This document summarizes key concepts from social psychology. It discusses how first impressions are formed based on a person's appearance, actions, and other factors. It provides examples of both positive and negative first impressions. It also discusses stereotypes based on gender, ethnicity and occupation and how prejudices can form from these stereotypes. The document defines prosocial behavior, aggression, and negative attributional style, providing examples of each. It examines how these concepts relate to relationship satisfaction and conflict between people.

1. Social psychology
The first love
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Lew Quo Ming 0322884
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2. The impression is made :
• a wide range of characteristics namely the appearance
of a person
• the actions done by the person
• number of people present
• time allowed to process
• may be either positive or negative.
First impression
The first mental image of a person when a
person encounters with another person.

3. First impression
Negative impression
• The student beside Alicia decided
not to listen to whatever Mathew is
talking
• her first impression of Mathew was
that he came across annoying and a
show off by telling them what to do
throughout the semester and his
accomplishments.
Positive impression
• Alicia view him as a smart and
handsome person until. She finds
herself falling in love with Matthew
due to her first impression

4. Stereotypes based on:
• gender
• ethnicity
• occupation are common in many societies.
The beliefs about people based on their membership in a
particular group
Stereotype

5. Alicia categorizes all seniors to be
• Highly knowledgeable people
• Must listen to whatever advice
that they provide no matter the
consequences
Stereotype
Alicia also finds Mathew attractive as
according to her stereotyping
thinking in which seniors must be
good and perfect.

6. Gender Prejudice
• A negative learned attitude towards a group of people
• Fitting gender under prejudice would mean that treating
people unequally due to their gender
• Gender prejudice comes under sexism.
Means valuing men and women equally and
promoting the right of men and women to
have the same opportunities for the
achievement of important goals in society

7. Gender Prejudice
The guy with the red shirt doesn’t think that
way. He thinks that girls can never drive or
drive better than him. He rejects the offer
and prefers him as the driver instead.
the lady sitting in the middle
is offering her friends a ride
to get the materials they
might need
G C D

8. Prosocial Behaviour
Prosocial behaviours are :
• actions or patterns of behaviour rather than motivations.
Prosocial behaviour consist of two types of model.
• Egoistic model - when the behaviours are done for selfish
reasons
• Altruistic model is when behaviours are done for selfish
reasons.
The phenomenon of people helping each other
with no thought of reward or compensation.

9. Prosocial Behaviour
Egoistic model
• Matthew is willing to help Alicia
because he emphasizes Alicia and he
wants Alicia to get a good grade.
Altruistic model
• Mathew came to the aid of Alicia
without having to gain any benefit but
just to help her succeed in the project.

10. Aggression
A range of behaviours that can result in both
physical and psychological harm to one.
Two types of the nature of aggression:
• Hostile aggression – the goal is suffering for the victim
• Instrumental aggression – the goal is "non-injurious"
but the acts serve a different purpose

11. • He attempt to provoke the
lecturer by pushing the tables
away.
• Kicking the door when he
leaves the classroom
Mathew get rejected by his
lecturer
Hostile Aggression

12. Instrumental Aggression
Alicia did feel anger
She kept it within and
instead she rather cry it
out than releasing her
anger

13. Negative Attributional Style
When we automatically explain a partner’s action in
negative ways as it also decreases relationship
satisfaction and increases conflict.

14. Negative Attributional Style
Mathew is annoyed with her
attitude and automatically
interprets Alicia’s action all in
negative ways.
when both of them finally
decided to break up due to the
fact that their relationship
satisfaction is at an end as they
mostly have more conflict.

15. Social psychology
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