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...social desirability’. It is very easy to work out that high scores on this scale indicate high levels of ‘prejudice’. In turn, it is easy for individuals to fill in this questionnaire in ways that present a ‘positive’ image of themselves as unprejudiced. More subtly, this pressure to act in a socially desirable way may vary across different social contexts. We...

...work your way through the course you will learn what critical thinking is, and why it is important to use in the study of psychology. In particular, it will help you to think about how to use it when doing independent research. This OpenLearn course is an adapted extract from the Open University course D810 Critically exploring psychology 1 and D811 Critically Exploring...

...working as a farm labourer while performing at local socials, picnics and dances (Santelli, 1994); Huddie Ledbetter aka Lead Belly (1888–1949, pictured right), a black songster from Louisiana who served two jail sentences for murder and aggravated assault (Santelli, 1994); Woody Guthrie (1912–1967), a white Oklahoman and ‘fellow traveller’ of the Communist Party,...