FNBE0115 REPORT PROJECT 3

1. School of Architecture, Building and Design
Foundation in Natural, Built Environment
Group Members:
Cham Zheng Chee (0322317)
Chia Keh Chian (0322062)
Muhammad Hassan (0322316)
Quah Ken Yew (0322893)
Shreya Maria Wilson (0322173)
Tam Zhao Wei (0322587)
Group / Session:
Monday 10AM-12PM
Lecturer:
T. Shankar
Subject:
Social Psychology
Submission date:
14th December 2015

2. Content page
1. Acknowledgement
2. Introduction
3. Method
- Apparatus / Materials
- Procedure
3. Discussion
4. Reference
5. Appendix

3. Acknowledgement
First and foremost, a very grateful thanks to all group members
(Cham Zheng Chee, Chia Keh Chian, Shreya Maria Wilson,
Tam Zhao Wei, Quah Keng Yew and Muhammad Hassan) who
did a lot of contributions in accomplishing this final research
report and the social psychology conceptual clip. Without the
participation and cooperation of all group members, it wouldn’t
be possible for us to complete this assignment. Besides, we also
sincerely thank our lecturer, Mr. T. Shankar for giving us
guidance throughout the whole assignment. After all, we felt
great and satisfied as we managed to finish both the research
report and video clip on time.

4. Introduction
This assignment with title ‘Research Report & Group
Presentation’ is separated into two main parts which are to
produce a research report based on a social psychology
conceptual clip and to do a group presentation. Groups of
between five to six students are required to do further research
in the social psychology topics taught and discussed in class.
Group conceptual topics are based on integrating theory to the
practical. After understanding all concepts and theories taught,
students are required to implement them in producing a three to
five minutes short clip containing five concepts from five
different lectures. This assignment aimed to expose students to
the implementation of concepts to practical environment and to
enhance teamwork ability and leadership.

5. Method
(a) Apparatus/ Material
- Nikon P330 is used to film the whole video.
- Adobe Premiere Cs5 is used to edit the video.
- Voice over is done by using the microphone of iPhone 5s.
Costumes and props:
1. Shreya – Main character
- Hand phone to check time, make and receive phone call. The
wallpaper of her phone was what caused her to recall the past
memories.
- Tissue while she was crying.
- Costume: casual.
2. Cham – Main character’s boyfriend/ ex-boyfriend
- Costume: casual.
3. Hassan and Keng Yew – Two good-looking guys
- Costumes: smart casual.
4. Keh Chian and Zhao Wei – Friends
- Costumes: casual.

6. (b) Procedure
We had our first meeting on 4th November 2015 at Event Hall 1,
library to discuss about the storyline and concepts. Before the
meeting, all of us brainstormed and prepared three storylines to
discuss with each other on that day. After analysing the good
parts and bad parts of each story, we decided which story to use.
Next, we planned our shooting date and venues, divided job and
characters in the video. Everyone participated in this project.
Our job and characters are as below:
Members Job Character
Cham Zheng Chee Report writer, assistant
slides maker
Main character’s
boyfriend/ ex-boyfriend
Chia Keh Chian Report writer, director Main character’s girl friend
Muhammad Hassan Videographer, video editor Good looking guy
Shreya Maria Wilson Report writer, assistant
slides maker
Main character
Tam Zhao Wei Main slides maker, report
writer
Main character’s girl friend
Quah Keng Yew Assistant video editor Good looking guy
We also decided to act without script to present the more natural
acting.
Setting:
We filmed the whole video in Taylor’s University Lakeside
Campus, including:
i. Coffee Bean – Dating scene
ii. Open space beside library – Quarrel scene, monologue scene

7. iii. Lakeside sitting area in front of Block E – Girls talking scene
The reasons why these venues were chosen were;
(a) Coffee Bean is a café with relaxing and chilling atmosphere,
which is a place that is suitable for couple dating.
(b) Open space has better lighting which is suitable of video
filming. It also provided a depressing and sad atmosphere for
the quarrel scene and monologue scene as the weather was
gloomy.
(c) The lakeside sitting area is somewhere students can rest and
chat with friends in school while having breaks. That place also
provides good natural lighting which is suitable for shooting.
Shooting date and time
i. 26th November 2015, Thursday. 4:00PM
- Dating scene
ii. 27th November 2015, Friday. 5:00PM
- Quarrel scene, monologue scene, girls talking scene.

8. Discussion
A) Concept and definition
After multiple discussions with the team, we’ve decided to
precede our concept of video with storylines regarding
relationships. We want to illustrate some familiar scenes and
reaction that are commonly seen in the process of a relationship.
The relationships that we would want to portray in our video
focuses on relationships of a couple. Relationships are the way
in which two people are connected, the state of being connected.
In a relationship, there is often ups and downs between both
individuals. Difference in opinions and arguments occurs in a
relationship. Sometimes, small little arguments between couples
may lead to discomfort, entering a state of avoidance and if the
problems were never solved, it may even lead to separation.
When an individual has gone through all of these experiences, it
becomes a scar, a memory, and also a part of them on how they
perceive relationships. It will change an individual’s perception,
attitude and also behavior once they’ve gone through tough
times in relationships.
In the video, we’re able to see how the main character walks
through her relationship, how she deals with her relationship,
and also how the relationship affects her mentally and
emotionally.
We have applied 5 main social psychology concepts into the
storyline that relates to how the main characters manage herself,
her thoughts, and her ways of dealing with her relationship. The

9. 5 concepts that are applied into the video are self-serving bias,
confirmation bias, self-verification theory, negativity bias, and
also stereotyping.
B) Storyboard design
After doing research and a lot of group discussions we came up
with the rough story line referring back to the chapters we
learned in class. The first few meeting conducted we focused
more on the flow of the story and which concept does it relate to.
Later our next step was to decide the techniques we would use
while recording the scenes and character allotment. Moving on
we discussed on the positioning of the characters and the
locations which best suit the scene. We didn’t have a scripted
play and opted for on the spot acting so that the video looks
more natural rather than rehearsed.

10. C) Application and Analysis
Scene - Self-serving bias
Scene description: After the breakup the girl is sad and she
stands by the railing talking to herself; pushing all the blame on
the boyfriend for the breakup.
Concept definition: The self-serving bias is people's tendency
to attribute positive events to their own character but attribute
negative events to external factors.
Explanation: In other words the self-serving bias refers to our
tendencies to take personal credit for success while blaming
outside sources for our failures. Essentially, we tend to believe
that our successes are due to internal traits and talents, while our
failures are caused by variables outside of our control. This
happens as the cognitive bias allows people to protect their self-
esteem. The factors which influence this are: age, gender,
culture, depression and self-esteem.

11. Application: The main reason one reacts with a self-serving
bias is because cognitive bias allows them to protect their self-
esteem by doing so. This mostly happens to people who are in
negative situations. Since in our video also it was a negative
outcome the girls’ cognitive thinking made her think that it
wasn’t her but the boy to be blamed. She believed that she gave
her best but the boyfriend was the main reason for the bad end
of the relationship. What is happening is that by blaming outside
forces for failures, in this case the boyfriend, to protect her self-
esteem and absolve herself from personal responsibilities.
Scene - Confirmation bias
Scene description: Gynie who wants a boyfriend refuses to
listen to Shreya who advises her that all guys are bad because
she thinks that all guys are cute. She only listens to Giselle, who
agrees with her.
Concept definition: The tendency to search for or interpret
information in a way that confirms one's preconceptions, leading
to statistical errors.

12. Explanation: The effect when we give more attention and
weight to data that support our beliefs. If our beliefs are firmly
established on solid evidence and valid confirmatory
experiments, the tendency to give more attention and weight to
data that fit with our beliefs should not lead us off track as a rule.
In other words your opinions are the result of years of paying
attention to information which confirmed what you believed
while ignoring information which challenged your preconceived
notions
Application: When the main character’s friend says she wants a
boyfriend, she chooses to listen to her friend who agrees with
her and supports her belief, rather than listening to the main
character’s point of view, who tries to convince her that all
guys are bad, which is opposing her hypothesis. She has
confirmation bias which stops her from listening to others’ who
has a different opinion from her.
Scene - Self-verification Theory
Scene description: The scene shows the main character that just
gone through a break up with her boyfriend. It shows her crying
in devastation about the whole relationship that ended so
quickly. The scene continued with the main character’s
monologue. She couldn’t understand why her boyfriend can’t
see the beauty in her. She thinks that she is pretty, kind and at

