Introduction
In the film, “Mean Girls”, a young girl named Cady Harson enters the American School system after being home-schooled in Africa. For the first day of school, she finds herself overwhelmed with fear being surrounded by so many teenagers in the school. She was introduced as a new student to the many different social groups, but she was especially introduced as one of the Plastics. The plot begins when Cady decides to take down the group’s leader, Regina George, in order to sabotage the group. Later, she realizes that these social constructs do not matter, and she resolves to make the school become a peaceful place.
In this movie, Cady experiences concepts such as cognitive dissonance, peers-agent of socialization, and group schemas. …show more content…
There are main two groups in this film: “The Plastics” and “The Art Freaks”. “The Plastics” defines as fierce, glamor, bitchy, popular, and royalty —everyone does not like them because the plastics can slander anyone behind their backs which are horrible and mean. “The Art Freaks” defines as awesome, gay/lesbian, cheerful, free-spirited and friendly. Both groups are very enemy each other, Cady is also manipulated by between the Plastics and The Art Freaks. Ultimately, Cady sabotages the Plastics which is good for …show more content…
Peers as Agent of Socialization gives us the opportunity to create the relationship between two or more people. It can also be interacted without direct adult supervision, for instance, peers can be learned, confident, trusted by their friends without the presence of the adult. The peers are less of a power than the family that is because the family teaches norms such as respect your elders, listen to them, obey what they ask. When with peer groups, there will be no typical power dynamic or power head.
In that film, it demonstrates that Cady is experiencing the concept of peers as the agent of socialization throughout her journey through the American society for the first time. She has learned several numerous of roles that she is joining with new friends. For the first scene, she does not know anyone, she looks confused and hesitated. There are two students, Janis and Damien, help her out and warm her up, Cady learns that she can be friend with anyone. Later, she befriends with the leader of the Plastics, Regina George, she learns about friends have rules when she is forced to wear a pink shirt if she wants to sit with “The Plastics” at lunch. Cady seems to be overwhelmed after she hears these rules, but she learns that her life is much complex and complicated than her previous life in Africa. Cady has conformed their rules because she wants to be part of
In the film, “Mean Girls”, a young girl named Cady Harson enters the American School system after being home-schooled in Africa. For the first day of school, she finds herself overwhelmed with fear being surrounded by so many teenagers in the school. She was introduced as a new student to the many different social groups, but she was especially introduced as one of the Plastics. The plot begins when Cady decides to take down the group’s leader, Regina George, in order to sabotage the group. Later, she realizes that these social constructs do not matter, and she resolves to make the school become a peaceful place.
In this movie, Cady experiences concepts such as cognitive dissonance, peers-agent of socialization, and group schemas. …show more content…
There are main two groups in this film: “The Plastics” and “The Art Freaks”. “The Plastics” defines as fierce, glamor, bitchy, popular, and royalty —everyone does not like them because the plastics can slander anyone behind their backs which are horrible and mean. “The Art Freaks” defines as awesome, gay/lesbian, cheerful, free-spirited and friendly. Both groups are very enemy each other, Cady is also manipulated by between the Plastics and The Art Freaks. Ultimately, Cady sabotages the Plastics which is good for …show more content…
Peers as Agent of Socialization gives us the opportunity to create the relationship between two or more people. It can also be interacted without direct adult supervision, for instance, peers can be learned, confident, trusted by their friends without the presence of the adult. The peers are less of a power than the family that is because the family teaches norms such as respect your elders, listen to them, obey what they ask. When with peer groups, there will be no typical power dynamic or power head.
In that film, it demonstrates that Cady is experiencing the concept of peers as the agent of socialization throughout her journey through the American society for the first time. She has learned several numerous of roles that she is joining with new friends. For the first scene, she does not know anyone, she looks confused and hesitated. There are two students, Janis and Damien, help her out and warm her up, Cady learns that she can be friend with anyone. Later, she befriends with the leader of the Plastics, Regina George, she learns about friends have rules when she is forced to wear a pink shirt if she wants to sit with “The Plastics” at lunch. Cady seems to be overwhelmed after she hears these rules, but she learns that her life is much complex and complicated than her previous life in Africa. Cady has conformed their rules because she wants to be part of