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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...
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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...
Machines, minds and computers
Digital & Computing

Machines, minds and computers

...psychological investigations of these processes. Strong artificial intelligence looks to imitate human mental processes with the aim of building computer systems that are intelligent in the same way as humans, and may even be sentient in the way that humans are. Weak or strong, artificial intelligence and the computer are inextricably bound together. Stripping away...
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Money & Business

Effective communication in the workplace

...Psychology Today, Russell (2016) lists a number of characteristics of a workplace where trust is in action. Many of them relate to communication, including: Ideas are shared freely; contribution, collaboration, innovation, and cooperation thrive. Victim thinking, finger-pointing, and negative storytelling are infrequent. Regular feedback and dialogue is commonplace....
Assessing contemporary science
Science, Maths & Technology

Assessing contemporary science

...Psychological Association’s annual convention. Therefore you would have to search for the associated publication which was only published much later in September 2017 in Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment: https://doi.org/10.1002/fee.1518 Headline exaggerated? No, uses the word ‘seems’. No independent comment? Yes, only researchers quoted. ‘Higher risk’?...
Level 2: Intermediate 9 hrs