Social Psychology Paper Assignment – Social Psychology in Film
For this paper, you will watch a film and analyze it from the social psychological perspective. First, pick a film you would like to analyze and watch it. After watching your film, you will need to identify THREE specific concepts from class that are illustrated in this film.
(Specific concepts means something more than just “attitudes” or “prejudice”. For
example, if you wanted to discuss a concept associated with attitudes, you could discuss the
disconnect between attitudes and behaviors, the experience of cognitive dissonance, or
sources of attitudes.)
In your paper, you need to clearly explain your three concepts and how they can be seen in the movie. You will need to provide a specific description of how the concept is conveyed. For example, if it is part of the plot explain how. If it is part of the character development, behavior in a scene, evident in dialogue or something else explain how the concept is illustrated. Lastly, you will need to assess whether or not the film portrays social psychology accurately – here it is helpful to think of some of the experiments we talked about in class. Do the experimental findings support the depiction of your social psychological concepts in the film?