Centre for Applied Psychology

 REPORT OF ACTIVITIES

Visitation and Talk by Prof. Leonard 29 January 2015 UTAR, Kampar Campus, Malaysia
Professor Leonard, Adjunct Professor of Department of Psychology and Counselling visited Faculty of Arts & Social Science on 29th January 2015. The objective of his visitation was to provide consultation service in academic matters especially syllabus and research. Besides, he also wanted to discuss with UTAR staff on consultancy work relating to Leonard Personality Inventory (LPI) as this his company is one of UTAR MOU partners. Dean of Faculty of Arts and Social, Dr Alia, Deputy Dean, Dr Priscilla and champion of LPI, Miss Sim Chzia Poaw received his visits on 29th January 2015.

Second batch of UTAR staff LPI trainers were accredited by Prof Leonard in a Licensed LPI Trainer Certificate Presentation Ceremony that held at 1pm. There were 14 UTAR staff successfully graduated from LPI training courses. A public talk titled "How to Manage Job and Workplace Stress?" was arranged to staff and students. Attendees were inspired by Prof Leonard's talk especially in career awareness. Centre of Applied Psychology members met Prof Leonard for further discussion on academic and research matters from 2pm to 4.30pm. The visitation adjourned at 4.30pm.








My Journey on Wheels 9 March 2015 UTAR, Kampar Campus, Malaysia
A talk was given by Mr. Goh Kuan Then & Ms. Yew Ling Lee to about 200 students.
Below are the pictures of the motivational speakers. About 150 students attended the talk.







The itinerary of the program was as below:

Date Time Program
21 & 22 May 2014 9.00 am -10.00 am Session 1
10.00 am - 10.15 am Coffee Break
10.15 am - 1.00 pm Session 2
1.00 pm - 2.00 pm Lunch Break
2.00 pm - 3.30 pm Session 3
3.30 pm - 3.45 pm Coffee Break
3.45 pm - 5.00 pm Session 4

Visitation and Talk by Prof. Cooke David 09-10 April 2015 UTAR, Kampar Campus, Malaysia
Prof. Cooke David visited and gave interesting talks on the topics of “Psychometric and Psychopathy: Cross-cultural challenges”, “Psychopathic Personality Disorder as an important forensic construct”, and “Violence risk assessment: Challenges and controversies”.
Below are some pictures of the event.










Talk Dr. Carmen Teoh 13 August 2015 UTAR, Kampar Campus, Malaysia
Dr. Carmen Teoh gave a talk on “Human Factors Psychology and the Design of Everyday Things” on 13 August 2015.
Below is a picture of the event.




Brown Bag Seminar: Language Studies 14 September 2015 UTAR, Kampar Campus, Malaysia
A brown bag seminar was organized by CAP and Centre for Learning and Teaching (CLT) on 14 September 2015, 9.30am – 4.30pm, at PF 067, Kampar campus of UTAR.
There were 11 presenters. The detail of the event is as below.

Time Program
9.30am
– 10am		 Registration
Welcoming Address
10am – 1pm First Session
  1. An investigation on syntactic impairment of semantic reversible sentences of a patient diagnosed with Broca's aphasia by Ms. Deepa a/p Visvanathan (DLL)
  2. A Comparative Corpus-based Analysis of Ergative Verbs from AWL by Ms. Christina Ong Sook Beng (DLL)
  3. O'Hanlon's Into the Heart of Borneo, Sarawak from a Colonist Perspective by Ms. Gheeta a/p Chandran (DLL)
  4. Readability of MUET Reading Comprehension Passages by Mr. Krishnan a/l Vengidasamy (DLL)
  5. Motivation and Attitudes towards Learning English among Malaysian ESL Undergraduates at Private Universities by Mr. Wong Kin Tat (DLL)
  6. Exploring Social Media: The effect of perceived destination personality on brand preference and intention to visit by Mr. Pong Kok Shiong (DPR)
1pm – 2pm Break
2pm – 4.30pm Second Session
  1. The Level of Factuality in the Malaysian Parliamentary Discussion by Mr. Mohamad Iqbaal (DLL)
  2. The Representation of Selected Young Malaysian Female Politicians in the Media: A Feminist Critical Discourse Analysis by Mr. Raphael Thoo Yi Xian (DLL)
  3. The Hypermodal Construction of Institutional Identity on a Malaysian Private University Homepage by Mr. Lee Ling Khai (DLL)
  4. Teacher Training through University-Community Engagement Programmes: English Language Camps for Schools in Perak, Malaysia by Ms. Diong Fong Wei (DPR)
  5. Exploring madness in its place: An ecofeminist reading of Janet Frame's Faces in the water by Mr. Foong Soon Seng (DLL)
4.30 pm End

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