This document discusses several key concepts related to social psychology: stereotyping, the halo effect, social loafing, social facilitation, and discrimination. It provides examples and definitions for each concept. Stereotyping involves generalizing about groups based on attributes. The halo effect occurs when one good trait influences perceptions of other traits. Social loafing is reduced effort in groups. Social facilitation means better performance in groups. Discrimination involves negative attitudes toward group members.

1. Assignment 2:
Comic:
The Daily
John

2. The Concepts:
•Stereotypes
•Halo Effect
•Social Loafing
•Social Facilitation
•Discrimination

3. STEREOTYPING
• A SOCIAL-SHARED SET OF GENERAL BELIEFS
ABOUT CERTAIN GROUPS
• GENERALISING A GROUP BASED ON AN ATTRIBUTE
SHARED AMONGST GROUP MEMBERS - I.E. RACE,
SKIN COLOUR, RELIGION, GENDER ETC

4. • John Doe was under the impression that Asians
are hard workers
• But the idea contradicted to what he saw
• Which was a bunch of Asians just hanging out
during office hours

5. • PERSON’S ONE GOOD CHARACTER OR
PERFORMANCE MIGHT INFLUENCE THE
OBSERVER’S OVERALL IMPRESSION OF THE
PERSON
HALO EFFECT

6. • RAJ PHYSICALLY LOOKS SMART AND PROPER
• EVERYONE WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION
THAT RAJ IS A GOOD OFFICE WORKER
• THAT WAS NOT THE CASE WITH JOHN

7. SOCIAL LOAFING
• THE TENDENCY FOR PEOPLE IN A GROUP TO GIVE
LESS EFFORT TOWARDS ATTAINING A COMMON
GOAL THAN WHEN INDIVIDUALLY ACCOUNTABLE.
• FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN WORKING ON A GROUP
ASSIGNMENT, ONLY A FEW OF PEOPLE WILL
REALLY PUT THEIR EFFORTS IN.

8. • Upon being placed in a group with Omputeh and Ali – John had
observed their behaviours
• Ali in particular – seemed distracted, and decided to take a
‘bathroom break’
• A LONG ‘bathroom break’
• Seeing that both Omputeh and John were being attentive to the
task at hand, the sense of work-force dependency and
responsibility from Ali’s point of view were significantly reduced
• Hence – Reduced in work performance = Social Loafing

9. SOCIAL FACILITATION
• INDIVIDUALS PERFORM BETTER IN THE
PRESENCE OF OTHER PEOPLE OR
WHEN IN A GROUP

10. • PREVIOUSLY, OMPUTEH WAS CHITCHATTING IN
THE OFFICE BUT DURING MEETINGS HE WAS
BEING PRO-ACTIVE AND PRODUCTIVE
• THIS SHOWS SOCIAL FACILITATION – BECAUSE
OMPUTEH PERFORMED BETTER IN A GROUP AS
OPPOSE TO WORKING ALONE

11. DISCRIMINATION
• A NEGATIVE ATTITUDE TOWARDS MEMBERS OF
A GROUP.

12. • RAJ ASKED JOHN TO COME HANG OUT WITH HIM
• JOHN DECLINED THE INVITATION UNDER THE
PRECONCEPTION THAT RAJ IS AN OVERALL BAD PERSON
• DUE TO THE FACT THAT JOHN DECLINED BECAUSE OF
RAJ’S ATTITUDE – THIS SHOWS JOHN’S DISCRIMINATION
TOWARDS RAJ

13. Credits
 Lee Fei Syen@Jeanette Lee
 Vun Tze Lin @Rainnie Vunn
 Thomas Ting
 Harris Aziz
 Lecturer: Shankar Thiruchelvam