1) The video project focuses on Sulaiman's bad behavior of flirting with different girls. He meets and becomes attracted to Poh Ling, but she rejects him due to her bad first impression of him. 2) Sulaiman tries to manage his impression with Poh Ling by paying for drinks, but his self-fulfilling prophecy of being rejected comes true due to his lack of confidence. 3) Reflecting on the rejection, Sulaiman feels self-blame through upward counterfactual thinking, believing the outcome would have been better if he acted differently. 4) Kenneth and Calvin blame Sulaiman for his behavior as well, believing the incident is justified due to Sul

1. FNBE MARCH 2015
SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
(PSY30203)
FINAL PROJECT : VIDEO CLIPS
Group Members :
Calvin Wong Ping Ket (0322481)
Kenneth Tan Sin Kwang (0322482)
Yeong Poh Ling (0323590)
Tan Vin Nie (0323706)
Sulaiman Idris (0321087)
Tutorial Group : Monday, 8am-10am
Lecturer : Mr Shankar

2. STORYLINE
The story of our video is basically about bad behavior
of Sulaiman where he likes to flirt with different girls.
It includes how he meet a girl named Poh Ling and
got attracted to her. Also how he started to dated her.
Unfortunately he got rejected by her due to Poh Ling
had a bad impression towards him. Lastly, His best
friend Kenneth and Calvin also blamed him due to his
bad behavior.

3. CONCEPT 1 : FIRST IMPRESSION
DEFINITION:
First impression is the event when one person first
encounters another person and forms a mental image
of that person. First impression can be made with
large variety of characteristics such as ages, races,
cultures, languages, physical appearances and
genders.

4. FIRST IMPRESSION
APPLICATION:
The first impression of Sulaiman is damaged when Poh
Ling and Vin Nie coincidently hear what he has said.
His intention of judging someone with outward
appearance has destroyed his own identity. He never
tries to know somebody with a sincere heart. They feel
annoyed and furious with his rude attitude and
behavior. This affects the way how people see him.

5. CONCEPT 2 : IMPRESSION
MANAGEMENT
DEFINITION :
Impression management, also known as self-
presentation, is the process by which we try to convey
a certain impression of ourselves to others. People are
usually trying hard to express their positive impression
to other people. There are some motives to manage
their own impression. First motive is they want to
influence others and gain rewards.

6. IMPRESSION MANAGEMENT
APPLICATION:
To impress the Poh Ling, Sulaiman acts differently in
order to show his good sides. He accompanies Poh
Ling to buy some drinks and shows his generosity
paying for the drinks. He is trying different methods to
develop a nice impression on her, so that he can get
closer to her easily.

7. CONCEPT 3: SELF-FULFILLING
PROPHECY
DEFINITION:
A self-fulfilling prophecy is a prediction that
directly or indirectly causes it to become true. An
expectation about a subject, such as a person or
event, can affect our behavior towards that
subject, which causes the expectation to be
realized and also cause our own expectations to
come true by acting in ways that elicit expected
behavior from others

8. SELF-FULFILLING PROPHECY
APPLICATION:
Sulaiman keeps hesitating to ask Poh Ling for a date.
He feels that his invitation might be rejected because
she acts so cold to him. Lacks of confidence and over-
nervous have caused the prediction to come true. His
indirect reaction has affected his impression on the
others. Poh Ling feels annoyed with his unfamiliar
action, thinks that he is rude and straightly rejects his
invitation. She finds it uncomfortable to interact with
him.

9. CONCEPT 4: UPWARD
COUNTERFACTUAL THINKING
DEFINITION :
Counterfactual thinking is the process of mentally
changing some aspect of the past as a way of
imagining what might have been. For example: “If only
I had studied my notes more carefully, I would have
passed the exam,”. Upward counterfactuals are mental
simulations of better possible outcomes. It may
further increase self-blame and worsen depressive
symptoms

10. UPWARD COUNTERFACTUAL THINKING
APPLICATION:
When Poh Ling rejected his invitation, he feels so sad.
He blames himself for being so timid and indirect. He
thinks that if he does not feel hesitate, She will
definitely accept his invitation. This situation has
worsened his current mood. It causes him to be
diffidence and self-blame. He chooses to stay alone to
cool down himself.

11. CONCEPT 5: BELIEF IN A JUST
WORLD
DEFINITION:
Belief in a just world is the basis belief that good
things happen to good people and bad things happen
to bad people. This concept means we would blame
others misfortunes on them instead of circumstances
and they deserved what they got.

12. BELIEF IN A JUST WORLD
APPLICATION:
Kenneth and Calvin did not support him, but blame
him for his rude attitude and behavior. They agree
with Poh Ling’s decision because he only wants to get
closer to the attractive girl. He never uses a real heart
to know and understand a person. They believe that
this incident happens on him is because he once did
the same things on the other girls.

13. THANK YOU !! 