Procedure of Collecting Data.

needed activities and other may engage in their educational works. For an example, if we use the observation method to get accurate data, we have to follow them always when they are engaging in their works and it may be very difficult to us to observe and in the same way, it may be a disturbance to our participants. So both these open and closed format questionnaires are very important for our research. Procedure of Collecting Data. After having completed the structuring questionnaire, the questionnaire will be administered by our group members in the sense of collecting data and we will follow our time schedule too. The procedure will be followed step by step as listed following and the place is where the data is collected will be the faculty of arts of the University of Peradeniya. *First we introduce ourselves to our participants and the purpose of our study. *Get the permission of participants and give them the questionnaire to fill as they like. *We give our telephone numbers to contact us if they are not aware or not clear of any question. *Finally, we express our gratitude to them. Sample Size of sample:- 40 Participants from second year.(20 females and 22 males) Findings and analysis of data Male female 2nd year Sp G Rural Urban SOC PSY PSC HIS ECN HRM GGY ACL MGT BST PST ESL female 2 Urban * *** ** female 2 Sp Rural ** * *** female 2 Sp Rural * *** ** female 2 Sp Rural * ** *** male 2 Sp General Rural *** ** * female 2 Sp Rural *** ** * female 2 Sp Rural * ** *** female 2 Sp urban ** *** * female 2 Sp urban *** ** * female 2 Sp G urban ** *** * Female 2 Sp Urban * *** * Female 2 Sp Rural *** ** * Female 2 Sp Urban *** * ** Female 2 Sp Rural * ** *** Male 2 Sp Urban ** *** * Male 2 Sp Urban *** Male 2 Sp Urban Female 2 Sp Urban *** ** * Male 2 Sp Urban * *** ** Female 2 Sp Urban ** * *** Female 2 Sp Rural ** *** * Male 2 Sp Rural *** * *** Female 2 Sp G Rural * ** *** Female 2 Sp Urban ** * *** Male 2 Sp Urban * *** ** Male 2 G Urban * *** ** Female 2 G Rural * *** ** Female 2 G Rural *** ** Female 2 G Rural *** * Male 2 G Rural *** ** When our participants answered to the question whether psychology is a popular field in the contemporary Sri Lankan society, our most of the participants have mentioned “Yes.” But only few participants have mentioned “No” regarding the second question. When we refer the ‘yes’ answer givers, they all have mentioned that psychology is a very popular and practical subject. In the same way, according to them with the modern technological and scientific development people have to face with lot of mental problems. So, Psychology is very helpful and impotent to such people. Some have mentioned that psychology is a world famous subject and in the same way, it is a good profession also. According to some of our participants that Psychology can be helpful to victims who faced to the war which existed during thirty years in Sri Lanka. When comparing all the ideas of our participants who have mentioned that psychology is a popular field have seen the good side of the Psychology. When we study the participants who have mentioned that the psychology is not a popular field in the contemporary Sri Lankan society, they have clearly pointed out that psychology is popular only among educated people. According to their view, only a few people know about psychology. They have clearly pointed out that the government also does not take any action to make popular the field of Psychology and they propose that necessary actions should be taken to make popular Psychology. Actually, when we refer the answers given to us about the third question that to mention our participants’ opinion about the subject of Psychology they all have mentioned that the subject of Psychology is very helpful to maintain a good and balanced human life. In the same way, they have mentioned that the subject of Psychology is very practical and it really helps to control our mind and behavior. The following chart shows number of our participants which led them to express the opinon on Psychology as a subject. 1 Reading 21 2 Senior students 14 3 Electronic media 15 4 Other 6 Regarding the fourth part of the fourth question most of our participants have mentioned lot of various ideas how they have got their knowledge about Psychology as a subject. Some have mentioned that have got knowledge from their friend while others have mentioned that they have got knowledge about psychology from their personal experiences and personal feelings. In the same way, some have listened to psychology lectures. When we asked from our participants whether they have got some information about the subject of Psychology during the rag season and whether the information they got positive or negative the following answers were given to us. Yes 20 answers No 12 answers Positive 15 answers Negative 5 answers Some have mentioned nothing about that question and the participants who have mentioned that they got negative information from seniors. According to them, senior students have told them that Psychology is a very difficult subject and only a few students are selected by the department of Philosophy