Jonathan Gesner Movie Project I am doing my movie project on the movie Trading Places by the way it is one of my favorite movies to watch. Though Trading Places is a comedy there are various psychological aspects seen in the movie. The only ones I was only able to verify using the textbook were fundamental attribution error, and self-complexity The Fundamental Attribution Error which is our tendency to explain someone's behavior based on internal factors, such as personality or disposition, and to underestimate the influence that external factors, such as situational influences, have on another person's behavior. I will abbreviate it as FAE is clearly seen in the very beginning of the movie and can be seen throughout it until its ending. Billy Ray …show more content…
Winthrope has his briefcase knocked out from his hand by Valentine. Winthrope immediately accuses Valentine of attempting to rob him and calls for help from the patrolling police walking their beat. Valentine then runs into the Heritage Club trying to avoid getting arrested and the police quickly follow suit and is quickly arrested after a run around. This is when the Duke brothers decide to create an experiment using Valentine and Winthrope. The Duke brothers argue over the causes of the behaviors exhibited. Randolph Duke believes that Valentine is not a bad person, he only acts the way he does due to the pressure of the situation that he is in. He then makes the statement that if they put Winthrope in the same circumstance, he would behave the same exact way. Mortimer, though believes Valentine is by his nature a bad person and that Winthrope would turn out successful, even if he were put into the same circumstances as Valentines. Mortimer also falls into the FAE. If we were looking at nature versus nurture debate, Mortimer is clearly siding with the natural side. Mortimer, thinks of Winthrope in his
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The first video, “Fundamental Attribution Error” talks about the ethical problem of the same name. The Fundamental Attribution Error (henceforth referred as FAE) is when we attribute and emphasize other’s behaviors solely on character instead of situational factors or the environment around them. However, under the FAE, we believe that when given identical circumstances, we committed the same action because of completely just personal reasons. In the video, numerous examples are cited. Let’s say we have two people, yourself and Marty McFly (who coincidently shares the name of the protagonist from Back to the Future but has no other relation). You find out that Marty has been cheating on his wife, and automatically assume it is because he is a terrible, awful human being. However, you are also cheating on your wife, but you tell yourself it was because you had one to many drinks at the bar last night. You also find out Marty has been “fudging” or falsifying numbers and accounts at his work place and believe it is because he is some kind o...
1.) Psychology is the study of how humans think, behave and feel and how the brain receives and processes information. Five major aspects that psychology focuses on are mental activity, behavior, critical thinking, social interaction and emotional processes. Mental activity allows us to use our five senses to perceive our surroundings. Our behavior is how we react to the information we receive about our surroundings. Critical thinking that helps us evaluate information to find a sensible, well-supported conclusion. Social interaction allows us to communicate with others while emotional processes helps us understand and effectively integrate our emotions in our daily lives.
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Summary: Duke wants to restore the strictness of fornication/adultery laws. He sets up Angelo to do it, while he feigns that he will be away. Instead he remains to check up on Angelo and the town (Vienna). Angelo goes ahead and closes down Overdone's brothel and the others, and puts Claudio in jail, condemned to die the morrow, for impregnating Juliet.
Psychology is the study of the human brain and its functions which includes some internal and external influences. Throughout the PSYC 101 course, many concepts were discussed and had some sort of interest. Some of the most interesting concepts were the ones who left the most effect of the average human. Such as social norms, sleep disorders, and substance abuse. All three of these concepts affect the average humans’ behavior, personality or way of thinking.
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2) external attribution, the inference that a person is behaving in a certain way because of the circumstances he or she is surrounded with.
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Attribution theory suggests that when we observe an individual's behavior, we attempt to determine whether it was internally or externally caused. That determination depends largely on three factors: distinctiveness, consensus, and consistency. Our perceptions of people differ from our perceptions of inanimate objects.