SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE, BUILDING AND DESIGN

FOUNDATION IN NATURAL AND BUILT ENVIRONMENT

Session: Monday 8am-10am

Module: Social Psychology (PSY30203)

Lecturer: Mr. Shankar Thiruchelvam

Group Members: Adele Lu Khai Syn (0323151)

Calvin Wong Kim Ming (0323642)

Tey Cheng Fern (03239412)

Yeoh Sin Yuen (0323737)

Submission Date: 1st February 2016

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Acknowledgement

First of all, we would like to thank our Social Psychology lecturer, Mr. Shankar for his continuous guidance throughout the whole semester. We learned the objective of our assignment and the concepts within the chapters from his teachings.

We also would like to thank everyone that has been helping us throughout the whole video shooting, to our team members, cameraman, and classmates for giving their full support, scarifying their time and also cooperating to make this video well organized.

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Table of Content

Topic PageCover page 1Acknowledgement 2Table of Content 3Introduction 4Method 5Procedure 6Discussion 7Plot 8Script 9-11Concepts 12-13References 14

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Introduction

In this assignment, we are required to create a video clip that requires at least 5 different concepts that we have learnt throughout the whole semester in Social Psychology. We are also required to write a report based on the short video and to present the short video during class. We are divided into groups of four, which includes Adele Lu, Calvin Wong, Tey Cheng Fern and Yeoh Sin Yuen. After a short discussion and 4 meetings, we have decided to create a short film named “Smoking Kills”. This short film is about a guy losing his good friend because of smoking, involving love ones having hard time taking in those incident and eventually changing some of their life style but still being judge by others at the end. After much research and analysis for our scripts, the concepts that are used in this short film are social influence, confirmation bias, post decision dissonance, upward counterfactual thinking and stereotyping. Lastly, we hope that this video will allow students to relate about the concepts in social psychology for their everyday life.

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Method

Apparatus & Material Used

1. Panasonic Lumix Digital Camera

2. Headphones

3. Cigarettes

4. Notebook

5. Software: Movie Maker

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Procedure

All of us each agreed to come out with a story and post the story in our whatsapp group chat. After that, we voted for the story we think it is the best to explain the different concepts. Finally, we decided to choose Calvin Wong’s story. His story is about a guy who lost his good friend because of hard-core smoking causing him to lose his life from heart attack and lung failure.

After deciding on Calvin Wong’s story, we discussed about the theories and concepts that can be included in the video. Adele then wrote the script of the video and the next day, we started filming. We decided to film the whole video within Taylor’s University Lakeside Campus because all of our members have transportation problems and the only suitable way is we meet up in campus.

The day we started filming, Calvin gave a short brief about his story and the roles that each of us will be acting on. We used one day to film this video and about 4 hours to finish shooting the whole video scenes.

Lastly, last video editing is done by Adele and Cheng Fern, using the video editing software, Movie Maker. We divided the report that we needed to do into different parts for each member to complete so it can be done as soon as possible before the submission date.

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Discussion

17th January 2016

Every one of us came up with a story and we voted for the best

story to work on. After that, Adele created the script and Calvin

was in charge of the location and props. Then, we gathered all

our data about the concepts in the story.

24th January 2016

Calvin gave a short brief about the story and we memories our

own scripts for our own roles. After that we started filming

from 2pm till 6pm.

30th January 2016

Adele and Cheng Fern finished editing the final video. Calvin

was in charge of the compilation of the report and Sin Yuen did

the slides for our presentation.

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Plot

Calvin and his friends were having a normal gathering at a

restaurant in Taylor’s University. They are semester 2 students for

the Foundation in Natural and Built Environment. One of his friends

gave him cigarettes and asks him to try on it. At first Calvin rejected

his friends but lastly he still could not resist and took the cigarette

to have a try.

The next day, one of Calvin’s classmates, Adele saw him

smoking. Then she decided to meet up with him and have a talk.

When Adele confronted Calvin for his wrong beings Calvin

immediately replied angrily saying that it was none of her business!

Adele tried to say some of the bad effects that cigarette will cause

him bad health but he keeps on denying it.

One evening, Calvin’s good friend Alex was having a casual

date with his girlfriend Sin Yuen. Alex suddenly passed out on the

floor and was sent to the hospital. At the hospital Sin Yuen heard

about the bad news and informed Calvin about it. When Calvin

knew about it, he was very sad. This incident hit Calvin hard and he

decided to stop smoking, in honour of his friend Alex.

