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    Mean Girls Social Psychology Concepts

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    1) The film Mean Girls explores various social psychology concepts through the characters' interactions. When norms are broken, such as Cady infiltrating the exclusive clique "The Plastics", people react negatively and there are consequences like social isolation. 2) The different cliques in the school, like "The Plastics" and outsiders, show outgroup bias as they exclude and spread rumors about each other. Cady faces pressure to conform to the Plastics' expectations, and when she doesn't, is ostracized. 3) Authority figures like the principal and teachers command some respect, but students still gossip about them behind their backs, as seen in Regina's "Burn

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    1) The film Mean Girls explores various social psychology concepts through the characters' interactions. When norms are broken, such as Cady infiltrating the exclusive clique "The Plastics", people react negatively and there are consequences like social isolation. 2) The different cliques in the school, like "The Plastics" and outsiders, show outgroup bias as they exclude and spread rumors about each other. Cady faces pressure to conform to the Plastics' expectations, and when she doesn't, is ostracized. 3) Authority figures like the principal and teachers command some respect, but students still gossip about them behind their backs, as seen in Regina's "Burn

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    1) The film Mean Girls explores various social psychology concepts through the characters' interactions. When norms are broken, such as Cady infiltrating the exclusive clique "The Plastics", people react negatively and there are consequences like social isolation. 2) The different cliques in the school, like "The Plastics" and outsiders, show outgroup bias as they exclude and spread rumors about each other. Cady faces pressure to conform to the Plastics' expectations, and when she doesn't, is ostracized. 3) Authority figures like the principal and teachers command some respect, but students still gossip about them behind their backs, as seen in Regina's "Burn

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    Mean Girls Social Psychology Concepts

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    1) The film Mean Girls explores various social psychology concepts through the characters' interactions. When norms are broken, such as Cady infiltrating the exclusive clique "The Plastics", people react negatively and there are consequences like social isolation. 2) The different cliques in the school, like "The Plastics" and outsiders, show outgroup bias as they exclude and spread rumors about each other. Cady faces pressure to conform to the Plastics' expectations, and when she doesn't, is ostracized. 3) Authority figures like the principal and teachers command some respect, but students still gossip about them behind their backs, as seen in Regina's "Burn

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    Mean Girls

    Social Psychology Concepts Assignment

    You will be writing two paragraphs on the film Mean Girls. For each of the two paragraphs, choose one
    of the following questions to use. When writing, be sure to reference specific examples from the film.

    1. Norms: When do people break Norms in Mean Girls? How do people react when the norms are
    broken? What are the consequences of the Norm breaking?
    2. Outgroup Bias: How do the different Ingroups (cliques) have a bias against other groups? How
    do the ingroups exclude people from their groups? Provide specific examples.
    3. Conformity: Is there pressure to conform to social expectations in Mean Girls? What happens
    when people do not conform? Provide specific examples.
    4. Authority: Who are the various authority figures in Mean Girls? What level of respect do they
    command from other people? Provide specific examples.
    5. Cognitive Dissonance: When are there examples of people doing something different than what
    they actually believe? How is the cognitive dissonance resolve?
    Plot Summary:

    Cady Heron is the 16-year-old daughter of parents. They have returned to the United States after a 12-year
    research trip in Africa, settling in Illinois. New classmates Janis and Damien warn Cady to avoid the high school's
    most exclusive clique, the Plastics, the girls led by queen bee Regina George. The Plastics take an interest in Cady,
    inviting her to sit with them at lunch and shop with them after school. Seeing this, Janis hatches a plan of revenge
    against Regina, using Cady as infiltrator.

    Cady soon learns about Regina's "Burn Book", a notebook filled with rumors, secrets, and gossip about the other
    girls and teachers. Cady also falls in love with Regina's ex-boyfriend, Aaron Samuels, whom a jealous Regina steals
    back at a Halloween party. Cady continues with Janis's plan to cut off Regina's "resources," separating her from
    Aaron, destroying her beauty, and turning Regina's fellow Plastics, insecure rich girl Gretchen Wieners and sweet
    but ditzy Karen Smith, against her. In the process, Cady remakes herself in Regina's image, becoming spiteful and
    superficial and abandoning Janis and Damian.

    Regina responds by spreading around the contents of her Burn Book, quickly inciting a riot. To avoid suspicion,
    Regina inserts a fake libel of herself in the book in order to blame Cady, Gretchen, and Karen, the only female
    students not mentioned in the book. Principal Ron Duvall soon quells the riot, and math teacher Ms. Sharon
    Norbury, whom the Burn Book slandered as a drug dealer, makes the girls involved in the plot confess and
    apologize to the other students and teachers. When Janis's turn comes, Regina makes an insulting joke about her
    sexuality, at which the crowd laughs. Janis retaliates by confessing her plan to destroy Regina with Cady's help, and
    openly mocks Regina with the support of the entire school. Pursued by an apologetic Cady, Regina storms out and
    gets hit by a school bus, breaking her spine.

    Without friends, shunned by Aaron, and distrusted by everyone, Cady takes full blame for the Burn Book. Her guilt
    soon dissolves, and she returns to her old personality. As part of her punishment and reformation, she joins the
    Mathletes in their competition. There, while competing against an unattractive girl, Cady realizes that mocking the
    girl's appearance would not stop the girl from beating her. At the Spring Fling dance, Cady is elected Queen, but
    declares that all her classmates are wonderful in their own way, whereupon she breaks her tiara and distributes
    the pieces. Cady makes amends with Janis and Damian, reconciles with Aaron, and reaches a truce with the
    Plastics.

    By the start of the new school year, the Plastics have disbanded. Regina joins the lacrosse team, Karen becomes
    the school weather girl, Gretchen joins the "Cool Asians", Aaron graduates from high school and attends
    Northwestern University, Janis and Kevin begin dating, and Cady declares that she is now "an actual human being".
    Damien witnesses the new Junior Plastics walking by, but they are immediately hit by a bus. It turns out, however,
    that this was only a humorous figment of Cady's imagination.

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