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Name Instructor Course Date A Better Life Psychosocial perspectives are an important approach to understanding the Chicano and Latino culture and family in the society. The concepts broaden knowledge and understating of various aspects of this society and how they may play a role in the diversity among American populations. In the film “A Better Life,” various concepts are portrayed by the main characters such as Carlos, Luis, Santiago and Anita and they help one understand the various challenges that exist in the Chicano/Latino society. Carlos is a single parent who is a casual laborer and must deal with seemingly difficult son, Luis. Some of the important psychological aspects include emotional regulation and expression, family relationships as well as acculturation. Emotional regulation and expression is an important social psychological concept that is extensively reflected in the film. Luis is a teenager who acts out because of his emotional state. In the night club scene, he helps his father to search for the truck that Santiago has apparently sold. He believes that he has found the track and in his emotional state, he tries to convince his father that the truck is the same one. Carlos tells his son that the keys do not fit, the color is wrong, and the windshield is not cracked. In his emotional state, he fails to understand that everything is different because he wants the truck to be the right one. When the duo finally confronts Santiago in the same scene, Carlos realizes that Santiago has sent the money that he got from the sale of the truck back home to Santiago’s family. However, Luis, in his immature emotional state, cannot see the point of
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