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Message: [QUOTE="SolaRoe, post: 1969712, member: 91836"] Gus, you're talking the advanced psychology course about the psychology of other players, which is a totally different kettle of fish from the concepts that Penguin discusses in his linked posts, which are more about SELF-psychology and is something much more basic and fundamental. You learn in freshman college psych that you need to get your own crap together before you can psychologically assess anyone else, which is why it at least used to be the case that psych Ph.D. students were required to get counselling for any unresolved issues before they were issued a Ph.D. in psych. In poker terms, you have to know yourself as a player pretty thoroughly before you can start figuring out other players--partly because the strategies you employ against opponents, and even your grasp of those opponents, depends heavily on your thorough understanding of your own psychology as a poker player. I hope what I've been saying makes sense. [/QUOTE]