and psychology to do a Psychology special degree When the question is answered by our participants whether is there any special incident or situation which led them to be interested in Psychology most of our participants have mentioned that they have gained knowledge from reading. In the same way, some have mentioned they have followed Psychology in the last year. One of our participants has mentioned that he had a terrible psychological disorder and psychiatrist has helped to cure it. So, according to him that incident has led him to be interested in psychology. When our participants answered to the question whether they have heard about counseling surprisingly all our participants have mentioned that counseling is somewhat curing mental disorders and it shapes a person’s personality. According to all the participants it is a soothing balm for a weeping heart. When our participants answering the question whether they consider Psychology as a professional qualification most of our participants have mentioned that as psychology can be used to solve day today problems it is a good professional qualification. In the same way, according to our participants psychology has now spread in various organizations. Some of our participants have mentioned that mere studying psychology would not be useful. Psychology should be applied to work and our day today activities according to those participants. The question number nine we presented to our participants is how our participants advise to first year student about the subject of Psychology. Most of our participants have mentioned that he or she will explain the value and ability and importance of the subject of Psychology. They all have mentioned that they will explain how Psychology can be applied to their day today problems. But one of our participants has mentioned that he or she would say to the first year student to go to the department of Philosophy and Psychology and ask from that department the importance of the subject of psychology. Our participants have mentioned various ideas about this questionnaire. According to them these questionnaires help to know various ideas of people about the subject of Psychology. They propose that Psychology should be made famous among Sri Lankans. Limitations and Delimitations The limitations and delimitations of our study are listed as the follows. *Being unable to spend much more time and money than what we supposed to do. *Doing research with university students (participants) of Faculty of Arts of University of Peradeniya. *Using only two questionnaires which are closed format and open to collect the data, and using books, internet, and computer for analyzing the data. *The participants may not include correct data when filling the questionnaire Ethical consideration. Our research was conducted according to well-recognized ethics that acknowledged by everyone. Before, giving the questionnaire we have explained how to fill it and tell them not be afraid of and subjective in filling the questionnaire. In the clear sense, we did not insist them or forcibly make them uncomfortable and deceive them in filling. Likewise, did not not say anything that affects their personality and mentality. In selecting sample we were not subjective, unfair discriminated and biased to select our participant and we followed the method as mentioned above. In occasions of collecting data and communicating the results, we have protected personal and private information of our participants. We took our best effort to maintain the confidentiality and privacy during the data being collected, analyzed and after result issued. Especially, in analyzing data, we w encoded the ideas of intellectuals as thiers. Time schedules 1. Preparing questionnaire Third week of November. 2. Selecting sample Third week of November 3. Collecting data Fourth week of November 4. Analyzing the data First week of December 5. Writing and complete research report Second week of December 6. Submitting research report Third week of December Conclusion Certainly, It is a very difficult task to do a conclusion on our research. It is true that each and every participant who gave answers to our questionnaire have different and various opinions and ideas on the subject of Psychology. When we compare the ideas of our participants we can see that they have both positive and negative ideas. Within the past twenty years actually, psychology has played a major role according to the opinions of our participants. Really, there is a much positive thinking has been emerged among the students of the Faculty of Arts of The University of Peradeniya. Actually, when we were finding our data one notable thing we saw is that there is some kind of reputation towards the students who do psychology special degree and in the same way, according to our research there is a negative side also among the university students on the subject of Psychlogy. But, mostly among the university students there is satisfactory, favorable and positive thinking is spreading among the students of the Faculty of Arts of the University of Peradeniya. 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