SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE, BUILDING AND DESIGN

FOUNDATION IN NATURAL BUILD ENVIRONMENT

NAME: JOYCE WEE YI QIN

STUDENT ID NO: 0319602

WORD COUNT: 222

LECTURER: MS NARUL HIDAYAH

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PSYC 30203 SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY

WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT 1: DESCIPTION OF THE SOCIAL BEHAVIOR AND RELATED

CONCEPTS

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It has become a culture that food is given a serious photo shoot before being touched. It has

become the most seen scene that photos are given higher priority than eating; cameras are well

prepared when the food are to be served instead of the cutleries.

Usually when food is served, he will start taking photos like paparazzi. Front elevation, side

elevation, top elevation, cross section, panorama etc.. The food has to be left untouched until the

whole scanning process is done thoroughly. I call this social behaviour “Meal was last seen”, and

the group of people: Foodographer.

It actually annoys me when I see foodographers at work. I’ll stereotypically categorise them off

as attention seekers as they post what they ate 3 meals a day, 7 days a week on the social media.

In my point of view, the more time the food waits, the more time it’s exposed to harm. But after

a few times of enquiring, I realize there are a few of them that freelance as a food blog author.

It’s actually their job to take appealing photos of the food before writing their review.

I perceived and categorized this group of people as attention seekers using representative

heuristics. They have the similar characteristics as an attention seeker as they showcase their

living experiences on a public platform.

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