SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY POST LECTURE ASSIGNMENT # 2

Instruction: Fill in the table below:

Social Psychology Link of a News Article Short explanation

Principles
# 1: No absolute social https://www.rappler.com/newsbreak/in-depth/are- Are PH schools ready for face to face classes during
interpretation philippine-schools-ready-face-to-face-classes-covid-19- pandemic? This news is a topic wherein every one of
pandemic-yearend-2020/ us are included or involved. The topic becomes a hot
issue because there’s a conflict between different
opinions of people about this, people having
discussion whether to open schools or not yet. The
“No absolute social interpretation principle” was
shown in the argument between the opinions of
having classes or not, the teacher, a red cross
coordinator of the school said that it would be a
problem if the class started already because of the lack
of health facilities in schools, while the government
officials suggest a reopening of schools because they
worry about those students who are unable to take
online classes to retain and process knowledge from
the current modes of distance learning. The opinions
of both parties come from their social
interpretation/explanation, both are correct but
there’s still a conflict because they have different
 interpretations in the issue one is concerned in health
and the other is concerned in education learning.
# 2: External Forces https://politics.com.ph/2022/06/16/whats-happening- In the case of an SUV driver who hit and ran over a
influence social thinking to-our-country-mr-president-sotto-dismayed-by-police- security guard and an old man stealing a fruit, after
and behavior treatment-of-hit-and-run-driver/ this news was published in the public the video went
viral on the internet. SUV driver in Mandaluyong hit-
and-run incident pleads not guilty, this gains a lot of
criticism on the internet because the police are giving
him special treatment by letting him walk freely after
running over a person while a poor old man stealing a
mango fruit was quickly taken into custody. The
External Forces influence social thinking and behavior
principle was shown in the news showing how people
treat rich people, and poor people. Because the SUV
driver comes from a rich family people give him a
different/special treatment, while a poor old man
stealing a fruit was already in custody because he’s
poor and has no money to bail. Just like in the lesson
we tackled the “tendency of the mind will base how it
behaves on the physical appearance of those people
who we are interacting with.”
# 3: Internal forces https://mb.com.ph/2018/06/03/why-pinoys-are- Why are Filipinos always Happy. According to the
influence social thinking happy/ article, Filipinos stay positive no matter what the
and behavior circumstances. We can see people smiling amids of
challenges like typhoons, floods, fire, earthquakes
because we Filipinos believe that staying positive will
make us overcome any situation/problems, our faith in
God makes us all stay positive, no matter the struggle
we face our faith makes us stronger. The internal force
that influences the social thinking and behavior of
Filipinos is our beliefs. We believe in the power of faith
that gives us hope in every situation we have.

For column 1: Recall what we discussed during the live lecture. Review the principles.
For column 2: Find a news article (local or international-though I highly encourage local news) which reflects
the principle in column 1. As long as you see the principle is at work in the news, that will do. Post the link of
the news article.

For column 3: Explain briefly how the principle in reflected in the news.