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Forensic psychology Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Forensic psychology

...et al., 1977). Furthermore, the crime may take place in poor lighting and at some distance away. Research demonstrates that beyond a certain distance, and depending on the light, identification may be problematic. Researchers tested participants’ ability to recognise a target’s face at seven distances and nine illumination levels. Immediately after seeing the target...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Digital humanities: humanities research in the digital age
History & The Arts

Digital humanities: humanities research in the digital age

...et al. as ‘robust networks of people, artifacts, and institutions that generate, share, and maintain specific knowledge about the human and natural worlds’, and include individuals, organisations, routines, shared norms and practices (2013, p. 5). It’s useful to adopt this inclusive definition, for example, it would include this course, or an archive or a library,...
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Education & Development

Taking your first steps into higher education

...et al. 2000) points out that sociology literally means ‘the study of the processes of companionship’. Although people have always been interested in how their society worked the actual term ’sociology’ was first publicly used by Auguste Comte in 1838. According to Abercrombie et al. (2000), Comte thought that sociology was a science employing observation,...
The social in social science
Society, Politics & Law

The social in social science

...et al., 1988). Furthermore, whether people are constrained or enabled, they experience, negotiate and are creative, not only in practice, but also in the stories told about this practice. The stories homeless women tell about their experiences of housing are considered especially important, since we understand them as ‘going beyond’ the event, offering an evaluation...
Level 3: Advanced 15 hrs
Making sense of mental health problems
Health, Sports & Psychology

Making sense of mental health problems

...et al., 2014). Although most AMHPs are social workers, they do not tend to undertake AMHP duties full-time once qualified. Their role as an AMHP is to provide a balance to that of the medical practitioner who is also involved as a ‘responsible clinician’. Social workers who are AMHPs (as well as social workers who are not AMHPs) will undertake a range of other...
Financial methods in environmental decisions
Nature & Environment

Financial methods in environmental decisions

...et al. (2001) the longer-range dispersion allowed the formation of secondary pollutants such as sulfate and nitrate aerosols and ozone to be covered. The number of receptors affected by the pollutants depends on the height of the discharge and the number of people in the area. This was taken into account by considering three discharge heights (50 m, 90 m and 100 m) and...
Англійська у світі сьогодні
Languages

Англійська у світі сьогодні

...maad. Which serpent seide to the womman Why comaundide God to ou that e schulden not ete of ech tre of paradis. Як ви могли помітити, обидва ці уривки є перекладами одного і того ж розділу Біблії, а саме Буття, розділ 3, вірш 1. Середньоанглійська версія набагато ближча до сучасної англійської мови, і ви, ймовірно, змогли прочитати набагато більше, ніж у староанглійській версії. Проте все ще є кілька особливостей, які ......
Contemporary issues in managing
Money & Business

Contemporary issues in managing

...et al., 1997, p.170). What is represented by a monthly departmental meeting? What does it signify? Beyond sharing information, it is an opportunity for departmental members to catch up and share stories. It is a formal, yet important regular event that represents shared understandings of what it means to work together. Identity Department members’ identity practices at...
Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs