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Is Anthropology of Religion Racist?
History & The Arts

Is Anthropology of Religion Racist?

...psychological and speculative. For example, anthropologists imagined themselves as ancient philosophers theorising about phenomena such as dreams and death. Religion, according to these anthropologists, emerged from rational self-inquiry and introspection about these and other types of empirical phenomena. Over time, these enquiries and the theories they spawned revealed...
Panic buying and how to stop it
Health, Sports & Psychology

Panic buying and how to stop it

...Psychology courses and qualifications Panic buying was an emerging issue during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 across the world. The term panic buying implies fear, namely the fear, based on the anticipation that important goods (food, water, toilet rolls) will run out. In many ways, this is a fear about losing control over our lives, and framed in these terms panic buying...
How places affect well-being
Health, Sports & Psychology

How places affect well-being

...psychological experiences are located. The way that people feel is not only driven by their internal thoughts and feelings, but also is made possible, shaped and limited by the environments that people live in. In this course you will learn about some of the evidence from psychology and other areas of research that has tried to understand the relationship between places...
Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Learning from sport burnout and overtraining Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Learning from sport burnout and overtraining

...psychologically and fallen out of love with their sport. This ‘burnout’ may be caused by a range of different contributing factors that you will explore from different perspectives. In doing so, you will gain a deeper understanding of the physical and mental aspects of sport such as athletic identity, overtraining and perfectionism. Throughout this course, you will...
Making decisions
Money & Business

Making decisions

...psychology of decision making and the social context in which decisions are made can improve your understanding of others and yourself...Do you hate making decisions? Does the ability of others to make snap decisions really frustrate you? This free course will help you understand some of the processes involved in decision making. Attention to the psychology of decision...
Level 3: Advanced 4 hrs
Can the way research is reported play into sexist assumptions?
Society, Politics & Law

Can the way research is reported play into sexist assumptions?

...psychological research confirms that people are more likely to agree with gender stereotypes and behave in discriminatory ways after encountering biological accounts of gender differences. By framing gender differences as biological inevitabilities, this type of neuro-discourse can sanction and sustain prevailing gender hierarchies. The recruitment of neuroscience to...
Who are otherkin - and how should we view them?
Society, Politics & Law

Who are otherkin - and how should we view them?

...Psychology with NonhuMan Identities offers a fascinating insight into questions of identity and how they have been mediated. There is no shortage of tales and testimonies about people becoming animals. “The Biblical King Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, roamed the land for seven years as an ox and countless other tales turn on human to animal transformations,” writes...
Giving and Receiving Powerful Feedback
Health, Sports & Psychology

Giving and Receiving Powerful Feedback

...psychological research into feedback, Valerie Shute defines feedback as information communicated with the intention of changing the other person’s behaviour or thinking to improve learning and performance. It is usually given to the person in response to behaviour, processes, or effectiveness: on the ‘how’ things have been done or ‘what’ has been done (Besieux,...