normal”, it implies deviation
20
Robinson Morgan King, Introduction to Psychology Tokyo: Tosho Printing CO., LTD., 1979, p.4.
21
Ernest R. Hilgard, et. al., To Psychology Unite States America: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc., 1957, p. 21.
from some clearly defined norm.”
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“Psychology is concerned with the study of the mental processes and behavior of all human beings, with emphasis on the
normal. Abnormal psychology is a subdivision hat is limited to the study of the mental processes and behavior of abnormal people.”
23
In Abnormal psychology book by Ephraim Rosen is stated that abnormal psychology is the application of the methods, concepts, principles, and findings of
general psychology-primarily, the psychology of perception, learning and development, and social psychology-to deviant behaviors and experiences.
24
Abnormality is those behaviors or thought processes which are commonly agreed to be bizarre, unusual or odd. In a book of psychology by Diane E. Papalia
and Sally Wendkos Olds said that: abnormal “is acting and thinking in an extremely bizarre way, …”
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It can be focused on disorder of mental illness that is characterized by disturbances in person‟s thoughts, emotions, or behavior. In
other words, in this book also stated, that abnormal psychology is the study of emotional disturbance and abnormal behavior.
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Besides, abnormal psychology is the study of individuals who are mentally deficient, mentally disordered, and
seriously maladjusted …
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Whereas, in Encyclopedia Britannnica Article, abnormal psychology also called psychopathology is the study of mental disorders and unusual or
22
James C. Coleman and William E. Broen, Abnormal Psychology and Modern Life United States of America: University of California at Los Angeles, 1976, p. 13.
23
James D. Page 1978, op. cit. p. 16-17.
24
Ephraim Rosen, et al., Abnormal Psychology: Original English Edition Philadelphia and London: W. B. Saunders Company, 1972, p. 3.
25
Diane E. Papalia, Psychology United Stated America: McGraw-Hill, Inc., 1985, p. 517.
26
Ibid. p.547.
27
Charles A. Heidenreich, Basic Readings in Behavior Disorders California: Sacramento State College, 1969, p. 3.
maladaptive behavior or of mental phenomena such as dreams, hypnosis, and altered state or levels of consciousness.
28
In addition, according to Sarlito Wirawan Sarwono in Pengantar Umum Psikologi, the abnormal behaviors can be
classified into five elements there are mental retardation, unconventional sexual behavior and human sexual inadequacy, psychoneurosis, psychoses, and
psychopath.
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It had a basis of knowledge to analyze abnormal behaviors and mental illness of human.
Abnormal psychology is the branch of psychology that mainly deals with human behaviors. Mainly human being cannot adapt with the environment
situation or defeat from norm. Behavior, thought, emotion, and people that are considered different are called abnormal. In other words, it deals with the feeling
and the assumption of being different. Abnormal psychology is the scientific study of psychological disorders. These disorders affect the way people feel,
think, speak, and behave. The field of abnormal psychology may be called psychopathology.
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According to the explanation offered by abnormal psychology, the abnormal psychology is a method of studying psychological problems of human
characters. And from many of Abnormal psychology theory, the writer wants to analyze more detail the psychological problems of main character in Halloween
film with psychopath theory.
28
“Abnormal Psychology”, Encyclopedia Britannica, XX11, 921
29
Sarlito Wirawan Sarwono, Pengantar Umum Psikologi Jakarta: N. V. Bulan Bintang, 1982, pp. 126-127.
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Abnormal. http:www.a2zpsychology.comarticlesabnormal.htm.
3. Psychopath
