Question

discuss atleast two psychological concept that applies in this movie

Answer 1

In discussions on matters which are important components in the film “based on a true story” we discuss this in the form of topics for easy understanding.

Discrimination

(Discrimination is the prejudicial treatment of an individual based solely on their membership in a certain group or category. Discrimination is the actual behavior towards members of another group. It involves excluding or restricting members of one group from opportunities that are available to other groups. The United Nations explains: “Discriminatory behaviors take many forms, but they all involve some form of exclusion or rejection.” Discriminatory laws such as redlining have existed in many countries. In some countries, controversial attempts such as racial quotas have been used to redress negative effects of discrimination.)

In this movie very clear picture of the social discrimination experienced by Michael in his social life. Discrimination is not the backdrop of the race just like in America in the Middle Ages, but this is discrimination against the background of a lack of ability of the brain’s performance in capturing Michael’s understanding of something material. So, he experienced physical isolation. In addition, Michael was born of a broken family that does not help in the development of intelligence level. But psychologically, this discrimination has no significant influence on the development of Michael’s soul. With all the pressure they experience, the nature of humility, and high ability to reduce anger (patience) is a dominant trait him.

Conformity is the process by which an individual’s attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors are influenced by what is conceived to be what other people might perceive. This influence occurs in both small groups and society as a whole, and it may be the result of subtle unconscious influences, or direct and overt social pressure Conformity also occurs by the “implied presence” of others, or when other people are not actually present. For example, people tend to follow the norms of society when eating or watching television, even when they are at home by themselves.

People often conform from a desire to achieve a sense of security within a group—typically a group that is of a similar age, culture, religion, or educational status. Any unwillingness to conform carries with it the very real risk of social rejection . In this respect, conformity can be seen as a safe means of avoiding bullying or deflecting criticism from peers. Conformity is often associated with adolescence and youth culture , but it affects humans of all ages.

Although peer pressure may be viewed as a negative trait, conformity can have either good or bad effects depending on the situation. Driving safely on the correct side of the road is a beneficial example of conformity. Conformity influences the formation and maintenance of social norms and allows society to function smoothly and predictably. Because conformity is a group phenomenon, such factors as group size, unanimity, cohesion, status, prior commitment, and public opinion all help to determine the level of conformity an individual will display.

Based on the suitability of this theory, the film “The Blind Side” describes how Michael’s efforts to adjust to the environment around and out of “exile”. as depicted in the scene when Michael was expelled by the family of a mechanic who has been a family who care for him, Michael, who did not have a place to stay to try to adapt to life in school with allowances and take clean up the garbage, not only up there, Michael is from the beginning interested with rugby (American football) is often its ability to train so that he ogled by Bert (gym teacher) untu trained and used as a football athlete, from the initial milestone sisnilah Michael perform in accordance with the world around and out of exile shop ‘. “He’s doing this just because he tried to avoid bullying, rejection pressures, social and criticism from the surrounding neighborhood when he experienced during ini.berdasarkan theory correspondence, the movie”

Theory that support this explanation is Normative social influence

Normative social influence occurs when one conforms to be liked or accepted by the members of the group. It usually results in public compliance , doing or saying something without believing in it. Normative influence is a function of social impact theory which has three components. The number of people in the group has a surprising effect. As the number increases, each person has less of an impact. A group’s strength is how important the group is to a person.. Groups we value generally have more social influence. Immediacy is how close the group is in time and space when the influence is taking place. Psychologists have constructed a mathematical model using these three factors and are able to predict the amount of conformity that occurs with some degree of accuracy.

In this film, this theory applies when the local community to accept Michael’s because on the basis of “kesukaaannya and ability” in terms of American football. simplenya or she is accepted by the community after many or most people can accept the presence of his achievement. but when reviewing his past behind a story where people mengucilkannya because of the assumption that he is a stupid child who should be shunned. so that in fact this theory explains the nature of the flexible “to follow the opinion of those many” although not necessarily assuming it’s true.