Analysis Of Social Psychology In Heathers

With Applications to the Film “Heathers”
Social psychology is one of the many variations of psychology. By definition, social psychology is how humans influence each other’s way of behaving and thinking. Under social psychology, there are various ways to define human behaviour and understand why we behave in a particular manner. These approaches deal with multiple concepts such as conformity, obedience, and social influences. They help answer questions about our behaviour and actions, while also analyzing our cognitive processes in certain situations. Social experiments conducted throughout history have also led to more understanding in the aforementioned areas. With these understandings of social behaviour, society can benefit and become aware of themselves and their mentalities.
Conformity
The most basic concept in social psychology is conformity. Conformity is the idea that behaviour or a belief is changed in order to follow, or conform, to what is considered the “norm.” One of the oldest experiments to support this notion was conducted in 1935 by Muzafer Sherif (Song, Ma, Wu, Li, 2012 p. 1366). There are two different types of

However, once she is gone, J.D. persuades the other Heather to take it upon herself to become the leader of the group and of her high school. Before this role was brought into her life, Heather was mean, but was not evil. The way she behaves after declaring herself the leader is horrific. She no longer cares about her friends and only cares about the popularity and liking she is receiving from her peers. When Veronica tries to convince Heather she is using her new found authority with her peers wrongly, Heather simply claims she does everything simply because she can. The idea that there needs to be a leader in this high school is evidence of the human need for social classifications and the importance humans given social