Furthermore, I would like to begin with self-concept, an idea of the self constructed, from the beliefs one holds about oneself and the responses of others. In this particular movie all the boys in the club were there to do one certain ‘thing’ they were good at. Oscar was the leader because he began the club and he organized all the details. Christian was the brains, Lorenzo was the builder, and finally there was Hector, the muscle. Before joining the club all the boys self-esteem and efficacy were in the gutter. They didn’t think about themselves as smart or capable in their abilities, it was obvious to me almost immediately. They had all been put down or they hadn’t been challenged to bring out their full potential in school and at home. When they entered the competition and saw they, a low community high school, would compete with the colleges, they took it. Not because they thought their robot was good enough, but because if they lost against colleges, they believed it would be less embarrassing. They hoped to get to 10th place, further illustrating how low they thought about their ability to actually accomplish something. Moreover, the boys did not believe in their capability to reach full potential because of how they were raised. Perception is the next thing in my list, which includes two additional points. One of which is attribution theory, the process of attaching meaning to behavior. As well as, confirmation bias, the tendency to search for or interpret information in a way that confirms one’s preconceptions. One great example of an attribution theory was when Fredi was riled up by the boys to go ask out Gwen. Fredi used it as an opportunity to teach the boys to go for what they believe in. When he went up to Gwen, he simply asked her to slap him to prove his point to the boys, which confirmed preconceptions about him. The boys made preconceptions about Fredi, which were later confirmed and denied as they got to know him. There were many attribution examples throughout the movie but one that caught my attention was when Christian asked Fredi if he would go to a father son camp with him. Christian had thought it would be a good idea to ask him considering what he had done for him and how closed they’d become. To demonstrate a confirmation bias in the movie was simple and quick. Everybody had a tendency to interpret information to confirm their preconceptions. Going back to my first example, the boys had seen Fredi looking at Gwen and said she was out of his league, when they saw her slap him it confirmed the boys suspicions. My perception of the boys was that they were all poor, living with a bunch of people, and under a lot of stress with working and going to school. Which I later saw was an understatement for Christian, who had to live outside his home in a little shack. Another aspect I noticed in this movie was a Halo effect, which is attributing positive attributes to someone we like without …show more content…
As well as, attributing negative qualities to people simply because we don’t like them, which is the Horn effect. Throughout the movie it’s clear that the Horn effect is everywhere and that everyone does it. An example would be when Oscar thought Lorenzo was not going to be a good person to have in the club because he did not like him. Another great example of a Horn effect was when Fredi went over to Gwen’s house and her daughter didn’t like Fredi because she thought he just wanted to go out with her mom. An example of Halo effect was when Cristian liked the girl from the other school, so he attributed positive attributes about