Running head: INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY 1
Introduction to Psychology
Joshua Olivero student ID# AC1200870
Ashworth College
10/31/16
INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY 2
Part A
A Beautiful Mind
Introduction
In the movie, A Beautiful Mind, it is based on the biography of John Nash. In the movie,
Nash is depicted as a genius in mathematics; he is married to one Alicia Larde, and both had a
male child. Nash is crowned a Nobel Prize in the field of Economics for the year 1994 for his
proficiency in mathematics. He received this Nobel prize just after he was diagnosed with
Schizophrenia. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-V) postulates
that Schizophrenia is a chronic mental disorder that is characterized by an individual losing touch
with the real world accompanied by hallucinations; principally auditory distorts which are
