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In Our Time on Psychology: An OpenLearn listening list
Health, Sports & Psychology

In Our Time on Psychology: An OpenLearn listening list

...Intelligence "The debate still rages as to whether we are born with it or whether intelligence is something we develop as we grow, and evidence for either camp seems to pile up almost daily." First broadcast: July 1999 Guests: Dr Ken Richardson; Professor Michael Ruse Listen to the Intelligence episode Explore your verbal fluency Interested in psychology? Discover the...
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Audio 5 mins
A for effort
Health, Sports & Psychology

A for effort

What motivates children more in a problem-solving task: praising their intelligence or their effort?...Transcript.
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Video 5 mins
Studying Darwin
Nature & Environment

Studying Darwin

...artificial selection - In this course, we describe the theory of evolution by natural selection as proposed by Charles Darwin in his book, first published in 1859, On The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or The Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. We will look at natural selection as Darwin did, taking inheritance for granted, but...
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Level 1: Introductory 1 hr
What effect does increasing noise pollution have on mammals?
Nature & Environment

What effect does increasing noise pollution have on mammals?

...artificial noise and repeated during quiet control periods - building upon our previous research. Although we expected that the prairie dogs would take longer to respond when distracted by noise, we were surprised by our findings. Unlike the fish and the crabs, in the presence of noise, prairie dogs reacted earlier to the approaching predator and took evasive action more...
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Article 5 mins
Eric King and Bill Binney: Some thoughts on their interview
Society, Politics & Law

Eric King and Bill Binney: Some thoughts on their interview

...intelligence careerists turned whistleblowers like Thomas Drake, is the absolute commitment they had to their craft, preserving, protecting and defending the US Constitution. Binney spent over 30 years with the NSA. Drake had a long career in military intelligence, the CIA, private contractor intelligence and finally the NSA. Now there are discussions to be had about the...
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Video 15 mins
Mass surveillance will never be able to stop all known terrorists
Society, Politics & Law

Mass surveillance will never be able to stop all known terrorists

...intelligence collaboration. Strange since, if the Snowden revelations are to be believed, it’s hard to see how the two countries' surveillance efforts could be any closer entwined. Note to David Cameron In light of all the politicking/electioneering, I do have a question or two for Mr Cameron and perhaps a suggestion or two for the mainstream media hacks who actually...
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Article 10 mins
Subjugation and slavery: fake news in the nineteenth-century press
History & The Arts

Subjugation and slavery: fake news in the nineteenth-century press

...intelligence of the black community. So normalised was the belief that black people were stupid and incapable of looking after themselves and would continue to need, in the words of slave-owner Edward Long, 'white guidance to civilise them', that it was even part of the anti-slavery discourse. A poem supporting the abolition of slavery used the term ‘nigger’ and has a...
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Video 10 mins
The psychological benefits of multilingualism
Languages

The psychological benefits of multilingualism

...intelligence, also increase as a consequence of multilingual translating experiences and exposure to different language and cultural environments. You might be interested to know that language learners with higher levels of ambiguity tolerance and emotional intelligence are particularly well-suited to the job of a translator, as they are more likely to enjoy being...
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