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Psychological research, obedience and ethics
Society, Politics & Law

Psychological research, obedience and ethics

...motivated to do so in the same ways that humans teach. Alex Thornton I think there is a danger of people reading human characteristics into the behaviour of animals, and this is something that we come across very often, especially in the popular press. And in a sense, a lot of the purpose of the sort of research that I do is to try and address these beliefs. Now what my...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
You and your money
Money & Business

You and your money

...et al., 2005). A YouGov survey found that 35 per cent of those polled were kept awake at night worrying about their debts, with the respondents citing debt as the number one cause of family breakdown (YouGov, 2006). Therefore, despite the fact that the data on debt across the whole of the UK show that the value of household assets is much greater than liabilities, a...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Should we test drugs on pregnant women?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Should we test drugs on pregnant women?

...motivations for participating were astute and varied. Some wanted early access to a potentially lifesaving vaccine, others wanted to help advance scientific knowledge, and others thought that it would be safest to get the vaccine within the context of a clinical trial, in which they’d be carefully monitored. “Women were beating down the doors to get into the flu...
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Retail marketing
Money & Business

Retail marketing

...motivations and needs have implications for the products a retailer sells and the levels of service to provide. There is a wide range of retailers to choose from when we go shopping and Table 1 provides a list of some common retail product categories and sub-categories. Table 1: Retail product categories (some examples in the United Kingdom) CATEGORY SUB-CATEGORY Alcohol...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Who gets to be a human? Religion in colonial histories and Indigenous resistance
History & The Arts

Who gets to be a human? Religion in colonial histories and Indigenous resistance

...motivate colonisation and the subjugation of the land and the peoples’. The Russian conquest of Siberia, began in the sixteenth century and was strongly driven by economic motives. In particular, there was a significant interest in Siberian fur, often referred to us ‘soft gold,’ which at that time functioned as an important global currency. Over time, the term...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Reading visual images
Society, Politics & Law

Reading visual images

...et al., 1998, pp. 96–7), does this mean that a photograph can somehow offer a deeper truth about society and history? And is it a different sort of truth from that disclosed by other social science data? Activity 1 Now look closely again at Nick Ut's photograph and try to jot down what information you think it provides about the time, place, events, and people it...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
COVID-19: Immunology, vaccines and epidemiology Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

COVID-19: Immunology, vaccines and epidemiology

...et al. (1998) Immunology, 5th edn. Mosby International Ltd Audio Visual Video 1: Immune defence: © The Open University. Diagram: adapted from Male. D, et al (eds) (2020), ‘Immunology 9th edition’, Elsevier Video 2: Apoptosis: ‘Immunology Interactive 3.0’ by Professor David Male, Professor Jonathan Brostoff and Professor Ivan Roitt. Copyright © David Male....
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Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs
Machines, minds and computers
Digital & Computing

Machines, minds and computers

...motivations for an interest in constructing artificial creatures might simply be the desire to create more powerful and flexible tools. Consider this question. SAQ 2 What, in the most general terms, is a tool? Answer I would define a tool as any device that helps with the accomplishment of a task. Most physical tools (hammers, levers, screw presses, and so on) are objects...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs