Name: Sonia Mancxia Balaguru

ID Number: 0317751

Course Code: PSY30203

Title: Journal 01

The social setting shows a group of students having a tutorial session with their lecturer within the campus. Normally tutorials are carried out in classrooms but in this picture, it is located outside the classroom.

Based on the picture, the social cognition can be interpreted in such that the students look bored as did not enjoy the tutorial as it was exposed to the sun. This can be related to self-fulfilling prophecies. The students believe that having a tutorial is rather bring even though the setting has changes. So no matter what, it will eventually be boring as what they think will become true.

The students have a perception that tutorials held in classrooms are a norm. So when they are brought to the outdoors, they could not adapt. This can be related to representative heuristics. The students are comparing this setting to an existing setting which are already in their minds, the classroom. They think that the existing one is more professional and conducive for tutorials rather than the outdoors. Their judgements are affected by their existing thoughts.