NAME: NIK AFIQ AMADI BIN NIK ABDULLAH

STUDENT ID: 0317749

GROUP: MONDAY 8.00AM - 10.00AM

SUBJECT: SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY

COURSE: FOUNDATION IN NATURAL AND BUILT ENVIRONMENT

SUBMISSION DATE: 10TH NOVEMBER 2014

JOURNAL 1

Concept I: Classical Conditioning

Few years ago, my parents promised to buy me a car if I

managed to get good results for my SPM. However, my SPM

result was not good enough to convince my dad to buy me the

car. Two years after that, I got the chance to further my studies

in Egypt. I took medicine course, which was probably one of the

toughest course to do. Even though it was tough, I still

managed to get good grades during my first year in Egypt.

Even some of those ‘smart students’ who even got a lot better

SPM results than me could not even pass the exam. Sadly, due

to political issue in Egypt, my parents did not allow me to

continue my studies there. Then I decided to continue my

studies at Taylor’s University and changed course from taking

Medicine to Architecture, since there were no place for me to

take Medicine at other Universities anymore. Plus, the fee was

too expensive in Malaysia. Since my results in Egypt was

excellent, my parents finally bought me a car as a gift for my

achievement. They even promised me to upgrade and modify

my car if I managed to achieve good grades again. As a result,

I continue to get better in my first semester. I could see the

progress and improvement in myself considering almost all my

projects and assignments are always excellent and frequently

got praised by my friend and lecturers. What actually motivates

me to do better in every projects is actually knowing that my

dad will upgrade my car if I can maintain good results.

Hopefully I can improve and get good grades this semester so

that I can make my parents happy and proud of me, as well as

upgrading my car again.

Concept II: Operant Conditioning

I have a cousin named Haqim, who used to be very fat

and overweighed few years ago. He eats any kinds of food

without feeling worried of his health. Either the food is healthy

or not, he will just eat them without limits as long as the foods

satisfied his hunger. One day, he got a very bad headache and

was admitted to the hospital due to obesity. The doctor said

that his blood sugar and cholesterol level were very high that

he might get stroke or diagnosed with heart attack if he did not

control his diet. However, he still could not control himself from

eating unhealthy foods even though he already knows his

health conditions. Luckily, his parents were concerned about

this matter. They finally found a way to convince him from stop

eating heavily and made him lose weight. What they did was,

they made a promise to him that if he managed to lose his

weight at least 5kg within a month, they will give a big amount

of money to him. Yes, it really worked out. Since that, he

started to go to gym and did some work out regularly and

consistently. Besides, he also did some cardio and exercise

that made him lost his weight really fast. From having a bad

eating habits, he now knows how to eat right such as eating

foods that contain high in vitamin, protein and etc. From an

obese person who weights more than 100 kilos that I know, he

is now very muscular and looking fit. He has no problem with

his health anymore. When I asked him what actually makes him

become so motivated in losing his weight. He said, “ It’s all

about the money! ”

JOURNAL 2

Concept I: Self Efficacy

In 2012, when I was in Egypt, I participated a 3 on 3

basketball tournament which was organized by the University.

We were considered as one of the youngest team to join the

tournament. Other teams consist of senior players who

represented for Mansoura University. Basically, most of the

teams were all experienced players. Our team were

underestimated since people were not really familiar with our

team. I represented my team as a captain, so my job was

basically to motivate my team in order to let them play with

confidence. I believe in my own abilities, and I believe in my

group mates as well. I just want to prove people wrong and

made something out of this match. I take this as a challenge for

myself. In group stage, we were lucky to be in the same group

with teams that consists of ‘less experienced’ players. We won

two games and lost one to a senior team called Mutants.

However, we still managed to qualify to the next stage which is

the semi-finals. We even beat a very good team during semi-

finals by just only one point. It was such a tough match to play

against a team, which almost everyone in the group had good

shooting abilities. During the final match, we met team Mutant

again, the only team that we failed to beat in group stage. One

of my group mates got injured during semi-finals, but he kept

on playing since it was already finals. So it was like two against

three. The only thing I knew that time was, I did not want to

lose, especially in finals. Even if I lost, at least I knew that I tried

my very best. I did not know how, thank god, we managed to

find a way to beat Mutant. It was the best day of my life.

