Normal Psych? 0
At Psychology Today blogs, Steven Reiss tries to understand why Mitt Flips so many gaffes and missteps. He finds a possible answer in the obscure concept of “self-hugging,” the assumption that one’s own values are the best, not just for oneself, but for everyone else.
A nugget from the post:
Romney’s other value is himself. When he self-hugs what I call the need for acceptance, he projects overconfidence. Self-hugging a very weak need for acceptance makes people blind when others see them as overconfident. He tells us, “I’ll fix the economy ,” and is blind to his need to explain how.
Read the rest. It’s not pretty.
Neither is Dick Destiny’s analysis of Mitt the Flip’s appeal.
