Movies are not only made to entertain us, but also to show us different human behaviors. We can learn many things from movies. The Breakfast Club is about a group of 5 teenagers who are stuck at Saturday Detention. They are all from different types of social groups, and are in detention for different reasons. The vice-principal assigns them a 1,000 word essay describing who they are. In the beginning they didn’t get along, but in the end they realize they had more in common than they thought. There are plenty of social-psychological examples in the film. The main situations shown are conformity, group influence and breaking social norms. The film “The Breakfast Club” consists of various examples of conformity. Conformity is when individuals
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A social norm is rules of behavior that are considered acceptable in a group or society. People who do not follow these norms may be shunned or may suffer some kind of consequence. Allison was the first one to break a social norm. She was a character who was usually quiet throughout the movie. She was considered the outcast from the rest of the group. When it was lunch time, everyone took out there lunch, which mainly consisted of sandwiches. Allison inspected her sandwich and threw out the ham; she kept the cheese on it and adds packets of sugar on it. To top off her sandwich she adds handfuls of cereal on top. She happily eats her sandwich likes it’s the most delicious thing she ever tried. You aren’t really exposed to seeing someone eat a cereal sandwich or some crazy food combination like that. Not everyone eats the same thing that you do, but there are some food combinations that can seem quite odd. Another scene that could be considered as a breaking a social norm is when Bender is acting like his mom and Brian’s mom. You usually never see a guy act like a girl, and you rarely see that in movies as well. Boys are usually supposed to act like boys and girls are supposed to act like girls. When those rules mix people will often look and think of you in a strange
A social norm is rules of behavior that are considered acceptable in a group or society. People who do not follow these norms may be shunned or may suffer some kind of consequence. Allison was the first one to break a social norm. She was a character who was usually quiet throughout the movie. She was considered the outcast from the rest of the group. When it was lunch time, everyone took out there lunch, which mainly consisted of sandwiches. Allison inspected her sandwich and threw out the ham; she kept the cheese on it and adds packets of sugar on it. To top off her sandwich she adds handfuls of cereal on top. She happily eats her sandwich likes it’s the most delicious thing she ever tried. You aren’t really exposed to seeing someone eat a cereal sandwich or some crazy food combination like that. Not everyone eats the same thing that you do, but there are some food combinations that can seem quite odd. Another scene that could be considered as a breaking a social norm is when Bender is acting like his mom and Brian’s mom. You usually never see a guy act like a girl, and you rarely see that in movies as well. Boys are usually supposed to act like boys and girls are supposed to act like girls. When those rules mix people will often look and think of you in a strange