Concept II: Self-serving Biases

I have a basketball team called Rangers. Almost everyone

in this team is good and very talented with different abilities in

our own ways. Some are good in shooting, some are good in

defending, and some are just good in everything. Perhaps, we

were arguably one of the best team in town. Our team-work

rate was just beyond amazing. We did participated a lot of

tournaments and won lots of matches. However, there was only

one thing that we were all lacking, which is the attitude of some

individual players, especially our own team captain, Azfeez. He

was no doubt, a very good player, probably the best player in

our team. He has a good height, good shooting abilities, strong

in defending and very good tactically as well. However, having

a good and talented captain like him did not guarantee us as a

team to win all matches anyway. One day, there was a match

with a team called Phantom, which was also considered as a

good team in town. The match was so intense that some key

players in our team got injured that cost us to lose the match

by 8 points. Yes, it was one of those matches that we did not

really want to remember. What makes the match even worse

was that Azfeez kept on blaming everyone in the team for not

defending properly during the game. Yes, he was the highest

scorer in our team that day, but he did not really defending his

own zone as well. The opponent team knew the weaknesses in

our team, which obviously came from his zone. So basically

that was how they found a way to win the match against us.

One thing for sure, Azfeez only took credit for himself when the

team was winning, but when the team was losing, he did not

take the responsibility.

Journal 3

Concept I: Extrinsic Motivation

Everyone dreams of having a nice, lean and muscular

body. Well, so do I. As a guy, going to gym is vital in order to

have that nice looking body, as well as preventing myself from

getting health problems. It took me years to convince myself to

go to gym constantly. I have been through so many ups and

downs and have given up so many times throughout my

journey of losing weight. I will get offended easily if anyone

came to me and told me that I am fat. I could be upset, and

annoyed sometimes. Well, basically, I started go to gym

consistently and being serious in losing weight was about few

months ago. To be honest, losing weight is not as easy as I first

thought. It took me a lot of patience and determination to

achieve my goal. For me, losing weight is not just about how

often you go to gym. I can assure you, it is just way more than

that. Work out is just not enough. You need to change your life

style, change your eating habit, do more exercises and cardio

as well. For me, the most challenging part is being consistent. If

people ask me, do I enjoy doing this? I would say no. What

actually motivates and keeps me going is actually when I see

the results and progress on my body. You would not imagined

how hard for me to lose weight even if 1kg. My body

metabolism is very low, I guess. Even If people ask me weather

do I like to eat those healthy foods like vegetables, fruits or

even chicken breast. Of course I don’t, but I still have to eat

them for the sake of having a nice body or not, I will continue to

gain weight again. Even if I look around at the gym, I can see

some people run unhappily on the treadmill and keep on

checking the screen to see if they have reached their desired

time or calories burned with that sad looking on their faces.

Concept II: Intrinsic Motivation

I remember the time when I was 13, it was my first time

watching a live band on stage. It was actually during Teacher’s

Day, where students are allowed to show off their talent and did

their own performance on stage. There were students who did

dramas, comedies, dancing and etc. What attracted me most

was actually the live band performance. Those who performed

that day were beyond amazing. The guitarist, drummer,

keyboarder, singer and even the sound system itself were just

truly amazing. From that moment, I started to listen and

appreciate music that I ended up buying a cheap acoustic

guitar to practice. I only learned music on Youtube. For me,

learning music for the first time was not that easy. However,

since I really want to become a guitarist, I finally managed to

learn music by heart and became good at both rhythm and

bass guitar without joining any music classes. Since that, I

made some friends from different school who played music as

well. From there, we shared the same music genre that we

loved to listen and started to go jamming. Almost every day

after school, going to studio was like a routine. We were so

passionate about music. After few years of experience in

playing music, we decided to create an official band and started

to perform at some events and gigs. We enjoyed performing at

some occasions very much. We had our own fan base who

supported us everywhere we performed. So basically, we

enjoyed playing music because we loved and appreciated

music. I always believe that if I do something that I love, I can

achieve good things.

