The document is a report for a social psychology assignment that required students to create a video incorporating concepts learned in class. The introduction explains the purpose was to apply concepts to understand real life and reduce misunderstandings. The summary describes three scenes of a video where a character gets a date after being introduced. Concepts from class like attribution biases and the halo effect were applied. The conclusion states the assignment improved understanding of concepts and video/acting skills.

1. Report
Social Psychology (PSYC0103)
Assignment 1
Vicky Lee Wei Kee (0313317)
Lai Sze Chun (0313797)
Tan Zi Cin (0314079)
Tan Jessie (0313552)
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Psychology
Name: Vicky Lee Wei Kee, Lai Sze Chun, Tan Zi Cin, Tan
Jessie

2. INTRODUCTION
At the beginning of the semester, we are asked to from a group of four for
assignment 3. For this assignment, we are required to do a video clip by incorporating
the concepts learned in class, written report of the clip and presenting the clip to the
class. The purpose of this assignment is to allow students to recognize and identify
the connections among concepts and perspectives within psychology and with other
disciplines. Besides, students will learn how to apply all these concepts taught in real
life. By applying into our real life, students would have a better understanding of the
concepts hence strengthen our knowledge of social psychology. This would help in
everyone’s life especially in the aspect of communication with others, and this would
reduce misunderstanding from happening.
FNBE JULY 2013 – PSYC0103 Social
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Name: Vicky Lee Wei Kee, Lai Sze Chun, Tan Zi Cin, Tan
Jessie

3. Summary of the video clip
Scene 1
Venue: Taylor’s Amphitheatre
One day, Vicky is sitting alone at the amphitheatre, playing with her phone while
waiting for the bus. She is listening to the music and scrolling the news feed in the
Facebook page. At that moment, her friend, Rave came and sit down beside Vicky.
Rave chit chatted a little and then saw a post of a pretty girl from Vicky’s phone. He
was attracted to the girl and began asking information of the girl from Vicky. Vicky
began introducing her course mate, Jessie to Rave and teasing him. Rave was so
attracted to Jessie and asked Vicky for Jessie’s hand phone number. After Vicky left,
Rave began texting Jessie.
Scene 2
Venue: School Compound
Rave and Jessie got closer and closer since then and their relationships were no
longer acquaintances. Until one day after a week, Rave had guts to call Jessie out for
a lunch date, saying that he just came back from Paris and would like to talk more
about Paris. Jessie love Paris and Eiffel Tower very much and therefore agree to go
to the lunch date with Rave.
Scene 3
Venue: Taylor’s Old Town White Coffee
The next day, Rave arrived early at the restaurant. He was so nervous while waiting
for Jessie. He was afraid that he might do something silly or clumsy, embarrassing
himself. After a while, Jessie arrived. Rave stood up and introduced himself. And
Jessie introduced herself too in a polite manner. Both of them had good first
impressions towards each other. They then chit chat a little about France and Rave
took out an Eiffel Tower keychain he bought from Paris and gave it to Jessie. Jessie
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Jessie

4. was very happy and formed good impression towards Rave. After a while, Rave pulled
out the menu and let Jessie to choose her food first. Rave called for the waiter,
Jacquelyn to order food and drinks. While waiting for the food, Rave felt so awkward
and panic. The waitress, Jacquelyn served their food. When the waiter was serving
the hot white Coffee, Rave accidentally spilt a little of coffee at the side of the cup.
Rave immediately apologized and said that the coffee was too full. Jessie thought in
mind that Rave was being too panic and clumsy. She smiled a little. Then, Jessie
began eating the soft-boiled egg she ordered. First she mixed the eggs in a ‘rude’
manner. Then she ate ‘rudely’, scoop by scoop and then held the bowl up and began
swallowing it. Rave stared at Jessie in surprise at first, but then he still think that Jessie
is a very open but not a shy person, showing her true self. He actually likes girls who
are not shy. After they finished eating, Rave asked if Jessie wants to be his girlfriend,
Jessie accepted it as she thought that Rave was very gentlemen and felt comfortable
to be with him. She also thought that Rave is pretty much like her father: both manners
and behaviours and accepted to be his girlfriend.
FNBE JULY 2013 – PSYC0103 Social
Psychology
Name: Vicky Lee Wei Kee, Lai Sze Chun, Tan Zi Cin, Tan
Jessie

