AP Psychology Summer Assignment
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Psychology in Film Summer Assignment
AP Psychology – iPrep Academy
For this assignment, you will watch a movie and comment on the psychological principles found in the film. You must choose one of the five films listed below for this assignment.
Choose one of the films below
(You can watch more than one, but you only need to report on one of them)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)
Rain Man (1988)
Good Will Hunting (1997)
A Beautiful Mind (2001)
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
After viewing, you will type a 2-page paper. The 2-page paper has 3 parts.
Part 1: Write a plot summary of the film in 1-2 paragraphs. Include the main characters, their motivations, and the events of the film.
Part 2: Define the psychological terms for your chosen film (These are listed below). This can be done in a list format.
Part 3: Relate the psychological terms from Part 2 to the film. Describe how each term relates to the film: a character, a scene, or a situation from the film. You should write 1-2 sentences for each term.
Terms for each video for Part 3
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest- clinical psychology, mental institution, personality disorders, mood disorders, psychotherapy, electroshock therapy, abnormal psychology, authoritarian leadership
Rain Man- autism spectrum disorder, neuropsychology, savant syndrome, developmental psychology, sibling relationships, mental institution, clinical psychology, recall and recognition (memory)
Good Will Hunting- social psychology, conformity, giftedness, talk therapy, clinical psychology, aggression, attitude
A Beautiful Mind- abnormal psychology, schizophrenia, clinical psychology, psychotherapy, intelligence, genius, intelligence quotient, antipsychotic medication
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)- long-term memory, sympathetic nervous system, introvert, extrovert, hippocampus, amygdala, lacunar amnesia, episodic memory
This paper will be collected during the first full week of school. Please email Mr. Sultz at bsultz@dadeschools.net with any questions or concerns.
AP Psychology – iPrep Academy
For this assignment, you will watch a movie and comment on the psychological principles found in the film. You must choose one of the five films listed below for this assignment.
Choose one of the films below
(You can watch more than one, but you only need to report on one of them)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)
Rain Man (1988)
Good Will Hunting (1997)
A Beautiful Mind (2001)
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
After viewing, you will type a 2-page paper. The 2-page paper has 3 parts.
Part 1: Write a plot summary of the film in 1-2 paragraphs. Include the main characters, their motivations, and the events of the film.
Part 2: Define the psychological terms for your chosen film (These are listed below). This can be done in a list format.
Part 3: Relate the psychological terms from Part 2 to the film. Describe how each term relates to the film: a character, a scene, or a situation from the film. You should write 1-2 sentences for each term.
Terms for each video for Part 3
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest- clinical psychology, mental institution, personality disorders, mood disorders, psychotherapy, electroshock therapy, abnormal psychology, authoritarian leadership
Rain Man- autism spectrum disorder, neuropsychology, savant syndrome, developmental psychology, sibling relationships, mental institution, clinical psychology, recall and recognition (memory)
Good Will Hunting- social psychology, conformity, giftedness, talk therapy, clinical psychology, aggression, attitude
A Beautiful Mind- abnormal psychology, schizophrenia, clinical psychology, psychotherapy, intelligence, genius, intelligence quotient, antipsychotic medication
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)- long-term memory, sympathetic nervous system, introvert, extrovert, hippocampus, amygdala, lacunar amnesia, episodic memory
This paper will be collected during the first full week of school. Please email Mr. Sultz at bsultz@dadeschools.net with any questions or concerns.
