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Club v Country: The psychology of switching support
Health, Sports & Psychology

Club v Country: The psychology of switching support

...work are not nearly so straightforward. However, ‘in-group/out-group’ is a powerful psychological phenomenon. Research has found that group membership can drive hostility and conflict even when there is no history of interaction between the groups and even when the groups are randomly assigned according to meaningless categories. For example, a famous series of...
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Additional efforts: Why we need to be better at maths
Education & Development

Additional efforts: Why we need to be better at maths

...socially acceptable – in fact, most people would be embarrassed to make that claim. So why is it okay to by openly negative about mathematics? Why do so many openly claim to dislike mathematics, and why is mathematics seen as a domain only accessible to an elite group of “smart” people? [An abacus] Research has proven humans are born numerate, so what happens in...
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Marco Rubio wins by coming in third
Society, Politics & Law

Marco Rubio wins by coming in third

...social conservatives. He’s still an outsider in the New Hampshire primary, but another solid showing will put him in position to rally the political endorsements and to raise the big money he needs for the important contests that begin in March. This is all bad news for the other candidates, notably Bush, New Jersey’s governor, Chris Christie, and the Ohio governor,...
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However you feel about it, Labour's manifesto offers a choice
Society, Politics & Law

However you feel about it, Labour's manifesto offers a choice

...social policies, university tuition fees would be scrapped under Labour, at a cost of over £11 billion, Conservative welfare reforms – such as the bedroom tax – would be reversed. That, and additional funds to bolster universal credit and housing benefit would cost an estimated £4 billion. Labour also wants to build a million new homes, at least half of which will...
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Explore the Realm of Pedagogy with Pedagodzilla!
Education & Development

Explore the Realm of Pedagogy with Pedagodzilla!

...social constructivism? Well, wonder no more! Based on the popular Pedagodzilla Podcast, Pedagodzilla: Exploring the Realm of Pedagogy isn’t just another book on learning theories. We have taken the major paradigms, examined them through the lenses of pop culture, and distilled our answers into valuable tips for practice. Throughout the book we demystify the mistiest of...
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Year of the Rabbit: Chinese New Year
Languages

Year of the Rabbit: Chinese New Year

...social media, the following has gone viral: Happy New Year 兔 you! The character in the middle of the greeting means ‘rabbit’ and is pronounce ‘tù’ which sounds similar to ‘to’, which makes a perfect and creative ‘Happy New Year to/tù you’ (i.e. Happy Chinese New Year of the Rabbit to you) to those who speak both languages. As many words in Chinese share...
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Why is Mongolia a good place to die?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why is Mongolia a good place to die?

...social and psychological support. In a 2015 survey of global palliative care, the UK comes top, Australia second and the USA ninth. And while the richest Western nations lead the pack, Mongolia appears notably high up, especially considering that it’s well down the economic rankings. (It comes 28th in the palliative care survey but ranks 141st for gross national income...
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Culture and Connections: The Scots-Irish experience in America
OpenLearn Ireland

Culture and Connections: The Scots-Irish experience in America

...social and economic status compared to Catholics, they still endured economic and religious discrimination at the hands of the politically dominant Anglican Ascendancy class. They especially resented having to pay so-called tithes, a form of taxation, for the upkeep of the established Anglican church (Dwyer-Ryan, 2013, p. 98). Most Presbyterians, because they did not own...
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