Psych-O-Nundrum - Two Truths and a Myth
On 22nd April, 2025, the Psychology Society hosted "Psych-O-Nundrum - Two Truths and a Myth". The event began with the Psychology Society President Bhavya Pancholi and Vice President, Shrijita Bose, addressing the audience, and emphasising the importance of the event in today's world, where social media facilitates the spread of misinformation. There were four participating teams with two members each: Pushpangi Datta and Tanya Amber from Economics, Upasana Mitra and Khushi Jain from Education, Sanchari Ghosh and Faizah Afzal Ali from History, and Tanushua Goswami and Shreya Janet Guha from Psychology.
Each team presented three statements, prepared in advance. Two of them were true, and one was a myth related to Psychology, and the other teams had to identify the myth among them. The statements presented were varied, and were from various fields of Psychology, especially from physiological, social, and abnormal Psychology. In both rounds, one set of statements was presented to the audience for them to guess the myth. This promoted the audience's active involvement in the event.
At the end of the first round, each team ended up with 30 points. The second round made the game more exciting as it introduced negative marking, and cross-questioning. The Education team, which had a strong start from the beginning, emerged as the winner, with Psychology as the runner up, and Economics and History following close behind.
Dr. Dinaaz R. Jeejeebhoy, faculty, Department of Psychology, gave her reflections on the competition, and spoke about the importance of basic psychological knowledge, irrespective of one's discipline. The event came to a close with the vote of thanks, addressed to everyone who made the event possible with their guidance and support.
The competition helped in spreading awareness about the relevance and importance of Psychology in everyday life. It also helped everyone understand that distinguishing truths from untruths is not as easy as it seems, and encouraged them to not fall prey to misinformation, and to think for themselves.
