Social Psychology

For the first assignment we were required to provide real life experience and relate it to the concepts we have learnt in Social Psychology class. I remember the first time when Ms. Tan was briefing on this assignment, I was worried because it sounds really hard. By then, I could not even think of any interesting event that can be used for my journal. It was quite a tough task for me but luckily I managed to overcome it.

The objectives for this assignment is to enable us to apply psychological theories and concepts to our personal lives and allow us to understand more about it. It makes me explore what I had experienced before, things that I missed out in life and examine my inner thoughts and feelings more than I used to. Besides, it is a way more efficient way to learn Social Psychology rather than just sit and listen in class for two and a half hour per session. Lastly, I realized the more I can relate the concepts to myself, the easier this assignment becomes as it feels like common sense. I guess this is one of the reasons why I am gradually improving in my Social Psychology quiz which I got 0 mark for the first quiz.

For the second assignment, we were asked to analyse articles and advertisements found in newspaper, magazine and printed media. We were assigned to work in a group of four and cut out 10 suitable articles or advertisements to relate it back to the concepts we have learnt from Chapter 6 to Chapter 9. It was quite a problem then since none in my group besides me have any English newspapers. 

This assignment aims to build up teamwork and self confidence as we need to present it in front of the class. Besides, it had improved my skill to define and analyse a problem more critically and creatively and come out with an effective solutions. While doing this assignment, I faced a lot of problems in coordinating my team members and I realized the reason for me not being a good leader is because I am always being too lenient and keep the responsibilities to myself. But this is really a good chance for me to strengthen my communication and team building skills. Having group discussion together only when everyone is ready determines the quality of the meeting and save more time. I think choosing your member wisely before you add them into your group is really important as I experienced serious conflict with one of my members.