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Listen Up! Developing an appreciation of music
History & The Arts

Listen Up! Developing an appreciation of music

...intelligibly. As you can probably imagine, there is a vast assortment of musical forms that a composer or songwriter can choose from – a 12-bar blues, a classical ternary form (section A – section B – return of section A), a standard verse-refrain structure of a pop song, an Indian raga – but it all depends, of course, on what type of music musicians are creating...
The 1912 Ryedale Glove Factory Strike, Dumfries
Society, Politics & Law

The 1912 Ryedale Glove Factory Strike, Dumfries

...intelligent set of young women anywhere’. (as reported in the Dumfries Standard & Advertiser on 10th April 1912, page 6: ‘Ryedale Factory Strike: Concert in Aid of Strike Funds. The letter was in the same paper on 8th April 1912, page 4: ‘Glovemakers’ Strike’). Moving to Arbitration On 13th April both newspapers reported the appointment of the Board of Trade...
Studying mammals: The social climbers
Nature & Environment

Studying mammals: The social climbers

...intelligence. This is the ninth course in the Studying mammals series...Monkeys have long fascinated us because of their similarities to the human race. In this free course, Studying mammals: The social climbers, you will find out about some of the characteristics that make them so like us: their physiology, complex social interactions, large brains and intelligence. This...
Critically exploring psychology
Health, Sports & Psychology

Critically exploring psychology

...intelligent. This inspired many psychologists to investigate the thinking mind. Cognitive psychologists often propose models for behaviours that take the form of interconnected ‘boxes in the brain’. These models aren’t designed to identify where in the brain a particular behaviour or action derives from; rather they attempt to identify how incoming information is...
Can the way research is reported play into sexist assumptions?
Society, Politics & Law

Can the way research is reported play into sexist assumptions?

...intelligence, social skills and caring. Social psychological research suggests that such complementary stereotypes are particularly effective mechanisms for obscuring gender inequality – much more so than overt misogyny, which is easy to recognise and challenge. By affording scientific validation to complementary gender stereotypes, sex difference research may help to...
Eutrophication
Nature & Environment

Eutrophication

...artificial or human-induced eutrophication. Diatoms are microscopic photosynthetic organisms (algae of the kingdom Protoctista), which live either free-floating in lakes or attached to the surface of rocks and aquatic vegetation. It is well established that some species of diatom can tolerate oligotrophic conditions whereas others flourish only in more eutrophic waters....
Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Tolstoy and the search for the meaning of life
History & The Arts

Tolstoy and the search for the meaning of life

...artificial life. His involvement with Freemasonry gives him some meaning for a while but not for long. Tolstoy, through his own experiences and pondering, narrates the novel to show inadequacies when the characters try to find a meaning in their life, this is shown when Pierre rejects the Masons. It's only when Pierre discovers his true love that his life is finally given...
Intermediate Italian: describing people
Languages

Intermediate Italian: describing people

...intelligent, but a bit shy and too sensitive. She is very intelligent, but rather shy and too sensitive. She is rather intelligent, but too shy and a bit sensible. a. She is very intelligent, but a bit shy and too sensitive. b. She is very intelligent, but rather shy and too sensitive. c. She is rather intelligent, but too shy and a bit sensible. ......