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Daniyel Derondo /
Title page partially vocalized.Translation of: Daniel Deronda.Mode of access: Internet.v.2 lacks title page
Relationships of Sex, Education, Age, Student-Status, Marital Status, and Classification Group to MMPI Response Patterns
Uric Acid is Positively Associated with Metabolic Syndrome but Negatively Associated with Diabetes in Japanese Men
Risk Factors for Violent Behavior Among Incarcerated Male Psychiatric Patients: A Multimethod Approach
Rorschach tests and Rorschach vigilantes: Queering the history of Psychology in <i>Watchmen</i>
One of the clearest signs that Psychology has impacted popular culture is the public’s familiarity with the Rorschach ink blot test. An excellent example of the Rorschach in popular culture can be found in Watchmen, the comic/graphic novel written by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons (1987). In the mid-20th century Psychology had an especially contentious relationship with comics; some psychologists were very anxious about the impact on comics on young people, whereas others wrote comics to subvert dominant norms about gender and sexuality. Yet historians of Psychology have had almost nothing to say about this popular and critically acclaimed novel. We read Watchmen here for its narratives that most concern the history of Psychology. We focus on such themes as anti-psychiatry, sexual violence, homophobia, lesbian erasure, and social psychological research on bystander intervention. We argue it is possible to more closely align Psychology and comics despite their sometimes contentious history. In doing so we demonstrate the active role of the public in the history of the Rorschach, public engagement of Psychology via comics, and also reveal what is possible when historians consider comics within their histories