Perry Benson Essays (279 words) - Culture, Stock Characters

Perry Benson Journal #3 Professor Brushaber Movie Analysis Breakfast Club https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkX8J-FKndE Stereotyping, one of the biggest and most important psychological concepts occurs even in the trailer for the breakfast club. When introducing the five major characters in the movie they are introduced as their respective stereotypes instead of by name. Brian the "brain" is accurately portrayed as a stereotypical nerd throughout the entirety of the movie and when is introduced in the trailer. Stereotypical nerds are seen as intelligent but physically awkward, with the inability to fit in socially, he is all these things. His license plate even reads EC = Mc2 and he acquires a fake ID just for the opportunity to vote. Jocks are stereotyped as athletes who are unintelligent, arrogant, and unkind but nevertheless popular within their own clique and hold high social status in the environment around them (school). Andrew is portrayed as unkind when he gives his reason for attending Saturday attention, but is obviously popular because he is associated with Claire who fits the stereotypes similarly as well. In the movie he is also often seen wearing his Letterman jacket which highlights his affiliation with sports. Fundamental Attribution Error https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOUQFY3kDn0 John Bender correctly falls under the FAE. The FAE is the tendency to attribute behavior to internal causes without regard to situational influences. Bender is harshly judged by his classmates without putting any thought into what his home life is like. In the movie it is later revealed he is treated poorly, constantly being verbally and physically abused, which is shown by the scars on his skin and how he talks about his mother and father. It is unfair to judge someone without knowledge of their home life, which his classmates do.