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Health, disease and society: Scottish influence in the 19th century
History & The Arts

Health, disease and society: Scottish influence in the 19th century

...intelligence and the site and function of the soul in relation to the body is discussed with reference to the theories of famous philosophers such as Descartes and anatomists such as Bartholinus. In making fun of some of these theories – for example, by comparing the activity of the soul to that of a ‘tad-pole’ – Sterne assumes that his readers are at least...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Attention
Society, Politics & Law

Attention

...intelligible, but why do we then attend to only one? That question leads us into the early history of attention research. One of the first modern researchers formally to investigate the nature of auditory attention was Broadbent (1952, 1954), who used an experimental technique known as dichotic listening. This offers a way of presenting listeners with a simplified, more...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Social problems: Who makes them?
Society, Politics & Law

Social problems: Who makes them?

...intelligence are the main determinants of poverty in the USA). Interfering with this natural order of things is dangerous, particularly because it prevents poverty acting as a spur to try harder. This is the basis of the American economist George Gilder's attack on ‘welfare culture’, his term for state programmes intended to diminish the impact of poverty: The most...
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Level 2: Intermediate 20 hrs
Developing good academic practice
Education & Development

Developing good academic practice

...intelligible and pertinent to you...Developing good academic practice: 1.2 Demonstrating your academic abilities - So why is it important to always demonstrate a true reflection of your academic abilities to your tutor and others? One argument is that this allows your university to grade your work and level of academic development in an appropriate and fair manner. There...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
Agatha Christie and the golden age of detective fiction
History & The Arts

Agatha Christie and the golden age of detective fiction

...intelligence must be slightly, but very slightly, below that of the average reader. Twin brothers, and doubles generally, must not appear unless we have been duly prepared for them. (quoted in Engelhardt, 2003, p. 19) Activity 1 In light of the ten ‘rules’ above, consider the following: Which of the rules are relevant in relation to The Murder of Roger Ackroyd? You...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Making sense of ourselves
Health, Sports & Psychology

Making sense of ourselves

...intelligent’). It also shows that stereotyping has decreased over time across all four stereotype measures. For example, in 1963 about 30 % of white Americans felt that black Americans were ‘inferior’, but by 1978 roughly half as many held this stereotype. One interpretation of this evidence is that it proves that Americans are becoming more racially tolerant. The...
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Level 2: Intermediate 4 hrs
Developing employability through sport and physical activity
Health, Sports & Psychology

Developing employability through sport and physical activity

...intelligence, the ability to grow and then learn the hard skills to go along with it. So your soft skills can overcome a deficiency in hard skills and that’s really important to remember. So, got to get after these things and make sure they’re displayed in your portfolios. And at any opportunity you have, explain you have the soft skills to work with the hard...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
The science of nutrition and healthy eating Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

The science of nutrition and healthy eating

...artificial sweeteners or anything. SPEAKER 8 Yeah, I always look at the label, just because I’m vegetarian. So I always make sure that it’s suitable for vegetarians. And I usually look at the nutritional values, to make sure it’s not too much sugar, not too much fat. And also low-calorie items I usually go for, as well. SPEAKER 9 Salt-- [INTERPOSING VOICES] SPEAKER...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs