英国心理学思维挑战

British Psychology Olympiad

牛津大学官方推荐的心理学挑战

全球 20+ 国家参与,700+ 牛津剑桥大学校友组成精英学术团队

2000+ 优秀高中生每年集聚一堂,角逐并展示前沿心理学研究成果

资格轮 - 全国轮 - 全球轮逐级进阶,由浅入深开展心理学学术研究,感受心理学独特魅力

精品心理学嘉年华,互动探索心灵奥秘,畅享学术狂欢盛宴

英国心理学思维挑战 项目介绍

" 踏上心灵旅程探索自我认知,攀登学术之路问鼎专业巅峰 "

英国心理学思维挑战(British Psychology Olympiad) 是由 Minds Underground(简称 MU)主办的心理学挑战活动,是牛津大学官方推荐的心理学思维挑战。活动旨在为全球高中生提供心理学交流平台,激发全球学生对心理学的学习兴趣,发展研究和批判性思维,展示研究能力和写作技巧,是心理学专业领域罕见的中学生学术活动。在全国轮中表现优异的同学,有机会受邀前往英国牛津大学参加心理学夏校,全方位助力牛剑等全球名校申请

主办方希望借此促进全球范围内的知识共享和思想交流,为全球学生提供一个互相学习和成长的平台。通过连接全球的学术社群,MU 致力于打破地理和文化的界限,推动创新和合作,以解决当今社会面临的复杂挑战!

2023 年,Minds Underground 与阿思丹(ASDAN China)达成战略合作,共同举办心理学思维挑战,为中国学生提供展示平台。欢迎任何对知识探索和思想交流感兴趣的同学,参与到心理学思维挑战中,拓展视野,深化理解,探索人类思维的深度,扩展心理学的边界!

为什么选择我们

牛津大学官方推荐

英国心理学思维挑战是牛津大学官方推荐学术活动,对心理学感兴趣并希望申请相关专业的同学来说,参加本活动将极大丰富个人简历,为未来申请牛津大学等全球顶尖学府提供高竞争力。【牛津大学推荐页面

心理学入门与进阶

接触心理学能使人更深入地认识自我;通过理解他人行为和思维过程,培养同理心,建立积极的社会连接;学习研究设计、数据收集与分析,更将深度培养学生的科研素养和批判性思维能力。

丰富学习资料及指导

组委会将为参与者提供丰富的学习备战资料,参与者即使无心理学背景,只要对心理学感兴趣,同样可以通过自学参与挑战。此外,牛津大学校友团队提供的专业支持也将帮助参与者深入学习并研究心理学领域的专业知识。

高含金量学术产出

在全国轮期间,参与者将通过各种个人与团队挑战深入了解到心理学领域的方方面面,并在专业导师的指导下学会如何开展心理学研究、怎样解决复杂的心理学问题,完成一篇高质量的心理学论文,进一步参与全球轮的学术挑战。

全面完善晋级体系

资格轮晋级的选手将受邀参加寒假心理学学术嘉年华,完成个人与团队挑战;在全国轮表现优异的学生将参与全球心理学论文挑战活动,该活动将选拔全球轮的优秀学子在暑期前往英国,参与牛津心理学夏校。

晋级之路

资格轮

Qualifier Round
选择题,90 分钟,线上 / 线下笔试
2023 年 12 月 16 日

全国轮

National Round
7 天学术嘉年华,个人 + 团队挑战,学术社交两不误
2024 年 2 月 2 日 - 2 月 8 日

全球轮

International Round
心理学论文挑战,提交心理学研究成果,与全球学子同台竞技
2024 年 4 月

BPO牛津心理学夏校

BPO Summer School at Oxford
英国海外心理学专业学术项目,选拔全球轮中的优秀学子参与
2024 年 8 月 8 日 - 8 月 17 日

资格轮

时间:2023 年 12 月 16 日
地点:线上 / 承办学校
规则:资格轮考核形式为个人笔试,同学需在90分钟考试时间内,完成24道心理学单项选择题。答对一题得5分,满分120分。
试卷语言:英文
报名资格:9-12 年级对心理学感兴趣的同学均可参与。
晋级标准:试卷分数超过组委会设置的最低分数线即可晋级到全国轮。(晋级率约为 60%)
奖项设置:所有完成考试的同学均可获得资格轮参与证书;获得晋级资格的同学将获得资格轮优胜奖。
学术支持:组委会将免费提供考试范围及学习资料,供学生准备使用

全国轮

在资格轮获得晋级资格的同学,将受邀参加心理学思维挑战全国轮,结识全国心理学爱好者,完成心理学笔试、知识抢答、心理学实验等多重任务,接受全方位心理学论文写作培训并在结束时提交,全方面深度探索心理学,收获成长与荣誉。
时间:2024 年 2 月 2 日 – 8 日
地点:上海

上午 下午 晚上
Day 1 抵达,签到
Day 2 开幕式

【探】心理咨询那些事

【答】心理学综合能力测试(个人)

【探】写作背景探究

【自习】选题准备
Day 3 【写】选题及研究设计 【探】识别常见逻辑谬误

【探】选题分组头脑风暴 

【自习】确定选题
Day 4 【写】一手调研及二手调研方法 【抢】心理学知识抢答(个人)

【玩】游戏中的心理学(团队)

【自习】展开调研
Day 5 【写】论文写作中的格式与引用

【探】心理学研究中的学术道德 

【玩】心理学实验大挑战(团队) 【自习】撰写论文
Day 6 【写】完成论文 闭幕式 + 颁奖典礼
Day 7 离开

日程说明:
【答】完成心理学主观题、客观题等竞答,积累心理学专业知识,拓宽心理学知识边界
【写】在导师指导下由浅入深学习论文写作,含背景探究、选题、调研方法到学术引用等,提高学术写作能力;完成心理学论文写作,并在活动结束后一周内提交
【探】通过心理咨询大咖分享、识别常见逻辑谬误等环节中深入走进心理学,探索心理学的多面性
【抢】感受激动紧张的心理学知识抢答,在高压环境下调动心理学知识,脑力与手速的双重考验
【玩】尝试在游戏中增强学习体验,在团队心理学游戏及心理学实验展示中感受心理学的趣味性,心理学也可以很好玩


奖项设置:
各个环节设冠、亚、季军;
各个环节前 60% 获得优胜奖;
所有参与同学均可获得参与证书
* 以上奖项供参考,以实际颁发奖项为准

晋级设置:
组委会将对所有选手提交的论文进行择优筛选,提交至全球轮心理学论文挑战,全球轮获奖的选手将受邀参加牛津心理学夏校
各个环节优胜奖获得者将直通牛津心理学夏校

往期精彩瞬间回顾:

全球轮

心理学论文挑战

Psychology Essay Competition

所有同学需在全国轮完成一份心理学论文写作,并截止日期前提交至 MU 全球组委会,参与 Psychology Essay Competition 评选。Psychology Essay
要求:所有同学需从组委会公布的三个题目中,任选其中一个题目完成写作。
论文要求:英文写作,字数 1000-1500 字(不包括引用),需使用 Harvard 引用格式。
评选时间:2024 年 4 月(待定)

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牛津心理学夏校

在全国轮以及全球轮中表现优异的同学,将受邀前往英国,在牛津大学校内参加心理学专题夏校学术活动,为申请牛剑等世界知名院校的心理学专业做好全方位准备。
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数学

Expectation of Covid-19 cases in the year 25 - 27
Covid-19, a highly infectious respiratory disease, has been brought to attention worldwide over the last several years. By January 2023, there has been 670 million cases across the globe, with 6.82 million deaths throughout [1]. In this paper, the authors will devise a mathematical model with the purpose of predicting Covid-19 cases in the year 2025-27. The main objective of this paper is to create a model suitable for data from 2020 up until now factoring all possible affectants. 
Expectation of world’s population by year 2050
Population is related to a country's prosperity and people's well-being, and together with capital and technology, it determines the potential growth rate of the economy. The population factor changes slowly in most periods, but in the transition period, the change speeds up and the trend sinks strongly. The global population is facing a major change in the upcoming years and the population boom is coming to an end.
Expectation of Covid-19 cases in the year 2023-25
In this essay, we present a mathematical model aimed at predicting the number of Covid-19 cases in the year 2023-25. The main goal is to create a line graph showing the number of cumulative cases, projected from the data we have from 2020 up to now. All citations are placed beside the paragraph where relevant information is used.
Expectation of world’s population by year 2050
With the development of science and technology and the improvement of medical and living standards, the increase of population has also led to the intensification of population aging, which means that in the future, perhaps in 2050, the labor force will decline significantly, the social burden will increase, and the potential economic growth rate will gradually decline.

Computer Science

How AI and ML can be applied in national internet security and its sub-unities, with viable precautions
In many parts of the world, governments emphasize national cybersecurity (internet security). Related internet security systems have been widely studied in many branches of artificial intelligence (AI), from computer vision to robotics. Among all those categories, machine learning (ML) could be regarded as the most multiuse and non-specific method. Summarized to Anthony (2022), over $28 billion was funded in machine learning applications, and over $14 billion was invested in the machine learning platform, which occupies the most in the field of AI.
Earthquake Prediction System based on machine learning technology
In recent years, the improvement of computer performance makes machine learning more and more widely used in geophysical research. The application of pan, especially in geophysical exploration, is progressing very rapidly. However, machine learning in the field of earthquake prediction is still in the early exploratory stage. This paper mainly discusses and designs an earthquake prediction system with Machine Learning. The system includes long - term and short - term forecasting. At the same time, machine learning can improve the accuracy of prediction.

Biomedicine

A Brief Overview of Alzheimer's Disease (AD)
Alzheimer's, the most common cost of dementia, is a neurodegenerative disease that causes issues in the brain with memory, cognition, and behavior. [10] According to Alzheimer's Disease International, it was the "top cause of disabilities in later life" in 2019. [3] In China, 3.9% of people suffer from the disease in 2020, and this figure has continued to increase for decades.[4] The prevalence and importance of AD are super obvious, and provided that it is still being understood, experts are urgently calling for more research in this field. In this essay, we will expound on the major findings so far regarding the symptoms, anatomical location, causes, diagnostic methods, and treatments.
A brief overview of Alzheimer's disease
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurogenerative disease caused by both genetic and spontaneous factors. As the pathological changes progress, symptoms ranging from mild cognitive impairment to severe dementia could occur. Currently, there is no cure for AD, but several treatments have been developed to mitigate the symptoms and slow down the disease progression. Meanwhile, various testing methods have been developed to detect this disease. This essay aims to provide an overview of AD in terms of the anatomical location of pathological changes in the brain, the potential symptoms, detection methods, and available treatments. We will also present our evaluation of the detection and treatment methods.
Review of Parkinson’s disease: Causes, diagnoses, and treatments
Parkinson's disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative disorder which is mainly associated with symptoms like tremor, rigidity, slowing movement and other complications including mental disabilities and cognitive problems.[1] The symptoms progress slowly. Initially, patients suffer from tremor on one side of the arms. As the disorder progresses, patients may find difficulties when talking or moving. However, no cure is currently available for Parkinson's disease. Treatments and medications are aimed to control the symptoms or slow down the progression.

Analytical Chemistry

Discussion about the techniques involved in the analysis of the drug targeting lung cancer
Lung cancer is the second most common cancerous disease among the world population, which is caused by unregulated cell division in the lungs. (wcrf.org, 2022) In 2022, around 236740 new cases of lung cancer were diagnosed in the United States. To be more specific, damaged cells divide uncontrollably and lead to the formation of tumors. Lung cancer usually start from the bronchi and bronchioles or alveoli. (Larsen & Minna, 2011)
The Report of The Advanced Analytical Technologies For The New Drug
Lung cancer is a malignant tumor originating from the bronchial mucosa or glands of the lung. Smoking is one of the most common causes of lung cancer, and 80% - 90% of smokers will suffer from such malignant tumors [1]. It remains a major worldwide health problem, accounting for more than a sixth of cancer deaths [2]. The high morbidity and mortality rates make it one of the most dangerous tumors diagnosed. Therefore, the treatment for lung cancer is highly researched.
An Investigation Into The Techniques In Drug Analysis
When developing a new drug, it is critical to possess a comprehensive understanding of the drug itself, including its composition, properties, and effects, to determine if it can be suitable for human use. This essay will go on to explore the most appropriate techniques to use when understanding a drug designed to target lung cancer, and their corresponding benefits.

Psychology

Why some social media users might become aggressive, sending nasty tweets, sharing harassing posts, or targeting people with hate
Posting pictures, videos, or words which are aggressive, unfriendly, insulting or even inflammatory are generally termed as aggression on social media. We will be discussing lack of accountability, group polarization and incentive mechanism in relation to this, while elaborate on social media is not full of aggressions.
Which model best generalize how people start using social media, applying evidence from age groups?
Social media, a newly developed technology that allows users to create and share comments, pictures, or videos, or to participate in the social network, has become a significant part of people's lives (Dollarhide, 2021). According to statistics from Digital 2022: China: as of 2022, out of 1.02 billion mobile phone users in mainland China, 983 million were social media users, occupying 68% of the total population (Kemp, 2022).
Is it possible to become addicted to social media and why?
Addiction refers to a chronic brain disorder with biological, psychological, social and environmental factors influencing its development and maintenance (American psychological association). The criteria for addiction are various. However, withdrawal and tolerance suggested clinical addiction overall. Withdrawal is the syndrome caused by the cessation of a substance. The common syndrome includes nausea, insomnia and anxiety. Tolerance refers to the significant reducing effect of the substance after continuous substance use. Patients need to increase the dose to achieve the same desired effect (American psychological association). Social media is a virtual community where people can post their daily lives, thoughts, and comments (Dollarhide, 2021).

Economics

Is fiat money dead? An economic report investigating the rise and rise of digital money in 2022
Globalization and digitalization has become the main theme of the current global development, people demand for improvements to make things more rapid, more convenient, more user friendly, and more equal. As fiat money was designed thousands of years ago, it's hard for this system to satisfied the current need of development. Technological developments are pushing the financial system to evolve itself and new types of currencies seem to have the possibilities of replacing the money system that haven't change for thousands of years.

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