Psychology in Media: The Lion King
The Lion King being a toddler movie has a lot of scenes that’ll make any child laugh, but also a lot of adult things too. Almost hundreds to thousands of psychological theories and concepts that many can’t see or even think to describe are in this movie. Thinking back to when you were probably just a little kid you can remember singing “Hakuna Matata “with your best friend or family member and having the time of your life without even knowing about the psychological theories.
Breaking down “The Lion King” let’s start with “Attachment Theory” of psychology it first starts when Simba’s father Mufasa was killed by his own brother scar. They start the scene with Simba and his Father going into the valleys of their kingdom to help stop a stamped when to only find out it was Scars plan to kill his father. As Scar pushes Simba’s dad off of the cliff and into the stamped Simba begins to think that because of the attachment he has with his father that this is all his fault when in reality it isn’t. Simba’s attachment is so strong that everything that happened from his father he begins to think is his fault.
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With the self-concept you believe things are only what they appear to be like a box of crayons must have crayons in it and not candles or pencils when in reality it can have those things in it. Simba was seeing himself as the crayon box with nothing greater inside when in reality he was something greater his father. Simba is his father’s spawn he is him, he was stuck in a phase of denial rather than self-worth or concept. As he began to think more into the concept he began to find the ability to believe that he was better than what he believed and that what he saw in the mirror was worth something rather than worth