From this model we can see that thor is very much a feeler. He clearly expresses and amplifies his emotions throughout the films. At first, we see him doing this regardless of how it affects other people around him but as thor develops, we see that he learns to control how and when he expresses his emotions.Cognitive and social learning theories he is learning the “thinkers” strategy of coping with emotions and applying it to balance out the negative impact of his “feelers” strategy.Cognitive and social learning theories

When feelers must deal with stressful emotional states, their instinctive strategy is to simply amplify their emotions. We see this clearly in thor 1, when thor has a screaming match with his father, and then flips a table over in anger.Cognitive and social learning theories we see this again when thor fails to pick up mjolnir on earth and cries rather dramatically in the rain. Even without an audience, feelers instinctively over express their emotions as a coping mechanism.Cognitive and social learning theories some psychiatrists believe this is actually a helpful stress release mechanism, and feelers are less likely to develop stress related psychiatric conditions.Cognitive and social learning theories loki the thinker

Loki on the other hand is definitely a thinker and, like all thinkers, he experiences emotion, but that experience is superseded by his conscious thought process.Cognitive and social learning theories A thinker’s relationship with their feelings is far more complex than a feeler’s. Instead of simply feeling the emotion and then expressing it, thinks see emotions as tools to be utilized in social interactions.Cognitive and social learning theories functional thinkers tend to only express emotions that are acceptable and appropriate to help lubricate social interactions. Other emotions that are not deemed to be social acceptable are suppressed and ignored.Cognitive and social learning theories

Thinkers when confronted with stressful emotional states, first tend to over-analyse and then inappropriately contain their negative emotions.Cognitive and social learning theories this containment allows the thinker to feel in control, and projects the illusion of emotional control to others. However, thinkers pay a high psychological and physiological price for this containment.Cognitive and social learning theories their strategy for emotional management creates more stress for themselves. Thinkers are more likely to develop depression, particularly treatment resistant types, anxiety and other stress related psychiatric disorders.Cognitive and social learning theories

Loki starts off in control of his emotions and the conversation but swiftly we see the containment of his negative emotions crumble and collapse.Cognitive and social learning theories the ensuing emotional outburst from loki is like a dam breaking. It is not just the emotions that he has been holding back for the last few hours that breaks through but all of the negative emotion he has likely contained within himself for years.Cognitive and social learning theories the emotions wash over him, and completely overwhelm his ability to analyse or contain them. What we then see is the thinker finally feeling emotion.Cognitive and social learning theories

Moments like this, if handled well, can be very cathartic for thinkers because for the first time they truly loose control and just experience their emotions.Cognitive and social learning theories with that loss of control comes the chance to express emotion in its raw state. It can be a very liberating feeling, and during this process the thinker is learning how to be more of a feeler and balance out the negative impact of their chosen coping strategy.Cognitive and social learning theories with acknowledgement, and positive reception, dysfunctional thinkers like loki can incorporate feelers strategies when managing their negative emotions.Cognitive and social learning theories

Unfortunately for loki, odin falls asleep in the middle of his emotional catharsis, and loki never gets the chance to truly express his emotions and be acknowledged for doing so.Cognitive and social learning theories therefore, he never learns the benefits of expressing his emotions. Instead we see that after odin falls asleep loki immediately feels guilty and reverts to the thinker strategy of containing his emotions once again.Cognitive and social learning theories his voice drops, he crouches down to touch odin. Once again, he has forced himself to put his own emotions aside for the sake of someone else and from a psychological point of view this is both tragic and damaging for loki.Cognitive and social learning theories brotherly love and dysfunction

Just like the holmes brothers, thor and loki have opposite coping strategies for emotions and therefore they have very different emotional needs.Cognitive and social learning theories both of them are firmly entrenched and dysfunction thinkers/feelers. Whilst thor does develop a more comprehensive and balanced approach to his emotions, this only happens when he gets thrown into a completely new environment and meets new people.Cognitive and social learning theories loki never get this chance.

Thor is locked in a perpetual cycle of expressing and amplifying his emotions without any kind of filter. This is because no one has managed to convince him that his emotions are not the most important things in the world.Cognitive and social learning theories I can imagine that thor, as odin and frigga’s longed for son got a lot of unconditional love and attention as an infant. He only had to cry to get the attention he wanted.Cognitive and social learning theories as he grew older, crying turned to screaming and shouting. Essentially thor’s emotional outbursts have always been rewarded with what he wants, eventually.Cognitive and social learning theories therefore, thor has never had to learn the thinker’s strategy of modifying his emotional expression to relate to other people.

It is not that thor doesn’t understand or care about other people’s emotions: he clearly has the capacity to do both when he falls to earth.Cognitive and social learning theories he just doesn’t do it on asgard because he doesn’t need to. In nearly all situations his emotions have been treated as being of paramount importance.Cognitive and social learning theories the world almost revolves around thor’s feelings. It is only when his outbursts are directed at odin that they fail to get the effect he wants.Cognitive and social learning theories therefore thor, instinctively shouts louder which escalates the situation and ends up getting him banished to earth.

Loki has become a thinker probably by necessity.Cognitive and social learning theories he only got attention, comfort and acknowledgement when he displayed the right emotions. This is most likely because his parents had already got into a bad cycle of providing unconditional attention to thor, and did not have enough capacity, when loki arrived, to give him the same undivided unconditional attention.Cognitive and social learning theories therefore loki learned to display emotions to please the people around him in exchange for attention. As he became older, loki necessarily became the diplomat, the person who smoothed things over in disagreements.Cognitive and social learning theories he puts his own emotions into containment so that he can display what other people want to and need to see. This is completely instinctive by the time we meet him in thor 1.Cognitive and social learning theories

Unfortunately, a dysfunctional thinker like loki simply feeds into thor’s perpetual cycle of amplifying his emotions. He always has a captive audience in his brother, he always gets the acknowledgement he wants from loki.Cognitive and social learning theories he never has to acknowledge loki’s feelings because his brother never appears to be inconvenienced by any negative feelings.

This is probably why thor loves loki so much and just assumes loki must love him back.Cognitive and social learning theories this is also why thor is so surprised when he finds out loki actually resents him at the end of thor 1. Loki is very good at containing his feelings, and a feeler like thor is completely ill equipped to read between the lines and see what emotions loki isn’t expressing.Cognitive and social learning theories

I am not sure if molly would be a consultant now. The timeline of sherlock is difficult to assess. However I think molly is either coming to the end or has finished a phd.Cognitive and social learning theories in season 3 she still has access to the lab at barts to do sherlock’s urine test. However in season 4 we see less of molly in the lab or in her work environment.Cognitive and social learning theories therefore it is possible that molly gone back to her clinical work as either a pathologist or a surgeon and is due to finish her specialist training and will soon move on from being a registrar to being a consultant.Cognitive and social learning theories

How much molly earns is pretty standardized, as all doctors (before they become consultants) have to work for the NHS. Under the new contract introduced in 2016/2017, a specialist registrar (regardless of which specialty) gets the basic pay of £46,000/year.Cognitive and social learning theories however some specialties do night shifts, weekend on call shifts and long day shifts. Depending on how many on calls you do, you get a supplement on top of this figure.Cognitive and social learning theories an active surgical reg working full time with on calls and night shifts can earn around £60,000-£63,000/year. Additionally working in london gives you a london supplement worth about £2000/year if you work in zones 1-2, and about £1800/year if you work in zone 3-6.Cognitive and social learning theories

Barts is well known teaching hospital that leads the world in many research fields. Most doctors like molly would first gain a specialist training place and then embark on research.Cognitive and social learning theories A specialist training place is basically program where by you commit yourself to one specialty (like general surgery, orthopedics or pathology) and automatically climb the career ladder of that specialty via the training program.Cognitive and social learning theories when you finish a certain number of years you get to become a consultant (highest level of doctor).

Specialist training places are hard to get.Cognitive and social learning theories however once you are in the training program, you can take years out to pursue your research interest. If molly is a surgeon but doing pure research at barts, she would still be a specialist registrar but her job title may also specify she is “research only” but in my experience the NHS just isn’t that nuanced.Cognitive and social learning theories

Molly would introduce herself as miss molly hooper because surgeons traditionally (on passing all their post-medical school specialist surgical exams) drop the doctor from their name.Cognitive and social learning theories it sounds counter-intuitive but its a point of pride for surgeons to not be called doctor. This traditional comes from the 18th century when surgeons were traditionally barbers and therefore never went to medical school, thus could not be called doctor.Cognitive and social learning theories surgeons have since taken this and turned it into something they are proud of.

Marta-bee asked: you asked for sherlock meta ideas. One thing I was confused by in TLD was how john apparently kept working after mary's death - no bereavement leave implied that I saw, and no real oversight keeping a man with obvious (and justified!) anger issues, not to mention substance abuse and sleep deprivation, have access to patients.Cognitive and social learning theories I'd be interested to read whether this aspect is plausible, what kind of safety net there are for NHS workers in this kind of mental distress, that kind of thing.Cognitive and social learning theories

There is very little oversight when it comes to doctors practicing, especially in isolated GP surgeries. They are subject to inspections and have to fulfill targets but on a day to day basis there is no one watching the doctors except each other.Cognitive and social learning theories in some places people are incredibly supportive and concientious. If one doctor is suffering personally everyone comes round to support them and if they shouldn’t work they are sent home on compassionate leave.Cognitive and social learning theories in other places no one cares and people actively prevent you from taking compassionate leave because everyone else will have to work harder.Cognitive and social learning theories

As a GP john’ situation is also more complex. When an NHS employed doctor takes compassionate leave for bereavement, it is up to the employer to find a replacement usually by shifting the existing doctors around.Cognitive and social learning theories gps like john have to cover their own leave, sometimes out of their own pocket, because they are self-employed. Even if they don’t the GP surgery has to find a replacement for him, which will eat into the profits of the surgery and thus all the partners end up with less money at the end of the year.Cognitive and social learning theories therefore john may not feel that he can take compassionate leave due to the financial problems.