Oxbridge Essay Competitions — The Caroline Club.
The Mourant Psychology Essay Competition, now in its second year, is open to Year 13 pupils studying Psychology either at A-level or through the International Baccalaureate and invites entrants to write a 1,000 word essay on a topic relating to mental health in Psychology.
Academic competitions for schools and colleges Several colleges and departments of the University of Oxford run competitions which are open to students from schools and colleges. Preparing an entry for one of these competitions is a valuable experience for academically motivated students, so please do encourage your students to enter.
The competition requires Jersey's psychology students to write a 1000 word essay on a topic relating to mental health in psychology, thinking independently and critically to demonstrate an understanding of the topic. It's open to all final year students (year 13) in Jersey studying Psychology at A-Level and through the International Baccalaureate.
The Philosophy Essay Prize is open to Year 12 or Lower 6th students. The aim of the Prize is to encourage able sixth formers to pursue their interest in Philosophy, with the hope that they will be encouraged to read this or related subjects at University. The titles for the 2020 Philosophy Essay Prize competition are as follows.
Research Seminar Competition The Competition provides grants to enable institutions to co-operate to hold a series of at least three scientific seminars. The proposed seminars should have tangible goals and should focus on developing and extending the understanding of a psychological process in any field of scientific psychology.
Linguistics Essay Prize This is an annual Linguistics competition for Year 12 (Lower 6th) students. The Essay Prize aims to raise awareness of the systematic study of language as an interesting and multifaceted subject in and of itself.
Question: Dr Padawi wishes to explain to a group of hospital volunteers how psychiatrists try to make decisions about abnormality. Dr Padawi decided to start by explaining how abnormality is defined. Describe and evaluate two definitions of abnormality. In your answer you must refer to how Dr Padawi might explain definitions of abnormality to the volunteers.