SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE, BUILDING & DESIGN (FOUNDATION IN NATURE & BUILD ENVIRONMENT)

SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY [PSY30203]FINAL PROJECT : VIDEO PRESENTATION

GROUP MEMBERS: Renee Teoh Yen Qin (0322438)

Joey Lau Xin Jun (0323965) Jack Chung Da Jie (0323948)

Tan Ke Weh (0323799)

GROUP/SESSION : MONDAY , 3.30PM - 5.00PM LECTURER : MR. SHANKER

SUBMISSION DATE : 1ST FEBRUARY 2016

Concept 1 : Racism Racism is a discrimination towards a specific racial group.

EXAMPLES: - Siew would always condemn and judge Alisa because she was Malay.

Concept 2 : Social InfluenceSocial influence is when a person’s thoughts is influence by another person.

EXAMPLES:- Siew mentioned that she grew up in a Chinese populated town and the people in the town were fine working without other races, so she thinks that their company would be okay without Alisa too

Concept 3: Attribution

- Dispositional Attribution is when someone assumes that the cause of an action is because of a person’s internal characteristics.

- Situational Attribution is when someone assumes the cause of an action is due to external factors.

EXAMPLES:

- Siew assumes that Alisa was lazy when she didn't show up for work when Michael thinks of the other possibilities such as Alisa being ill or something important happened.

Concept 4 : ABC model of Attitudes

- ABC model of attitudes determine the formation of an attitude - Affective is the emotional based component Behavioral is the action based component Cognitive is the knowledge based component

EXAMPLES:

- Siew felt bad and upset that she was never nice towards Alisa, and always clouding her judgment because she was racist ( Affective Component ). Then she attended Alisa’s mother funeral to show empathy ( Behavioural Component ). Siew thought that if she showed up at the funeral, it would have helped Alisa feel better ( Cognitive Component )

Concept 5: Egoism Egoism is suppose to help reduce personal distress. It’s a hypothesis saying that all of our actions are done in a certain way to justify our self-interest.

EXAMPLES: - Siew started treating Alisa better so she will be able to overcome her regrets of treating Alisa a certain way.