The social psychology of the breakfast club

Social psychology is a scientific concept designed to explain how an individual's thoughts, feelings, and behavior are influenced by the presence of others. The study of this concept can be traced back to Greek philosophers. However, it was not until the end of the 19th century that social psychology was considered a science. Triplett began studying the effects of society on others in 1898 and published the first social psychology textbook in 1908. The concept of psychology was widely accepted and incorporated into literature and film. In fact, examples of social psychology are very common in American films. The film Breakfast Club offers many examples of social psychology and how it shapes the relationships between people forced to interact.

The film Breakfast Club contains a number of examples of social psychology, including intragroup bias, the scapegoat theory, and social hangout. Collective prejudice is actually the subject of the film. Five stereotypical high school students were forced to spend a Saturday in the detention center. There's Athlete Andrew, Brain Brian, Criminal Bender, Allison and Princess Claire in basket cases. According to David Myers in Psychology, intragroup bias is the tendency to favor groups that favor themselves. "In high school, students often form cliques—dress-ups, prep students, stonemasons, skaters, gangsters, freaks, freaks, and belittling people outside of their teams" (Miles, p. 717). The film is a study of social psychology that takes place when representatives of these five groups interact and become one of their own.

The criminal Bendel is representative of the scapegoat theory. "Bias can express anger: when things go wrong, finding someone to blame can provide a target, a scapegoat, a help for a person.