Patch Adams

The focus of the movie was to objectively look upon personality, more so at extravert and introvert personalities; patch being a very extravert, to his surrounding fellow doctoral students and professors who are severely introverted. With this in mind, it has a very uplifting message and that is no matter what happens in your life, do not let it discourage you or lead you away from who you are and what you love. Also with personality, Patch believed that medicine alone could not always help, so instead of treating the illness, you need to treat the patient, and with the use of laughter he treated the persons soul as well as their ailments.

Patch exhibits 4 of the 5 super ordinate factors of the Big 5 model. He has Extraversion, openness to experience, agreeableness, and conscientiousness. With the Extraversion he has the following facets: warmth, gregariousness, assertiveness, activity, excitement seeking, and positive emotion. With the openness to experience......

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Title: Patch Adams
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