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1. Backto 20Social Psychology Comic Strip
Group Members:
Cham Zheng Chee 0322317
Chia Keh Chien 0322062
Tam Zhao Wei 0322587
Shreya Maria Wilson 0322173
Quah Keng Yew 0322893
Muhammad Hassan 0322316

2. The Comic Strip

3. The 5 Concepts
Social Interaction
Looking-Glass Self
Counterfactual Thinking
The Halo Effect
Cognitive Dissonance

4. The 5 Concepts
Cognitive Dissonance
Social Interaction
Looking-Glass Self
Counterfactual Thinking
The Halo Effect

5. Cognitive Dissonance
Definition:
Cognitive dissonance is the
discomfort you feel when you
do something that's against
your beliefs.
The Effects:
1. Discomforts may occur
2. Alteration in one’s attitude,
beliefs or behaviours.

6. 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.

7. The 5 Concepts
Cognitive Dissonance
Social Interaction
Looking-Glass Self
Counterfactual Thinking
The Halo Effect

8. Looking-Glass Self
Definition:
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

9. 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.

10. The 5 Concepts
Social Interaction
Looking-Glass Self
Counterfactual Thinking
The Halo Effect
Cognitive Dissonance

11. 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 needs
2. Able to understand the
message conveyed

12. 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.

13. The 5 Concepts
Social Interaction
Looking-Glass Self
Counterfactual Thinking
The Halo Effect
Cognitive Dissonance

14. CounterfactualThinking
Definition:
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.

15. 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’.

16. The 5 Concepts
Social Interaction
Looking-Glass Self
Counterfactual Thinking
The Halo Effect
Cognitive Dissonance

17. The halo Effect
Definition:
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

18. 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.

19. ThankYou !