Jaws

Poster for Jaws featuring a giant great white shark emerging from the deep ocean, jaws wide open, heading toward an unaware woman swimming at the surface. The tagline reads, “The terrifying motion picture from the terrifying No.1 best seller.”

Director: Steven Spielberg

Lead Actors: Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss, Murray Hamilton, Lorraine Gary

Release Year: 1975

IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073195

Podcast Episode: Episode 099: My Availability Heuristic Says It’s a Shark Attack! Jaws (1975) with Jordan Wagge

Psychology Concepts: aggression, attitudes, aversive conditioning, Behavioral Psychology, belief, classical conditioning, cognitive bias, cognitive dissonance, Cognitive Psychology, confirmation bias, conformity, death, decision making, Developmental Psychology, emotions, ethics, family dynamics, fear, Film Analysis, group behavior, heuristics, hostile aggression, implicit bias, operant conditioning, Personality Psychology, prejudice, problem solving, relationships, Research Methods, self-identity, social influence, Social Psychology, the self