1. Psychology Assignment 1
(Journal)
Name : Mohamad Hafizi Sidratul Muntaha
Student ID : 0315470
Session : Monday (1:00pm – 4:00pm)
Subject : Social Psychology
Course : PSYC0103
Submission : 12th May 2014

2. 2
Date : 7th April 2014
Time : 4:30pm
Concept : The Illusion of Control
I am a big fan of Formula 1 and I have not missed a single race last season.
My favourite drive is Sebastian Vettel and he’s racing for Red Bull Racing. Every
time I watch Formula 1 on the television, I always put on my Red Bull cap and T-
shirt although they look ridiculous. I think of it as my ‘lucky’ shirt and cap
because every time I wear it, Vettel always gets first place.
The illusion is that I think it’s the shirt and cap but the reality is it’s his
talent of driving the Formula 1 car.

3. 3
Date : 14th April 2014
Time : 8:00pm
Concept : Social facilitation
The definition of social facilitation is when an individual’s effort
is improved when there is competition or evaluation than having to do it alone.
This shows when I was practicing my driving abilities on the go-kart. My father
said I didn’t do well for my first few tasks. He then asked my friends to join in on
my training. The results were amazing. My time on a lap has improved when I
was with them.

4. 4
Date : 15th April 2014
Time : 4:30pm
Concept : Bystander effect
Today was about Prosocial Behaviour: Why We Help, and Why We
Don’t?, it has triggered me a past experience. It was during the last day of
Ramadhan 2013, where my siblings, cousins and I decided to go to Jalan Tuanku
Abdul Rahman to buy Baju Melayu there because it was a last minute thing and
it’s very cheap there.
So during the day we were stuck at a traffic jam caused by the crowd and
the faulty traffic lights. While we were in standstill, we saw a male Indian person
getting snatch theft by 2 Malay males on a motorcycle on the sidewalk. At first
try, the snatch thieves failed because the Indian man got a hold of his sling bag
and the person on the motorcycle fell off his bike. He then quickly took out a
machete and swung it to the Indian man so he would let go of his bag.
There were many people there but they just avoided looking and helping
because they were scared. I too am guilty for just watching the man suffering on
his own. The bystander effect shows that people don’t help because they feel
like someone else is going to take responsibility. On the other hand, there was a
police traffic but I didn’t think he saw it because he was busy doing his job. The
Indian man got away unharmed but he lost his bag which might contained his
personal belongings.

5. 5
Date : 15th April 2014
Time : 10:00pm
Concept : Extrinsic Motivation vs. Intrinsic Motivation
This second semester has been really heavy for me because of the extra
credit hours even though it hasn’t ended yet, and I wasn’t a fan of a couple of
subjects. For the subjects that I dislike, I always like to skip class because I find it
irrelevant to architecture, but I know it is. My extrinsic motivation is to face the
music and just study hard for the exams and do well on my assignments so that I
could get high CGPA (reward). If I fail this semester I would have to repeat the
whole semester back (punishment) and it would be a waste of time and money.
It too could disappoint my family and friends because they have supported me in
it. On the other hand, my intrinsic motivation is that I want to be a successful
architect because I’m passionate about it.

6. 6
Date : 10th May 2014
Time : 8:00pm
Concept : Social Cognitive Perspective
I remembered in business class that Mr. Jo told the class that in some
countries, buying your client lunch or anything else as treats are seen as bribing
and it is a big crime and you have a possibility to go to jail. But in Malaysia it is a
norm for example my parents always take their clients out for lunch and dinner
to discuss about their projects. Sometimes the clients do the same thing and sent
us some gifts and flowers. In this country, the situation the cognitive processes
have not detected anything negative so no cognitive conditioning has occurred to
link that treating your client or vice versa is a crime as in the concept of bribing.