Psychology - the Devil Wears Prada

Psychologists suggests that attitudes are made up of three key components, attitude (A), behavior (B) and cognitive (C), these fit in the criteria of the tri-component method. A significant way of analysing these components is to view the contemporary film, The Devil Wears Prada.

In the film, The Devil Wears Prada (2006), Andy Sachs is a recent college graduate with big dreams. Upon landing a job at prestigious Runway magazine, she finds herself the assistant to diabolical editor Miranda Priestly. Andy questions her ability to survive her grim tour as Miranda's whipping girl without getting scorched (IMDb, 2006). Andy has a negative view towards the fashion industry and believes that one’s fashion choices should not define their lives or career path. These factors and other socio-logical influences in her life form her attitude. The socio-logical influences include her family, close friends, boyfriend and the media. As the film is based around the fashion magazine, Runway, it appears very stereotypical that each character know what is expected of them and when it is expected, they try their hardest to live up to these expectations when Andy walks in and shows them that looks and appearances aren’t everything. The way in which Andy’s attitude towards fashion is represented in the film fits the attitude (A) component of the tri-component method (the ways Andy feels about fashion), which is not portrayed positively in the beginning of the film this relates to her behavior (B) (the actions Andy acts towards fashion) and the way she dresses as if she has no time for fashion or how she presents herself and the cognitive component, (the opinions Andy has) her belief is that fashion is worthless and shallow, only focusing on looks.

The main purpose of her attitude towards fashion is the value-expressive function, because Andy uses her personally attitude towards fashion to blatantly express what she thinks and who she is. Her sense of fashion tells others about her...