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Finding Nemo is not only the coolest movie that has ever been made, but it also deals a lot with Cognitive Psychology. According to the dictionary, the definition of Cognitive Psychology is that it is the branch of psychology that studies the mental processes involved in perception, learning, memory, and reasoning. Marlin, Nemo's dad, suffers from post traumatic stress due to his wife and kids being eaten by a barracuda. Because of this painful memory, he is terrified of the ocean and prevents his son from doing anything and going anywhere. Instead of listening to his dad, Nemo disobeys him and faces the consequence of being "fishnapped" by a diver who is also a dentist. He had to learn this the hard way and because of his defiance, he meets new friends and has his dad set out on a major expedition to bring him home. During Marlin's quest, he runs into a very forgetful fish named Dory. He becomes frustrated after telling Dory numerous times that he has lost his son and wants to know if she has seen a boat pass by. She apologizes and explains to him that she has Short-Term Memory Loss and forgets things almost instantly. As they continue their search for Nemo, a group of sharks cross their path and invites Marlin and Dory to join their group meeting. That party quickly ended after Dory had been punched in the nose and bled. Bruce, the leader, smelled the blood and went crazy trying to eat them. Marlin and Dory escaped and headed towards the bottom of the ocean, there they found the mask and a hungry Angler fish. Dory read the address on the mask and then they went on their way. A school of fish told them how to get to the EAC and warned them about the trench. They were supposed to swim through the trench, not over it, but Marlin thought it was a better idea to do the opposite. Dory was severely stung by a giant group of jellyfish, she fainted and Marlin came to her rescue. They made it to the EAC and ran into a whole bunch of turtles. Once they had gotten through the EAC, the couple were swallowed by a whale. Marlin thought the whale was trying to eat them, but Dory explained to him that she can speak whale and the whale told them to swim to the back of the throat and let go. So they did and the whale shot them out of it's blowhole. The whale had brought them all the way to Sidney, Australia! Later on a pelican came and scooped up the dou and took them to Nemo's location. As they arrive at the dentist place, Marlin discovers that his son had died in a plastic bag. What really happened was that Nemo and his friends had devised a plan to escape the dentist's crazy relative. Nemo played dead so the man would flush him down the toilet. So Marlin came to the wrong place at the wrong time. The pelican took the deeply depressed Marlin and dory back to the ocean. Nemo escaped the dentist by going down the drain that led straight to the ocean. Marlin told Dory that he wanted to be by himself and that he did not need her anymore. She went in the opposite direction and eventually ran into Nemo! They both set out to find Nemo's dad. Marlin was reunited with his beloved son along with his best friend Dory. I chose to write an essay about this movie because Nemo, Marlin, and Dory all show Cognitive Psychology. Nemo had a big learning experience, Dory suffered from bad memory, and Marlin suffered from having too good of a memory.