This document is a group assignment report for a Social Psychology course. It includes: - An acknowledgements section thanking those who helped with the project. - A methods section describing the 5 concepts analyzed in the group's video assignment, including social facilitation, BIRGing, observational learning, illusion of control, and self-fulfilling prophecy. - An introduction to the video assignment and concepts explored. - A discussion section explaining how each concept was incorporated into scenes in the group's video through examples like a student performing better while being watched or feeling lucky with a certain pen.

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SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE, BUILDING AND DESIGN
FOUNDATION IN NATURAL BUILT ENVIRONMENT
Social Psychology (Video clip and Research report)
● Group Members : Wong Qin Kai (0320024)
Ngo Jia Haur (0320144)
Satesh Raj (0321419)
Nur Iman Bin Mohd Zahari (0321736)
Nadhirah Binti Mohd Zain (0321366)
● Subject : Social Psychology (PSYC0103)
● Class : Monday Slot (4­6pm)
● Submission Date : 8​th​
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Acknowledge
​In performing our assignment, we had to take the help and guideline of some
respected person, who deserve our greatest attitude. The completion of this assignment
gives us much pleasure. We would like to show our gratitude to ​Mr Shankar for giving us
a good guideline for this assignment throughout numerous consultation. We would also
like to expand our deepest gratitude to all those who have directly and indirectly guide
and much appreciation to Taylor’s University for giving us the spaces to firm for our
social psychology video.
Besides, a special gratitude to Satesh and Nadhirah for being our group’s actor and
actress in the video clip. In the process of filming, we are very happy because of their
funny and absurd poses. Then, we also want to say thank you to our cameraman who
named Ngo Jia Haur. Because of him, we finally able to shoot the successful completion
of the task.
Not to be forgotten, a special gratitude to the remaining members Iman, Qin Kai, Jia
Haur and Nadhirah because they provided us many useful ideas, efforts, motivate each
others and tolerance toward each others. Lastly to our fellow classmates who have made
valuable comments and ideas on this project which give us a motivation to improve our
assignment. ​We thank all the people for their help directly and indirectly to complete our
assignment.
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Content
1.0 Introduction 3
2.0 Methods
2.1 Participants 4
2.2 Apparatus and Materials 4
2.3 Procedure 5
3.0 Discuss
3.1 Applied Theories 6­10
3.2 Conclusion 11
4.0 References 12
5.0 Appendix 13­17
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Introduction
A combination of confusion and fascination over strange social behaviors is the
reason that draws students and researchers to the field of social psychology. It is a study
of how other people influence an individual’s thoughts, feelings and social behaviors.
Social psychologists always emphasize the external environment. They work to
understand how groups, attitudes, social roles and norms encourage us to behave cruelly
or aggressively, as well as lovingly and altruistically.
In this social psychology final project , we are required to form a group with five
members and the project must be consisted of 2 components which include making up a
video clip by incorporating the concepts learned in class. The purpose of this assignment
is to allow student to recognize and identify the relation among concepts and perspectives
within psychology and other disciplines. Besides, student will learn how to apply all
those concepts taught in real life. This would help the students to have a better
understanding of the concept hence strengthen their knowledge of social psychology.
This would come handy to everyone’s life especially to understand other based on their
circumstance and avoid misunderstanding.
The concepts that we used for this assignment are social facilitation, BIRGing,
observational learning, illusion of control and self­fulfilling prophecy. This report record
our understanding about the chosen concepts and on how we incorporate these concept in
our video.
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2.0 Method
2.1 Participants
Majority of the people that contribute in our video are our group’s members with some
helps from our classmates.
2.2 Apparatus /Materials
Scenes Apparatus Settings
Scene 1 ­ Satesh met his
competitors during the sport
event.
Phone, Camera stand,
medal, and stopwatch.
The corridor outside ground
floor Block E.
Scene 2 ­ Others competitors
come to congrats Satesh.
Camera, medal and phones. The corridor outside ground
floor Block E.
Scene 3 ­Jia Haur observed
something new from Satesh
Tables, chairs, camera,
exam papers, normal pens
and lucky pen.
Classroom E6.20
Scene 4 ­Satesh met Nadhirah at
counselling office.
Tables, chairs, bag, camera
and phones
Classroom E6.20, outside
classroom E6.20, link bridge
of Block E.
Scene 5 ­ Satesh sit for the
mid­term exam again.
Tables, normal pens,
camera, chairs and exam
paper.
Classroom E6.20
Scene 6 ­ Nadhirah returned
back the exam papers.
Tables, chairs, bags and
camera.
Classroom E6.19
Scene 7 ­ Satesh’s friends come
to encourage and motivate him.
Bags, phones and tissue
papers.
Stairs at 5​th​
floor, Block E.
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2.3 Procedure
No. Date Item Description
1. 27​th ​
May 2015 1​st​
meeting Meet all the members and select one leader for our
group. Briefly understand the tasks that given by Mr
Shankar.
2. 28​th​
May 2015 2​nd​
meeting Do research for our video clip and decide the
concepts that going to be used in the video.
3. 1​st​
June 2015 Discussion Discuss the storyline of our video and assigned the
characters to the group members.
Satesh­(Main Character).
Iman­Coach & student, competitor.
Jia Haur­Cameraman & student.
Nadhirah­Lecturer & Counselling teacher.
Jordon­Student,competitor & Satesh’s friend.
4. 2​nd​
June 2015 Discussion All members discuss via Skype and finalize all the
tasks. Discuss what to wear during that day.
5. 3​rd ​
June 2015 1​st ​
Filming Video shooting at E6.20 from 1pm to 4pm.
6. 4​th​
June 2015 3​rd​
meeting Combine all the scenes and edited into one video.
7. 6​th​
June 2015 4​th​
meeting Discuss and delicate the tasks.
Presentation slides ­ Satesh and Iman .
Report Writing ­ Jordon and Nadhirah.
Video editing ­ Ngo Jia Haur.
8. 7​th​
June 2015 Last Meeting Discuss and delicate the slides of presentation.
Jia Haur ­ Illusion of control.
Satesh ­Introduction and Social facilitation.
Jordon ­ BIRGing.
Iman ­ Observational learning.
Nadhirah ­ Self­fulfilling prophecy.
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3.0 Discussion
3.1 Applied Theories
In our social psychology video clip, it had incorporated the five concepts that we learned
in the class. The main concepts that involved in our video are social facilitation,
self­fulfilling prophecy, observational learning, illusion of control and BIRGing.
First Concept
Theory​: Social Facilitation (Chapter 1 )
Definition​:Social facilitation is the tendency for people to do better on simple tasks when
in the presence of other people. This implies that, whenever people are being watched by
others, they will do well on things that they are already good at doing.
Explanation​: In the first scene, we introduced Satesh as an athletic who always won in
every competitions that he joined in. He was Taylor’s University’s representative in 200
meter running competition. Satesh was really committed with his career as an athletic.
During his training session, he tried to break his last record but he failed. He did push up,
sit up and other exercise to strengthen his muscle. During the competition, he get first
place and manage to break his record. With the presence of others who doing the same
task as Satesh, have trigger him to do better compare when he did it alone.
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Second Concept
Theory​ : Illusion of control (Chapter 3 )
Definition​ : According to Ellen Langer, illusion of control is the tendency for people to
overestimate their ability to control events. For example, it occurs when someone feels a
sense of control over outcomes that they demonstrably do not influence.
Explanation : In our third scene, Satesh shared his secret with Jia Haur on how he got
flying colours in his exam. He told Jia Haur that it is all because of his lucky pen.
Everytime he used that lucky pen to sit for the exam, he always get great result. Illusion
of control can lead to self serving bias as it occur due to a need to protect self­esteem
from negative consequences of the loss of control. It is a defense mechanism that make
the person full of control and maintain his or her self­esteem when the person face events
that he or she cannot control. So, when Satesh got D in his mid year exam he blame his
lost lucky pen.
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Third Concept
Theory​ : BIRGing ( Chapter 2 )
Definition : BIRGing is an acronym which stands for Basking in Reflected Glory. It
means we are feeling good by identifying with others who are successful.
Explanation : In second scene, even though Iman and Jordon were not personally
involved with Satesh’s success but they felt very proud to have Satesh as their friend.
BIRGing can enhance our self­esteem and self­evaluation as it has connection with
identity theory. In this case, Iman and Jordon used Satesh’s achievement to maintain and
support their personal and collective identities. So, they can be perceived as successful by
be friend with him. It also will be more pleasure to be with successful person than be with
someone who failed.
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Fourth Concept
Theory​ :Observational Learning ( Chapter 5 )
Definition :Replicating, retaining and watching others engage in behaviors and repeat
those action from a model.
Explanation : Jia Haur noticed that Satesh always got good grade in all his exam and he
usually used the same pen everytime he taking his exam. So, Jia Haur was really curious
to know about Satesh’s secret. In our third scene, it shows that Satesh was telling his
secret to Jia Haur. From that moment, Jia Haur learnt how Satesh achieved good grades
in exam. He tried to borrow the pen from Satesh but Satesh did not allowed him to touch
his precious pen. Usually, the only things that can be limit to observational learning are
their level of ability to copy the person well that the learner possesses and the intelligence
level. The behavior may not happen in a short time as Jia Haur has the choice to continue
exhibiting the behavior depend on the outcome.
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Fifth Concept
Theory​ :Self­fulfilling prophecy (Chapter 7 )
Definition ​:​Self Fulfilling Prophecy is a prediction that causes itself to come true due to
the simple fact that the prediction was made. This happens because our beliefs influence
our actions. It also can lead to the positive and negative behaviors.
Explanation​: When people who hold on tightly to a need on control, things need to be
just so. They get panic when the circumstance change. In this case, when Satesh lost his
lucky pen, he started to think that this incident can affect his exam result, he then acted in
a way that will directly or indirectly cause his belief to come true. He try to look for his
lucky pen everywhere but still could not find it. He was really worried because he had
exam that day. He met his counselor to ask for help but the teacher did not understand his
problem. He felt very helpless. Then, he walked dejectedly to his exam class. During the
exam, he could not concentrate of his paper, his mind kept wandering around. When the
result came out, as Satesh expected he got D for his mid year exam.
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Conclusion
Through this project, all of us have a better understanding of the social psychology
concept and we knew how to incorporate it into real life situation. We managed to
recognize and identify the relation among concepts and perspectives within psychology
and other disciplines.
Besides, we learnt how to present our video in a creative manner. We had learnt
shooting and acting skills through this final assignment. Even though it felt very awkward
at first as most of us are not good enough to act ourselves in front of the camera, we try
our best to overcome the problem and we managed to finish our video.
Lastly, this is a great experience for us as this assignment is a bit different from
other assignment. Besides gaining more knowledge about social psychology, we really
enjoying ourselves while doing the video shooting.
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References
● BIRGing: Basking in reflected glory. (n.d.). Retrieved June 6, 2015, from
http://www.bps.org.uk/news/birgingbasking­reflected­glory
● Cherry, K. (n.d.). What Is Observational Learning? Retrieved June 6, 2015, from
http://psychology.about.com/od/oindex/fl/What­Is­Observational­Learning.htm
● 8 Ways to Shoot Video Like a Pro. (n.d.). Retrieved June 6, 2015, from
http://lifehacker.com/214043/8­ways­to­shoot­video­like­a­pro
● 10 Simple Tips To Make Home Videos Look Professional. (n.d.). Retrieved June 6,
2015, from
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/10­simple­tips­to­record­great­looking­home­videos/
● Ellen Langer: Expert on, and victim of, the illusion of control ­ Statistical Modeling,
Causal Inference, and Social Science. (2015, March 9). Retrieved June 6, 2015, from
http://andrewgelman.com/2015/03/09/ellen­langer­expert­victim­illusion­control/
● How to Write a Psychology Research Report | Simply Psychology. (n.d.). Retrieved
June 6, 2015, from ​http://www.simplypsychology.org/research­report.html
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Appendix
Group Photo
Group members from left to right (Nadhirah , Iman , Satesh , Jordon and Jia Haur )
Behind the scenes
Video shooting in the class (Main character and camera man)
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Youtube Link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toaFVQ0A1Gc&feature=youtu.be
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Script
Scene 1
Introduce the main character, Satesh. He is training for upcoming running
competition. The coach asked him to warm up before start his running exercise.
Satesh do push up and sit up.
Scene 2
During the competition day. Iman and Jordon as Satesh’s competitors. Satesh,
Iman and Jordon ready to run. Satesh lead the race and he won. Jordon approach
Satesh and his friend.
Satesh : What’s up man?
Jordan : Congrats dude! I’m so proud of you.
Satesh : Thanks man.
Iman : I’m very happy to have you as my friends, Satesh.
Scene 3
In the class room,
Teacher : Hey, guys! today is exam. Here is your exam paper. Are you guys
ready for the exam?
Student : Yesss.
Teacher : Here is your paper. Don’t open until I tell you to do so. Okay, you
have one hour, no cheating and you guy can start..now.
*Jia haur, Jordon and Iman are passing the cheating paper among them. Satesh
answered the paper confidently.
Scene 4
The teacher return the exam paper.
Teacher : Guys, this is your result. So the one who got A is… Satesh. Congrats,
you got A+!
Satesh : Yes!
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Scene 5
Jia Haur saw Satesh paper.
Jia Haur : Wah, Satesh! So good you got high marks. How did you do that?
Satesh : Thanks.. Erm.. It just my pen. This is my lucky pen. I love this pen.
Jia Haur : So.. Can I borrow your pen?
Satesh : No! Do not touch my pen!
*Slap Jia Haur’s hand.
Scene 6
Satesh enter the class.
Satesh : Where is my pen? Oh my god. Where is my pen?!
*Search the pen in his pocket and beg.
Satesh : Oh my god! My pen is lost!!!!
Scene 7
In the counselor's room.
*Satesh knock the door
Teacher : Come in.
Satesh : Teacher~
Teacher : Yes, Satesh.
Satesh : Good morning teacher. I lost my pen. I really need my pen. Can you
help me to find it?
Teacher : Ermm.. I got another pen, do you want it?
Satesh : No.. That is my lucky pen. I really need that pen. Please help me to
find it.
Teacher : Why? There was no any different if you use another pen.
Satesh : The pen gave me A for my exam. So please help me to find it.
Teacher : I don’t think the pen is the reason why you get A. You got …
Satesh : No! No one understand me!
*Satesh go out and walk lazily.
Scene 8
In the class room.
Teacher : Ok guys, this is your mid­term exam. *Pass the paper.
Satesh I know you can do it. Don’t be so sad. Ok, you can start now.
*Students start answering their papers. Satesh acts like he cannot concentrate to
the papers.
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Scene 9
The teacher return the papers back.
Teacher : Guy, here is your result. Congrats! And Satesh * approach his table*
What happen to you? You got D this time.
*Other student surprise to hear that
Scene 10
Satesh is upset because of his result. His friends try to comfort him.
Jordon : Satesh,don’t be sad.
Jia Haur : Ya, don’t cry. It’s not the pen makes you smart. Actually you are
smart.
Iman : *pat Satesh* Stop crying Satesh. Actually everything is ok. Just
believe yourself.
Scene 11
The teacher return the final exam paper.
Teacher : Guys. congrats! you guys improve a lot. Satesh I know you can do it.
you got A+ this time.
Satesh : Thank you! *with big smile*
­THE END­
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