AhBoy to ManSocial Psychology Comic Strip

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SynopsisThe comic start with Ah Boy, he likes sport very much, but with his weak

body, he cannot join a sport club. One day, he received a flyer that, sports club is recruiting members. He joined sports club immediately. But in the sports club, all members are looking down and mock him. Ah Boy was so sad, he cried and he feel himself is useless. But his mother came to Ah

Boy and talk to him, she tell her about her history and motivated him. After that, Ah Boy decided to train himself to become stronger. He was train by

a trainer for a few months. After he had lots of training, he joins a competition. Everyone was still looking down at him, but Ah Boy doesn’t want to lose, he used all his strength and stamina in the competition. At

the end, he won the competition and he was so happy.

#1.Stereotype A stereotype is a fixed, overgeneralized belief about a particular group or

class of people.

In the comic, a group of muscular people doesn’t want to form a group with the Ah Boy, because they assumed that puny boy tends to be weaker.

#2.Power of persuasion Power of persuasion is the process by which a person’s attitudes or behaviour

are, without duress, influenced by communications from other people.

When Ah Boy is about to give up, his mother told him her past achievement to encourage him not to give up. His mother

succeeded in persuading him to chase for his dream.

#3.Social facilitation Social facilitation is the tendency for people to do better on simple tasks with the

presence of other people.

In the comic, Ah Boy experiences social facilitation as the presence of the fans and also his fellow competitive runners compels him to do better in the running competition. In the end, he broke his previous personal record.

#4.Intrinsic Motivation Intrinsic motivation refers to performing an action or behavior for the

sake of enjoyment and lead them to be more fully engaged in a certain activity and gives them greater curiosity and pleasure.

In the comic, the action of running and motivate himself are Ah Boy’s intrinsic motivation as it is something he enjoys being

engaged in and it also provides him a great sense of pleasure and tranquility.

#5.Operating Conditioning Operating conditioning means roughly changing of behavior by the use of

reinforcement which is given after the desired response.

In the comic, the coach pushed him to his limit for his own good. He also praised him when he performed well in his training. This improve his behavior and at the end he achieved his goal.

Conclusion

In the comic, a total of 5 concept is incorporated:

1.Stereotype2.Power of Persuasion3.Social Facilitation4.Intrinsic Motivation5.Operating Conditioning