Get Out is a horror film directed by Jordan Peele that portrays on a satirical play on race relations in America. The plot focuses on the protagonist Chris Washington’s visit and interaction with The Armitages, his girlfriend’s family, in their home estate. While at the estate, Chris notices the intent focus on his race by the Armitages and their treatment and thoughts of black people. The movie continues to follow Chris as he discovers that something seems wrong with the family and all the black members of the family. Chris finally figures out the Armitage's legacy of stealing Black people’s bodies through a lobotomy and escapes the estate with help of his friend Rod. Throughout this paper I will be analyzing a few psychology concepts that relate to different scenes that occur in the movie. …show more content…
While driving to the estate Rose runs over a deer on the highway, which prompts them to call the police to file a police report. The officer arrives at the scene to start filing the report and gathering information. After analyzing the situation the officer asks for Chris’s license, even though he wasn’t the person driving. Rose assumes that the officer is discriminating against Chris due to his race and gets defensive about Chris handing his ID. The officer tells them that in these incidents he needs to gather information about the passengers. After an argument with Rose he drops it since she accuses him of lying and racial profiling. This is a prime example of confirmation bias since Rose believes that the officer must be racist and racially profiling