Psychological Aspects of Remember the Titans

Quinn Psych 100 November 13, 2012 psychological science in Movies Psychology is the study of or science of how individuals and conventions behave and their genial processes. Characteristics of these behaviors and mental processes be portrayed in domainy a nonher(prenominal) different ways at intoxicatet the depictions that we create. inside the movie, Remember the Titans, many social psychological science images are present. Remember the Titans is a movie objurgate in Virginia 1971, its closely a high school footb wholly ag assemblage up and how they come together in decree to try and win the state championship.Unfortunately it is not that simple, this is a high school that has serious been forced to integrate in a sentence of racial segregation, in a town where footb entirely game is everything and is most of the boys tag end out of town and onto college. The three concepts that are evident in the movie are foot-in-the-door phenomenon, groupthink, and ingroup de viate and outgroup. The first concept is foot-in-the-door phenomenon. There is a scene where the teams impudently appointed African American pass coach, Coach Boone, forces all the boys off the twain busses taking them to their two week summer camp.Then he separates the team into two groups, offense and defense, and accordingly pairs to apiece one player with a fellow of a different race. Coach Boone goes on to explain to them that this is also the person with whom they provide be sharing a style with this is his initial small demand. As camp continues on the team gets to know separately other and tardily the race lines mingled with them fade and they become close to each other. So Coach Boones initial ask helped the team to later survey with his request of them to play together as a strong 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 big request. Groupthink is the s econd psychology concept within Remember the Titans. After the team returns from the football camp, where they united together, they win a braces of games provided the hatred and racism is cool off strong within the town and they slowly disband because of this. Gerry, Julius, Rev, and Louie tell the team about a mandatory team meeting, further as the other teammates show up they start to realize that the coaches arent there and are about to leave.The four that organised this meeting ask them to stay and hear them out. They talk 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 making group nail down to work for harmony within the group and let it everyplaceride the realistic substitute(a) of reverting back to the hate of each other that is the norm in the town. This wide-cut 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 table of all African Americans and Julius says, What you doing man? Louie answers Im have lunch. and Julius replies I see you eating lunch. Why you eating over here? Why dont you go on over there and eat with your people. This shows Julius tendency to privilege his own group over Louie who is comprehend to be part of a group that is different than his group. Remember the Titans being set 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 do this a stronger storyline, by creating a kinetic story. The concept of groupthink is a concept that I think isnt experienced complete with most people having a me military posture rather than the desire for harmony or that anyone should feel outside or not part of the ingroup. This has opened my eyes to all the social psychology aspects within movies.