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Does Inside Out accurately capture the mind of an 11-year-old girl? A child psychologist weighs in Copyrighted Icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Does Inside Out accurately capture the mind of an 11-year-old girl? A child psychologist weighs in

...emotions (Joy, Sadness, Fear, Disgust and Anger) work together (or not) to direct her behavior. The film’s primary conflict is a compelling one: it depicts Riley’s response to a major, life-changing event – a cross-country move. But from the perspective of a practicing clinical child psychologist with 30 years of experience, it’s only partly successful in...
Taking a Fresh Look at Managing Employee Engagement and Wellbeing Copyright free Icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Taking a Fresh Look at Managing Employee Engagement and Wellbeing

...et al. (2017) review of 214 engagement studies, plus Gifford and Young (2021) engagement evidence review for the CIPD, suggest that organisations need to pay attention to: each employee’s self-efficacy (belief in being able to succeed in the workplace, based on skills they have and circumstances they face), resilience (ability to recover quickly from difficulties) and...
Beginners’ French: A trip to Avignon Copyrighted Icon
Languages

Beginners’ French: A trip to Avignon

...et indiquez la lettre Framboise Extrait 39 Framboise (Christine) Pardon madame, nous sommes où exactement? Valérie On est ici, en face de la gare, boulevard Saint Roch Framboise (Christine) Ah oui, merci! Et l’office du tourisme, c’est où? Valérie C’est juste là, sur le cours Jean Jaurès. Framboise (Christine) Et la mairie? Valérie l’Hôtel de ville ?...
Home education as a provocation for the future of education Copyrighted Icon
Education & Development

Home education as a provocation for the future of education

...emotional and inter-personal skills and academic outcomes equivalent to or even ‘better’ than their schooled peers (see Medlin, 2013; Pearlman-Avnion and Grayevsky, 2019; Ray, 2013; Tweni et al., 2022; and Unger Madar and BenDavid-Hadar, 2022). However, it is noteworthy that evaluating the variety of social and academic ‘outcomes’ of home education is challenging....
Fracking: Is it possible to persuade the public that the benefits outweigh the risks Creative commons Icon
Nature & Environment

Fracking: Is it possible to persuade the public that the benefits outweigh the risks

...emotional debates. Lively protests in the UK against the onshore oil extraction technique have led to arrests and one even saw designer Vivienne Westwood drive a tank up to David Cameron’s country home. Yet we shouldn’t assume that the adverse public reaction to the shale gas industry is just an emotional response. Averil MacDonald, the chair of oil industry body...
Jury Decision-Making: What’s the Story?
Society, Politics & Law

Jury Decision-Making: What’s the Story?

...et al., 2001; Zamir, et al., 2014; Levett, & Devine, 2017). I'm now going to explain this theory and highlight a few queries about it. The Story Model The story model is most closely associated with Nancy Pennington and Reid Hastie, though a number of other theorists have also suggested similar theories (Hastie, et al., 1983; Pennington, & Hastie, 1992; Anderson, et al.,...
Clinton / Trump: Two views of the first debate Creative commons Icon
Society, Politics & Law

Clinton / Trump: Two views of the first debate

...emotional intelligence in public life, including in debates, I have long observed that mainstream media commentators don’t give sufficient credit to the role of emotions in shaping public perceptions. Understanding the impact of emotions in politics is key for making an accurate prediction of how debates will impact voting. Pundits vs. the public Pundits tend to focus...
What makes a great speech?
History & The Arts

What makes a great speech?

...emotions. Speeches by John. F. Kennedy and Winston Churchill are considered among the greatest speeches of all time; but what made their speeches greater than the sum of their parts - and how did their structure and delivery manage to strike a chord that continues to resonate with people today? With contributions from Tony Blair’s ex speech writer Simon Lancaster and...