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SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE , BUILDING AND DESIGN

THE DESIGN SCHOOL

FOUNDATION IN NATURAL AND BUILD ENVIRONMENTS

NAME : Loh Pey Mun

STUDENT ID : 0318572

COURSE : Social Psychology

COURSE CODE : PSY30203

TITLE : Individual Journal One

WORD COUNT : 343 Words

LECTURER : Norul Hidayah

SUBMISSION DATE : 30 October 2014

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Humans are born social animals. Social Psychology is a study about human thoughts, feelings,

and behaviors. They are influenced by the actual, imagined, or implied presence of others. This

first journal assignment was designed to enhance the awareness of social psychology concepts

applicable to different contexts in social life. Schema is a cognitive framework or concept that

helps organize and interpret information. Schemas can be useful because they allow us to take

shortcuts in interpreting the vast amount of

information that is available in our social

environment. Everyone has their own

schema starting from a very young age. The

photo below shows a baby drinking from

her baby bottle. The baby may first develop

a schema for the baby bottle. She knows

that baby bottle is a small bottle with a teat

( liked mother’s nipples ) to drink directly

from. The baby will grow up to become a

little girl. When she learns how to drink

with a normal bottle but not a baby bottle

for the first time, she might initially call it a baby bottle. After all, it fits in with her schema for

the characteristics of a baby bottle; it is a bottle with a teat , small , a cap to cover the teat . Once

she was told that a bottle doesn’t always represent a baby bottle and that they are different, she

will modify her existing schema for a baby bottle and create a new schema for a normal bottle.

Now, let’s imagine this little girl learns to drink from a glass cup for the first time. She will feel

more uncomfortable because she wouldn’t know how and why people drink from a glass. Until

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her parents explain the differences of a baby bottle and a glass and how she should start learning

to drink from a glass at this age, then this little girl will start modifying a schema for the glass.

Through her new experiences, her existing schemas were modified multiple times and new

information was developed and shown in her newly modified schemas.