Synopsis: The Star Trek Scouts come to the aid of a moonchuck when two fighting robots threaten to destroy the moonchuck’s home.
This episode can be seen as an illustration of the difference between behavioral psychology and depth psychology. Depth psychology being defined as any branch of psychology that concerns the unconscious.
In “Star Trek Scouts Defeat ROBOTS on the Moon!– Holodeck Rescues #6,” the Star Trek Scouts entered the holodeck program and immediately saw two robots fighting in the area where the moonchuck’s home was located. The moonchuck ran to the Star Trek Scouts, but the robots continued fighting, which was destroying the moonchuck’s home. It appeared that the robots were fighting over a pogo stick. Using his transporter watch, Sprocket transported the pogo stick away from the fighting robots and to the Star Trek Scouts. The robots discovered the location of the Star Trek Scouts and ran toward them. The Star Trek Scouts ran away, but the robots were faster. The Star Trek Scouts engaged the moon rover, but still the robots followed them. In the moon rover the Star Trek Scouts jump over a crater, but they still could not get away from the robots. Roo stated that they needed to give each robot a pogo stick. Sprocket activated the replicator and JR and Sprocket gave each robot a pogo stick. This made them happy and they stopped fighting.
In this episode, when Roo remarked that the Star Trek Scouts needed to give each robot a pogo stick to stop the fighting, she did this because she had determined why the robots were fighting, instead of just trying to change their behavior. In very general and simple terms, this can be compared to the difference between behavioral psychology, which is primarily concerned with modifying an individual’s conscious behavior, and depth psychology, which focuses on understanding what unconsciously motivates an individual’s behavior. In our society, behavioral psychology has been favored, because it is a faster way to get an individual back to being a productive member of society. But Jung believed that to truly heal an individual’s psyche, it is also necessary to engage the unconscious. This is the importance of depth psychology.
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