Summary Of The Movie Insomnia

This psychology in a film project analyzes abnormal behavior and the psychological concepts that explain what they are and where they come from. In seeking to understand the components of a personality, theorists established many perspectives on what contributes the most to abnormal human behavior. Specifically, two such concepts, explored in this study are the cognitive affective processing system (CAPS) and attribution theory. As well, this report considers evolutionary and biological approaches to personality. Consequently, research has discovered that they both have commonality in the way they are viewed, where personality comes from: "suggest that important components of personality are inherited (R. S. Feldman, 2013, p. 448).” Additionally, this project provides analysis of other psychological aspects, including; social cognitive approaches to personality, issues with self-esteem and temperament. The movie Insomnia’s (2002) main character portrayals provide the environment from which an examination of psychological aspects is observed and analyzed. In award winning performances, Detective Dormer, Walter
Appropriately portrayed by actress, Hilary Swank, she was patient and cooperative throughout this film’s psychoanalysis; a classic type B personality type. Still, through observational learning the rookie investigator found a valuable lesson within her first case. Furthermore, detective Burr valued the lead detective’s instruction to scrutinize every minute detail; after all, she has followed his work, in Los Angeles, for a long time. Unfortunately, though in this case of an observational learning approach to her mild mannered, by the book, type B personality, she pondered whether she should compromise her own values for the high regard she held for the detective, in spite of his