Summarize The Movie Ordinary People Related To Psychology

1. A) Write the name of the movie you watched on BBLearn. Write about a third of a page summarizing the film plot.

The movie I choose to watch is Ordinary People a dramatic film produced in 1980. The film begins with the Jarrett family trying to live their lives after their son Buck Jarrett pasted away from a sailing accident. Conrad Jarrett blamed himself for the death of his older brother because he was on the boat with him the day of his death. Conrad took his death very hard and tried to commit suicide, but was not successful. After four months in a psychiatric hospital Conrad returns home. His mother Beth is angry and cold with him and his father Calvin is emotionally damaged from the tragedy of losing a son and almost another. Conrad

The film portrays three different psychiatric disorders in Conrad Jarrett the younger brother of Buck Jarrett. The stressful event of the losing his brother triggered Conrad to become suicidal. Conrad also deals with depression returning from the psychiatric hospital he has no interest or pleasure to participate in his high school swimming team. He also has trouble sleeping because of the recurring memories of his brother’s death. His depression is linked to posttraumatic stress disorder with the emotional distress of flashbacks and the negative beliefs he has about himself.

2. Next, using the diagnostic criteria provided in class or the book, give at least 3 examples total of how the character(s) displays the disorder. For example, (1) John Doe used counting rituals (counting the sidewalk concrete squares and never stepping on the cracks) to relieve his anxiety before going out on dates. He knows this is irrational but he feels compelled to do it anyway. This is a compulsion and one of the diagnostic criteria of

The mother of Conrad kept trying to avoid the conversation of her son’s death and the suicidal attempt of her other son. The film showed it to be unusual of Conrad to quit swimming because of his lack of interest. His parents were angry rather than try to understand Conrad’s emotions behind.

6. Does the film educate or further stigmatize people with mental illness in its portrayal? How?

This film shows the signs of someone with a mental illness and how the mental illness causes anguish between a family. As well as show, how one suicide act may serve as a model for another. Towards the end of the film Conrad’s friend Karen committed suicide and the news causes great distress and a flashback to the emotions of when he tried to commit suicide. Overall emphasizes the emotions of someone on edge.

7. Would you recommend this film as a means of helping the public better understand this disorder/s? Why or why