1. GIMLI THE “DWARF”
SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
GROUP MEMBERS :Chang Huey Yi 0322898
Chan Koon Qi 0322000
Teoh Jun Xiang 0322099
Ow Xun Cong 0321997
Brian Koh
2. STORYLINE
Gimli is an albino black person of short stature of boastful personality, he goes on to a
local trade market to sell off some ancient iron artefacts he picked up off the road, when
he reached the market the people thought that he was a another white dwarf that came
to sell the gear he made.
Browsing through the market, he saw a big bellied man in the middle ages on an
immense wooden throne wearing nice clothes and Gimli thought that he might as well try
his chance to sell to this man as he was looking rather rich.
Turns out he was indeed rich and was a man looking for a good laugh, he challenged
anyone into drinking two barrels on beer then doing acrobatic moves though a course in
order to buy any product for 100 gold pieces. Gimli does not know how to do either
acrobat moves and moving through an obstacle course, but he observed and asked
some other challengers, he learnt some techniques and know some hidden traps of the
obstacle course.
Knowing that his competitors that are better than him might very well win the prize, he
was pumped up and learnt some godly moves in a short period.
But in the end he was careless and fell into a pit, he blamed the other people for not
telling him of that, and also shouted out that he would win the money three times over if
he had been serious as he was the best acrobat the world has ever seen.
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4. CONCEPT 1 : STEREOTYPE
Definition : Assumes that all members of a group shares some common features.
5. The people at the market assumes Gimli is a dwarf by
observing from the way he dress and also his unusually
short stature.
CONCEPT 1 : STEREOTYPE
6. CONCEPT 2 : FIRST IMPRESSION
Definition : Is an instantaneous mental image of a person from first encounter from
information such as physicality.
7. The moment Gimli saw the big bellied guy he assumes
he is rich from the throne and clothing that the person
possesses.
CONCEPT 2 : FIRST IMPRESSION
8. CONCEPT 3 : OBSERVATIONAL LEARNING
Definition : Watching others engage in behaviours and then repeating those
actions.
9. Gimli was never exposed to acrobatics but through
careful observations of other competitors he was able
to pick up some basics in a short period of time
CONCEPT 3 : OBSERVATIONAL LEARNING
10. CONCEPT 4 : SOCIAL FACILITATION
Definition : Social Facilitation occurs when persons are performing tasks in presence of
others yet their individual contributions can be identified.
11. Gimli is threatened by his competitors on getting his
reward, therefore he is motivated to perform better than
usual
CONCEPT 4 : SOCIAL FACILITATION
12. CONCEPT 5 : SOCIAL FACILITATION
Definition – Take credit for success but does not take responsibility for
failure.
13. When he fails he blames his surroundings instead of
admitting his own carelessness, and assuming that he
would perform better with more training as compared to
others.
CONCEPT 5 : SOCIAL FACILITATION
