GIMLI THE “DWARF”SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY

GROUP MEMBERS : Chang Huey Yi 0322898 Chan Koon Qi 0322000 Teoh Jun Xiang 0322099 Ow Xun Cong 0321997 Brian Koh

STORYLINEGimli is an albino black person of short stature of boastful personality, he goes on to a local trade market to sell off some ancient iron artefacts he picked up off the road, when he reached the market the people thought that he was a another white dwarf that came to sell the gear he made.

Browsing through the market, he saw a big bellied man in the middle ages on an immense wooden throne wearing nice clothes and Gimli thought that he might as well try his chance to sell to this man as he was looking rather rich.

Turns out he was indeed rich and was a man looking for a good laugh, he challenged anyone into drinking two barrels on beer then doing acrobatic moves though a course in order to buy any product for 100 gold pieces. Gimli does not know how to do either acrobat moves and moving through an obstacle course, but he observed and asked some other challengers, he learnt some techniques and know some hidden traps of the obstacle course.

Knowing that his competitors that are better than him might very well win the prize, he was pumped up and learnt some godly moves in a short period.

But in the end he was careless and fell into a pit, he blamed the other people for not telling him of that, and also shouted out that he would win the money three times over if he had been serious as he was the best acrobat the world has ever seen.

CONCEPT 1 : STEREOTYPE

Definition : Assumes that all members of a group shares some common features.

The people at the market assumes Gimli is a dwarf by observing from the way he dress and also his unusually

short stature.

CONCEPT 1 : STEREOTYPE

CONCEPT 2 : FIRST IMPRESSION

Definition : Is an instantaneous mental image of a person from first encounter from information such as physicality.

The moment Gimli saw the big bellied guy he assumes he is rich from the throne and clothing that the person

possesses.

CONCEPT 2 : FIRST IMPRESSION

CONCEPT 3 : OBSERVATIONAL LEARNING

Definition : Watching others engage in behaviours and then repeating those actions.

Gimli was never exposed to acrobatics but through careful observations of other competitors he was able to pick up

some basics in a short period of time

CONCEPT 3 : OBSERVATIONAL LEARNING

CONCEPT 4 : SOCIAL FACILITATION

Definition : Social Facilitation occurs when persons are performing tasks in presence of others yet their individual contributions can be identified.

Gimli is threatened by his competitors on getting his reward, therefore he is motivated to perform better than

usual

CONCEPT 4 : SOCIAL FACILITATION

CONCEPT 5 : SOCIAL FACILITATION

Definition – Take credit for success but does not take responsibility for failure.

When he fails he blames his surroundings instead of admitting his own carelessness, and assuming that he

would perform better with more training as compared to others.

CONCEPT 5 : SOCIAL FACILITATION

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