What is the meaning of life?

Recently i was so busy with all the homeworks, tuition works, and so on. So busy that i didn't even have time to rest. Last night my boss asked me to become one of the partners of the tuition center. Of course i was happy because i will get extra payment next month. I suddenly felt that all my hard works did pay. Although i need to teach extra classes in the coming months, but i still felt worthy.

And then this morning, i received a call from my mother, she told that my grandmother just pass away. Mood dropping low certainly. I suddenly wonder what is the purpose we alive??
To make ownself busy?? To get promoted?? To extra payment?? To be happy?? To gain more knowledge??? What's actually motivate us to continue our lives??

Astrological Sign!!

A.Aquarius
B.Virgo
C.Pisces
D.Cancer
E.Libra
F.Leo
G.Capricorn
H.Taurus
I.Sagittarius
J.Aries
K.Scorpio
L.Gemini

Are your answer suit your astrological sign?

Is it accurate?
Well when we believe in it or you alway read about it, our behavior will slowly being shaped toward the quality that the Astrological sign tell us. So this is how advertisement works, when we explose to the advertisement, we will slowly be influence.

Which 1 best describes you??

A. vesatile-idealistic-unconventional-sincere
B. Practical- thorough-discontented-inductrious
C. emotional-compassionate-easygoing-adaptable
D.tactful-secretive-imaginative-shy
E.intellectual-tactful-self-indulgent-sensitive
F.extravagant-warmhearted-impulsive-optimistic
G.calm-aloof-possessive-tenacious
H.stable-truthful-self-indulgent-possessive
I.outspoken-playful-restless-direct
J.daring-impatient-witty-quick-tempered
K.tactless-intense-insightful-loyal
L.irritable-talkative-adventurous-changeable

Choose which of type are you??

Payment System of Government

The Government payment is mostly divided into 4 class:

1. S class (degree level)
2. U class (medical doctor)
3. Z class (army)
4. V class (low educational level)

The first year payment(not include allowances) for each class :
S class(RM 1200 ...increase RM80-100 every year)
U class(RM 1450....increase Rm80-100 every year)
Z class(RM 450...increase RM30 every year)
V class(RM 800... increase RM30 every year)

How do government increase the payment?

For example:

• If you were just gratuated with not achievement and experience, then you will be hired with the S1T1 salary which will be the lowest in S class. If you have not achievement or perform adequately then your salary will increase to S1T2 level. Same thing happen every year until you reach the level of S1T7 and that the highest salary you can get.
• If you were just gratuated with not achievement but with some experience, then you may be hired with the S2T1 salary which will be a bit higher than S1T2. And you will be following the chart and increase your salary every year until you reach S2T7.

However if your report of the year state that you are well- perform in your works, your salary may increase form S1T1 to S2T1 or S1T3. And after you reach your highest stage(T7 stage) and you are performing well ,your position may reach a higher level which is call as the JUSA.

1. JUSA A(Prime Minister)
2. JUSA B
3. JUSA C
4. JUSA D
5. JUSA E( A principle highest level)
6. JUSA F

How to reward correctly??

Two factors that will undermine intrinsic motivation:

1. Expexted reward(if i read book, then i can watch TV)
2. Tangible reward(money,food and so on)

In future, how do we reward our kids or workers??
We still can reward them in the same ways with some additional rewards:

1. Use more unexpected rewards(give surprise to your kids or workers, reward them not only when you promise to but sometimis also reward them without they aware of)
2. Use verbal rewards( praise them in appropriate way, for exampe say something like"well done, i'm feeling happy with your works" instead of " well done, you should be alway behave like this"

Hiden cost of reward!!

Reward does sometime increase one's behavior.However there is something everyone should aware of: Reward may undermine the intrinsic motivation.

First of all, what is intrinsic motivation and extrinsic motivation?
Intrinsic motivation is you are being motivate to do something within yourselves, for example you read books because reading is your interest.
Extrinsic motivation is you are being motivated because of extenal factor, for example you read text books because your mother promise to buy your something afterward.

For example a girl who like to play piano join a music class, her mother then reward her by giving her money each time she finish the class. By the time goes by the girl may lost her interest toward piano.

Now after studying psychology. i finally find the reason why i lost interest toward studying cause my mother rewards me a lot. HAha....

Reward and punishment!

In psychology,just like the fobia, reward dan punishment is another kind of learning too. However it is called as operant conditioning which refer to the process a person learns to behave to produce attractive consequences.

There are two things we will talk about in this conditioning :
Reinforement and Punishment.
Reinforcement is something you do to increase the intensity of behavior.
Punishment is something you do to decrease the intensity of behavior.

