Social Psychology - Video presentation slides

1. Tan Ken Ric 0318631
Hooi Zhao Hong 0318564
Yeo Dor Een 0316224
Sabrina 0317776
Lee Jian Ru 0318132

2. - Observational learning (also known as vicarious learning,
social learning, or modeling) is a type of learning that occurs
as a function of observing, retaining and replicating novel
behaviour executed by others.
- From the story, those minorities that succeeded in getting
the job are very successful now. So Ben refers to how these
people completed the tasks by observational learning.

3. - Extrinsic motivation refers to motivation that comes from
outside an individual. The motivating factors are external, or
outside, rewards such as money or grades. These rewards
provide satisfaction and pleasure that the task itself may not
provide.
- Ben is motivated to complete the tasks because he really
wants to get the job as a quantity surveyor to earn money.

4. - Social facilitation is the tendency for people to do better on simple tasks
when in the presence of other people. This implies that, whenever people
are being watched by others, they will do well on things that they are already
good at doing.
- Ben cannot do well when he is practising alone. However, when he
competes with other participants, he successfully completes the tasks.

5. - A self-fulfilling prophecy is a prediction that directly or indirectly
causes itself to become true, by the very terms of the prophecy itself, due
to positive feedback between belief and behaviour.
- Ben predicts that he will do well in completing the tasks. Eventually he
really did it and get the job.

6. - Downward counterfactual thinking is a positive additive
statement involves engaging in an event that did not originally occur.
- Although Ben’s marks are not high, he is happy that at least he passed
all the requirements.