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Art in Renaissance Venice
History & The Arts

Art in Renaissance Venice

...psychologically distant.’ Most important, she concludes, ‘the austerity of mood, as of image, associates his works with the Byzantine tradition’, in effect rendering them ‘the Western equivalent of the icons of the East’. 30 Figure 7 Giovanni Bellini, Madonna Greca, c.1470, panel, 82 × 62 cm, Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan. Used with the permission of the Ministero...
Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Introducing International Relations
Society, Politics & Law

Introducing International Relations

...psychology, particularly those focused on human identity. Its key claims and concepts include the following. The International environment is a social system, meaning that states and other actors interact like individuals in society, shaping their identities, interests, and perceptions of others through these interactions. Furthermore, there are shared understandings and...
Quantitative and qualitative research in finance
Money & Business

Quantitative and qualitative research in finance

...psychological tests or fixed-choice questionnaires may be employed to measure abilities or attitudes across a sample of people. However, it is worth pointing out that some of the sorts of data used by qualitative researchers, such as written documents and transcripts of audio or video recordings, can be subjected to quantitative analysis after being collected. This...
Introducing ethics in Information and Computer Sciences
Education & Development

Introducing ethics in Information and Computer Sciences

...psychological consequences. But in themselves, contracts, promises, rights, duties and responsibilities cannot be said to be ‘good’ or ‘bad’ without further knowledge of their demands and context. To say that somebody has broken a contract or broken a promise does not necessarily give them a black mark; you have to know what they promised...Introducing Ethics in...
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Languages

Describing language

...psychology is the science of pulling habits out of rats. (Douglas Busch) (Examples sourced from Greig 2019 (1–3) and Greig 2017 (4)) Discussion The humour in the first joke lies in adapting the idiom it’s notrocket science (meaning ‘this should be an easy task’) to a restaurant context where a salad including the leafy green vegetable rocket might be served. There...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Organisations, environmental management and innovation
Nature & Environment

Organisations, environmental management and innovation

...Psychology, vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 3–11 [Online]. Available at http://doi.org/10.1080/13594329608414834 (Accessed 12 September 2014). Whisnant, R. (2013) ‘Wanted: truly innovative sustainable business models’, The Guardian, 2 September [Online]. Available at https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/innovative-sustainable-business-models (Accessed 3 July 2018)....
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Education & Development

English: skills for learning

...psychology module. I would say that a successful essay is easy to understand. The student must use grammar and vocabulary correctly. This means that sentences must be formed correctly and the student must have chosen the right vocabulary and in particular the correct academic and technical words. Now match each of the characteristics below with the correct letter for the...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
An introduction to interaction design
Science, Maths & Technology

An introduction to interaction design

...psychology, sociology, graphic design and product design. Because it is difficult for one person to be an expert in all relevant disciplines, interaction design benefits from the collaboration of a multidisciplinary team, where different experts contribute to the process. For example, psychologists can offer important insights into the way in which prospective users might...