Social psychology

The first love FNBE JAN 2015

Lew Quo Ming 0322884Chang May Chen 0322636Karen Choo 0322480Haroon Faleel 0322197Soh Young Zhou 0322123

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.

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

Stereotypes based on:• gender• ethnicity• occupation are common in many societies.

The beliefs about people based on their membership in a particular group

Stereotype

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.

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

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

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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.

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.

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

• 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

Instrumental Aggression

Alicia did feel anger

She kept it within and instead she rather cry it out than releasing her anger

Negative Attributional Style

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

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.

Social psychology

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