Self concept social psychology journal 01 #1 compile
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This document contains three entries from a student named Chia Wee Min about topics in social psychology: 1) Self-concept, discussing how we think about and evaluate ourselves and how self-predictions can be inaccurate. 2) Self-serving bias, explaining how people tend to attribute successes to themselves and failures to external factors, and how the student has experienced this bias. 3) The effect of color, discussing how colors like red can influence appetite and attractiveness, and how visual illusions can impact perception.
Self concept social psychology journal 01 #1 compile
- 1. SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE, BUILDING AND DESIGN THE DESIGN SCHOOL FOUNDATION IN NATURAL BUILD ENVIRONMENT NAME: Chia Wee Min STUDENT ID NO: 0315186 SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY (PSYC 0103) LECTURER: PANG CHIA YEE SUBMISSION DATE: 20TH NOVEMBER 2013
- 2. Self Concept (Entry #1) Self concept is how we think about and evaluate ourselves. Self- concept is derived from some factors including personal traits, personal values and place or role in life. Next is self knowledge, which is explaning our behaviour, predicting our behaviour and predicting our feelings. I usually acknowledge my understanding towards myself is most likely accurate but through this lecture, i learn that ouur self explanations and prediction on our behaviour are often wrong. For example, I plan to finish my assignment today as I want to finish it early and estimating I will finish after 4 hours, around 10 but unfortunately this plan never works for me. Something must have always distracting me such as Facebook, Youtube and so on and I usually finish my assignment I day later or even few days later than what i had planned. As for predicting our feelings, through lecture I learn that even i as a female could also mispredict what another female feels. For example, when the lecturer showed us and asked us on how women feel if asked sexually harassing questions on a job interview, I predicted that the women will feel angry and disrespect but actually the result is the women will feel fear. In a nutshell, self predicting behaviour and feelings are not as accurate as I thought it will be. Reference Gillian Fournier (n.d.). Self-Concept | Encyclopedia of Psychology. Retrieved from http://psychcentral.com/encyclopedia/2009/self-concept/ Saul McLeod (2008). Self Concept - Simply Psychology. Retrieved from http://www.simplypsychology.org/self-concept.html
- 3. Self – Serving Bias ( Entry #2) Self- serving bias is the tendency to perceive oneself favourably. The common human tend to attribute one’s successes to personal characteristic and one’s failures to factors beyond one’s control. We want to believe we are responsible for good things and soneone or something else is responsible for the bad things. These wants cause the self serving bias.Through this lecture, i understand that almost everyone have self-serving bias that is not awared among ourselves. For example, when I got and A in Physics because I was working very hard for it and failed my Biology because the exam were too hard and this is one of the examples of self serving bias. Other than that , comparing oneself favorably with others is also one kind of self serving bias. I sometimes think that i am better than my parents and my friends from education, sport and talent aspect but sadly to say that it is also an example of self- serving bias. Next is unrealistic optimism, Unrealistic optimism is a well- established illusion that one’s future is rosier than it really will be but I think that I’m not in this catagory. For example, when my first Additional Mathematic results was announced by my teacher and she said that only 12 out of 32 student pass this exam if im an unrealistic optimism, i will think that I’m 1 of the 12 but I’m not. I think that I’m 1 of the students that failed Additional Mathematic exam. Lastly, is false consensus which is finding support for our positions by overestimating the extend to which others agree. I learn that when I state a statement than I expect others to agree but actually is not really the truth. In a nutshell, i have a more understanding about myself that I’m also one self-serving bias person. Reference Alice Boyes (2013, January 9). The Self-Serving Bias - Definition, Research, and Antidotes | Psychology Today. Retrieved November 19, 2013, from http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/in-practice/201301/the-self-serving-bias-definitionresearch-and-antidotes Bias and Belief / Optimistic Bias. (2008). Retrieved November 19, 2013, from http://biasandbelief.pbworks.com/w/page/6537207/Optimistic%20Bias Gillian Fournier (2013, November 18). Self-Serving Bias | Encyclopedia of Psychology. Retrieved November 19, 2013, from http://psychcentral.com/encyclopedia/2009/self-servingbias/
- 4. The Effect of color Entry #3 Colour is a meaningful constant for sighted people and it is a powerful psychological tool. There are many colours but each colour brings different meaning for example black means bad and white mean good but I think it varies according to people. But, through lecture, one colour for sure I will agree with is Red. Before this lecture, I had read one article about how colour affects our appetite and I found it really true as red colour will enhance one’s appetite but in another way round, blue will reduce one’s appetite. This can be proven that all fast food packaging will not left out red colour in their design for example Mc’donald and KFC packaging background colour and we tend to eat more unconsciously when we are having fast food. Another thing that I learn about red colour through this lecture is red colour will leads men to view women as more attractive and more sexually desirable. Next is reversible figure which is something new to me which is the same visual input but can results in radically different perception. As for one thing that attract me the most is the theory of inattentional blindness. For the video lecturer had showed us, we are asked to count how many times people in white shirt passes the ball and I am to focus on counting that I did not even realise that there is even a gorilla passing by during the game. In a nutshell, I learn that colours can affect us and some other interesting facts about our vision. Reference Psychology of Color. (2012). Retrieved November 19, 2013, from http://precisionintermedia.com/color