JOURNAL 4

Concept I: Cognitive Sources

I was a school prefect when I was 16 (Form 4). It was at

the end of October, where senior prefects were very busy

concentrating on their studies since SPM was just around the

corner. So, they let my batch to lead everything. We had to take

over the assembly every morning, lead the students, did some

important tasks like reciting prayers and organized events like

Prefect Annual Grand Dinner. That time, I was the one who got

chosen to be the leader. Basically, I had to make sure

everything was under control and organized. It took a while for

me to adapt things and get used to having problems, especially

when it came to dealing with students. Even in prefect

ourselves, I had to deal with those juniors who did not really do

their tasks at all. My job was to train and motivate them to be

more confidence to speak on stage. It got me headache

sometimes when even prefects came late to school, but I was

the one to blame by the teachers. These such experience of

becoming a leader actually made me who I am today. I now

become more confident, knows how to cope with pressure,

more experience and knows how to deal with different things.

So basically, this is how I gain my leadership qualities that I use

to lead my group until today.

Concept II: Ingroup Favouritism

Few years ago, when I was 16, there were a friendly

match between my school football team and a team called

Alferd FC. They were such a good team, probably one of the

toughest opponent I have ever played against . They had

players with different qualities and abilities in the team. Even

their team striker represented for state. During the match,

within 15 minutes, they managed to score two goals against us

easily. We just could not find the break through since their

defence was also solid as well. I was playing as a left winger.

They outplayed us and dominated the possession. The only

thing that we could do was just defend as hard as we possibly

could. They were all physically very strong that it seemed hard

for us to play well as a team. After half time, we decided to

change formation from 4-2-3-1 to 4-4-2 formation. It was hard

to only play with one striker since their defence was so tight. So

we decided to use two strikers up front. We even made some

tactical change. What we did was, everyone in my team stayed

inside the box and defend. They just could not score against us

since there were like 10 players inside the box. When we got

the ball, we counter-attacked and managed to score one. From

the first goal, we realized that the tactical changed was actually

working. Our fans started to cheer for us and never stopped

giving support after the goal. So we did the same thing,

defended inside our own box with 10 players. Thankfully, they

got frustrated and became physically and mentally tired. At the

80th minute, we controlled the game and managed to score

another goal. Thanks to our team captain with such a beautiful

wonder goal from outside the box. During the additional time,

penalty was awarded to our team because one of my team

mate got tackled inside their box. I took the penalty and scored

the goal. We won the match by 3-2 in the very last minute.

JOURNAL 5

Concept I: Social Perception

I have a friend named Faeiz, who was very well known

with his friendly and kind attitude. He could get along with

everyone, even with strangers. He always put a smile on his

face, making other people comfortable, as well as making them

approach him, especially girls. When it came to doing a favour,

he would definitely be the one to be there. Basically, by smiling,

people will always have good impressions towards you. Unlike

one of his close friend, Irda who rarely smiled. Irda was actually

a friendly guy too, only if you got to know him well. He loved to

help people, just like Faeiz did as well. However, he did not

have a lot of friends at all compared to Faeiz. Since he rarely

smiled, most of the people in school did not really talk to him.

Irda’s face was always serious, looked fierce. making other

people afraid to approach him. What I knew was, a person’s

smile or smirk towards someone can hugely influence another

person’s opinion of it, whether positive or negative.

Concept II: Social Influence

I remember the time when I first went out with my friends

at night like few years ago. A day before that, my mom told me

not to ride a car with someone who had been drinking. I was

fine and agreed with what she said. I did not drink beer or any

alcohol because I am a Muslim, but I still made friends with

everyone. Even if my friend was a jerk, who always got drunk

or smoked weed, I still made friend with them. It was Friday

night, party night, where my parents were not around. As a

teenager, that was probably the only time for me to get wild and

free. My friends got in the car with a senior whose been

drinking. They asked me if I want a ride.  I replied "No" because

of mom's advice.  They assured me the senior who drove the

car only had three beers and the party was only 4 blocks

away. Besides, they even convinced me that I would be safe. 

From there, I changed my mind and started to think maybe

mom’s over reacting. Three beers "does not mean drunk", after

all he didn’t look drunk at all. So I ended up hopping in the car.

On our way to the party, I realized the driver was actually drunk

that we almost got an accident with a motorcycle. Luckily, he

managed to avoid from it and arrived at the party safely. I was

grateful that nothing happened to me that night.