13. the same time the perfect girlfriend material a guy could ever
asked for. She always thought that she was doing her best to
commit in this relationship
Concept definition: Self-Verification Theory is a social
psychological theory that asserts people want to be known and
understood by others according to their firmly held beliefs and
feelings about themselves.
Explanation: In a simpler way of describing the self-verification
theory is that we want others to see us as the way we see
ourselves. This will affect us in the change of our attitude and
behaviors in order to complement the self that wants to be
perceived by others. This occurs even when our self-concept is
negative. It gives us the illusion of controllability and
predictability. Among people with positive self-views, the desire
for self-verification works together with another important
motive, the desire for positive evaluations or "self
enhancement".
Application: The main character cried after the break up. She
was heartbroken and at the same time full of unsatisfactory. She
has always packaged herself as a caring and an understanding
girlfriend in the relationship. She wondered: “I’m so pretty and I
have everything a guy is seeking for, why not he sees that
beauty in me?” She has shown how much she has been trying to
portray that perfect girlfriend that every guy could have ever
imagined and the relationship ended like that makes her
devastated and it was an unacceptable thing for her.

14. Scene - Negativity bias
Scene description: The scene shows the main character looking
at an old photograph that was taken with her ex-boyfriend. It
was a great day because she could remember how happy they
were together at that time, talking about anything, and
everything. But then, she immediately turned really sad after
some time looking at that old photograph. The arguments
between the main character and her ex-boyfriend on that same
day when they took the photo were remembered. It triggered her
sad memories at the same time as she looked at the same photo.
Concept definition: Negativity bias refers to the notion that even
when of equal intensity things of a more negative nature have a
greater effect on one’s psychological state and processes than do
neutral or positive things.
Explanation: It is the tendency of someone being reminded of a
negative thing rather than something positive or neutral things.
Something very positive will generally have less of an impact on
a person's behavior and cognition than something equally
emotional but negative. It can be a common place, object or
incident that only triggers the negative memory of it. It effects

15. the mind, and it might lead to depression. The negativity bias
includes the formation of impressions and general evaluations
such as attention, learning, and memory, decision-making and
risk considerations.
Application: The main character has gone through ups and down
in her past relationship. That particular photograph has
reminded her two different things, which is the beautiful
memories of the main character being with her boyfriend, at the
same time the sad memories were triggered too. The sad
memories affected her more emotionally. It clearly illustrates
how the negativity bias comes in whereby the same incident that
has both good and bad memories, but the bad memories, which
is the negativity that has more affect towards her rather than the
good memories she had too.
Scene - Stereotyping
Scene description: The scene shows two attractive guys passing
by the main character and her friends. Both of her friends was
attracted with the attractive guys and was discussing how it
would be great to be in a relationship. Suddenly, the main

16. character was angry and told her friends that guys are the worst
kind of people and girls shall never be tricked by the guys.
Concept definition: Stereotype is a fixed, over generalized belief
about a particular group or class of people.
Explanation: People often assume that all members of a group
share some common feature. This causes a perseverance effect
whereby once a schema is formed, it is hard to change. It may
become a difficult thing for people to “let go” of these types of
schemas. Things that are due to their past experiences that is
resulting in an installation of how they perceive an issue or a
person.
Application: When the main character’s two friends was talking
about how attractive the guys were, and how desperate they
were to get into a relationship, talking about all the good things
being in a relationship, it triggers her memory. She reacted to
her friends quite aggressively and told them that guys are not
nice people, based on her past experiences. She couldn’t agree
with her friend’s reaction and their idea of being in a
relationship. She was trying to use her past experiences to
reflect on the current situation and convincing her friends that
relationships are not as wonderful as they think. The main
character don’t like the fact that their friends being attracted to
the guys because she categorizes all the guys with that same
traits to be similar as his last boyfriend. Therefore, she was quite
angry with what was going on.

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19. Appendix
Scene #1: The Quarrel
Scene #2: Flashback
Scene #3: Sweet Old Times

20. Scene #4: Gossip Girls