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The psychological benefits of multilingualism
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The psychological benefits of multilingualism

...psychological benefits. Indeed, the act of learning languages helps the development of competencies such as tolerating ambiguity and managing emotional skills. Multilingualism research indicates that a high level of multilingualism and multiculturalism makes people more tolerant of ambiguity (Dewaele and Wei 2013). Language learning is fraught with ambiguity, particularly...
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The Psychology of Decision Making
Health, Sports & Psychology

The Psychology of Decision Making

...psychology of decision making...[How do we make decisions in a maze of choices?] A psychological perspective does not start from the assumption that people are fundamentally irrational. Rather, it emphasises a different logic: a logic that meets the challenges we have evolved to face. For much of our evolution we have faced an environment with major differences from the...
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CSI: Current research into the impact of bias on crime scene forensics is limited – but psychology can help
Health, Sports & Psychology

CSI: Current research into the impact of bias on crime scene forensics is limited – but psychology can help

...forensic analysis is that it can be subjective and fallible...Find out about The Open University's Law courses. When a jury decides the fate of a person, they do so based on the evidence presented to them in the courtroom. Evidence obtained from forensic analysis, such as DNA analysis, is often interpreted as strong evidence by jurors. This perception of forensic evidence...
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Applying Psychology to Work Activity
Health, Sports & Psychology

Applying Psychology to Work Activity

...Psychology to Work, we have chosen two of these for you to explore further. This should give you an initial understanding of some of the resources available and will hopefully inspire you to explore more of the whole hub at your leisure! The two themes we have chosen are: Wellbeing – what happens in, and around, work can affect wellbeing and mental health - what are...
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The body: a phenomenological psychological perspective
Society, Politics & Law

The body: a phenomenological psychological perspective

...psychology. However, is there more to our bodies than that? Some psychologists recognise that we relate to other people and the world about us through our body. This free course, The body: A phenomenological psychological perspective, explores the theoretical perspective on embodiment: the phenomenological psychological perspective...The body has traditionally been...
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Level 3: Advanced 15 hrs
Psychological research, obedience and ethics
Society, Politics & Law

Psychological research, obedience and ethics

...Psychological research, obedience and ethics, you will learn about the importance of ethics in research that is undertaken by psychologists. You will read about the famous study on obedience conducted by Stanley Milgram, and watch two psychologists talk about their research with meerkats and chimpanzees...In this free course, Psychological research, obedience and ethics,...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Living psychology: animal minds
Health, Sports & Psychology

Living psychology: animal minds

...psychology: animal minds, explores these, and other, issues in the psychology of animal minds. Studying animal minds is of great importance to psychologists as humans are, of course, also animals. Researching other species can provide extremely useful insights into how human minds developed throughout evolutionary history...Does your pet cat or dog experience emotions the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
The psychology of World Cup fans
Health, Sports & Psychology

The psychology of World Cup fans

...psychology of people caught up in the men's World Cup...[Photographers with a Subbuteo backdrop] Football fever is once again sweeping the globe. People’s behaviour during the World Cup is very interesting for us psychologists, as we can see many examples of the theories we use in action. Here are five questions you might ask during the tournament – and how psychology...
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