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Start writing fiction
History & The Arts

Start writing fiction

...Psychological: intelligence, temperament, happiness/unhappiness, attitudes, self-knowledge, unconscious aspects. Interpersonal/cultural: family, friends, colleagues, birthplace, education, hobbies, beliefs, values, lifestyle. Personal history: major events in the life, including the best and the most traumatic...Start writing fiction: 1.4 Portraying a character - Activity...
Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Understanding dyslexia Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Understanding dyslexia

...psychological, political, and economic responses to it. In this model, disability is seen as a problem that belongs to the individual, requiring medical diagnosis and treatment. Instead of addressing the external barriers a person might experience due to their disability, the emphasis is on treating or curing the individual. The model focuses on what is ‘wrong with the...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Schubert's Lieder: Settings of Goethe's poems
History & The Arts

Schubert's Lieder: Settings of Goethe's poems

...psychological drama, emphasising the emotional force of each part of the poem as it occurs. But the song nevertheless falls into distinct and contrasted sections. As in ‘Gretchen’ and ‘Erlkönig’, it is the piano which both sets the tone and drives the song forward. The assertive rhythm which begins the song punctuates the opening section from time to time, giving...
Entrepreneurial impressions – reflection
Money & Business

Entrepreneurial impressions – reflection

...psychological and behavioural aspects of entrepreneurship and there are also many unresolved questions, for example: Is there such a thing as an entrepreneurial personality? How are entrepreneurs influenced by other people, such as friends and family? Can you learn to be an entrepreneur? It is tempting to look for simple answers to these questions. However, the factors...
Introducing music research
History & The Arts

Introducing music research

...psychology or acoustics of music and sound. Although this sounds inclusive of everything, all the authors of this course work within the context of a British university (though we come from a range of national, social and academic backgrounds). This means that the perspectives you will meet in this course are largely those of contemporary Western musicology. It is worth...
Level 3: Advanced 12 hrs
What can philosophy tell us about race?
History & The Arts

What can philosophy tell us about race?

...psychologically. So what questions do philosophers ask about race? Some philosophers of race investigate ethical questions (for example, ‘should we keep talking about race?’ or ‘are racial fetishes wrong?’). Others investigate questions of political philosophy (for example, ‘how do racial hierarchies affect our conception of the relationship between the...
A brief history of evolution
History & The Arts

A brief history of evolution

...Psychology Department, University of Durham. Dr Campbell is an evolutionary psychologist who thinks that you can't have a full understanding of the human mind without looking at how the process of evolution has shaped it. On her area of interest: The brain is as much an organ of the human body as any other, and I think it's important that we should look at the kind of...
Supporting children's development
Education & Development

Supporting children's development

...psychology and is closely associated with the work of John Bowlby (1907–1990), who carried out work on attachment in the 1940s and 50s. [Described image] Figure 4 John Bowlby Recent research has shown that not only can babies form multiple attachments but that they are often better able to form relationships in the future if they form more than one primary attachment...
Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs