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Understanding ADHD
Health, Sports & Psychology

Understanding ADHD

...et al., 2018). Estimates of the worldwide prevalence of ADHD are around 6 in 100 children and adolescents and 3 in 100 adults (Spencer et al., 2002; Moffitt et al., 2015). What do you notice about prevalence rates in the two age groups? Around twice as many children and adolescents have ADHD compared with adults. This difference in prevalence was initially thought to...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Introduction to bookkeeping and accounting
Money & Business

Introduction to bookkeeping and accounting

...double-entry bookkeeping and how they are used to produce the balance sheet and the profit and loss account...Learn about the essential numerical skills required for accounting and bookkeeping. This free course, Introduction to bookkeeping and accounting, explains the fundamental rules of double-entry bookkeeping and how they are used to produce the balance sheet and the...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
The Plessey Factory Occupation, Bathgate, 1982
Society, Politics & Law

The Plessey Factory Occupation, Bathgate, 1982

...doubling to £84 million between 1978 and 1980-81. For many, however, the programme led to redundancy and unemployment. Plessey’s UK workforce suffered greatest, with almost 20,000 jobs lost, representing 35 per cent of their total. These restructures had a devastating impact on Bathgate. Total employment declined from 2,400 in 1973 to 330 in 1981, a decrease of 86 per...
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Article 10 mins
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.,...
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Article 5 mins
Formulating research questions
Education & Development

Formulating research questions

...examples provide just a flavour of the deficits that have been highlighted. Crowe et al. (2021) show how research priority setting (a key component of which is the development of research questions) for people who identify as LGBTQ+ has been built on a Western, Educated, Industrialised, Rich and Democratic (WEIRD) bias in social science research, systematically excluding the very people it is supposed to benefit. ......
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Article 25 mins
How Trump tweets
Society, Politics & Law

How Trump tweets

...et cetera. I think it helped me win all of these races where they’re spending much more money than I spent. On Twitter, Trump is behaving like the celebrity he is – cutting out the troublesome middleman to promote himself and his policies without the inconvenience of long-form explanation. The limit of 140 characters is perfect for communicating emotion rather than...
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Video 5 mins
The importance of dignity and tailored support for poverty reduction
Health, Sports & Psychology

The importance of dignity and tailored support for poverty reduction

...et al., 2014). Despite living in poverty, they choose to forego benefits to avoid being asked unnecessary invasive questions about their private life by welfare officers (Wright et al., 2014). In Bangladesh, urban residents who fell into poverty during the COVID-19 pandemic feel too ashamed about their new predicament to ask for support for fear of losing face (Roelen et...
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Article 5 mins
Success in Interviews - How to Use Psychology to Gain that Job!
Health, Sports & Psychology

Success in Interviews - How to Use Psychology to Gain that Job!

...et al., 2016). Therefore, vocal elements, such as tone, plus facial expressions, eye contact, attentiveness and posture have much more of an impact than we may consciously realise. Moreover, nonverbal communication can influence interview outcomes, even if these are very discrete. For example, in their review of research on nonverbal communication in the workplace,...
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Article 10 mins