Calvin still has his lunch with his circle of friends. He goes out

with them but he does not smoke anymore. His classmates

stereotype him as he still mingles with the group of people, but

actually he changed a new leaf and started to live a better life. He

did not even care of what others say but him being himself.

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Script

CHARACTER LIST:

Calvin- as Calvin, the smoker

Adele- as Adele, Calvin’s friend

C.Y- as Alex, Calvin’s close friend

Sin Yuen- as Sin Yuen, Alex’s girlfriend

Cheng Fern- as Cheng Fern, Calvin’s class mate

Zachary- as Zachary, Calvin’s smoking buddy

SCENE 1

CALVIN AND HIS FRIENDS ARE HAVING A NORMAL GATHERING AT A RESTAURANT

Zachary: Hey Calvin, I just bought some cigarette, you want to try some??

Calvin: No, No, No, I don’t smoke, I don’t smoke

Zachary: Why??

Calvin: No, I don’t smoke

Zachary: But teenagers now a day all smokes. Why don’t yo want to try??

Friends: Just try, Steady man…

Calvin: Ok, ok, I want to try one

Zachary: It’s your first time right??

Calvin: Ya

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SCENE 2

AT STARBUCKS, ADELE AND CALVIN MET UP.

Adele: Hey why are you still smoking?

Calvin: Why? None of your business man.

Adele: Smoking is not good for health!

Calvin: No, smoking can release stress

Adele: Later you will have lung cancer how?

Calvin: Not that easy, now a day people seem to be very healthy.

Adele: Later your teeth will become brown how?

Calvin: I brush my teeth everyday 2 times.

Adele: You will get old very easily!

Calvin: I am still young, only 20 years old.

Adele: If like that I don’t want to care about you anymore!

Calvin: You go then.

SCENE 3

IN A PARK, ALEX AND SIN YUEN WAS HAVING A DATE.

ALEX SUDDENLY PASSED OUT AND WAS SENT TO THE HOSPITAL.

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SCENE 4

A RANDOM CALL FROM ALEX’S GIRLFRIEND (SIN YUEN)

Calvin: Hello?

Sin Yuen: Sorry I need to tell you a bad new that your friend Alex has passed away because of heart attack from a lung failure.

SCENE 5

SIN YUEN THINKING ABOUT LIFE ALONE IN A QUIET PLACE

Sin Yuen: After that day he asked me to be his girlfriend I decided to accept him in my life. We always had a really good time when we are together until he started hardcore smoking. Every day he will at least take a box of cigarette to smoke. I should not have accepted him until he quit smoking.

SCENE 6

AT CALVIN’S ROOM, HE IS BLAMING HIMSELF FOR ALEX’S DEATH

Calvin: If only I advice Alex to quit smoking maybe he won’t pass away so young.

SCENE 7

WHILE IN A RESTAURANT HAVING LUNCH, SOME OF CALVIN’S CLASSMATES WHERE THERE TO JUDGE HIM

Friends: You see him..

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Concepts

1. Social Influence Definition: The process by which one’s thoughts and actions are affected by other people or groups.

In the scene: Calvin got persuaded by his friends and started to try smoking.

2. Confirmation BiasDefinition: Refers to the tendency to selectively search for information that confirms our beliefs and disregard the data refute our beliefs.

In the scene: Adele tries to let Calvin know the about the bad effects of smoking, but Calvin refuse to accept what Adele said and keep on opposing them.

3. Post Decision Dissonance Definition: A form of regret, a worry that perhaps we

didn’t make the best choice.

In the scene: Alex passed away because of heart attack

from lung failure. Sin Yuen regretted that she did not stop

Alex from smoking since she is his girlfriend.

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4. Upward Counterfactual ThinkingDefinition: Imagining different outcomes for an event that has already occurred, consider how their predicament could have been betterr after an unfortunate event.

In the scene: Calvin thinks that if only he had stopped Alex from smoking, he will still be alive and will live longer.

5. StereotypingDefinition: Judge a group of people according the schema apply generalized information to an individual based on the group to which he or she belongs.

In the scene: The girls classmates stereotyped Calvin as a smoker when he mingles with the gang that usually smokes. Although he already did gave up on smoking.

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References

- 03 Social Cognition: Thinking About the Social World. (n.d.). Retrieved January 30, 2016, from http://thethinkspot.com/socialpsychology_1/chapters/3

- 06 Attitudes: Making Evaluations About the World.

(n.d.). Retrieved January 29, 2016, from

http://thethinkspot.com/socialpsychology_1/chapters

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