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/Social Psychology

This subject helps us to define and explain psychological content such as concepts, facts, terms and theories and remember them. It also helps us apply concepts to our personal lives and others. Besides that social psychology helps us understand ourselves better and our interactions with others in terms of psychology. Lastly, it enables us to engage in psychological inquiry and become self-regulated learners.

Assignment 1: Journal

This assignment requires us to relate and explain the concepts of social psychology with our daily life experiences. After understanding the concepts and theories of social psychology I was able to relate it with my personal experience. I find that the theories that were applied in the situation of my experiences made my thoughts and feelings much clearer. Besides that, this assignment also helped me to understand myself and others better. It benefits me when I interact with others because with the terms that I have learned, I can apply it and avoid any misunderstandings that can happen in my everyday life. Understanding myself and others is very important when we interact with people. That is why social psychology really helped me to be a better person in life.

Assignment 2: Article/Advertisement Analysis

This is a group assignment that requires us to relate the concepts and theories of social psychology to the articles or advertisement that we find from media sources. Everything we do in our life relates to social psychology. Thus, I have learnt how to relate the social psychology concepts and theories with the articles that I have found. After reading and understanding the article and advertisement I could see and apply the concepts that I have learned throughout this semester. After applying the concepts I could understand the situation that is going on and how to solve it psychologically. The assignment really thought me to analyse the social psychology concepts and to understand and apply them in the articles that I have found. I can also relate to a few of the articles and learn to apply the concepts in my daily life.

Reflection

Social psychology is very important in our life. This subject covers all aspect of my daily life. It teaches me on how to deal and understand situations which I did not know how to comprehend before. The terms, concepts and theories have really helped me see things clearer. However, I have much more to learn about social psychology because I believe that what I have learned is just the surface of social psychology. Nonetheless, this module is sufficient for me to understand others better in terms of psychology.