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Social psychology and politics
Health, Sports & Psychology

Social psychology and politics

...study of politics and, using insights from social psychology, explores the role of identity, personality and culture for political action. The course introduces a critical perspective considering how psychologists themselves can be activists and interrogating the norms of ‘good citizenship’ in Western societies...Why are social psychologists interested in politics,...
Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Race, ethnicity and crime
Society, Politics & Law

Race, ethnicity and crime

...study in Criminology...Race, ethnicity and crime: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: explain why the concept of criminalisation is valuable for understanding race–crime debates describe the problem of disproportionality in relation to the criminal justice system provide examples of some of the ways in which critical criminology has...
Level 3: Advanced 1 hr
Everyday maths 2 (Wales)
Science, Maths & Technology

Everyday maths 2 (Wales)

...skills. You can read more on how to study the course and about badges in the next sections. After completing this course you will be able to: understand practical problems, some of which are non-routine identify the maths skills you need to tackle a problem use maths in an organised way to find the solution you’re looking for use appropriate checking procedures at each...
Level 1: Introductory 48 hrs
Supporting female performance in sport and fitness Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Supporting female performance in sport and fitness

...skills and abilities that underpin successful study. So, completing this course could encourage you to think about taking other courses...Introduction and guidance: How to get a badge - Getting a badge is straightforward! Here’s what you have to do: read each session of the course score 50% or more in the two badge quizzes in Session 4 and Session 8. For all the...
Methods in Motion: Is Q still the answer?
Society, Politics & Law

Methods in Motion: Is Q still the answer?

...study the different discursive frames that people adopt when they think about what it means to be an authentic and/or sincere person. This was my first adventure into social psychological research and I was interested in studying the forms of language and symbolism through which people construct their realities. The question, in other words, was not ‘What is an...
Literature and the Environment
Nature & Environment

Literature and the Environment

...Studies have shown that reading stories can increase our empathy, reduce prejudice and persuade us of something. Could books also prompt us to take more notice of the environment? Authors have always expressed environmental concerns in their writing. A flood provides the climax to George Eliot’s The Mill on the Floss (1860). The first paragraph of Margery Allingham’s...
Is norovirus an economic threat?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Is norovirus an economic threat?

...study published in PLOS ONE. That’s $15 billion more than the insurance payouts for Hurricane Katrina, $40 billion more than the estimated costs of the September 11 terrorist attacks, and $20 billion more than the 2011 Christchurch, New Zealand earthquake. That’s over sixty Airbus A380 airplanes, one of the largest passenger airplanes in the world. That’s enough to...
What happens to our brains when we're afraid - and can that help us overcome fear?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What happens to our brains when we're afraid - and can that help us overcome fear?

...study. He explained the process: "The way information is represented in the brain is very complicated, but the use of artificial intelligence (AI) image recognition methods now allow us to identify aspects of the content of that information. When we induced a mild fear memory in the brain, we were able to develop a fast and accurate method of reading it by using AI...