SOCIAL PSYCHOLOG
Y FINAL ASSIGNMEN
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Title:First impression on
appearancesGroup members: Tsang Hao Ren Moy Chin Hoong Tan Chuu Yee Yap Kar Juen Yap Yong Xing
Introduction
• Conduct a simple social psychology research assignment.
• The relationship based on first impression on appearances
• This project divided to two part
Which are;
• Part One:
Conduct the research by creating a hypothesis, research method, execute, collect and analysis data.
Write a research report from all the data.
• Part Two:
Group presentation about our research and data collected.
• Theme
First impression
• Tittle of this research;
First impression that you give based on female and male
- Men and women are able to judge each other
- They didn’t care about whether their potential mate is a sinner man or hopelessly depend on their feelings
Social
• Social measured impressions based on variety of traits
Attractiveness
Aggressiveness
Like ability
Trustworthiness
• Picture is worth a thousand words
• Different type of picture will affect people make a wrong judgement
• First impression is considerably inaccurate
• But some of them believe first impression is correct
• Take action to do a survey proving that first impressions is inaccurate
Hypothesis
• First impression on the appearance is fairly inaccurate
• Affect;
One person first meet another person from a photo
• It cannot exactly represent of the person, depending on their first impression
• Finding the accuracy of first impression is categorised as a quantitative research
• It uses statistical, mathematical or numerical data to find the results
• The traits inference that predicted the election outcomes was ability.
METHOD &
APPARATUS
PARTICIPANTS
WHO ARE THEY ???
MODELS• Outsiders
PARTICIPANTS• 60 males VS 60 females • Taylor’s students
MATERIAL & APPARATUS
MATERIALS
Photos of 8 models
120 sets of questionnaire
APPARATUS
Printer
Calculator
PROJECT PROCEDURES
4. Record and write a report
3. Analyze the data and conclude
2. Planning the experiment
1. Finding a topic
OUR EXPERIMENT
Survey formsModels
Procedures① Conforming & planning the experiment
Conduct several meetings
Researches
Form hypothesis
② Finding models
4 males & 4 females
Outsiders
permissions
③ Setting & distributing the questionnaires
Guess the models’ age, personality & background
Distribute around the campus
④ Analyzing the data
Calculate, interpret & analyze the data gathered
Keep the data private & confidential
Personal Information:
1. What is your gender? ☐ Male ☐ Female
2. What is your age? ☐ 15-18 ☐ 19-22 ☐ 23-26 ☐ 27-30
3. Do you think first impression is accurate? ☐ Yes ☐ No
Survey Questions:
1. How old do you think Model A is? ☐ 15-18 ☐ 19-22 ☐ 23-26 ☐ 27-30
2. What do you think about Model A? (Can ✓ more than one option) ☐ Hard-working ☐ Boring ☐ Lazy ☐ Playful ☐ Friendly ☐ Joker ☐ Anti-social ☐ from rich family ☐ Sporty ☐ from average family ☐ Nerdy ☐ from poor family ☐ Others: (Please specify):_________________________
MODEL A
⑤ Discussing the results
RESULTS
27 Males who thinks that first impression is accu-rate
33 Males who thinks that first impression is inac-curate
29 Females who thinks that first impression is accurate
31 Females who thinks that first impression is inaccurate
NUMBER OF
PARTICIPANTSA total number of 120 participants are divided
into 4 groups
05
1015202530354045
MaleFemale
ACCURACY OF FIRST
IMPRESSION (%)
27 Males (thinks that first impression is
accurate)
33 Males (thinks that first impression is
inaccurate)
29 Females (thinks that first impression is
accurate)
31 Females (thinks that first impression is
inaccurate)
MODEL A MODEL B MODEL C MODEL D MODEL E MODEL F MODEL G MODEL H0
10
20
30
40
50
60
Series 1
AVERAGE PERCENTAGE OBTAINED
BY ALL THE PARTICIPANTS FOR
ALL MODELS
DISCUSSION
HYPOTHESI
S?• The first impression on females’ & males’ appearances is INACCURATE
RESULT
OBTAINED MATCH with hypothesis
ETHICAL ISSUES
• VOLUNTARY participation
• Must be informed about this survey & the procedures
• Have the right to withdraw at ANYTIME without ANY PENALTY
• PROTECTION for participants
• Being protected from physical & mental discomfort
• E.g. embarrassed offended frightened
• PRIVATE & CONFIDENTIAL
• DO NOT leak out any data
FIRST IMPRESSION
• Create a practical implication in real life
• Judging people without knowing them in depth
• Lead to PREJUDICE
BEST EXAMPLE
• Job employing
• Relationship between the applicant & employer is usually STRANGER
• Employers will always look at the appearances of applicants
Conclusion
-Definition of first impression • first thought• mental image• opinion • memory -that someone makes on first sight. It can either be good or bad and its judgment based only on appearances and behavior .
Occurs everyday
• -We all know that first impressions are important, but what about those re-occurring first impression moments that are built into our days.
• -Do you ever stop to think about how those re-occurring first impressions impact the feel and flow of your relationships with those closest to you
Most of the participants got <50%
Hypothesis is acceptable
The results proved that the first impression is always WRONG
SHOULD NOT judge people by just looking at their appearances
• First impression
• -important
• - miraculous .
• It takes just a quick glance, maybe three seconds, for someone to evaluate you when you meet for the first time..
References
• OWL (1995-2014) Purdue Online Writing Lab: Welcome to Purdue OWL. Retrieved from https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/
• Mickey S. Schafer (1992-2013) Writing in Psychology/Writing the Results Section Retrieved from http://web.clas.ufl.edu/users/msscha/psych/report_results.html
• Hoss, S. (2009, July 10). First impression and your appearance: Common myths and misconceptions. Retrieved from http://voices.yahoo.com/first-impressions-appearance-common-myths-3719868.html
• Hogg, M.A. & Vaughan, G.M. (2005). Social Psychology. (4th Ed.). England: Pearson Education Limited.
• Myers, D.G. (2007). Exploring Social Psychology. (4th Ed.). NewYork: McGraw Hill Companies Inc.
• Myers, D.G. (2008). Social Psychology. (9th Ed.). McGraw Hill Companies, Inc.
THANK YOU &
HAVE A NICE DAY
