This document summarizes 5 social psychology concepts through a comic strip story about a woman named Grace and her family. It defines each concept and shows how it relates to events in the story. The concepts are cognitive dissonance, looking-glass self, social interaction, counterfactual thinking, and the halo effect. Each concept section defines it, discusses its effects, and includes an excerpt from the story showing how that concept applies to Grace and her family's experiences and realizations.

1. Back to 20Social Psychology Comic Strip
Group Members:
Cham Zheng Chee 0322317
Chia Keh Chien 0322062
Tam Zhao Wei 0322587
Shreya Maria Wilson 0322173
Quah Keng Yew 0322893
Muhammad Hassan 0322316

2. The Comic Strip

3. The 5 Concepts
Cognitive Dissonance
Social Interaction
Looking-Glass Self
Counterfactual Thinking
The Halo Effect

4. Cognitive Dissonance
Definition:
Cognitive dissonance is the
discomfort you feel when you do
something that's against your beliefs.
The Effects:
1. Discomforts may occur
2. Alteration in one’s attitude,
beliefs or behaviours.

5. Cognitive Dissonance
Grace felt unhappy for how her family members treated her. It
wasn’t the pleasant life that she had always hoped for. Despite
these, Grace tolerated all in order to prevent unnecessary
conflicts and arguments.

6. The 5 Concepts
Cognitive Dissonance
Social Interaction
Looking-Glass Self
Counterfactual Thinking
The Halo Effect

7. Looking-Glass Self
Definition:
The self-image an individual forms
by imagining what others think of
his or her behaviour and
appearance.
The Effects:
1. If the evaluation is favourable
hence the self concept is
enhanced
2. If the evaluation is
unfavourable Hence self
concept is diminished

8. Looking-Glass Self
Grace chose to believe the fortune-teller saying that things will
turn out better if she drinks the potion. The main reason behind
this is that Grace cares about how her family members treat
her and see her.

9. The 5 Concepts
Social Interaction
Looking-Glass Self
Counterfactual Thinking
The Halo Effect
Cognitive Dissonance

10. Social Interaction
Definition:
Social interaction is the process by
which we act and react to those
around us.
The Effects:
1. Enable to identify each other’s
needs
2. Able to understand the message
conveyed

11. Social Interaction
Grace pretended to be a friend of her grandson, Michael’s
friend and visited home. Social interaction occurs when she
appeared as a total stranger in front of her dearest family.

12. The 5 Concepts
Social Interaction
Looking-Glass Self
Counterfactual Thinking
The Halo Effect
Cognitive Dissonance

13. Counterfactual Thinking
Definition:
The tendency to create possible
alternatives to life events that
have already occurred; something
that is contrary to what actually
happened.
The Effects:
It starts off with disappointment,
then one will be able to uncover
insights or knowledge that can be
used to enhance future
performance, leading to a better
outcome in life.

14. Counterfactual Thinking
The family members found that Grace had gone missing for
days. Then they started to feel regret and guilty of how they
treated her. Deep in their heart, there was this sounding ‘If only
we treated Grandma better, she wouldn’t have left home’.

15. The 5 Concepts
Social Interaction
Looking-Glass Self
Counterfactual Thinking
The Halo Effect
Cognitive Dissonance

16. The halo Effect
Definition:
The halo effect can be defined as
the tendency to use global
evaluations to make judgements
about specific traits.
The Effects:
It causes people to be bias towards
a matter when they transfer their
personal feelings on it according to
their own judgements

17. The Halo Effect
After realising the pain of losing their grandma, Grace, they
learnt to appreciate and treasure her and they swear not to
take Grace for granted. Seeing the change of attitudes towards
Grace, everyone followed. Since then, the family lived happily
ever after.

18. Thank You !