SOCIAL INTERACTION a) mixing with opposite sex b) mixing with other races c) friends
MORAL JUDGEMENT a) Personal Interest Scheme - a decision is justified as morally right by appealing to the personal stake the actor has in the consequences of an action. b) Maintaining Norms Schema - A decision is morally right according to how well it maintains the established social order. c) Post-Conventional Schema - a decision is justified as morally right based on shared ideals, full reciprocity and openness to scrunity.
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS a) Perceived parenting styles b) Emotional atmosphere c) Parent-adolescent interaction c) Extended family
SELF ESTEEM SCALE a) physical self esteem b) academic self esteem c) social self esteem
ATTITUDES TOWARDS LEARNING SCALE a) towards school b) towards teachers c) towards teaching d) subjects
[Project funded by the Ministry of Science, Technology & the Environment Malaysia, IRPA RM-8 (07-02-03-0142 EA142) Jan 2003- Dec 2004]
Cognitive and Pyscho-Social (CoPS) Profile of the Malaysian Adolescent
Examples of Instruments The following are sites with tests and scales that measure different psycho-social attributes:
The psychosocial profile of the Malaysian adolescent provides an insight into how he/she thinks, feels and acts in social environments and how in turn social environments influences the adolescent's thoughts, feelings, perceptions, beliefs, attitudes and actions. How does the Malaysian adolescent perceive and interpret himself/herself in relation to the behaviour of other people? What are the beliefs and attitudes of adolescents on a range of issues? Are we able to infer what determines whom and what the Malaysian adolescent likes and dislikes or loves and hates?
The CoPS Profile
The project will attempt to measure the following psycho-social attributes of Malaysian adolescents:
RESILIENCE a) persistence at working through difficulties b) confidence that one can make the most of bad situations c) belief that one can make things better
