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Post Of The Week – Saturday 29th February 2020
1) Laura Schulz – The Surprisingly Logical Minds Of Babies Following on from Baillargeon’s work on infant cognition we have been doing in Year 2, here is a TED Talk from four years ago about the reasoning of 15 month old children. Schulz has something powerful to say about human cognition and thinking based on […]
Post Of The Week – Saturday 28th December 2019
1) Ed Bullmore We came across Ed Bullmore talking about nature-nurture the other week in Year 2. Here is a piece about his work on inflammation and depression. The article is also useful for understanding how science takes a more holistic approach. Depression is no longer assumed to be one thing. Research into cancer now […]
Post Of The Week – Saturday 12th November 2016
1) “It’s important to talk about gender when we talk about mental health.” This quote comes from this article. When we were looking at gender bias in Psychology in Year 2 a couple of weeks ago, we thought about the extent to which differences between the genders are ignored in the process of diagnosis and treatment. This […]
Post Of The Week – Saturday 20th February, 2016
1) In The Mind When this blog started two and a half years ago, references to public perception of mental health in the media were rare enough to include a link in a post. They have now become so common that it would be foolish to include everything which comes up. The centrepiece of the BBC […]
Psychology And Employability
This is a link to the website of the Higher Education Academy. Their role is to provide advice and support to universities. They have a Psychology specialist https://www.heacademy.ac.uk/node/3269 This is the document they have produced about Psychology and employability. Click to access psychology-dept-employability-guide.pdf With UCAS on the horizon, people thinking about Psychology degrees inevitably want to […]
Post Of The Week – Thursday 17th April
1) Oxytocin – Myth And Truth Oxytocin is a hormone which has had a mention or two on this blog, most recently last week in relation to research suggesting that it could be used to treat autism. This article explains three of the myths surrounding oxytocin and what research actually tells us. http://www.vox.com/2014/4/15/5594280/no-the-love-hormone-oxytocin-wont-stop-your-spouse-from-cheating It’s a nice […]
Post Of The Week – Thursday 20th March, 2014
1) Why Is Addiction So Powerful? Here is a one minute read from the Neurosphere website on addiction. View at Medium.com The homepage has access to loads of clearly written and beautifully illustrated short articles. 2) Fast Food And Obesity When we look at psychological explanations of obesity in A2, we look at the idea […]
Addictive Behaviour Models – Questions For The Test w/b 24/3/14
•Outline how the learning approach would explain the maintenance of gambling. (4) (January 2013) •Outline and evaluate the cognitive approach to explaining problem gambling. (4+6) (June 2012) •Outline and evaluate the biological approach to explaining smoking behaviour. (4+4) (January 2012) •Outline how the biological approach would explain the maintenance of gambling. (4) •Outline how the […]
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