Social Reality and The Road to El Dorado

By: Amberly Jarrard

~Psychology Basis~

Social Reality

Self-fulfilling prophecy- a strong belief that causes

itself to become true

Behavioral expectation confirmation- enables a

person to influence other people to behave in accordance

with his/her expectations

~Media~

The Road to El DoradoMiguel and Tulio are

best friendsThey are con-men who

dream of being rich They find a map leading

to the City of Gold, El Dorado

They arrive and call themselves “gods” for the riches Miguel Tulio

The Road to El DoradoTulio is a mean, selfish,

control freakMiguel is a happy, kind,

positive guyTulio wants to lay low and

take all of the goldMiguel wants to enjoy the

city and it’s people.

~Connection~

ConnectionTulio has a self-fulfilling

prophecy that he will be extremely rich one day.

Tulio uses behavioral expectation confirmation to make people do what he wants.

ConnectionTulio’s self-fulfilling prophecy:

acts as if he is already rich when he is not

expects everyone to follow his wishesthinks he can call all the shotstries to control everyone around himacts as if he is a king

ConnectionTulio’s use of behavioral

expectation confirmation:acting superior makes

people bow to himacting like he’s rich makes

people treat him like a kingacting knowledgeable

makes people trust him, giving him control

acting as a dictator makes people follow his commands

ConnectionThe people of El Dorado do everything Tulio tells them.Tulio says “being worshiped is a breeze” and that he’s got “El

Dorado on [his] plate.”Tulio tells Miguel “Look, change of plans. We have to grab

what we can and go,” meaning take El Dorado’s gold when he knows that Miguel loves that city and doesn’t want to leave.

My TakeThe movie makers did a great job of showing real life

psychology in a fiction film. They made it clear that Tulio struggles with his self-fulfilling prophecy, and this leads to his use of behavioral expectation confirmation.

The fact that Tulio has such a strong self-fulfilling prophecy sends him and Miguel on the great adventure shown in the film.

Referenceswww.Wikipedia.com

After typing in “The Road to El Dorado”Used for information on the plot

Google images After typing in “The Road to El Dorado”Used for the photos from the movie