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This document describes a proposed final project for a social psychology class that focuses on prosocial behavior. The project involves creating a restaurant run entirely on donations where the homeless, orphanages, and elderly can eat for free. The layout includes separate dining areas for different groups and a donation box where customers can pay what they choose. The donations would support charity organizations and maintenance of the restaurant. The project aims to reduce discrimination and stereotyping by providing a welcoming space for all people in need.
Social psychology
- 1. SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY ASSIGNMENT 3: FINAL PROJECT (PSY30203) SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY (PSY30203) FINAL PROJECT CONCEPT: PROSOCIAL BEHAVIOUR DARSHIINI VIG (0319359) TAN WEN HAO (0319923) ILHAMI IBRAHIM (0319155) IRYNNA ANNUAR (03178460) CHONG KE QUN (0319214) KAROLINA BONDARENKO (0316354)
- 2. SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY ASSIGNMENT 3: FINAL PROJECT (PSY30203) INTRODUCTION In this project we are asked to choose one of the concepts in Social Psychology module to create a space that can relate to the concepts. We have decided to choose the prosocial behavior. Prosocial behavior means a voluntary work that helps or benefits other individuals. From that chosen concept, which is Prosocial Behavior, we create a restaurant that is run by donations. It is a restaurant which serves people from various status. From the homeless, to orphanage, to the old folks, we serves all of them. Even though it is a non-profitable restaurant, this place provides positive vibes as well as peacefulness for everyone to dine in and enjoy their meals. All of the money collected from the donation box will be split into two, 80% will be donated to charity and the remaining percent will be used for maintaining the restaurant. The location of this restaurant is in Beachst Penang. The business hours will be from 10am in the morning to 10pm at night.
- 3. SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY ASSIGNMENT 3: FINAL PROJECT (PSY30203) THE LAYOUT Entrance There are two entrance in this restaurant, one is the main entrance for everyone to enter. The second one would be just for the homeless to enter their private space to dine in. We created two entrance so that the homeless would not feel discriminated by the common people when they enter the restaurant. Toilet The toilet are located at the far back of the restaurant. People who wanted to use the toilet has to pay 20 cents. This is for the purpose of keeping the toilet clean and safe for everyone to use. Donation Box The donation box is for the people to donate as many as they want. This restaurant would not be having any cashier. Once you are done eating, just donate as much as you prefer. Kitchen The kitchen is a self-service basis. The people will have to go to the kitchen bar to order the food they want, then they will have to wait for it to be prepared. The workers job in this restaurant is to cook and prepare the food for the customers, and keeping the restaurant clean. The Homeless Dine Area The homeless people will enter this are from the second entrance. They will be served with food, and they do not need to donate or pay for anything. They just come here, have a fine and relaxing place to eat but they are not allowed to sleep here.
- 4. SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY ASSIGNMENT 3: FINAL PROJECT (PSY30203) The Orphanage Dine Area This area are for the orphanage only. The reason why we created this area so that the orphanage would not get that one kind of a look from the common people. The orphanage area is colorful so that it brings the joy and good vibe for the orphans to enjoy their meal. They will be coming here every day to have free meals. The Old Folks Dine Area The area for the old folks are painted with cool colors so that it brings calmness to the old folks. They can enjoy their meal peacefully without having to listen to distractions of people talking and laughing in the common area. The Common Area This area is open for everyone that wants to come to our restaurant. But they will need to donate to the donation box right after ordering. The free food only applies to the homeless, the orphanage and the old folks.
- 5. SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY ASSIGNMENT 3: FINAL PROJECT (PSY30203) SUBRELATED CONCEPTS From the prosocial behavior concept, we have decided to connect them with other concepts which is attitude, schema, discrimination and stereotype. Attitude is related where we created this restaurant, it benefits the homeless people, the old folks as well as the orphanage but we are not expecting anything in return. 80% of the donation money will be given to the charity. Basically we earned no profit at all, but it still benefits other people. It is good since this world needs more of this rather than violence. Schema is related in the part which this is a self-service restaurant. The people will need to go to the kitchen bar, look at the menu lists, order the food that they would like to order, donate the amount of money that they prefer and then wait at the waiting counter to pick up the food that they have ordered. Soon after collecting their food, they find a place to sit and they enjoy their meal. This does not apply to the homeless people. They will be served by us. This restaurant actually reduces the amount of discrimination towards the homeless and the poor, as well as stereotyping them. This is shown by the layout of the restaurant itself. The homeless people will be having their own personal space to dine. Same goes to the orphanage as well as the old folks whereas for the common people, they have their open space right in the middle. This is because the common people tend to get uncomfortable if the homeless were in the same room with them. They will stereotype then discriminate them. When this happens, the homeless would feel small and hurt.