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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.