FOUNDATION IN NATURAL AND BUILT ENVIRONMENT

PREJUDICE AND DISCRIMINATION

PSYC 0103

Group Research Assignment

Name:

1. CHEW UNG HENG (0315397)

2. EDWIN HO KHAI VUN (0314846)

3. KEVIN LEE HEE XIAN (0315192)

4. EDY WIJAYA (0314136)

GROUP/SESSION: 2

SUBMISSION DATE

22/1/2014

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

First, we would like to express our sincere gratitude to Miss Pang Chia Yee, our lecturer

for giving us an opportunity to conduct a phycology research experiment for our final project.

We are extremely grateful to her for helping and guiding us throughout this whole project, which

helped us to complete the project on time. Next, we also like to express our deep gratitude to our

parents who are providing us the financial resources we need to prepare all the materials needed

and unwavering love in us along this project.

Furthermore, we would like to thank all the participants involved in this study for their

time. Along the surveying, we heartily thank all those who cooperated with the conduct of this

survey by filling in the survey form that provide us all the essential information to complete our

research experiment. Without their help, this survey could not have been carried out. In order to

preserve anonymity they cannot be named.

On the other hand, we would like to extend our sincere regards to our group members for

their hard work, contribution and cooperation to this project with their invaluable opinions and

suggestion to complete the project successfully. Besides, we also like to thank our college for

supporting us with resources. Lastly, the success and final outcomes of this project required a lot

of guidance and assistance from many people and I am highly fortunate for having this along the

completion of our project work.

Table of Content

Page

1.1 Acknowledgement…………………………………………………………………………….2

1.2 Table of Content………………………………………………………………………………3

1.3Abstract………………………………………………………………………………………..1

1.4 Introduction……………………………………………………………………………………5

1.5 Method………………………………………………………………………………………6-7

1.5a Participants………………………………………………………………………….6

1.5b Material/Apparatus…………………………………………………………………..6

1.5c Procedure……………………………………………………………………………7

1.6 Results……………………………………………………………………………………..8-16

1.7 Discussion……………………………………………………………………………………17

1.8 References……………………………………………………………………………………18

1.9 Appendices……………………………………………………………………………….21-25

1.9a Appendix A: Questionnaire……………………………………………………..19-20

1.9b Appendix B: …………………………………………………………………….21-25

ABSTARCT

In this project, the theme is about the public’s response, whether they accept a family

lifestyle where the husband does the housework and the wife goes to work outside or not. The

hypothesis of this project at its beginning was, the public will accept the lifestyle where the

husband goes to work outside and the wife does the housework, especially between genders,

most males will choose to work outside and most females will choose to do the housework.

In this project, 100 survey forms in paper, refer to appendix A was printed out and given

out to the public to be completed. Some of the problems that occurred while handing out the

survey form were, public’s rejection to participate in this survey. However, that problem was

countered as we approached more people and we had all the survey forms completed. We have

also generated an online survey form and distributed it to the public, we received 28 responses.

The results of the survey form are as follows, most males cannot accept a family lifestyle

where the husband does the housework and the wife goes to work outside, and they think that in

a family, the husband should go to work outside and the wife should do the housework and it is

better to have this kind of lifestyle. While on the other hand, most females can accept a family

lifestyle where the husband does the housework and the wife goes to work outside, most females

think that in a family there is no obligation that the husband must go to work outside and the

wife must do the housework, they think that a family can choose their own preferred lifestyle,

even though most females still think that it is better to have a family where the husband goes to

work outside and the wife do the housework.

In conclusion, from the research experiment that we have carried out, we can conclude

that the public responses vary between genders. Most males cannot accept the kind of lifestyle

where the husband does the housework and the wife goes to work outside, where most females

can accept. We also found out that most males think this kind of lifestyle is not good and that a

normal family should not have this kind of lifestyle, where most females think that this kind of

lifestyle is not a bad family lifestyle and a family have the right to choose their preferred lifestyle.

But, both genders agree that a family lifestyle where the husband goes to work outside and the

wife does the housework is still a better lifestyle than the one mentioned earlier.

INTRODUCTION

In the beginning of the semester, we had been told that we have to conduct a social

phycology research experiment and required to do a presentation for our final project. As the

final project is a group work, we had been divided into 4-5 members for each group. The whole

project carried about 40% marks. In this Social Psychology research project, the objective of this

project is to be able to conduct a simple social psychology research experiment, enhance

teamwork and leadership ability and encourage problem solving and creative thinking among the

students. The learning outcomes of this project are students will be able to conduct a

psychological research and apply research ethical consideration.

Basically, this project divided into two parts. Part one is to conduct the research by

creating a hypothesis, select a suitable research method on how we want to carry out our research,

execute our research, collect and analyze the data. After that, we need to write a research report

from all the data that had been collected in the research experiment. Then, part two is a group

presentation about all our research and data collected.

So, we had chosen the theme, “prejudice and discrimination” for our final project. Lastly,

we had decided to do the project about the public response, whether they can accept a family

lifestyle where the husband does the housework and the wife goes to work outside or not. In this

kind of lifestyle where both the husband and the wife have a different responsibility than most of

other families, we will see whether they can be accepted by the others or not, whether their

children will be discriminated or receive a negative effect on their life or live a normal life just

like any other children.

METHOD

1.5a Participants

The survey form was typed in a computer while in a discussion with all the group mates.

After a few rounds of discussion and questions towards the teacher about the survey form, the

survey form was finally completed and printed out. For 100 survey forms, a total number of 100

participants were required to help out by filling up the survey form. These participants in this

survey are volunteers. These participants will not be identified and the data collected from them

are strictly confidential. They have the right to reject participation if they do not want to

participate or feel uncomfortable with it.

1.5b Material/Apparatus

The materials used in this project are common objects in our daily lives. They are

computers to type out the form, printers to print out the form, papers for the volunteers to fill up

the form, pens for the participants to use while filling up the form and a file to keep the forms

nice and tidy. We were also using computer to do the online survey questionnaire to collect more

information for our research.

1.5c Procedure

In the beginning, we were briefing by the lecturer about the research experiment that we

need to complete for our phycology’s final project. The brief was explained by the respective

lecturer which is Ms. Pang Chia Yee and the way to conduct a survey in a proper manner. After a

few questions about the project, all the students formed a group of 5 members by random. Then,

all the groups needed to choose a topic among the topics given to do the research experiment.

Then, we tried to understand about the purpose of the survey and the information we

want to collect for our report. Next, we drafted out the suitable questions that we had discussed

and formatted the questionnaire in orderly manner. Then, we showed it to the lecturer for

approval and tested on the questionnaire we had done to identify if any errors to be corrected.

After got the lecturer’s approval, we printed it out and sent the survey forms to our participants

within our college to collect the information. Besides, we also created an online survey through

the internet so that participants out of our college can also take part in our surveying, refer to

appendix B.

Once the survey was done, we analyzed all the data and recorded in a draft paper and

then typed it into Microsoft excel for the purpose of doing chart. Then, we started to proceed our

research report with the data that we had collected through the survey. Finally, we had done our

social psychology research experiment and report with the guidance of our lecturer.

RESULTS

PARTICIPANTS OF MALE & FEMALE *INCLUDING ONLINE SURVEY*

Male Female

Race

Chinese 46 43

Malay 6 12

Indian 1 7

Others 9 4

TOTAL 62 66

74%

10%

2% 14%

Race (Male)

Chinese

Malay

Indian

Others

65%

18%

11%

6%

Race (Female)

Chinese

Malay

Indian

Others

73%

27%

Country (Male)

Malaysian

Others

95%

5%

Country (Female)

Malaysian

Others

Country: Male Female

Malaysian 45 63

Others 17 3

TOTAL 62 66

Age Group: Male Female

Below 18 7 1

18-25 52 56

26-35 2 4

More than 35 1 5

62 66

11%

84%

3% 2%

Age Group (Male)

Below 18

18-25

26-35

More than 35

1%

85%

6% 8%

Age Group (Female)

