Psychological Aspects of Remember the Titans

Quinn Psych 100 November 13, 2012 Psychology in Movies Psychology is the study of or science of how individuals and groups behave and their mental processes. Characteristics of these behaviors and mental processes argon portrayed in some(prenominal) different ways within the movies that we cr releasee. Within the movie, Remember the Titans, many social psychology theorys are present. Remember the Titans is a movie get along in Virginia 1971, its more or less(predicate) a high school football aggroup and how they come together in order to try and elevate the adduce championship.Unfortunately it is non that simple, this is a high school that has just been forced to merge in a time of racial segregation, in a townspeople where football is everything and is most of the boys ticket out of town and onto college. The iii excogitations that are evident in the movie are foot-in-the-door phenomenon, groupthink, and bivouac separatrix and outgroup. The number 1 concept is foot-in -the-door phenomenon. There is a scene where the groups newly appointed African American head coach, direct Boone, forces all the boys off the two busses pickings them to their two week camp.Then he separates the team into two groups, offense and defense, and therefore pairs each(prenominal) good turner with a teammate of a different race. Coach Boone goes on to explain to them that this is also the person with whom they will be sacramental manduction a room with this is his initial small pass on. As camp continues on the team gets to know each other and slowly the race lines in the midst of them fade and they become close to each other. So Coach Boones initial request helped the team to later comply with his request of them to play together as a concentrated bonded team.This later request would not have been possible if asked originally, he had to start with a smaller request and work his way up to the larger request. Groupthink is the second psychology concept within Reme mber the Titans. After the team returns from the football camp, where they united together, they win a couple of games but the hatred and racism is still strong within the town and they slowly disband because of this. Gerry, Julius, Rev, and Louie tell the team about a mandatory team meeting, but as the other teammates assign up they start to realize that the coaches arent there and are about to leave.The four that organized this meeting ask them to stay and hear them out. They shed about winning games but point out that that isnt a win, sticking together through all the chaos as a team is a true win. This meeting or decision devising group decide to work for accord within the group and permit it override the realistic alternative of reverting back to the hate of each other that is the norm in the town. This entire movie is encased with ingroup bias and outgroups. A great example of this is a scene when the team is at their football camp.Louie goes to sit down at a hold over o f all African Americans and Julius says, What you doing man? Louie answers Im eating lunch. and Julius replies I see you eating lunch. wherefore you eating over here? Why dont you go on over there and eat with your people. This shows Julius tendency to favor his own group over Louie who is perceived to be part of a group that is different than his group. Remember the Titans being pitch in a segregated time is all about the in-group and out-group.In conclusion, the three concepts that are evident in Remember the Titans are foot-in-the-door phenomenon, groupthink, and ingroup bias and outgroup. Adding these concepts into the plot made this a stronger storyline, by creating a dynamic story. The concept of groupthink is a concept that I think isnt experienced bountiful with most people having a me attitude rather than the desire for harmony or that anyone should feel outside or not part of the ingroup. This has capable my eyes to all the social psychology aspects within movies.