Devotion (Warner Bros.) (1946)

How Do You Rate On Devotion? By Ernest Dichter, Ph.D. Author of “Psychology of Everyday Living” omplete devotion is rare. The healthy indic; vidual, however, should be capable of a fair degree of altruism. It is a sign of personal security. A selfish person, the one who cannot devote himself to any person or cause, is really deep down afraid of losing something that rightly belongs to himself. He is an emotional miser. He needs every ounce of his inherent amount of affection for himself. Such a selfish emotional economy, like in the financial field, is a very poor one. If you keep all your fortune in your own safe at home, you cannot draw any interest. Neither does it give you real security. Only safe investments, participation and a sort of economic devotion give you a genuine assurance of returns. In the psychological field it is the same. People who only love themselves and are devoted to themselves exclusively, perpetuate the original feeling of insecurity which caused them to be selfish in the first place. Of course overdevoted people are also insecure. They over-insure themselves. They give all their affection away just to be on the safe side. This throwing away of affection does not always produce the right results, however, as the story of the Bronte sisters shows as far as their brother is concerned in the Warner Bros. motion picture “Devotion.” The receiver of this affection usually revolts against such overprotection (as the technical term designates it). The correct attitude in normal life is a high degree of altruism where giving of affection and devotion is mixed with the possibility of receiving it. The healthiest emotional climate is one where there is a free exchange of the valuable good of love and devotion. The other partner whether it be a brother, son or sweetheart has to have a chance to return and to repay love. In doing so he himself experiences great satisfaction. Real feelings of security thus depend on a sort of emotional democracy. SCORINGS Establish the value of your solutions by checking them against this table: 1. a—2 2. a—l 3. a—4 4. a—2 b—1 b—3 b—3 b—l c—3 c—2 c—1 c—4 d—4 d—4 d—2 d—3 Add all values and you have your score: 4—6 Little devotion. 7—9 You are somewhat capable of devotion. 10—13 Considerable devotion and healthy altruism. 14—16 Over-devoted. ... FOR NEWSPAPERS, LOBBY OR GIVEAWAY Here's one of the most unusual publicity promotions ever to come your way. Ithas been. QUIZ YOURSELF: Study the situations shown below, all of them appropriate scenes from Warner Bros.’ motion picture, ‘‘Devotion,”’ starring Ida Lupino, Paul Henreid, Olivia de Havilland and Sydney Greenstreet. Test yourself on your personal capacity for devotion by checking your response to each situation, then score yourself. 1. Brother Sick; One Sister a) It is my duty. Can’t be helped. b) It is silly to sacrifice myself to do it. He should go to the hospital. Will get better care there. c) I shall get great satisfaction out of helping my brother. d) Every sister should be grateful for such an opportunity to devote herself to her brother. He needs constant care. You cannot leave him. How would you feel?: 2. Sisters Love Same Man I would fight for my right. If my sister’s happiness depended on it, I would withdraw. Let the man choose. I would feel happy to secure my sister’s future and would relinquish the man. What would you do if you were in same situation?: 3. Sen Asks for Meney lowe him happiness and would give him all the money. I would be happy to make such use of my fortune. He should stand on his own feet. I would only harm him by such wrong altruism. I would give him some money but not all. I have to look out for myself. Your son needs money. All your savings are involved. How would you feel?: 4. Fiance Comes a) Be nice to him out of sympaHome thy but would have great difficulty adjusting myself. b) Could not take it. Would make both unhappy in the end. Break engagement. c) Wouldn’t matter. I love him and not his leg. Makes me want to love him more. d) I’ll adjust myself quickly. ’ Think I am balanced enough and love him enough to overcome first difficulties. You are engaged. Your boy friend comes home maimed. What would be your feeling?: especially prepared for you by Dr. Ernest Dichter, Ph. D., editor of Look Magazine's regular “Personality Clinic Psychoquiz.'' Dr. Dichter is also Consulting Psychologist of the Columbia Broadcasting System. It's a scoop for your newspapers and surefire for reader interest. HERE'S WHAT TO DO WITH IT: 1. NEWSPAPERS: An extremely popular ‘quiz’ feature, available in mat form, for Feature Page, Woman’s Page or Sunday Magazine Section. 2. LOBBY. Blow it up right from the press book for a 40 x 60 lobby display. Provide reprint giveaways for extra take-home fun. 3. GIVEAWAYS: Make a sufficient quantity of reprints for distribution in schools, restaurants, hotels, drug stores and other merchant outlets. Use ad mat on back page for playdate credits. ‘ ORDER: ““D Psychoquis Mat 401-B°*-60c-from Warner Campaign Editor. 321 West 44th Street. New York 18 N. Y. Psychology Quiz On ‘Devotion’ Prepared By Look Magazine's Famous ‘Psychoquiz’ Editor ERNEST DICHTER, Ph.D.