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What's the animal?
Education & Development

What's the animal?

...to download and print...[Cows] This activity is something that you can do with children aged between about 3 and 11 years old. It’s based on a test that psychologists have used to explore children’s inhibitory control. It’s a fun activity to do and it may give you a clearer idea of how your child thinks. [The stroop test] Click here to download What's The Animal?...
Psychological drama: Writing fictional crime drama for a forensic psychology course
Health, Sports & Psychology

Psychological drama: Writing fictional crime drama for a forensic psychology course

...based approach of Marlowe and Hunt (the scenery chewing 70s cop from Life on Mars played by Philip Glenister – who does some of the voice overs for the course). And the other? Who might be an inspiration for writing a modern, professional, evidence-based kind-of officer? I might not be an aficionado of modern crime drama (unless Sherlock or Elementary count, and I doubt...
Getting started with Spanish 1
Languages

Getting started with Spanish 1

...de la Asociación de... —Buenas noches. —Buenas noches. Select the answer for Question 1a here How many times is buenos días used? Once Twice Three times a. Once b. Twice c. Three times The correct answer is b. Select the answer for Question 1b here How many times is buenas tardes used? Once Twice Three times a. Once b. Twice c. Three times The correct answer is a....
Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
History How-to videos: Decoding medals
History & The Arts

History How-to videos: Decoding medals

...War. And the bars on the medal? Well these relate to specific battles in Laings Nek and Belfast in South Africa. So he was a rifleman in the Boer War and he served with distinction during two campaigns. It was easy to find that out once we knew the regiment, and you can get that information even from a photograph, as long as it’s got a uniform or even a cap badge. Audio...
Lesbian, gay and bisexual teenagers at much greater risk of depression
Health, Sports & Psychology

Lesbian, gay and bisexual teenagers at much greater risk of depression

...based on a meta-analysis of over 165,000 adolescents from eight countries, including the USA, UK and New Zealand. Prior research in the field has focused on samples predominantly drawn from LGB community events and online sources – so-called convenience-based sampling. But studies using LGB events and related websites to obtain participants are more likely to be skewed...
The Problem with Pink
History & The Arts

The Problem with Pink

...de Pompadour by Francois Boucher 1759] Madame de Pompadour by François Boucher 1759 The idea that pink is feminine is something that we tend to take for granted. It works as a convenient shorthand – an obvious example is the wearing of pink ribbons to mark breast cancer awareness. However, this colour coding can also be a cause for concern – there has been much...
Should the NHS try a Dutch model for social care?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Should the NHS try a Dutch model for social care?

...based on strong egalitarian principles. The Dutch and Nordic countries have a shared emphasis on equality, reflected in the lack of pay differentials and a dominant workplace culture of flat leadership which is non-hierarchical and emphasises democratic practices. To maintain equality, the Netherlands has one of the strongest welfare systems in the world. The second...
Indigenous ceremonies and climate change
Nature & Environment

Indigenous ceremonies and climate change

...de Papantla erected a tall pole in a park near the Grenville Tower, London, and the performers enacted a 1500-year-old ceremony originally intended to end a long-lasting drought. While one person stood on a small platform at the top of the pole, four others, roped to the pole, “flew” to the ground in unfurling spirals. You can see part of this in an extract from an OU...