5. CONCEPTS
There are 12 concepts used in the video clip, they are Classical Conditioning:
The Name-Letter Effect, Fritz Heider: Balance Theory, Self-fulfilling Prophecy, First
Impression, Primacy Effect, Actor-observer Bias, Self-serving Bias, Dispositional
Attribution, Situational Attribution, The Halo Effect, Reciprocity and Sigmund Freud
and the parental Image Theory - Electra Complex.
Classical Conditioning: The Name-Letter Effect is the tendency to show
preference for the letters in our own name and stimuli that contain those letters. People
prefer letters in their own name, especially their first and last initials over other letters.
As people write their names thousands of times over a life time, so it’s unsurprisingly
that people would prefer letters in them over other letters. In this case, Rave full name
is Rave Jackson. When he heard that the girl’s name Vicky introduced to him was
Jessie with an Initial J, in this case same as Rave’s last initial. He eventually prefer
and like it.
Fritz Heider: Balance Theory shows that people desire ‘cognitive consistency’.
It conceptualizes the cognitive consistency motive as a drive toward psychological
balance. People feel comfortable with others who share their attitudes. Heider
proposed that "sentiment" or liking relationships are balanced if the affect valence in a
system multiplies out to a positive result. For instance, Rave had a crush on Jessie
and when Rave get to know that Jessie likes Paris and Eifel tower very much, he
eventually formed a positive attribution and liking towards Paris and Eifel Tower
because he likes Jessie. This has shown a balance state of the theory.
Self-fulfilling Prophecy is causing beliefs about ourselves to become true by
behaving in a manner consistent with those beliefs. It causes our own expectations to
come true by acting in ways that licit expected behaviours from others. For instance,
before the date, Rave worried that he would have acted clumsy or silly when he get to
panic, embarrassing himself in front of the girl, Jessie. During the lunch date, Rave
was too panic that he really did something clumsy. When the waiter served a cup of
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6. hot coffee, he spilled the coffee a bit at the side and Jessie smiled a little in which
Rave thought that he really did embarrassed himself and his fear came true.
First Impression are impressions made instantaneously toward a person whom
you have just met. In the story, this theory is shown when Rave and Jessie first met.
Rave stood up and introduced himself in a very polite manner and Jessie did that too
right after Rave. So, both of them have developed their first impression towards each
other when they first came into contact. As Rave and Jessie both acted politely, so
they had developed a very good first impression towards each other.
Primacy Effect is the first piece of information we receive will have the most
impact on our own impression. For example, Rave have developed a very good first
impression towards Jessie. This concept will later work with ‘The Halo Effect’ when
the story continue to develop.
Actor-observer Bias happens when a person is making dispositional
attributions for others behaviours but situational attributions for our own. In this case,
Jessie had made a dispositional attribution for Rave for being so panic and clumsy.
Although this is a cognitive process without being verbally expressed, but Jessie is
still making dispositional attribution for Rave.
Self-serving Bias is the tendency to attribute negative effects or unsuccessful
behaviours to situational factors. The self-serving bias is our body self-defence
mechanism. Lots of people are doing this without conscious. For Rave, he spilt the
coffee and immediately says that the coffee was too full. This statement indicates
that Rave is attributing negative effects happening to him to situational factor.
Dispositional Attribution is where we assume that the cause of an action is
due to a person’s internal characteristics.
Situational Attribution is where we assume the cause of an action is due to
external or environmental factors.
The Halo Effect explains that one positive attribute will cause us to attribute
other positive qualities to an individual. This concept work comes after the ‘primacy
effect’. Rave have developed a very good first impression towards Jessie, through
this concept, Rave will attribute another positive qualities to Jessie. Although Jessie
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Name: Vicky Lee Wei Kee, Lai Sze Chun, Tan Zi Cin, Tan
Jessie

7. ate the half-boiled egg rudely, Rave did not attributes negative qualities towards
Jessie. However, he likes the way Jessie showing her true self without hiding and
accepts it.
Reciprocity happens when we find someone like us, we tend to like them back
and leads to higher level of trust. This happens when Rave likes Jessie, and Jessie
does not reject to be friend with him first. Slowly, Jessie likes Rave also.
According to the Electra Complex, the father becomes the first love for the
female child. These feelings are eventually suppressed. Eventually, the female
adolescent seek a mate with the qualities of her father. At the last part of the story
when Rave asks whether Jessie would be his girlfriend, Jessie thinks for a while and
what had popped up in her mind was Rave is like her father, he shares the common
personalities with Jessie’s father and made that Jessie like him more and choose to
be his girlfriend.
FNBE JULY 2013 – PSYC0103 Social
Psychology
Name: Vicky Lee Wei Kee, Lai Sze Chun, Tan Zi Cin, Tan
Jessie

8. CONCLUSION
Through this project, all of us have a better understanding of Social
Psychology concepts and know how to apply into real life. This would be the main
benefits we gained from the assignment. Then, we have also learnt more about
video shooting skills, and also acting skills. As all of us are not a good or
experienced actor or actress, in front of camera, it is hard for us to act naturally.
Often we felt nervous and awkward in front of camera. However, we tried our best to
overcome these difficulties and managed to finish our video.
In conclusion, this is a very nice experience for all of us as there is not much
assignments where we need to act. Besides gaining more knowledge and
understanding of Social Psychology, we were also indulged in the fun of video
shooting.
FNBE JULY 2013 – PSYC0103 Social
Psychology
Name: Vicky Lee Wei Kee, Lai Sze Chun, Tan Zi Cin, Tan
Jessie