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SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE, BUILDING AND DESIGN

FOUNDATION IN NATURAL BUILT ENVIRONMENT

Social Psychology (Video clip and Research report)

● Group Members : Wong Qin Kai (0320024)

Ngo Jia Haur (0320144)

Satesh Raj (0321419)

Nur Iman Bin Mohd Zahari (0321736)

Nadhirah Binti Mohd Zain (0321366)

● Subject : Social Psychology (PSYC0103)

● Class : Monday Slot (46pm)

● Submission Date : 8th June 2015

TAYLOR’S UNIVERSITY | SABD | FNBE 08/14

Acknowledge

In performing our assignment, we had to take the help and guideline of some

respected person, who deserve our greatest attitude. The completion of this assignment

gives us much pleasure. We would like to show our gratitude toMr Shankar for giving us

a good guideline for this assignment throughout numerous consultation. We would also

like to expand our deepest gratitude to all those who have directly and indirectly guide

and much appreciation to Taylor’s University for giving us the spaces to firm for our

social psychology video.

Besides, a special gratitude to Satesh and Nadhirah for being our group’s actor and

actress in the video clip. In the process of filming, we are very happy because of their

funny and absurd poses. Then, we also want to say thank you to our cameraman who

named Ngo Jia Haur. Because of him, we finally able to shoot the successful completion

of the task.

Not to be forgotten, a special gratitude to the remaining members Iman, Qin Kai, Jia

Haur and Nadhirah because they provided us many useful ideas, efforts, motivate each

others and tolerance toward each others. Lastly to our fellow classmates who have made

valuable comments and ideas on this project which give us a motivation to improve our

assignment. We thank all the people for their help directly and indirectly to complete our

assignment.

SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY | ASSIGNMENT 3 1


Content

1.0 Introduction 3

2.0 Methods

2.1 Participants 4

2.2 Apparatus and Materials 4

2.3 Procedure 5

3.0 Discuss

3.1 Applied Theories 610

3.2 Conclusion 11

4.0 References 12

5.0 Appendix 1317



Introduction

A combination of confusion and fascination over strange social behaviors is the

reason that draws students and researchers to the field of social psychology. It is a study

of how other people influence an individual’s thoughts, feelings and social behaviors.

Social psychologists always emphasize the external environment. They work to

understand how groups, attitudes, social roles and norms encourage us to behave cruelly

or aggressively, as well as lovingly and altruistically.

In this social psychology final project , we are required to form a group with five

members and the project must be consisted of 2 components which include making up a

video clip by incorporating the concepts learned in class. The purpose of this assignment

is to allow student to recognize and identify the relation among concepts and perspectives

within psychology and other disciplines. Besides, student will learn how to apply all

those concepts taught in real life. This would help the students to have a better

understanding of the concept hence strengthen their knowledge of social psychology.

This would come handy to everyone’s life especially to understand other based on their

circumstance and avoid misunderstanding.

The concepts that we used for this assignment are social facilitation, BIRGing,

observational learning, illusion of control and selffulfilling prophecy. This report record

our understanding about the chosen concepts and on how we incorporate these concept in

our video.



2.0 Method 2.1 Participants Majority of the people that contribute in our video are our group’s members with some

helps from our classmates.

2.2 Apparatus /Materials

Scenes Apparatus Settings

Scene 1 Satesh met his competitors during the sport event.

Phone, Camera stand, medal, and stopwatch.

The corridor outside ground floor Block E.

Scene 2 Others competitors come to congrats Satesh.

Camera, medal and phones. The corridor outside ground floor Block E.

Scene 3 Jia Haur observed something new from Satesh

Tables, chairs, camera, exam papers, normal pens and lucky pen.

Classroom E6.20

Scene 4 Satesh met Nadhirah at counselling office.

Tables, chairs, bag, camera and phones

Classroom E6.20, outside classroom E6.20, link bridge of Block E.

Scene 5 Satesh sit for the midterm exam again.

Tables, normal pens, camera, chairs and exam paper.

Classroom E6.20

Scene 6 Nadhirah returned back the exam papers.

Tables, chairs, bags and camera.

Classroom E6.19

Scene 7 Satesh’s friends come to encourage and motivate him.

Bags, phones and tissue papers.

Stairs at 5th floor, Block E.



2.3 Procedure

No. Date Item Description

1. 27th May 2015 1st meeting Meet all the members and select one leader for our group. Briefly understand the tasks that given by Mr Shankar.

2. 28th May 2015 2nd meeting Do research for our video clip and decide the concepts that going to be used in the video.

3. 1st June 2015 Discussion Discuss the storyline of our video and assigned the characters to the group members. Satesh(Main Character). ImanCoach & student, competitor. Jia HaurCameraman & student. NadhirahLecturer & Counselling teacher. JordonStudent,competitor & Satesh’s friend.

4. 2nd June 2015 Discussion All members discuss via Skype and finalize all the tasks. Discuss what to wear during that day.

5. 3rd June 2015 1st Filming Video shooting at E6.20 from 1pm to 4pm.

6. 4th June 2015 3rd meeting Combine all the scenes and edited into one video.

7. 6th June 2015 4th meeting Discuss and delicate the tasks. Presentation slides Satesh and Iman . Report Writing Jordon and Nadhirah. Video editing Ngo Jia Haur.

8. 7th June 2015 Last Meeting Discuss and delicate the slides of presentation. Jia Haur Illusion of control. Satesh Introduction and Social facilitation. Jordon BIRGing. Iman Observational learning. Nadhirah Selffulfilling prophecy.

SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY | ASSIGNMENT 3

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3.0 Discussion 3.1 Applied Theories

In our social psychology video clip, it had incorporated the five concepts that we learned

in the class. The main concepts that involved in our video are social facilitation,

selffulfilling prophecy, observational learning, illusion of control and BIRGing.

First Concept

Theory: Social Facilitation (Chapter 1 )

Definition: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.

Explanation: In the first scene, we introduced Satesh as an athletic who always won in

every competitions that he joined in. He was Taylor’s University’s representative in 200

meter running competition. Satesh was really committed with his career as an athletic.

During his training session, he tried to break his last record but he failed. He did push up,

sit up and other exercise to strengthen his muscle. During the competition, he get first

place and manage to break his record. With the presence of others who doing the same

task as Satesh, have trigger him to do better compare when he did it alone.



Second Concept

Theory : Illusion of control (Chapter 3 )

Definition : According to Ellen Langer, illusion of control is the tendency for people to

overestimate their ability to control events. For example, it occurs when someone feels a

sense of control over outcomes that they demonstrably do not influence.

Explanation : In our third scene, Satesh shared his secret with Jia Haur on how he got

flying colours in his exam. He told Jia Haur that it is all because of his lucky pen.

Everytime he used that lucky pen to sit for the exam, he always get great result. Illusion

of control can lead to self serving bias as it occur due to a need to protect selfesteem

from negative consequences of the loss of control. It is a defense mechanism that make

the person full of control and maintain his or her selfesteem when the person face events

that he or she cannot control. So, when Satesh got D in his mid year exam he blame his

lost lucky pen.



Third Concept

Theory : BIRGing ( Chapter 2 )

Definition : BIRGing is an acronym which stands for Basking in Reflected Glory. It

means we are feeling good by identifying with others who are successful.

Explanation : In second scene, even though Iman and Jordon were not personally

involved with Satesh’s success but they felt very proud to have Satesh as their friend.

BIRGing can enhance our selfesteem and selfevaluation as it has connection with

identity theory. In this case, Iman and Jordon used Satesh’s achievement to maintain and

support their personal and collective identities. So, they can be perceived as successful by

be friend with him. It also will be more pleasure to be with successful person than be with

someone who failed.



Fourth Concept

Theory :Observational Learning ( Chapter 5 )

Definition :Replicating, retaining and watching others engage in behaviors and repeat

those action from a model.

Explanation : Jia Haur noticed that Satesh always got good grade in all his exam and he

usually used the same pen everytime he taking his exam. So, Jia Haur was really curious

to know about Satesh’s secret. In our third scene, it shows that Satesh was telling his

secret to Jia Haur. From that moment, Jia Haur learnt how Satesh achieved good grades

in exam. He tried to borrow the pen from Satesh but Satesh did not allowed him to touch

his precious pen. Usually, the only things that can be limit to observational learning are

their level of ability to copy the person well that the learner possesses and the intelligence

level. The behavior may not happen in a short time as Jia Haur has the choice to continue

exhibiting the behavior depend on the outcome.



Fifth Concept

Theory :Selffulfilling prophecy (Chapter 7 )

Definition :Self Fulfilling Prophecy is a prediction that causes itself to come true due to

the simple fact that the prediction was made. This happens because our beliefs influence

our actions. It also can lead to the positive and negative behaviors.

Explanation: When people who hold on tightly to a need on control, things need to be

just so. They get panic when the circumstance change. In this case, when Satesh lost his

lucky pen, he started to think that this incident can affect his exam result, he then acted in

a way that will directly or indirectly cause his belief to come true. He try to look for his

lucky pen everywhere but still could not find it. He was really worried because he had

exam that day. He met his counselor to ask for help but the teacher did not understand his

problem. He felt very helpless. Then, he walked dejectedly to his exam class. During the

exam, he could not concentrate of his paper, his mind kept wandering around. When the

result came out, as Satesh expected he got D for his mid year exam.



Conclusion

Through this project, all of us have a better understanding of the social psychology

concept and we knew how to incorporate it into real life situation. We managed to

recognize and identify the relation among concepts and perspectives within psychology

and other disciplines.

Besides, we learnt how to present our video in a creative manner. We had learnt

shooting and acting skills through this final assignment. Even though it felt very awkward

at first as most of us are not good enough to act ourselves in front of the camera, we try

our best to overcome the problem and we managed to finish our video.

Lastly, this is a great experience for us as this assignment is a bit different from

other assignment. Besides gaining more knowledge about social psychology, we really

enjoying ourselves while doing the video shooting.



References

● BIRGing: Basking in reflected glory. (n.d.). Retrieved June 6, 2015, from http://www.bps.org.uk/news/birgingbaskingreflectedglory

● Cherry, K. (n.d.). What Is Observational Learning? Retrieved June 6, 2015, from

http://psychology.about.com/od/oindex/fl/WhatIsObservationalLearning.htm

● 8 Ways to Shoot Video Like a Pro. (n.d.). Retrieved June 6, 2015, from http://lifehacker.com/214043/8waystoshootvideolikeapro

● 10 Simple Tips To Make Home Videos Look Professional. (n.d.). Retrieved June 6,

2015, from http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/10simpletipstorecordgreatlookinghomevideos/

● Ellen Langer: Expert on, and victim of, the illusion of control Statistical Modeling,

Causal Inference, and Social Science. (2015, March 9). Retrieved June 6, 2015, from http://andrewgelman.com/2015/03/09/ellenlangerexpertvictimillusioncontrol/

● How to Write a Psychology Research Report | Simply Psychology. (n.d.). Retrieved

June 6, 2015, from http://www.simplypsychology.org/researchreport.html



Appendix

Group Photo

Group members from left to right (Nadhirah , Iman , Satesh , Jordon and Jia Haur )

Behind the scenes

Video shooting in the class (Main character and camera man)



Youtube Link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toaFVQ0A1Gc&feature=youtu.be


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toaFVQ0A1Gc&feature=youtu.be


Script

Scene 1 Introduce the main character, Satesh. He is training for upcoming running competition. The coach asked him to warm up before start his running exercise. Satesh do push up and sit up. Scene 2 During the competition day. Iman and Jordon as Satesh’s competitors. Satesh, Iman and Jordon ready to run. Satesh lead the race and he won. Jordon approach Satesh and his friend. Satesh : What’s up man? Jordan : Congrats dude! I’m so proud of you. Satesh : Thanks man. Iman : I’m very happy to have you as my friends, Satesh. Scene 3 In the class room, Teacher : Hey, guys! today is exam. Here is your exam paper. Are you guys ready for the exam? Student : Yesss. Teacher : Here is your paper. Don’t open until I tell you to do so. Okay, you have one hour, no cheating and you guy can start..now. *Jia haur, Jordon and Iman are passing the cheating paper among them. Satesh answered the paper confidently. Scene 4 The teacher return the exam paper. Teacher : Guys, this is your result. So the one who got A is… Satesh. Congrats, you got A+! Satesh : Yes!



Scene 5 Jia Haur saw Satesh paper. Jia Haur : Wah, Satesh! So good you got high marks. How did you do that? Satesh : Thanks.. Erm.. It just my pen. This is my lucky pen. I love this pen. Jia Haur : So.. Can I borrow your pen? Satesh : No! Do not touch my pen! *Slap Jia Haur’s hand. Scene 6 Satesh enter the class. Satesh : Where is my pen? Oh my god. Where is my pen?! *Search the pen in his pocket and beg. Satesh : Oh my god! My pen is lost!!!! Scene 7 In the counselor's room. *Satesh knock the door Teacher : Come in. Satesh : Teacher~ Teacher : Yes, Satesh. Satesh : Good morning teacher. I lost my pen. I really need my pen. Can you help me to find it? Teacher : Ermm.. I got another pen, do you want it? Satesh : No.. That is my lucky pen. I really need that pen. Please help me to find it. Teacher : Why? There was no any different if you use another pen. Satesh : The pen gave me A for my exam. So please help me to find it. Teacher : I don’t think the pen is the reason why you get A. You got … Satesh : No! No one understand me! *Satesh go out and walk lazily. Scene 8 In the class room. Teacher : Ok guys, this is your midterm exam. *Pass the paper. Satesh I know you can do it. Don’t be so sad. Ok, you can start now. *Students start answering their papers. Satesh acts like he cannot concentrate to the papers.



Scene 9 The teacher return the papers back. Teacher : Guy, here is your result. Congrats! And Satesh * approach his table* What happen to you? You got D this time. *Other student surprise to hear that Scene 10 Satesh is upset because of his result. His friends try to comfort him. Jordon : Satesh,don’t be sad. Jia Haur : Ya, don’t cry. It’s not the pen makes you smart. Actually you are smart. Iman : *pat Satesh* Stop crying Satesh. Actually everything is ok. Just believe yourself. Scene 11 The teacher return the final exam paper. Teacher : Guys. congrats! you guys improve a lot. Satesh I know you can do it. you got A+ this time. Satesh : Thank you! *with big smile*

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