SOSC A121 – Psychology For Everyday Life Assignment

Assignment Task

Question

In your own words, define the following terms you have learnt in Unit 1. Explain each concept by using behaviours exhibited by character(s) in some movie(s)/drama(s) as example:

a. Self-discrepancies

b. Optimistic explanatory style

c. Self-handicapping

d. Self-defeating behaviour

e. Self-monitoring

Notes to students

1. Draw discussion materials from Unit 1, and the corresponding unit in the Study Guide.

2. Define each term in your own words.

3. For each term, find a character in a movie or drama who exhibited the relevant behaviour as example. For each example, explain in detail what happened in the movie/ drama and how that can illustrate the concept under discussion.

4. You may use the same movie/drama character to illustrate all the five terms or use characters from different movies/dramas to illustrate each term.