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2024
SoT Psychology Essay Contest
Topic
The Impact of Social Media Misinformation on Adolescents' Cognitive Perceptions and Belief Systems
Students are asked to write an essay (up to 1,500 words) to address the following four points:
Discuss the Impact of Social Media Misinformation on Adolescents' Cognitive Perceptions and Belief Systems.
- Analyze how exposure to misinformation affects the cognitive development of adolescents.
- Explore how misinformation can alter adolescents' belief systems. Discuss how these changes in belief systems might translate into real-world behaviors.
- Discuss the role of social media platforms in combating misinformation.
- Discuss why adolescents are a critical group when discussing the impacts of misinformation,
Submissions must:
- Address the essay prompts provided above
- The work must be written in English
- The work must be completed individually, not in teams or groups
- Include citations from credible, peer-reviewed sources
- Plagiarism is prohibited. Essays will be submitted to Turnitin.com before awards are decided and essays with evidence of plagiarism will be eliminated from the competition
Submission format requirements:
- Times New Roman, 12-point type, double-spaced
- Include the title, author information on the cover page, and an abstract of no more than 250 words.
- In-text citation in APA format and a references list. For more information, please consult the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (7th ed.).
- MS Word Format Only
Eligibility and Rules
Entry Requirements
Entry is open to students from any country and any school. Candidates must be 18 years old, or younger, on the date of the submission deadline.
Key Dates
Submission start date - 1st July, 2024
Submission deadline - 1st, September, 2024
Award Announcement - 15th, October, 2024
Entry fee
30 USD / 200 RMB. All income will be used for project operations and other non-profit activities.
Awards
The first Prize is 100 USD / 700 RMBThe second Prize is 50 USD / 350 RMB
The Third Prize is 30 USD / 200RMB
Honorable Mention
Scoring Rubric
Formatting and Language
An essay of no more than 1,500 words (Cover page, abstract, and reference page do not count toward the word limit)
- A cover page specifying the title and author information.
- An abstract of 120-250 words.
- In-text citations in correct APA format.
- A reference page in the correct APA format.
- Free of grammar mistakes
Content
Accurately identify and describe the origin and current situation of a problem of public mental health
Provide a Coherent and consistent line of reasoning
Use at least one specific concept in Psychology to support your point
Accurately and discuss one way to inform a solution to this problem.
Academic Committee
Ellen Langer
Dr. Ellen Langer is a Professor in the Psychology Department at Harvard University where she was the first woman to be tenured in the department. She has been described as the “mother of mindfulness” and has written extensively on the illusion of control, mindful aging, stress, decision-making, and health. She is the founder of The Langer Mindfulness Institute and consults with organizations to foster mindful leadership, innovation, strategy and work/life integration.
Ma Shufeng
Dr. Ma Shufeng is an Associate Professor of the Department of Educational Psychology at East China Normal University. She earned her Ph.D. at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Her research centers on children’s cognitive, social and language development in classroom contexts, specifically as children participate in collaborative group or learn through interactive instructional methods.
Zhao Xin
Dr. Xin (Alice) Zhao is an Assistant Professor(Chenhui Scholar) in Department of Educational Psychology at East China Normal University . She is broadly interested in how children across cultures reason about and learn from the social world. Specifically, her current research centers around children's developing understanding of choice and constraints across cultures, as well as its implications on children's behavioral regulation and social evaluations. She received her B.S. from Tsinghua University in 2014 and then her PhD from Cornell University in 2019.
Geoff Bird
Dr. Geoff Bird began by studying imitation and its neural mechanisms while completing a PhD at University College London. After this, he moved to the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, also at UCL, to investigate various aspects of social cognition in adults with autism spectrum disorder.
In 2017, he moved to the Department of Experimental Psychology at the University of Oxford, wherehe hope to continue the research on social cognition, interoception, and related topics.
Resources & References
Here are some reference materials, feel free to use additional ones.
Fighting Misinformation on Social Media
Mohsen Mosleh | TEDxMIT
Teens Underpressure: Mental Health & Social Media
NBC News
2024 Psychology Essay
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