Inside Out Movie Related To Psychology

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Psychology Lesson or Children’s Movie Disney Pixar’s animated film Inside Out, released in the Summer of 2015, depicts the human brain regarding the different emotions felt. The movie follows a young girl, Riley, who experiences the worst thing that could happen to a girl who has everything going for a developing child soon to be a preteen. This traumatic event would be moving across the country. Although unlike most children’s movie the main character is not the human, but the different emotions such as; joy, anger, sadness, disgust, and fear. Not only does the movie demonstrate the emotional state that comes with moving, it also shows the developmental aspect of emotions as one gets older. The movie begins with Riley as a newborn and the only emotion in the brain was joy; at least for 33 seconds until Sadness joined. The movie quickly shows Riley growing up introducing the other emotions, fear, anger and disgust, and gave an example of the different scenarios each emotion is meant for. The move does an exquisite job at demonstrating the fact that the human brain develops each emotion throughout different stages in life and not all at birth. As people age and the brain develops, so do emotions. The movie depicts this aspect by aging Riley. When Riley …show more content…

These catchy aspects are commonly called “earworms”. In Sadness’ and Joy’s adventure, the workers in the Land of Memories send a song from a commercial up to headquarters to play in Riley’s head, infuriating the other three emotions. Scientifically, researchers have discovered that the thickness of cerebral cortex controls these horrendous earworms. Although there aren’t tiny workers shaped like jelly beans in our head, earworms can occur to any individual. For any individual who desires to learn the basics of psychology, Inside out is a decent

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