Below 18

18-25

26-35

More than 35

Occupation: Male Female

Student 56 56

Homemaker 1 2

Retired 0 0

Self Employed 3 2

Medical 0 0

Professional 1 5

Other 1 1

TOTAL 62 66

Student

Homemaker

Retired

Self Employed

Medical

Professional

Other

Occupation (Male)

Student

Homemaker

Retired

Self Employed

Medical

Professional

Other

Occupation (Female)

Marital Status: Male Female

Single Never Married 59 60

Living Together 1 1

Married 2 5

Widowed 0 0

Separated and Divorced 0 0

TOTAL 62 66

Single Never Married

Living Together

Married

Widowed

Seperated and Divorced

Occupation (Female)

Single Never Married

Living Together

Married

Widowed

Seperated and Divorced

Male

Question Strongly Agree Agree Unsure Disagree Strongly Disagree TOTAL

number 1 4 8 20 10 8 50

number 2 6 10 9 12 13 50

number 3 15 17 13 2 3 50

number 4 5 13 13 4 15 50

number 5 6 12 7 5 20 50

number 6 26 13 9 0 2 50

number 7 0 7 26 5 12 50

number 8 20 11 9 2 8 50

number 9 14 12 15 5 4 50

number 10 13 9 21 6 1 50

number 11 12 7 14 12 5 50

number 12 5 9 21 8 7 50

number 13 4 6 19 12 9 50

number 14 15 7 21 6 1 50

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

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Question

Male

Strongly Agree

Agree

Unsure

Disagree

Strongly Disagree

Female

Question

Strongly Agree

Agree Unsure Disagree Strongly Disagree TOTAL

number 1 2 13 13 14 8 50

number 2 8 18 14 9 1 50

number 3 13 21 8 8 0 50

number 4 14 21 8 3 4 50

number 5 10 15 10 6 9 50

number 6 6 14 5 20 5 50

number 7 0 3 31 7 9 50

number 8 12 12 9 12 5 50

number 9 7 8 17 11 7 50

number 10 6 9 12 17 6 50

number 11 8 4 10 19 9 50

number 12 7 18 8 12 5 50

number 13 2 15 19 8 6 50

number 14 5 12 14 13 6 50

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

Agr

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Question

Female

Strongly Agree

Agree

Unsure

Disagree

Strongly Disagree

0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

Series8

Series7

Series6

Series5

Series4

Series3

Series2

Series1

Male

Strongly agree agree unsure disagree strongly disagree

Q1 1 1 6 2 2 Q2 3 5 3 1 0 Q3 4 4 3 0 1 Q4 2 3 3 2 2 Q5 1 8 3 0 0 Q6 1 2 7 2 0 Q7 2 1 8 0 1 Q8 0 5 4 3 0 Q9 1 2 6 3 0 Q10 0 3 5 4 0 Q11 0 2 5 3 2 Q12 1 7 3 1 0 Q13 0 3 8 1 0 Q14 0 3 4 5 0

Male (Online survey)

Female

strongly agree agree unsure disagree strongly disagree question Q1 0 2 4 7 2 Q2 1 5 5 3 1 Q3 2 5 1 6 1 Q4 2 7 1 4 1 Q5 2 5 1 4 3 Q6 4 5 0 5 1 Q7 1 2 5 3 4 Q8 2 8 2 2 1 Q9 1 4 5 4 1 Q10 1 2 4 6 2 Q11 1 2 3 7 2 Q12 2 6 1 5 1 Q13 1 3 4 5 2 Q14 1 5 3 3 3

Female (Online Survey)

DISCUSSION

The discussion for this project is a discussion among the group members and the lecturer

Ms. Pang Chia Yee. We discussed with the lecturer, Ms. Pang Chia Yee about the survey form,

the questions for the survey form, analysis data collected from the survey form, the research

report and the content of the research report.

The first discussion of this project was about the survey form. After we had chosen our

theme, which is “prejudice and discrimination”, we discussed about the topic for our project.

After a long discussion, we finally picked one of the suggestions from our group members. The

topic is about the public response, whether they can accept a family lifestyle where the husband

does the housework and the wife goes to work outside or not, this topic had been approved by

our lecturer, Ms. Pang Chia Yee in the discussion among the group members with her.

