I Am Sam: Psychological Disorder
he movie I picked was I Am Sam. It is about a grown man who has a mental capacity of a 7 year old raises his baby alone own until child protective services deems him as an unfit guardian. Eventually, his daughter Lucy gets taken away from Sam because child protective services say he is not capable of taking care of her. He then goes out and finds a lawyer, Rita. She takes Sam’s case pro bono. I picked a random movie from the list, started with the first column of movies and typed each one into the Netflix search bar until I found I Am Sam which grabbed my attention. I found it on Netflix and the name of the movie seemed familiar to me as if I had watched it already. I had watched it, but just do not remember when because it was probably awhile
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Sam may have been born with a mutation. Mutation is a change in DNA, usually caused by an error on pair of duplication. I looked up what mental disorder would be that of Sam’s, and it came to be a developmental/cognitive disability. A developmental disability can cause individuals many difficulties in certain areas of life, especially in “language, mobility, learning, self-help, and independent living”. Undefined developmental disability is a neurotic disorder, not allowing the brain to develop and mature. These conditions can not be cured, but treatment can help. Sam’s mental capacity shows autistic tendencies but is not autism. Some other symptoms/actions shown by Sam was repetitive behavior and speech, difficulty understanding concepts, limited math skills, unaware of social rules, and displayed childlike behavior. It also can be due to the Stages of Development (Erikson’s 8 stages), Sam’s development only developed to the early school ages which is ages 6-12, and his development is at age …show more content…
His favorite book was Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss. His daughter Lucy brought home a chapter book from school and Sam could not read it. She felt bad reading it because she knew that he could not read it. He preferred to read his favorite book. She also recognized his mental capacity. In a scene, she told Sam that “he was not like other daddies”. Lucy did not want to learn more than what her dad knew because then she would be more intelligent than him. Lucy had a friend over, Conner, and he asked Lucy if her dad was mentally retarded.
Sam works at Starbucks and he is only allowed to do certain things due to his disorder. I think that Sam has OCD (Obsessive Compulsion Disorder). He works cleaning tables and making sure everything is neat. He usually organizes the sugar packets on the table by color and separates cups, coffee mugs, and other objects by even space using his finger. He is not capable of making coffee because his boss thinks that he will easily get confused on what each customer wants in their coffee because everyone’s wants are
Sam may have been born with a mutation. Mutation is a change in DNA, usually caused by an error on pair of duplication. I looked up what mental disorder would be that of Sam’s, and it came to be a developmental/cognitive disability. A developmental disability can cause individuals many difficulties in certain areas of life, especially in “language, mobility, learning, self-help, and independent living”. Undefined developmental disability is a neurotic disorder, not allowing the brain to develop and mature. These conditions can not be cured, but treatment can help. Sam’s mental capacity shows autistic tendencies but is not autism. Some other symptoms/actions shown by Sam was repetitive behavior and speech, difficulty understanding concepts, limited math skills, unaware of social rules, and displayed childlike behavior. It also can be due to the Stages of Development (Erikson’s 8 stages), Sam’s development only developed to the early school ages which is ages 6-12, and his development is at age …show more content…
His favorite book was Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss. His daughter Lucy brought home a chapter book from school and Sam could not read it. She felt bad reading it because she knew that he could not read it. He preferred to read his favorite book. She also recognized his mental capacity. In a scene, she told Sam that “he was not like other daddies”. Lucy did not want to learn more than what her dad knew because then she would be more intelligent than him. Lucy had a friend over, Conner, and he asked Lucy if her dad was mentally retarded.
Sam works at Starbucks and he is only allowed to do certain things due to his disorder. I think that Sam has OCD (Obsessive Compulsion Disorder). He works cleaning tables and making sure everything is neat. He usually organizes the sugar packets on the table by color and separates cups, coffee mugs, and other objects by even space using his finger. He is not capable of making coffee because his boss thinks that he will easily get confused on what each customer wants in their coffee because everyone’s wants are