Disney Character
Psychology Research
Paper
Purpose: Your goal is to apply the 7 approaches
of psychology to a Disney character.
Characters: I’m listing the characters, I am most familiar with. If your ultimate favorite character is not on
the list---get over it. If there are more than 1 student fighting over the same character, we will handle it
with a coin toss.
Belle
Aladdin
Jafar
Mufasa
Hercules
Ariel
Quasimodo
Pocahontas
Cruella De Vil
Pinocchio
Beast
Jasmine
Simba
Scar
Hades
Eric
Esmeralda
John Smith
Peter Pan
Winne the Pooh
Gaston
Genie
Nala
Bambi
Stich
Alice
Robin Hood
Mulan
Tinkerbell
Piglet
This assignment is meant to be fun, but still requires you to apply the principles to something you
are familiar with.
Name of Character
Actions/ Major
Events in Character’s
Life
Behavioral
Humanism
Psychodynamic
Biological
Cognitive
Evolutionary
Socio-cultural
Summary Question: Which of the approaches do you think best applied to your Disney
character? Explain your choice.
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