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Understanding language and learning
Languages

Understanding language and learning

...psychology. Vygotsky argues that learning and mental development need to be viewed as a social process: it is through the interactions we enter into with other members of our culture, particularly those who are more knowledgeable or proficient, that we make sense of the world and learn new (usually culturally and socially specific) ways of seeing, doing and being...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Dreaming of an answer to narcolepsy: Why don't we understand sleep?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Dreaming of an answer to narcolepsy: Why don't we understand sleep?

...psychology.” But there is a pattern in biomedical research of niche disorders opening up promising avenues of research that never end up helping the patients themselves, Casper adds. The narrative around narcolepsy has something missing, he says: “A good story should have a clear happy ending.” *** We are still waiting for that happy ending. Even if I could get my...
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Article 15 mins
We might end up being looked after by robots. How do we prepare for that?
Science, Maths & Technology

We might end up being looked after by robots. How do we prepare for that?

...psychology as well as their physical attributes have been subject to intense selection. What the Japanese researchers found was that periods of mutual eye contact raised the oxytocin levels in both parties. In short, they uncovered the physiological basis of loving your dog. Whether on account of chemistry or for other reasons, there is evidence that the majority of pet...
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Developing high trust work relationships
Money & Business

Developing high trust work relationships

...psychologically distressing when the leader has power over important aspects of one’s job and this distress is likely to affect one’s attitudes about the workplace. The implication of this idea is that trust in leadership should be associated with higher levels of job satisfaction, higher organisational commitment and lower intention of quitting. For instance, when...
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Level 2: Intermediate 2 hrs
Terrorism in Europe and beyond: A reading list
Society, Politics & Law

Terrorism in Europe and beyond: A reading list

...psychologically unstable… Dr. Samuel Leistedt: It’s an exception. Generally terrorists don’t have this type of profile. Depression, ill-being are not the rule. Very few display traits of psychiatric disorders. This man was presented in some media as a psychopath. It was a false analysis. For the moment, that’s not what is emerging. Psychopathy has a very precise...
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Article 30 mins
Rio 2016: A Caster Semenya reading list
Health, Sports & Psychology

Rio 2016: A Caster Semenya reading list

...psychological aptitude, and respiratory and cardiac functions, to name just a few. We don’t disqualify athletes with these types of predispositions. We celebrate them. Read at The Conversation: So what if some female Olympians have high testosterone? Note: This article originally stated that Caster Semenya has been diagnosed with hyperadrogenism; although several...
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Video 10 mins
Mashing up the Union Jack
Society, Politics & Law

Mashing up the Union Jack

...Psychology, a consortium of scholars published transnational research on the ways in which historical, political and cultural power relations are associated with emotions and perceptions that people resort to in relation to national flags. Taking into account imperial histories and devolving struggles, these range between egalitarianism and dominance, openness and...
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Article 10 mins
Measure the Pulfrich Effect
Science, Maths & Technology

Measure the Pulfrich Effect

...will be the time, in seconds, by which the slow eye lags the faster, bright eye. You will find that it is a rather small figure. You will need to carry out the same calculation for each of the experiments you do. Transcript Find out more Demonstration of Pulfrich Effect at the State Fair How to make your own Pulfrich Effect video Study psychology with The Open University...
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