The Bling Ring Psychological Analysis

The film The Bling Ring, released in 2013, was about five troubled teenagers committing multiple robberies at celebrities’ houses. While watching the film, I had mixed emotions. On one hand, seeing the way these teenagers lived and their adventures made me envy them. On the other hand, the way they were in general sadden me. These teenagers had all the freedom they could want. Their parents seemed to be oblivious to what they were doing. That saddens me because they had to feel so alone. Also hearing their backgrounds and seeing the way they interacted with each other, made me realize how right the phrase “never judge a book by its cover” is. The main character Marc Hall, touched my heart. I knew a kid like him in my high school. It is

Marc was introduced to drugs by Rebecca. He started off with the occasional smoke session and social drinking to snorting cocaine every chance he got. Also the more cocaine he does, the more his attitude becomes non shalaunt about doing the “jobs.” With his substance abuse, there were social and psychological factors involved that led him to this diagnoses. The psychological factors can be explained with the classical conditioning theory. This theory states learning a behavior comes from external stimuli in our environments impacting how we interact with the environment in the future. Over the course of his substance use, Marc begins to associate drugs with each job they do and with Rebecca in general. By the end of the Movie Marc is using cocaine every time he sees Rebecca. Social factors tremendously contribute to Marc’s substance abuse disorder. His family also impacted this disorder as well. His parents not being attentive, allowed the opportunity for Marc to use drugs without thinking about the consequences. His peers were also a social factor in contributing to his substance abuse. By Rebecca modeling that substance use was casual it allowed Marc to feel guilt free when doing drugs. His peers noticing Marc also influenced Marc to continue doing these behaviors. The media also influenced Marc, doing drugs and robbing high end celebrities allowed Marc to brag on social media. When Marc realized he was getting noticed from people on social media sites, he increased his behaviors because he liked the attention. His substance abuse made him made horrible decisions, like getting into a car with a driver under the