Ah Boy loves sports but lacks stamina and is mocked by others at his sports club. His mother encourages him not to give up and he begins intensive training. At a sprinting competition, Ah Boy uses his new strength and wins, proving himself to the others. The comic explores concepts like stereotyping, persuasion, social facilitation, intrinsic motivation, and operant conditioning.

1. AhBoy to Man
Social Psychology Comic Strip

2. Full Comic

4. Synopsis
The comic start is about a boy call Ah Boy with big desire, sports has been
his favourite hobby, but his stamina were not that good , he can’t join any
sport club. One day, he received a flyer that mention the sports club
recruiting members. He then joined the sports club immediately. But in the
sports club, all members are looking down and mock at him. Ah Boy was
upset, he cried and he felt himself is no good in any sports. But Ah Boy
mother came to Ah Boy and talk to him, she tell her about her history and
motivated him. After that, Ah Boy decided to train himself to become
stronger. He was trained by a trainer for a few months. After he recieved a
lots of intensive training, he joined a sprinting competition. Everyone were
still not knowing Ah Boy participation in this compettion, but Ah Boy
promised himself will not lose in the competition, he used all his strength
and stamina in the competition. At the end, he won the competition and he
was so happy and nobody will look down on him again.

5. #1.Stereotype
A stereotype is a fixed, overgeneralized belief about a particular group or
class of people.

6. In the comic, a group of muscular people
doesn’t want to form a group with
the Ah Boy, because they assumed that
puny boy tends to be weaker.

7. #2.Power of persuasion
Power of persuasion is the process by which a person’s attitudes or behaviour
are, without duress, influenced by communications from other people.

8. When Ah Boy is about to give up, his mother told him her past
achievement to encourage him not to give up. His mother
succeeded in persuading him to chase for his dream.

9. #3.Social facilitation
Social facilitation is the tendency for people to do better on simple tasks with the
presence of other people.

10. In the comic, Ah Boy
experiences social
facilitation as the
presence of the fans and
also his fellow
competitive runners
compels him to do better
in the running
competition. In the end,
he broke his previous
personal record.

11. #4.Intrinsic Motivation
Intrinsic motivation refers to performing an action or behavior for the
sake of enjoyment and lead them to be more fully engaged in a
certain activity and gives them greater curiosity and pleasure.

12. In the comic, the action of running and motivate himself are Ah
Boy’s intrinsic motivation as it is something he enjoys being
engaged in and it also provides him a great sense of pleasure and
tranquility.

13. #5.Operating Conditioning
Operating conditioning means roughly changing of behavior by the use of
reinforcement which is given after the desired response.

14. In the comic, the coach pushed
him to his limit for his own good.
He also praised him when he
performed well in his training. This
improve his behavior and at the
end he achieved his goal.

15. Conclusion
In the comic, a total of 5 concept is
incorporated:
1.Stereotype
2.Power of Persuasion
3.Social Facilitation
4.Intrinsic Motivation
5.Operating Conditioning