Sunway Academic Symposium 2010 “The Influence of Sociocultur

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Sunway Academic Symposium

CALL FOR PAPERS

Topics for Paper

Oral Presentation and Poster

Presentation

Cognition

Developmental Psychology

Health/Forensic Issues

Social/Culture/Human Resource

Other related topics

Submission of Paper

Submissions of paper are now being invited for the 3rd AcademicSymposium on The Influence of Sociocultural Pressures onThought Processes. Accepted papers and poster presentation by a

registered author will be published in a CD which would beincluded as part of the symposium package.

Instruction for Authors

Researchers interested in submitting paper for the parallel sessionare requested to send papers written in clear and precise English.

The page limit for paper summary is 5 pages.

All submission should follow the guideline and templates,

(MSWord) given to ensure the quality of papers for theproceedings.Please refer to guideline for paper proceeding in APA format.

Only paper presentation and poster presentation that have beensubmitted and paid-up the registration fees by the registration

date, would be accepted for publication in the CD.

Important Dates

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Call for papers

Submission of abstract

and summarized paper(Oral presentation and

Poster presentation)

28th of September 2009

29th of March 2010

Deadline for poster and

paper submission

29th of March 2010

Notification Before 28th of May 2010

Early Bird Registration Before 29th of March 2010

Symposium 25th of September 2010

Author Guidelines for Proceedings

Manuscripts

1. Format

All manuscripts must be in English. These

guidelines include complete descriptions of thefonts, spacing, and related information for

producing your proceedings manuscripts.

Manuscripts of paper should not exceed 5 pages

inclusive of tables, charts, diagrams and

references, and should be printed single-spaced

in Times New Roman on A4 paper. The text area

should be B5 (JIS) size (7.17 x 10.12 inches),

with 1-inch top and bottom margins, and 0.75-

inch left and right margins. Microsoft Wordformat is preferred. Please refer to the American

Psychological Association (APA) publication

manual for instructions on manuscripts

preparation. The decision of the Editorial Board

is final.

2. Main title

The title should be brief and typed in capital

letters, bold, font size 14, and centered. If more

than one line is required, single-spacing shouldbe used. Leave two blank lines (font size 11)

after the title, then type the name(s) of the

author(s) in capital letters using font size 12.

Immediately below, the affiliated institution(s)

and address(es) should be given, single-spaced,

font size 11, capitalizing the first letter of allmain words. An address of correspondence with

telephone, fax numbers and e-mail address

should be given.

3. Abstract and Key words

Leave two blanks lines (font size 11) after the

address(es). Then type the word ABSTRACT

capitalized, font size 9, centered and bold. The

abstract (font size 9, nonbold, fully justified)

should be factual and contained the main results

and conclusions of the paper. It should notexceed about 150 words. Up to six key words

(font size 9) may be included in a separate line

below the abstract.

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4. Main text

The text follows the abstract and key

words. Leave two spaces (font size 11)

between the key words and the firstheading. Text should be clear and

concise. Use font size 11 throughout for

text and blank lines. Section headings(left-aligned, bold, font size 11) have

two spaces above and one space below.

Main section headings are all capitals;

for secondary headings, the first letter ofeach major word is capitalized. The first

sentence of the first paragraph should

start at the margin. First sentences of

subsequent paragraphs should start at0.25 inch from the margin. Tables,

figures and footnotes should be cited inan orderly sequence.

5. Tables and figures

Tables should carry an Arabic numeral

followed by a period (full stop). Each

major word in the table heading (fontsize 11) should be capitalized; the

heading is placed above the table.

Tables, when they are part of the text,

should have two spaces above and belowthe table. Tables should be self-

explanatory and footnotes (font size 9)

may be added using symbols. Figuresshould carry an Arabic numeral followed

by a period; the caption (font size 11) is

placed below the figure. Figures shouldbe self-explanatory.

6. References

List and number all bibliographical

references in 10-point Times, single-

spaced, at the end of your paper. When

referenced in the text, enclose thecitation number in square brackets, for

example [1]. Where appropriate, includethe name(s) of editors of referenced

books. Examples of APA format for

references:

[1] Fiedler, F.E. (1999). A theory of leadershipeffectiveness. New York: McGraw-Hill.

[2] Porter, M. E., & Scott, S. (2001). Innovation:Location matters. Review of Management, 42 (4), 28-

36.

Guidelines for Preparing an APA

Poster

The poster should be typed using a slightly larger than normal font. Presenters will

display the pages of their poster on tack boards like those used at psychologyconventions. The poster should include a title and the names of the authors. Presenters are

encouraged to produce posters which are attractive and easy to read so that people willwant to learn about their work.

Here are some guidelines for poster presentation. You need to write a poster that will

include an introduction, a method section, and an expected results and conclusionssection.

INTRODUCTION

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You need to identify questions left unanswered, or issues that were not addressed in the

previous research. Then you need to summarize your thoughts regarding the question orissue of interest, providing a rationale for why this is important to study. You should

clearly state your predictions or hypotheses. Your introduction should be no more than

two pages.

METHOD

After identifying your question, you need to decide how to test your idea. How could you

go about answering your questions? In other words, you need to decide on a method to

investigate your questions. You need to make decisions about the participants you would

need, materials, and procedures you would use. You need to summarize your method in1-2 pages.

RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS

You need to have a clear idea of what you expect to find, for example, which groups will

differ and how will they differ. You should present this information either in a table or ina figure. You will need to indicate in your poster whether your results involve an

interaction and you should follow the analysis plan appropriate to your expected results.

Your poster concludes with a brief statement of the conclusions and implications of your

findings.You need to summarize your results and conclusions in 1-2 pages.

Your poster should have a title page and not more than 5 text pages.

Please attach brief description of biodata (not more than 100 words).Manuscripts, biodata, and posters should be sent to Dr Lin Mei Hua.

Please send manuscripts in the form of two hard copies and a CD or diskette, or by

electronic mail to:

The Secretariat,

Dr Lin Mei-Hua,Department of Psychology,

School of Health and Natural Sciences,

Sunway University College,No. 5, Jalan Universiti, Bandar Sunway,

46150 Petaling Jaya, Selangor Darul Ehsan.

Tel: 03-7491-8623Extension: 3505

General Line: 03-7491-8622

Fax: 03-5635-8633

Email: [email protected]

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