FOUNDATION IN NATURAL BUILD ENVIROMENT ( FNBE )

NAME : LE JIA LING

STUDENT ID : 0322532

TUTORIAL GROUP : MONDAY 10AM – 12PM

COURSE : SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY ( PSY30203 )

LECTURER : MR SHANKAR

SUBMISSION DATE : 16th NOVEMBER 2015

Concept : Social Facilitation

Social Facilitation occur when people are performing in the presence of

others yet the individual contributions can be identified. Social loafing also said that

a person contribution couldn’t identify when there is no second party on the spot.

When I first entered Taylor’s University the lecturer required us to be form in

a group 5 and do our assignment. Thus, I had an experience that one of our group

member he always stay up late in the architecture studio alone and get his part to be

done unlike the other group member, where we do our things together and help

each other to get things done faster. Thus, all of us actually felt that his contribution

the our group is very less as we can’t see what he had done or contribute to the

group work and whenever we always assigned him to do a work during the meeting

he often drag the work until last minute and what comes to the worse is she never

attends the meeting.

My group member and I decided to speak with the lecturer to complain that

he actually didn’t do anything and he doesn’t deserve to get the same grade as us.

Thus, the lecturer call up our group and ask us to do a peer evaluation to evaluate

each member. In the evaluation form, we are required to list down what you have

done to the group and what your group member had one. By that time I realize that

actually what I had done and what he had done were actually almost the same and

we shouldn’t complaining about him doing nothing. It’s just because he does his

work without any second party thus his contribution to the group cannot be

identified. Basically, what I can conclude through this incident is that the Social

facilitation actually happens here and I will actually collect data that support my

belief and disregard data that actually refute my belief.

Concept : Motivation

Motivation is known as the process that initiates, leads, and maintains goal-

oriented behaviors. Motivation is what leads us to act, whether it is getting a cup of

water to reduce the thirst or reading and studying a book to gain your knowledge. It

involves the emotional, social, biological, and cognitive forces that initiate the

behavior. In everyday life, the word motivation is often used to describe why a

person does something. Different types of motivation are commonly described as

being either extrinsic or intrinsic. In this entry, I would like to talk about intrinsic

motivation.

I have been for an art class at the same center for about 14 years since I’m 4

years old. The Academic center could say to be my second dwelling and the teachers

are like my brothers and sisters. But unfortunately, ever since I started my University

life my schedule gets really pack so I quit. However, I really enjoy painting a lot so I

sometimes go to the center and hang around with the kids and teaches them

whenever I have the time. No matter how tired I was or even I don’t get the pay, I’m

just willing to teach the kids because I enjoy teaching them drawing and see how

they started improving day by day. Art had ended up part of my life and never gets

away from my life. I go for it as my weekly routine or sometimes twice a week if have

the time. By doing this, I can relax myself and get away from my stressful life. No one

had ever force me to do this, I’m teaching for the sake of relaxing myself and enjoy

the moment of teaching the kids and shares away my art knowledge to kids.

Concept : Confirmation Bias

I have always wondered where do my beliefs and opinions come from. I often

thought that I am just like the others, where we believe that our beliefs are based on

years of experiences and objective analysis of the information that are available.

However, in reality I’m susceptible to a crafty problem knows as a confirmation bias.

I often imagine assume that my beliefs are logical, rational, and objective, but the

fact is that my ideas are often based on paying attention to information that upholds

my ideas and ignoring me the information that challenge my existing beliefs.

I was not believed in god as I’m basically a free thinker. I won’t follow my

mum or my dad to the temple. My dad is a Buddhist and same goes for my mom. I

always quarrel with my mum about these issues thus I am starting to collect data

and information to support what I believe on. When Facebook or any social media

have information about questioning about the existence of god I will actually send it

to my mother and I eventually will pay attention to that kind of information as well. I

always ask my mother there are Muslims, Buddhist, Christian and a lot, more, so

which of the god as the true god but every religion says that only their god is the

true god. Thus when I receive any information or article about god I will actually just

reject that kind of information and actually ignore that information. I basically will

just disregard data that refute our believes.

So basically confirmation bias did actually happen here and I realize that in

your life there is a god it depends on whether u choose to believe or not. I did

believe the existence of god as I got lots prove that actually happens to me.

Concept : Observational Learning

Observational learning can take place at any point in life, it used to be the

most common during childhood as children often learn by observing the

surroundings behaviour and learn. It also plays an important role in the socialization

process, as children learn how to behave and respond to others by

observinghowtheirparentsandothercaregiversinteractwitheachotherandwithother

people. Observational learning also applies to us even when we are adult. When I

first come to Taylor I was confuse on using the Printing machine. I then observe

around how people use the machine. There are a few of printing machine either in

the library’s second floor, 24/7 study room or the computer lab located at block C,

level 7. On the other cases which is also happen when I first entered this university I

was confused on how to use the student portal to check my timetable to know what

classes am I having now and I actually did apply observational learning by peeking

others at student center how to check the timetable of my own and thus I learned it

just by observing others. From there, they choose the file that had been send earlier

and just print, It’s just that easy! Through observational learning, I finally get to learn

how to use the printing machine. Observational learning is a social learning that

function as an individual learns from observing the behaviors of others and in turn

behaves in the similar manner.

Concept : Counterfactual Thinking

Counterfactual Thinking had been categorized into two category which is

upward counter factual and also downward counterfactual. Counter factual thinking,

which means imagining different out come for the event that already, occurred.

While upward counterfactual, which means expecting and imagining a better

outcome or result for event that already happen. Downward counter factual

thinking, which means imagining or thinking a worst result or outcome for an event

that already happens.

I had an experience about an event that relate to upward counterfactual

thinking. While I was in form 5 secondary school. The trial exam for Sijil Pendidikan

Malaysia (SPM) is near and he doesn’t feel like wanted to study at all thus he

decided to cheat on the exam and he asked me is it I wanted to join and I rejected it

because I feel it is a test its not fair for everyone to cheat. On that day of exam my

friend he seriously brought in a small size of smart phone so he could Google any

answer she needed and started to cheat. All of sudden that his phones drop on the

floor and I wanted to help him to kick the phones out of his table area but its too

because the teacher caught him on the spot and he got a zero marks for that paper.

In my mind that time I actually feel that I could help him out at the situation if I could

be fast enough to kick his phones but then I am too slow. I can conclude that actually

upward counter factual thinking actually occurred here.

I also had an experience about downward counterfactual. Its about there’s

onetime that I was planning to get out of school during school time for went o cyber

café because there’s a competition is happening and I wish I could be there to watch

it. So I actually climb the wall of my school and trying to get out of the school. When

I was climbing one of my school prefects actually saw me and he shouted at me but

then I managed to escape. Unfortunately he saw my faces and he went to the office

and tell to the principle and principle actually call up my name on the next day

assembly and my parent got call to school also. My mum is here and she got to know

the whole story and she scolded me in front of all the teacher and I feel so shame of

myself. At the time I did speak to myself said that at least my mum didn’t slap meat

my face in front of all teachers. So downward counter factual occurred at here.