Social Psychology - Assignment 2

Assignment 2 - Article & Advertisement Analysis

The second assignment given by our beloved lecturer, Ms. Tan is doing a article or advertisement analysis. This task required us to form a group of 4 to 5 people and search for article or advertisement in the newspaper or magazine which then, can be relate to the concepts or theory we have learned in Chapter 6 to 10. We are asked to work in group and discuss the assignment together.

We had been given short briefing about what is required in this assignment and what is the intended learning outcomes (ILOs) we need to achieve through assignment. There are 3 learing outcomes we need to achieve, which is lifelong learning, thinking and problem solving skills, also communication skills.

We need to know how to locate and extract information effectively then, relate learned knowledge to everyday life so that we can achieve the intended learning outcome of lifelong learning.

Next, we need to learn to think critically and creatively, also, we need to know how to define and analyse problems to arrive at effective solutions so that we can achieve the second intended learning outcome of thinking and problem solving skills.

Lastly, we must be able to communicate appropriately with our group members so that we can achieve the intended learning outcome of communication skills.

Overall, this assignment really helps a lot in understanding the theory and concepts from the related chapters. I love reading newspaper so it is not very difficult for me to find the articles needed in completing this assignments. 

After that, we are also required to do a presentation in a group for each of the topic with one article. 

However, it is not as easy as we think. And I felt that my greatest weakness is doing a presentation infront of people. I felt that I spoke too softly and I should improve in my presentation skills. I also need to have more confidence. 

Finally, I would like to thank Ms. Tan for helping me out in this assignment when I met with some uncertainties and obstacles.

Social Psychology

Assignment 1 - Journal

The first assignmnet given by our dear lecturer, Ms. Tan is writing a journal. This task required us to write something that had happened before in our life and then, relate it back to the situation with the theory that we have learned in Social Psychology class.

My lecturer, Ms. Tan had patiently give us a short briefing about what we need to do and what is the intended learning outcomes (ILOs) of this assignment. 

The first intended learning outcome is lifelong learning, whereby we could learn how to locate and extract information effectively. Also, we could relate learned knowledge to everyday life. 

Second, it is the thinking and problem solving skills, in which, we could learn how to think critically and creatively. In addition, we could learn how to define and analyse problems to arrive at effective solutions.

After I have completed the journal, I felt that Social Psychology is not a very boring and dull subject after all. Since I could better understand the concept, I am beginning to take some interest in the subject.

 I also realised that Social Psychology is actually a part of our everyday life, everything we did can almost be related back to the concept in this subject. Sometimes, a few theories can be applied in a small situation. 

However, my weakness in this assignment that I have to improved is that I am not being very specific about the situation I have experienced.

Therefore, I realised that the best strategies in learning this subject is by paying full attention to all the lecture taught by our lecturer in the class. It is much more easier to understand by listening to the lecturer rather than just plain reading. 

I felt that I need to improve the ways how I wrote my story, to be more specific and clear about what I want to expressed.

Hence, I want to say thank you to Ms. Tan for her patience and passion.