Social psychology

Research Report and Group Presentation

Group members:

Tan Ken Ric 0318631

Hooi Zhao Hong 0318564

Lee Jian Ru 0318132

Yeo Dor Een 0316224

Sabrina Wiora Saidi Nassoro  0317776

Subject: Social Psychology (PSY0103)

Session: Monday 4pm

Submission date: 8 December 2014

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Table of contents

NO. CONTENT PAGE

1. Acknowledgement 3

2. Introduction 4

3. Method - Apparatus / Materials

- Procedure

5-6

4. Discussion 7-9

5. Reference 10

6. Appendix 11

Acknowledgement

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We would like to express our deepest appreciation to all those who

provided us the possibility to complete this report. First, a special gratitude to

Mr. Shankar, our social psychology lecturer for guiding us and giving us some

useful tips for this study and also for teaching us about social psychology

which helped us to complete this project more efficiently, also for his

contribution in stimulating suggestions and encouragement helped us to

coordinate our project especially in writing this report.

On the other hand we would like to extend our sincere regards to our

group members for their hard work, participation, contribution and cooperation

throughout the whole journey of this project with their invaluable opinions and

suggestions to complete the project successfully. Lastly, we would also like to

thank our university for supporting us with resources. We would not have done

it without you!

Introduction

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We were divided into a group of five students by our lecturer, Mr.

Shankar for our final project at the beginning of this semester. This project is

about conducting a social psychology conceptual video clip and a presentation

for the video. The objectives of this assignment are to allow students to

demonstrate implementation of social psychology concepts to practical

environments and enhance teamwork ability and leadership. Moreover, students

will be able to apply critical thinking in real world experiences. There are two

parts in this project. Part 1 is about making up a video clip by incorporating the

concepts we learnt in class and a written report of the clip. Part 2 is about

presenting the video clip to class and conducting a group presentation that

should be approximately 20 minutes.

Method

Apparatus/Materials

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1. Tablet:

For this assignment, we are required to make a video and since none of our group members have a video recorder or a camera, we decided to go for the next best thing, a tablet. Since all tablets are able to record videos, we took it to our advantage and used the video recorder provided in the tablet. We also needed a cameraman and all of us had a part to play in this video, we took turns to hold the tablet while we record our video.

2. Script:

For our video to be successful, we need a script for how our video will go, so we all brainstormed to generate ideas on how to make a story line for our video which we can implement 5 concepts of social psychology we have learnt during lectures.

3. Jacket:

For our video, we wanted to one of our group members to fight a monster so we used a jacket to disguise one of our members as our monster for the video.

4. Pen and papers:

We used some papers as signs, application forms and letters for our video making.

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Procedures

1. Confirming the 5 concepts used for the video

A meeting was arranged so that all our group members would gather and discuss on what are the 5 concepts that should be included in the video. This so that we can come up with a proper story line so that we can ensure smooth recording of our video. The five concepts we have chosen are observational learning, extrinsic motivation, social facilitation, self-fulfilling prophecy and downward counterfactual thinking.

2. Planning for the video

After completing our research, we plan for video making. We wrote a script which consists of the 5 concepts that we have chosen to include in this video. We have also chosen the places we will shoot our video and they are at the library, outside lecture hall 21 and 22 and last of all, at the parking area.

3. Shooting the video

We gathered together at 9 o’clock in the morning bright and early, this was to avoid other people from staring at us. Initially, we recorded pretty fast, but by the time it has reached 10 o’clock, students started gathering around so we got more nervous and shy when trying to act out our play. So we had to redo a few clips several times due to a few mistakes such as the voice being too soft or we did not act out accordingly.

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Discussion

Storyline of the video

Scene 1 :

Ben graduates from Taylor's University and he decided to find a job as a

quantity surveyor. He decided to apply in a well-known company. With the

competitors he has to face, he needs to work hard to get the job. After seeing the

employee histories, he finds out that majority of them does not get the job.

Scene 2:

He decided to fill in the application form and he sees that the requirements he

has to do are ridiculous. But he does it for the job anyways because those

minorities that succeeded in getting the jobs are very successful now. So Ben

refers to how these people completed the tasks. His mother gave him motivation

to do better.

Scene 3:

One of the requirement is to clean the toilet and the second requirement is to

buy a car. As silly as it may sounds the boss said it does relates to quantity

surveying. The last one is to fight a monster. Ben works hard to pass the

requirements as he is motivated to get the job. Ben cannot do well when he is

practising alone. At last he defeated the monster when competing with others

and successfully get the job as a quantity surveyor.

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Concepts

There are 5 concepts related to the video storyline.

They are:

1. Observational Learning

- Observational learning (also known as vicarious learning, social learning,

or modeling) is a type of learning that occurs as a function of observing,

retaining and replicating novel behaviour executed by others.

- From the story, those minorities that succeeded in getting the job are very

successful now. So Ben refers to how these people completed the tasks by

observational learning.

2. Extrinsic Motivation

- Extrinsic motivation refers to motivation that comes from outside an

individual. The motivating factors are external, or outside, rewards such as

money or grades. These rewards provide satisfaction and pleasure that the

task itself may not provide.

- Ben is motivated to complete the tasks because he really wants to get the

job as a quantity surveyor to earn money.

3. Social Facilitation

- 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.

- Ben cannot do well when he is practising alone. However, when he

competes with other participants, he successfully completes the tasks.

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4. Self Fulfilling Prophecy

- A self-fulfilling prophecy is a prediction that directly or indirectly causes

itself to become true, by the very terms of the prophecy itself, due to positive

feedback between belief and behaviour.

- Ben predicts that he will do well in completing the tasks. Eventually he

really did it and get the job.

5. Downward Counterfactual Thinking

- Downward counterfactual thinking is a positive additive statement involves

engaging in an event that did not originally occur.

- Although Ben’s marks are not high, he is happy that at least he passed all

the requirements.

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Reference

McLeod, S. (2011). Social Facilitation. Retrieved from http://www.simplypsychology.org/Social-Facilitation.html

Kendra, C. (2012). What is Observational Learning? Retrieved from http://psychology.about.com/od/oindex/fl/What-Is-Observational-Learning.htm

Gary, L. (2009). Dimensions of counterfactual thinking. Retrieved from http://www.psych-it.com.au/Psychlopedia/article.asp?id=401

Joshua, R. (2009). Self-fulfilling Prophecy, Correspondence Inference Theory, Covariation Model, Lau & Russell, Lau & Russell Review Sheet (new). Retrieved from http://www.umich.edu/~psychol/380sek/Week3.html

Alexandra, S. (2010). Extrinsic motivation. Retrieved from http://changingminds.org/explanations/theories/extrinsic_motivation.htm

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Appendix

Video script

1. Ben graduates from Taylor's University.

2. Ben looks for a job in a quantity surveying company.

3. Ben applies for the job.

4. Ben was required to accomplish three tasks.

5. He practices hard for the three tasks.

6. He saw many seniors failed to perform the three tasks.

7. His mother gave him courage to do better.

8. He performs the first and second tasks at ease.

9. The final task was a pain but he manages to complete him with the help of his trainings.

Narration

1. I am someone who has been working hard to pursue my career as a quantity surveyor.

2. I went to find the job in a company that i longed to work in.

3. As i applied for the vacancy i found out that there were three ridiculous tasks i had to complete.

4. I looked through the seniors work and many of them had failed

5. when it seemed impossible i picked up my pace and practiced harder.

6. I practiced for the actual tests from day to night.

7. I even had motivation from my mother.

8. I completed the two tasks easily.

9. The third task had me pushing my limit but in the end i broke through.

10. And i finally got the job.

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