Life of an Intern – Research in Malaysian Orphanages
April 10, 2013
It was definitely a great experience to be able to work for an internship research project under the supervision of Dr. Marc Archer during the summer. The project aimed to understand the situation of child abandonment and alternative care in Malaysian context. Personally, I have always had the passion and curiosity for understanding, and helping …
Psychnight 2013 – H.O.P.E.
April 3, 2013
It had been around two weeks since Psychnight 2013 ended. All I could remember were the busy days, filled with countless memorable moments. The theme for this year’s Psychnight was Depression with the tagline, “Have H.O.P.E. (Hold. On. Pain. Ends). Keep Smiling. Let’s fight depression!” All the proceeds from the ticket sales were donated to …
Life of an Intern – Research in Memory & Attention
March 27, 2013
What started off as a productive way of spending the summer holidays turned out to be exactly that and also an opportunity to learn more about what research really is, outside the context of a classroom and in the seriousness of a full-fledged, ongoing research work. This gave me an exclusive peek into the amount …
Life of an Intern – Active Vision Research
March 22, 2013
As one of the first year students, I was delighted to be given such a wonderful opportunity to join the 3-months summer internship on campus. The research – a collaboration between UNMC and Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) – that I was working on, aimed to explore the anticipatory eye movements of children with clinical nystagmus …
Differences as a Reminder
March 19, 2013
Putting on winter socks, shoes, scarf, and winter coat, then taking about a half-hour walk to the opposite end of the campus, taking off scarf and winter coat after getting a seat in class, sitting in a lecture with about 200 other students, then putting on scarf and winter coat again at the end of …
Life of an Intern – Human Resources
March 15, 2013
Every year, a Careers Fair is held at the University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus, where dozens of corporations offer internship and job opportunities to the students. In 2012, I dropped off a copy of my resume at the IBM booth, and was fortunate enough to receive a call from them roughly three weeks into the …
The Life of a Researcher – Data Collection
March 12, 2013
If you ask psychology students about the challenges they face when conducting a research, the most common response you will hear is probably data collection or the recruitment of participants. As the focus of my research is on older adults (individuals aged above 60), it was a relief, and surprise to learn that these adults …
A Degree in Psychology Should be Everyone’s No. 1 Choice.
March 5, 2013
For me, I think the obvious answer is yes, yes it is. I must admit when I meet (non-psychology) people for the first time I hate telling them what course I teach at University. I always say straight away no, I can’t read your mind, just relax! I do sometimes wish I could read people’s …
Welcome to Psychobabble!
March 1, 2013
Hello psychobabblers – and welcome to the School of Psychology at UNMC’s very own blog! I am hugely excited that this blog is up and running through the combined efforts of Ms Yvonne Teoh & Ms Lee Yee Mun, along with Dr. Ian Stephen. I hope that this blog will be a forum for …