The question is why do my child or employee do not motivate by the reward i give??
It may be caused by the several reason:

1. The reward's quality
2. The immediacy(reward being given immedialy or after a periond)
3. The reward's fit (the reward fit the work that had been done?)
4. The recipient's need (that person need that reward?)
5. Reward intensity(Reward being given everytime or just sometime)
6. The value of the reward(that person may not think that is a reward)

What next?>>Rewards VS punishment!

We all will be parents someday. So before you becoming one, learn something we all knew-rewards and puishment! Not only can you used this way on your child, you can also use it on your employees, who'll u will become one soon.

Cure for fobia??

Of course fobia can be cure. Still using me as an example. First divide the cockroaches into levels ( horror level)

1. Flying cockroaches
2. Dead cockroaches
3. photo of cockroaches
4. picture of cockroaches
5. Cartoon character of cockroaches

and so on. My level of horror will be at 2nd level. How do i know? I try all of them and i still can accept a dead cockroaches at my bed. What i mean is i would not scream as long as you do not tell me to remove it from my bed. So the thing you have to do is slowly approach the body and get used of it. Only you are not longer feeling fear of the body or may be you already brave enough to remove it, you can get to the next level--approach the flying cockroaches.

So by this ways you will can slowly get rid of your fobia. Have i try it before?

The answer will be NO! I already told you i am damn hell afraid of cockroaches and before i can get myself a dead cockroaches, i will be already scare to dead. Besides, i would not be so free to get myself a dead cockroaches

Fobia!!!

For those who are fear of something, your situatioans can be explain by the classical conditionaning. It actually is one type of the learning process. Allow me to explain in details.Taking me as example, i'm damn fear of cockroaches. However when i recall back to my early years, i had no fear of such creature. therefore cockroaches still were a neutral stimulus (NS)for me which i felt no respond toward them. However like everyone of u i afraid of pain. IN the conditioning pain became the unconditioned stimulus (UCS) and pain os the unconditioned response(UCR). That night when i was sleeping, suddenly something was moving on my neck. To my horror i removed that thing however may be that creature leg scratched my neck. Ouch...what the hell was that...i switched on the light and i saw a cockroach in my hand....before i knew what to do, the smell of the creature wake me up...next respond...you all know what happen. I already completed the conditioning...
Till now i am still damn hell scare of that creature with that horrible smell...

Coming Next: FOBIA!!

Are you afraid of height? Or you afraid of snakes? Or you do not even dare to look onto the picture of a snake? How can this happen? Can it be cure?

First Semester

There are 5 subjects in the 1st semester:Introduction to psychology, Research method, Pet Behavior study, Communication skill and statistic. In intro to psy we study briefly about all the chapters that we will cover in the coming semesters, and research method, we study about how to carry out a study and how we write our article or report. We also study about pet in pet behavior. Why do we study about pet? In psychology, we use pet to study about children behavior. Some of the psychologist even use pet to communicate with children who abused by parents or caregiver. Most of the victims no longer trust or talk to adults however they are more willing to talk with animals. The most boring part wil be the communication skill and statistic. So i wouldn't talk about them.

i'll be a scientis??

Sincerely, after joinning the course then i found out that psychology is one type of sciences.We learn about how to carry out a study or a research. Heehee, did i tell anyone else that i want to be a scientist when i was at the primary level. Look like my dream will come true. I just need to complete three years of my degree and two years of master, then i can call myself a psychologist. However a psychologist is not a doctor, you all would not get any medicine from me. What do i mean that psychologists can't call as doctor while they can treat patients. Waitlah. will tell you more later

My lecturers

First day in the college, i was introduced to my three lecturers. Two of them are clinical psychologists and the other one is a developmental psychologist. All of them are very experienced. They used to treat a lot of patients mainly children. Why we had so few lecturers if you want to ask. It is because this was the first year to have psychology course in the college. Hehe, it means that i will so only a few seniors and lot of juniors.

How i enroll into psychology course?

All happen in a sudden, i was planning to retake my STPM. Something happened and i changed my mind. However i was already late compare to the others. It was already end of August and all the course enrollment already over. However i didn't want to waste a year of waiting. Therefore i went to a college for more information. To my surprise the psychology course accept my application. Out of choice i enroll in the course.

What psychology to me before joinning the course?

Before joinning the psychology course, i thought that psychologist is the one like in the movie, he or she always asks his or her patients to lay down and tell their problems. Although i think that it will be fun to earn money this way, i never thought of joinning in a spychology course before.