Silence of the Lambs: Gender Bias, Episodic Memory, and Nature vs. Nurture

Analyze the movie “Silence of the Lambs” from a psychological perspective.

In addition to entertaining us, movies offer detailed portrayals of human behavior. This assignment aims to analyze the movie “Silence of the Lambs” from a psychological perspective and the behaviors and events depicted in it. Identify three different psychological principles that appear to be operating in the events or individuals depicted in the film; for the “Silence of the Lambs,” they can be gender bias, episodic memory, and nature vs. nurture.