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Back to 20Social Psychology Comic Strip
Group Members:Cham Zheng Chee 0322317
Chia Keh Chien 0322062Tam Zhao Wei 0322587
Shreya Maria Wilson 0322173Quah Keng Yew 0322893
Muhammad Hassan 0322316
The Comic Strip
The 5 ConceptsCognitive Dissonance
Social InteractionLooking-Glass Self
Counterfactual ThinkingThe Halo Effect
Cognitive DissonanceDefinition:
Cognitive dissonance is the discomfort you feel when you do
something that's against your beliefs.
The Effects:1. Discomforts may occur2. Alteration in one’s attitude,
beliefs or behaviours.
Cognitive Dissonance
Grace felt unhappy for how her family members treated her. It wasn’t the pleasant life that she had always
hoped for. Despite these, Grace tolerated all in order to prevent unnecessary conflicts and arguments.
The 5 ConceptsCognitive Dissonance
Social InteractionLooking-Glass Self
Counterfactual ThinkingThe Halo Effect
Looking-Glass SelfDefinition:
The self-image an individual forms by imagining what others think of his or her
behaviour and appearance.
The Effects:1. If the evaluation is
favourable hence the self concept is enhanced
2. If the evaluation is unfavourable Hence self concept is diminished
Looking-Glass Self
Grace chose to believe the fortune-teller saying that things will turn out better if she drinks the potion. The main reason behind this is that Grace cares about how
her family members treat her and see her.
The 5 Concepts
Social InteractionLooking-Glass Self
Counterfactual ThinkingThe Halo Effect
Cognitive Dissonance
Social Interaction
Definition:Social interaction is the process
by which we act and react to those around us.
The Effects:1. Enable to identify each
other’s needs2. Able to understand the
message conveyed
Social Interaction
Grace pretended to be a friend of her grandson, Michael’s friend and visited home. Social interaction
occurs when she appeared as a total stranger in front of her dearest family.
The 5 Concepts
Social InteractionLooking-Glass Self
Counterfactual ThinkingThe Halo Effect
Cognitive Dissonance
Counterfactual ThinkingDefinition:
The tendency to create possible alternatives to life events that have already
occurred; something that is contrary to what actually
happened.
The Effects:It starts off with
disappointment, then one will be able to uncover insights or knowledge that can be used to enhance future performance, leading to a better outcome in
life.
Counterfactual Thinking
The family members found that Grace had gone missing for days. Then they started to feel regret and
guilty of how they treated her. Deep in their heart, there was this sounding ‘If only we treated Grandma
better, she wouldn’t have left home’.
The 5 Concepts
Social InteractionLooking-Glass Self
Counterfactual ThinkingThe Halo Effect
Cognitive Dissonance
The halo EffectDefinition:
The halo effect can be defined as the tendency to use global
evaluations to make judgements about specific traits.
The Effects:It causes people to be bias towards a matter when they
transfer their personal feelings on it according to their own
judgements
The Halo Effect
After realising the pain of losing their grandma, Grace, they learnt to appreciate and treasure her and they
swear not to take Grace for granted. Seeing the change of attitudes towards Grace, everyone followed. Since
then, the family lived happily ever after.
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