After we have chosen our topic, we moved to the next stage, which is to generate

questions for the survey form. The group members individually generated a few questions as

suggestions, and in our discussion we discussed and choose only the best questions. We later,

adjusted some of the questions to make it more suitable for the survey form. We then, generated

a survey form from the questions we have and present it to our lecturer, Ms. Pang Chia Yee.

After we discussed about the survey form and the questions with her, she gave us some advice to

change and to add a few questions as well as to make our survey form to be more presentable.

Later, after our questions and survey form had been approved by our lecturer, Ms. Pang

Chia Yee, we then proceed to the survey. We handed out the survey form to the public to collect

data for our research experiment. After all the survey forms had been completed, we recorded all

the data in an orderly manner. Later, we analyzed all the data collected, table charts and pie

charts were generated to show all the data collected from the survey.

Lastly, we discussed about the research report. We divided works for each member in the

research report, we had several discussions afterwards regarding the requirements of the research

report, the content of the research report, etc.

REFERENCES

•Mickey S Schafer (). Writing in Psychology. [ONLINE] Available at:

http://web.clas.ufl.edu/users/msscha/psych/report_abstracts_refs.html. [Last Accessed 21 Jan 14].

•Saul McLeod (2008). Prejudice and Discrimination. [ONLINE] Available at:

http://www.simplypsychology.org/prejudice.html. [Last Accessed 21 Jan 14].

•Kendra Cherry (2005). APA Format - American Psychological Association Format. [ONLINE]

Available at:

http://psychology.about.com/od/apaformat/APA_Format_American_Psychological_Association_Format

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•Bhaskaran Raman (Apr 2004). How to Write a Good Report. [ONLINE] Available at:

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APPENDIX

Appendix A: Paper work Questionnaire

SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY

Form Approved:

GENERAL INTRUCTION

The purpose of this survey is to study the public response, whether they can accept a family lifestyle where the

husband does the housework and the wife goes to work outside or not. The questionnaire is voluntary and the data

collected is strictly confidential. All participants will NOT be identified. You voluntarily agree to participate in this

research project by filling the following questionnaire. You have the right to reject participation. You may

withdraw from this research any time you wish.

This may take 5 minutes of your time.

Read each item thoroughly. Please print your responses. Please darken or tick in the circle.

RACE

O Chinese O Malay O Indian O Others: ____________________

SEX

O Male O Female

COUNTRY

O Malaysia O Others: ______________________

AGE

O Below 18 O 18 – 25 O 26 – 35 O More than 35

OCCUPATION

O Student O Homemaker O Retired O Self Employed O Medical O Professional

O Other: ____________________

MARITAL STATUS

O Single Never Married O Living together O Married O Widowed O Separated & Divorced

For each of the following statements, use the criteria listed that best describes your current views towards the

family that the husband do housework and the wife work outside the home.

Strongly

Agree

Agree Unsure Disagree Strongly

Disagree

1. My friends or relatives having this kind of lifestyle O O O O O 2. I take time to understand people having this case O O O O O 3. Prejudice is hard to overcome O O O O O 4. I believe husband can also do housework and wife can

work at outside O O O O O

5. I can accept this kind of family lifestyle O O O O O 6. In a normal family, husband should work outside and

wife do the housework and take care of child O O O O O

7. Your family members can accept husband do

housework while wife work outside

O O O O O

8. A family where the husband goes to work and the wife

do the housework, will be better than a family where

the husband do the housework and the wife goes to

work

O O O O O

9. This kind of family will be offended by the public O O O O O

10. Both husband and wife will lost their self-esteem for

having this kind of family condition. O O O O O

11. This kind of family life style will have negative effect

on their children O O O O O

12. Your parent is a tradition people O O O O O 13. In your culture, this kind of family life style is

acceptable O O O O O

14. I will change back my lifestyle when family and

friends could not accept male doing housework while

female work outside O O O O O

15. What do you think of prejudice?

Reason:

__________________________________________________________________________________________

Appendix B: Online Questionnaire

Website:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/15Am6qhcHJ6TTpFsRIvGaERJRgzOAlV44kjwH46xRFc/view

form