A Social Psychology Approach to the Movie Shrek
There are varying social psychology theories of the self that are evident throughout the movie Shrek. In this paper, I will give a summary of the plot of the movie Shrek and examine six important concepts of self, highlight how the character Shrek demonstrates all six important concepts of self. The six concepts of self that will I will examine are: self-esteem, self-deprecating, introspection, salience, stereotype threat and downward social comparison.
The motion picture Shrek (Adamson, 2006) is about a smelly green Ogre named Shrek, who lives alone in the woods. Shrek insights fear into most of the creatures who live in the land of Duloc. The leader of Duloc is a heartless tyrant named Lord …show more content…
Baron (2012) notes, the concept of Downward social comparison, takes place when a person compares themselves to another who is inferior to them.Shrek demonstrates downwards social comparison when donkey says to Shrek “I have no friends” and Shrek respond by stating he has no friends either because he is mean, rude and unfriendly. The truth is, Donkey and Shrek are complete opposites. Donkey displays a great deal of communication incompetence and often offers inappropriate self-disclosure, short on the other hand is warm and compassionate and displays great communication skills. Because of his need to belong he uses downwards social comparison and becomes self-deprecating to bond and connect with Donkey. A textbook definition (Baron, 2012) indicates that self-deprecating takes place when a person puts themselves down or somehow send the message that they are not as good as others. In Shrek 's case, he becomes self-deprecating by claiming to be mean, rude and …show more content…
It becomes obvious to Donkey Shrek is falling in love with Fiona. Therefore, donkey advises Shrek to let Fiona know how he feels. However, because of Shrek’s low self-esteem due to his appearance, he delays expressing his love for Princess Fiona. According to (Baron, 2012) self-esteem is how we perceive ourselves negatively or positively, generally speaking, it is our attitude about how we feel about ourselves. Shrek explicitly displays his self-esteem when he states that because he is big and ugly, Princess Fiona could not possibly fall in love with him. After a much-needed pep talk from Donkey about how compatible Shrek and Princess Fiona are, Shrek does some personal introspection to prepare himself to profess his love to Princess Fiona. Shrek displays the notion of introspection after his talk with Donkey by taking a walk by himself and thinking about who he is and what will make him lovable to Princess Fiona (Adamson
There are varying social psychology theories of the self that are evident throughout the movie Shrek. In this paper, I will give a summary of the plot of the movie Shrek and examine six important concepts of self, highlight how the character Shrek demonstrates all six important concepts of self. The six concepts of self that will I will examine are: self-esteem, self-deprecating, introspection, salience, stereotype threat and downward social comparison.
The motion picture Shrek (Adamson, 2006) is about a smelly green Ogre named Shrek, who lives alone in the woods. Shrek insights fear into most of the creatures who live in the land of Duloc. The leader of Duloc is a heartless tyrant named Lord …show more content…
Baron (2012) notes, the concept of Downward social comparison, takes place when a person compares themselves to another who is inferior to them.Shrek demonstrates downwards social comparison when donkey says to Shrek “I have no friends” and Shrek respond by stating he has no friends either because he is mean, rude and unfriendly. The truth is, Donkey and Shrek are complete opposites. Donkey displays a great deal of communication incompetence and often offers inappropriate self-disclosure, short on the other hand is warm and compassionate and displays great communication skills. Because of his need to belong he uses downwards social comparison and becomes self-deprecating to bond and connect with Donkey. A textbook definition (Baron, 2012) indicates that self-deprecating takes place when a person puts themselves down or somehow send the message that they are not as good as others. In Shrek 's case, he becomes self-deprecating by claiming to be mean, rude and …show more content…
It becomes obvious to Donkey Shrek is falling in love with Fiona. Therefore, donkey advises Shrek to let Fiona know how he feels. However, because of Shrek’s low self-esteem due to his appearance, he delays expressing his love for Princess Fiona. According to (Baron, 2012) self-esteem is how we perceive ourselves negatively or positively, generally speaking, it is our attitude about how we feel about ourselves. Shrek explicitly displays his self-esteem when he states that because he is big and ugly, Princess Fiona could not possibly fall in love with him. After a much-needed pep talk from Donkey about how compatible Shrek and Princess Fiona are, Shrek does some personal introspection to prepare himself to profess his love to Princess Fiona. Shrek displays the notion of introspection after his talk with Donkey by taking a walk by himself and thinking about who he is and what will make him lovable to Princess Fiona (Adamson