Purpose:
Social psychological theories, concepts, and principles provide explanations for human behavior in a myriad of contexts. Movies are not only fun to watch but also provide us with an opportunity to capture human behavior on film. For this assignment, you will watch a movie and provide a social-psychological explanation of multiple scenes from the film.
Instructions:
Watch one of the movies indicated below (or contact me about a movie you would like to do the paper on). All should be easily obtainable from a streaming service or Redbox. After watching the movie, write a paper in which you apply six different concepts or theories learned in this course to a scene or scenes in the movie.
Your paper should:
fully describe the relevant scenes from the movie you chose (assume your reader (me) has seen the movie, but provide enough information so that the reader can identify the scenes)
fully describe each of the six social psychological concepts, theories, or principles you are applying
explain how each concept relates to the scene you identified.
**It is also possible that a scene violates a social psychological theory; if you choose, your paper can also describe how a scene fails to conform to predictions from theories learned in class.
Movie Choices:
Independence Day
The Breakfast Club
A League of Their Own
Crash
12 Angry Men
Titanic
Needful Things
Beauty and the Beast
North Country
Shrek
ET
Pretty Woman
Footloose
Minority Report
Ray
Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle
Meet the Parents
Something New