M. Night Shyamalan's The Village is a "psychological thriller". Classical conditioning, mental disorders, and senses are some of the categories of psychology found in the movie, everything else stems from these three categories.
There are several examples of classical conditioning in The Village. The villagers exhibit fear around the color red because they have had it drilled into their heads since birth that red is "the bad color". The color red attracts "those we do not speak of", monsters with whom there is a tentative treaty, or so the villagers believe. Threats of violence or harm are the unconditioned stimulus, which evoke the unconditioned response: fear. Threats paired with warnings of the color red result in fear. Finally, red brings about fear all on its own even though a color cannot physically harm a person.
Similarly, the villagers have been told that yellow is the safe color and it will protect a person from "those we do not speak of". Through the same series,......
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