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Living psychology: animal minds
Health, Sports & Psychology

Living psychology: animal minds

...et al., 1993). The scene is a typical household kitchen. On the kitchen counter is a plate of biscuits. Lily is in the kitchen. Lily is hungry and can see the biscuits. Which of these assumptions, if any, do you think are reasonable to make: Lily likes eating biscuits Lily would be happy if she ate the biscuits Lily would be unhappy if she could not eat the biscuits Lily...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Napoleonic paintings
History & The Arts

Napoleonic paintings

...et de Trianon. Photo: Bridgeman Art Library This statement at once draws on the classical tradition of idealized representation (such as we have seen in David's Marat) and expresses a typically Napoleonic faith in the charisma of the heroic leader. Whether or not he actually uttered these words, Napoleon undoubtedly did have an aversion to sitting for his portrait. Nor...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
The athlete’s journey: transitions through sport Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

The athlete’s journey: transitions through sport

...et al., 2018). Table 1 introduces a variety of studies into a range of career transitions which illustrate not only why this is an important area to study but also several of the topics you will look at later in this course. Table 1 Research into career transitions in sport STUDY MAIN FINDINGS Samuel and Tenenbaum (2011) Athletes experience a variety of change events and...
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Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs
Attention
Society, Politics & Law

Attention

...et al. (2002) used the Evett and Humphreys (1981) technique, but with modifications. As in the earlier study, they showed a potential prime (e.g. ‘lion’), followed by a hard-to-see masked target (e.g. ‘tiger’). However, there were two changes in this study. First, the priming word could be displayed either for a very short time, so that it was allegedly...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Making decisions
Money & Business

Making decisions

...et al., 2004). One of the leading exponents of this emerging field of behavioural finance, Werner de Bondt, suggests that: For at least forty years psychologists have amassed evidence that economic man is very unlike a real man and that reason – for now, defined by the principles that underlie expected utility theory, Bayesian learning and rational expectations – is...
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Level 3: Advanced 4 hrs
How Trump tweets
Society, Politics & Law

How Trump tweets

...et cetera. I think it helped me win all of these races where they’re spending much more money than I spent. On Twitter, Trump is behaving like the celebrity he is – cutting out the troublesome middleman to promote himself and his policies without the inconvenience of long-form explanation. The limit of 140 characters is perfect for communicating emotion rather than...
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Video 5 mins
Mugabexit: an opportunity for Zimbabwe to build resilient systems from resilient people
Society, Politics & Law

Mugabexit: an opportunity for Zimbabwe to build resilient systems from resilient people

...et al. (2016) argue that resilience is much more complex and that its determinants could include a range of biological, psychological, social and cultural factors. An interplay of these different factors certainly goes a long way in explaining how Zimbabweans respond to stressful situations. The country’s consistently high literacy rate over the years, underpinned by a...
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Article 10 mins
Selling Empire: The Empire Marketing Board
History & The Arts

Selling Empire: The Empire Marketing Board

...et al (2019 ) have argued that the EMB underlay two-thirds of this change, Higgins and Varian (2019, 2021) argue that ingrained consumer preferences (for instance for Danish over empire butter, and Argentinian over Australian beef), and consumer price sensitivity, amongst other things, meant the impact was far less. Examining the data for trade shifts after key product...
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Article 5 mins