Spencer Reid: Fictional Character Personality Analysis
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fictional character and two personality theories related to them
spencer reid from criminal minds with references at least 700 words with references
-using eyesynck trait theory and Allport theory of traits or any more appropriate theories
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Spencer Reid: AllPort and Eysenck's Theory
Criminology and procedural fans are very much familiar now with Dr. Spencer Reid - the youngest member of the FBI's featured BAU team in the very popular CBS TV show 'Criminal Minds'. For a quick bio, I refer to an article by Jacobs (2011) that talks about the character as follows - "[the actor]Matthew Gray Gubler plays Dr. Spencer Reid on Criminal Minds on CBS 2 in Queens. The young genius is known for his IQ of 187, eidetic memory, ability to read 20,000 words per minute, and multiple degrees." The show's Wikia fansite meanwhile summarizes his personality as follows (Wikia, 2016), "Reid is socially awkward. He often fixates on things (prompting Morgan and other team members to have to tell him to be quiet), and misses social cues at times (for example, unknowingly changing the subject of a conversation)...'[Reid]'s an eccentric genius, with hints of Schizophrenia and minor autism, Asperger's Syndrome. Reid is 30 years old with three Ph.D.'s and one cannot usually achieve that without some form of autism.' Gubler has also commented on the differences between Reid and similarly odd character Penelope Garcia: 'She represents everything he is not, she is very tech oriented and I would like to imagine he is more like 1920s smart, books and reading etc.'... Reid is a technophobe, and does not use either email or the new iPads. Gubler tweeted that Reid is also germaphobic. In general, Reid dislikes shaking hands, and shows adverse reactions when touched ...
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