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1. SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
FINAL PROJECT
DATING EXPERIENCE

3. Stereotype
First Impression
Accommodation
Intrinsic Motivation
Self Fulfilling Prophecy
Counterfactual Thinking
Compassionate Love
CONCEPTS
APPLIED

4. CONCEPT #1
STEREOTY
PE

5. STEREOTYPE
➔General belief about a
group of people
➔Leads to social
categorisation
➔Differs from prejudice
➔Can be positive,
negative or neutral

6. STEREOTYPE
Sarah generalized all the
white guys as obnoxious
people who only know
how to party, drink and
smoke due to her
negative stereotype.

7. CONCEPT #2
FIRST
IMPRESSION

8. FIRST
IMPRESSION
➔Initial mental image
formed of someone
➔First encounter
➔Not deliberate but can
be instantaneous
➔Can be formed within
10 seconds

9. FIRST
IMPRESSION
Sarah’s first impression
of Jackson is that he is a
flirty player. She got
pretty annoyed and
thought of him as a
“jerk” while Jackson was
only trying to have a

10. CONCEPT #3
ACCOMMODA
TION

11. ACCOMMODATION
➔ Modification of existing
schemas
➔ To accommodate new
stimulus
➔ Happens when the existing
schema does not work and
needs to be changed
➔ If modification does not
work, a new schema will be
formed.

12. ACCOMMODATIO
N
Sarah who initially made
stereotypical judgement
towards the White guys had
gone through a cognitive
accommodation when she
realized that some of them are
actually kind and friendly. The
beliefs that she used to have
towards the Whites have

13. CONCEPT #4
INTRINSIC
MOTIVATION

14. INTRINSIC
MOTIVATION
➔For the sake of
enjoyment
➔Driven by internal
rewards
➔Leads us to be more
fully engaged
➔Can be increased by
curiosity

15. INTRINSIC
MOTIVATION
Sarah decided to go on a
date with Jackson because
she was driven by the
intrinsic motivation to be
with someone that she likes
whereby she felt happy
having to meet up with her

16. CONCEPT #5
SELF-
FULFILLING

17. SELF-FULFILLING PROPHECY
➔Belief that leads to their
own fulfilment
➔Affect our behavior
➔Behave in a manner
consistent with those
beliefs
➔Prediction or
expectations come true
THEIR PREDICTION
COMES TRUE WHEN
BOTH OF THEM KEEP
ON THINKING THAT IT
IS GOING TO BE A BAD
DATE.

18. SELF-FULFILLING
PROPHECY
Sarah was preoccupied with
the thoughts that she would
screw up the date. She
caused her own predictions
to come true when she was
behaving pretty awkward and
making easy conversation
difficult.

19. CONCEPT #6
COUNTERFACTUA
THINKING

20. COUNTERFACTUAL THINKING
➔Thinking counter to the
fact
➔Attempts to imagine
alternative outcomes
of past events
➔Engaged in the
thought of “what might
have been”
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SMOKE WEED, PROBABLY
HE WILL NOT BE BANNED
FOR COMPETITION.

21. COUNTERFACTUAL
THINKING
Sarah imagined how
things would have
turned out entirely
different if she was
able to stay calm and
be natural.

22. CONCEPT #7
COMPASSION
ATE LOVE

23. COMPASSIONATE
LOVE
➔ Affection that a person has
for someone whom their
lives are deeply intertwined
➔ Calm and stable
➔ Marked by deep sense of
trust
➔ Characterized by shared
values and life experiences

24. COMPASSIONATE LOVE
Sarah and Jackson
have developed a calm
and stable relationship
in which their
commitment and love
for each other remain
strong even after 20
years together.

25. THANK YOU