This document discusses several cognitive biases and social psychology concepts including first impressions, stereotypes, confirmation bias, halo effect, optimism bias, aggression, and balance theory. An explanation for each concept is provided based on a video about a girl who judges a boy based on his appearance and confirms her initial stereotypes about him, despite her friend's advice. She insults another boy who trips and later wants to physically fight them. Her attitude changes when she learns the well-dressed boy she likes owns a car she dislikes.

1. SOCIAL
PSYCHOLOGY
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2. VIDEO

3. EXPLANATION

4. FIRST IMPRESSION

5. FIRST IMPRESSION
WHAT IS FIRST IMPRESSION?
Initial impressions of people

7. EXPLANATION BASED ON VIDEO :
The girl judge the boy based on the
first look and on how he wears, and
immediately thinks that he is rich.
FIRST IMPRESSION

8. STEREOTYPE

9. STEREOTYPE
WHAT IS STEREOTYPE?
A general belief about a group of
people

11. STEREOTYPE
EXPLANATION BASED ON VIDEO :
The girl stereotyped that well dressed
guy as rich, and the t-shirt guy as poor.

12. CONFIRMATION BIAS
(HALO EFFECT )

13. WHAT IS CONFIRMATION BIAS
The tendency for people to favour
information that support and confirm
their personal belief and interpretation.
CONFIRMATION BIAS
HALO EFFECT

14. WHAT IS HALO EFFECT?
Cognitive bias in which our overall
impression of a person influences on
how we think and feel about the person’s
character
CONFIRMATION BIAS
HALO EFFECT

16. CONFIRMATION BIAS
HALO EFFECT
EXPLANATION BASED ON VIDEO :
The girl does not listen to her friend’s
advice and she only remembers the
information like how the guy dresses up

17. CONFIRMATION BIAS
HALO EFFECT
EXPLANATION BASED ON VIDEO :
The girl is transferring her judgement
from one easily observed characteristic
of the person, towards the well-dressed
guy and poorly-dressed guy

18. OPTIMISTICS BIAS

19. OPTIMISTICS BIAS
WHAT IS OPTIMISTIC BIAS?
Optimism bias, originally referred to as
unrealistic optimism is the tendency of
individuals to underestimate the
likelihood they will experience

21. OPTIMISTICS BIAS
EXPLANATION BASED ON VIDEO :
The girl dreams of being together, and
she doesn’t think that anything bad will
happen to her

22. AGGRESSION

23. AGGRESSION
WHAT IS AGGRESSION?
Aggression refers to a range of behaviors
that can result in both physical and
psychological harm to oneself, other or
objects in the environment

25. AGGRESSION
EXPLANATION BASED ON VIDEO :
Type 1- Verbal Aggression :
The girl insulting the tripping guy

26. AGGRESSION
EXPLANATION BASED ON VIDEO :
Type 2 - Physical Agression:
When the tripping guy wants to beat
them.

27. BALANCE THEORY

28. BALANCE THEORY
WHAT IS BALANCE THEORY ?
Show how people develop their
relationships with other people and
with things in their environment.

30. BALANCE THEORY
EXPLANATION BASED ON VIDEO :
The girl doesn’t like the wira, but after
he realised that the well-dressed guy
owns it, she changes the attitude and
likes the wira.

31. REFERENCES
1.Psychology Today (NIL). First Impression. Retrieved from Psychology
Today website: http://www.psychologytoday.com/basics/first-impressions
2. Psychlopedia (NIL). Optimism Bias. Retrieved from Psychopedia
website: http://www.psych-it.com.au/Psychlopedia/article.asp?id=238
3. About Education (NIL). What is Aggression?. Retrieved from About
Education website: http://psychology.about.com/od/aindex/g/
aggression.htm