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1. suna’s
University Life
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3. Group member
Heng Sy Hua
Hoh Jean Ming
Koo Jian Xiang
Ng Kwang Zhou
Omar
Rachel
Tutor: Mr.Shankar

4. Asuna is an oversea student who came into a new city. However, she could not
make friends as her classmates think oversea students are bad.

5. Stereotype
Definition:
A stereotyping it’s a common phenomenon which
is assuming that all members of a group shares a
common feature.

6. How is it portrayed?
No one wanted to go
near her
People talking bad
behind her
Her classmates
dislike her before
knowing her.
People talk bad things
about her without
evidance and only
assuming
Conclusion: All this criteria have shown that Asuna’s classmates have has
stereotype towards oversea students because that assume she is bad before
they really know her.

7. Asuna had a midset which she thought that university life is a place where
people only enjoy and play. She also thinks that her classmates did not study as
well. So she started to neglect her studies.

8. False Consensus Effect
Definition:
Tendency of people to overestimate the level to
which other people share their beliefs, attitudes,
and behaviours.

9. How is it portrayed?
She thinks that university
life is a period to only have
fun
Assumes that her
classmate also did
not study
Assume that
university life is
only playing
Conclusion: Asuna is having false consensus effect as she assumes that
everyone shares the same opinion as her in not to study during university life.
Assumed that
her classmates
share the
same opinion
with her

10. Due to her bad attitude towards her studies, she failed her exam and
assignments. Her friends got good results which makes her feels very sad. With
this the school gave her a second chance and at the same time warned her that if
she did not pass for the second time, she will be expelled.

11. Operant Conditioning
Definition:
A learning process in which the likelihood of a specific
behaviour is increased or decreased through positive or
negative reinforcement each time the behaviour is
exhibited.

12. How is it portrayed?
School authorities threaten
to expel her if she did not
pass the second exam
expel=punishment
Asuna will have
to study hard to
avoid the
punishment
Conclusion: This is a situation of punishment under operant conditioning as
Asuna will be expelled if she did not pass her second exam. Hence, if she fails,
she will be expelled.
This will help to
weaken his behaviour
of not studying

13. Asuna decided to work hard again and pass her exam with flying colours. Her family at
oversea and her lecturers also gave her support both physically and mentally. This makes
her believed that she can do well in her studies and reached her goals.

14. Self-efficiency
Definition:
people’s beliefs about their capabilities to perform in a
situation. Self-efficiency can be determined by how people
think, motivate, feel and behave themselves.

15. How is it portrayed?
Asuna started to
believe in herself
She thinks that she
has the capability to
reach her goal
Motivation given by her
family and lecturers also
further motivated her
Conclusion: Asuna’s self-efficiency was getting higher as she became more
confident and believe in herself.
Asuna felt more
confident than before

16. Finally, during the second exam, Asuna got a very good results. With this, her classmates
started to notice her and thought that she must have become a good student as only good
students can get a good results. Then, they started to make friends and be nice to her.

17. The Halo Effect
Definition:
A cognitive bias in which our overall impression of a person
influences how we feel and think about a person based on
his or her characteristics.

18. How is it portrayed?
Asuna’s classmates started
to notice her
They thinks that she
has become a good
student after getting
a good result
They started to
be friend with
her
Conclusion: Due to halo effect, Asuna’s classmates believed they Asuna is
definitely a good student as she got a good results although Asuna did not
portray any other good behaviour yet.
They threated her
nicely