Class Activity

Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR)
Faculty of Art and Social Science (FAS)
Department of Psychology and Counselling
UAPG 1004 Research Methods in Behavioural Science
WEEK

IN CLASS

1

Tutorial 1

2

Tutorial 2
Derive the following from week 1 task 2 and task 3
Topic-Problem-Purpose-Questions

HOME TASK
1. Decide group member
2. Decide topic
(write Background of
Study and Problem
Statement)
3. Find two (2) journal papers 1. In class activity
(Topic-Problem-PurposeQuestions) to be submitted on Friday before 5pm
2. Find two (2) journal papers For example,
Topic
Youth suicidality

Purpose of the activity:

Problem
The rising of youth suicidality in Malaysia for the past 5 years

To understand why the topic is important to be studied Dr Adnan, the Malaysian suicidologist, stated that family is losing its original protective function to youth suicidality
To understand how to narrow down the scope of study (population, factor etc) Purpose
To understand the
To investigate whether parenting (the immediate environment to significance of the study the children) serve as risk or resilience factor to youth suicidality (what actually the researcher would like to find out?)
Questions
(1) Do the three parenting styles (authoritarian, authoritative, and permissive) correlate with youth negative suicide ideation? (2) Do the three parenting styles (authoritarian, authoritative, and permissive) correlate with youth positive life ideation?

Prepared by
Goh Lee Ying, Angeline

To understand the studied variables (independent and dependent variable) and technique for analysis 1/9

WEEK

IN CLASS

HOME TASK

3

From the four (4) journal papers, identify the review/summary 1. In class activity and the methodology,
(Content Page and
Methodology) to be submitted the following day before 5pm
2.Find two (2) journal papers Review/Summary

Purpose of the activity:

(1) Write out the Content