Mind Individual & Culture (MINC) 2026 Autumn Pre-Class Survey

Welcome to this course! All students enrolled in this course are required to complete this survey.


Thanks for joining this survey.  Please answer in English.


We greatly appreciate if you can answer the questions in this survey with your full honesty. We guarantee that the results will be used for teaching and research purposes ONLY, and will NOT affect your grades or performance in this course in any way. 

1. Creativity is an important skill we would like to cultivate in this course. Please complete the divergent association task following the link below, and fill in your results here. This results of this task will NOT affect your grade of this course in any way, so please only do it ONCE and report your results truthfully. Use the SDAT-1 Model for the evaluation, and select no I don't consent my data for research.

Link: https://sdat.iol.zib.de/
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What is your name?

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What is your student ID number in Tsinghua University?

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What is your gender?

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How would you rate your English proficiency?（Or Chinese, if you are an international student.）

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What is your major?

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What is your grade?

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Please use three words to describe yourself. I hope to gain insight into your personality strengths and communication style through this question.

1.___ 2.___ 3.___

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Please identify the order of your motivations to take this course.(Note that a higher order of a motivation means that it is more important to you)

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If not listed above, please specify your main motivation to take this course.

11. Have you taken any courses about psychology in college previously?
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Please choose the courses you have taken.

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Have you read any books related to psychology?

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Please recommend one book（you have read）related to psychology.

15. What topics in psychology are you most interested in？
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What are your expectations for this course?

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If not listed, what are your expectations for this course? 

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How much time do you expect to spend on this course each week?

19. What challenges do you think you will encounter in this course？
20. What do you hope to gain in this course?
These are a few common beliefs about psychology. Please state whether you agree and provide a reason.
21. It is a myth that most people use only about 10% of their brains.
22. During your most vivid dreams, your body may be paralyzed.
23. Psychological stress can cause physical illness
24. The color red exists only as a sensation in the brain. There is no ‘red’ in the world outside the brain.
25. Bipolar (manic-depressive) disorder is caused by a conflict in the unconscious mind.
26. The newborn child’s mind is essentially a ‘blank slate’ on which everything he or she will know must be ‘written’ (learned) by experience.
27. Everything that happens to us leaves a permanent record in memory.
28. You were born with all the brain cells that you will ever have
29. Intelligence is a nearly pure genetic trait that is fixed at the same level throughout a person’s life.
30. Polygraph (‘lie detector’) devices are remarkably accurate in detecting physical responses that, in the eye of a trained examiner, reliably indicate when a suspect is lying.
31. Outstanding homework from this course may be featured on the official Tsinghua University WeChat public accounts. If your work is selected, do you consent to it being shared? We will seek your permission separately regarding the disclosure of your name and grade.
Instruction: 
This questionnaire describes typical learning‑related thoughts and behaviours. There are no “right” or “wrong” answers. Please rate according to your actual tendencies rather than ideal‑self expectations. Rate based on your typical patterns before this course.
32. Please rate according to your actual tendencies rather than ideal-self expectations.
  • Strongly Disagree
  • Disagree
  • Neutral
  • Agree
  • Strongly Agree
1. When facing an unfamiliar problem, I actively search for promising angles for investigation.
2. I feel curious about viewpoints that conflict with my existing beliefs.
3. After obtaining outputs from AI tools, I routinely cross‑check factual claims before accepting them.
4. I rarely dig for hidden assumptions beneath surface‑level information.
5. Even when my questions are half‑formed, I feel comfortable bringing them forward in learning contexts.
6. When evidence from different sources contradicts one another, I tend to pick one position quickly without thorough weighing.
7. I regularly reflect on my own cognitive biases when analysing complex topics.
8. I rarely take time to review my learning process; I usually just finish assignments and move on.
Instruction:
This questionnaire describes typical learning‑related thoughts and behaviours. There are no “right” or “wrong” answers. Please rate according to your actual tendencies rather than ideal‑self expectations. Rate based on your typical patterns before this course.
33. Please rate according to your actual tendencies rather than ideal-self expectations.
  • Strongly Disagree
  • Disagree
  • Neutral
  • Agree
  • Strongly Agree
9. In group assignments, I prioritise integrating diverse perspectives over merely finishing my individual assigned subtask.
10. When highly capable peers dominate group discussions, I tend to step back and let them handle core intellectual work.
11. I make an effort to understand the reasoning behind group opinions I personally disagree with.
12. Under time pressure, I often prefer fast superficial consensus over sustained idea‑exchange discussion.
13. When disagreements emerge within the group, I help facilitate dialogue so competing viewpoints can be integrated.
14. Once I hold a clear position in group discussion, I am reluctant to revise my thinking based on teammates’ feedback.
15. I can recognise when group interaction becomes superficial and try to improve conversational depth.
16. After completing a group project, I reflect collaboratively with teammates on the quality of our discussion process.
Instruction:
This questionnaire describes typical learning‑related thoughts and behaviours. There are no “right” or “wrong” answers. Please rate according to your actual tendencies rather than ideal‑self expectations. Rate based on your typical patterns before this course.
34. Please rate according to your actual tendencies rather than ideal-self expectations.
  • Strongly Disagree
  • Disagree
  • Neutral
  • Agree
  • Strongly Agree
17. I can generate perspectives from multiple distinct angles for a given problem.
18. My new ideas sometimes drift off‑topic and lose tight relevance to the target problem.
19. I can produce original solutions instead of relying heavily on conventional routines.
20. I enjoy connecting insights from separate knowledge domains to build new understandings.
35. Please rate according to your actual tendencies rather than ideal-self expectations.
  • Strongly Disagree
  • Disagree
  • Neutral
  • Agree
  • Strongly Agree
21. I break down complex arguments to examine underlying premises, evidence and logical chains.
22. When evidence is limited, I find it difficult to separate valid inferences from pure guesswork.
23. I can distinguish factual statements from subjective interpretations when processing information.
24. I systematically judge whether evidence and reasoning within an argument are sufficiently robust.
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