Psychology Goes to the Movies Purpose: Psychological theories, concepts, and principles provide explanations for human behavior in a myriad of contexts. Movies are not only fun to watch, but also...

Psychology Goes to the Movies

Purpose: 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 psychological explanation of a scene (or scenes) from the film.

Instructions: Watch one of the movies indicated below. All should be easily obtainable in a local video store or online. After watching the movie, write a paper in which you apply four different concepts or theories learned in this course to a scene or scenes in the movie.

Your paper should: (1) fully describe the relevant scene(s) from the movie you chose (assume your reader (me) has seen the movie, but provide enough information so that the reader can identify the scene); (2) fully describe each of the four psychological concepts, theories, or principle you are applying; and (3) explain how each concept relates to the scene you identified. **It is also possible that a scene violates a 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: