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- 1. 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 : 8th June 2015
- 2. TAYLOR’S UNIVERSITY | SABD | FNBE 08/14 Acknowledge In performing ourassignment, 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. SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY | ASSIGNMENT 3 1
- 3. TAYLOR’S UNIVERSITY | SABD | FNBE 08/14 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 SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY | ASSIGNMENT 3 2
- 4. TAYLOR’S UNIVERSITY | SABD | FNBE 08/14 Introduction A combination ofconfusion 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. SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY | ASSIGNMENT 3 3
- 5. TAYLOR’S UNIVERSITY | SABD | FNBE 08/14 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 5th floor, Block E. SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY | ASSIGNMENT 3 4
- 6. TAYLOR’S UNIVERSITY | SABD | FNBE 08/14 2.3 Procedure No. Date Item Description 1. 27th May 2015 1st meeting Meet all the members and select one leader for our group. Briefly understand the tasks that given by Mr Shankar. 2. 28th May 2015 2nd meeting Do research for our video clip and decide the concepts that going to be used in the video. 3. 1st 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. 2nd June 2015 Discussion All members discuss via Skype and finalize all the tasks. Discuss what to wear during that day. 5. 3rd June 2015 1st Filming Video shooting at E6.20 from 1pm to 4pm. 6. 4th June 2015 3rd meeting Combine all the scenes and edited into one video. 7. 6th June 2015 4th meeting Discuss and delicate the tasks. Presentation slides Satesh and Iman . Report Writing Jordon and Nadhirah. Video editing Ngo Jia Haur. 8. 7th 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. SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY | ASSIGNMENT 3 5
- 7. TAYLOR’S UNIVERSITY | SABD | FNBE 08/14 3.0 Discussion 3.1 Applied Theories In our socialpsychology 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. SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY | ASSIGNMENT 3 6
- 8. TAYLOR’S UNIVERSITY | SABD | FNBE 08/14 Second Concept Theory : Illusion of control (Chapter 3 ) Definition : According toEllen 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. SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY | ASSIGNMENT 3 7
- 9. TAYLOR’S UNIVERSITY | SABD | FNBE 08/14 Third Concept Theory : BIRGing ( Chapter 2 ) Definition : BIRGingis 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. SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY | ASSIGNMENT 3 8
- 10. TAYLOR’S UNIVERSITY | SABD | FNBE 08/14 Fourth Concept Theory :Observational Learning ( Chapter 5 ) Definition :Replicating, retainingand 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. SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY | ASSIGNMENT 3 9
- 11. TAYLOR’S UNIVERSITY | SABD | FNBE 08/14 Fifth Concept Theory :Selffulfilling prophecy (Chapter 7 ) Definition :Self FulfillingProphecy 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. SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY | ASSIGNMENT 3 10
- 12. TAYLOR’S UNIVERSITY | SABD | FNBE 08/14 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. SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY | ASSIGNMENT 3 11
- 13. TAYLOR’S UNIVERSITY | SABD | FNBE 08/14 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 SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY | ASSIGNMENT 3 12
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