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18 Feb 2019: Activity 3 –. It’s important to note that there are vast differences in how empathic people are. Sometimes, people aren’t able to be empathic, or are less empathic than others. One barrier to empathy is in-group vs. out-group bias, which has

26 Mar 2019: Even in ancient times, blood was seen as some sort of “life force”, something that almost every. living creature has and cannot live without. For over a thousand years until only a few centuries. ago, the main way to treat diseases was

29 Jan 2019: Task Answers. 1. Apart from dental-care products, which other sectors might benefit from using the. principle of authority to try and persuade people to buy their products? Answer: medicine, diet supplements, weight-loss products, baby products. 2.

10 Apr 2019: Task. 1. Watch this brief video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pH9dAbPOR6M. 2. Is the mask ever hollow/concave? Or does it appear as a normal convex face? 3. Show this to a friend or family member: do they agree with you or not? What do they see?

24 Oct 2019: What are the basic principles of vaccinology? What are the different kinds of. vaccines? Vaccines work by eliciting long-lasting immunity – so to understand vaccines, you must have. a basic understanding of immunology. The immune system is divided

26 Mar 2019: You were introduced in the previous activity to the idea of transfusion, the taking of blood from. one person to another, that we might call a liquid transplant. At the same time, we have more in. our bodies than just blood, and the idea of swapping

14 Feb 2019: Activity 2. Aim: identify food symbolism in an example from the visual arts. Many subgenres of children’s literature place a high level of importance on visual images. such as illustrations, book covers and endpapers; therefore the study of

14 Feb 2019: Activity 3. Aim: carry out a close comparative reading of food details/scenes from sources across a. broad historical range. This activity looks at the role played by the representation of the feast. Feasts in children’s. literature – and in

28 May 2019: Resource 1. 1a – What Do We Really Mean by Rationality? The world that we live in is a complex one, and so economists tasked with trying to model the economic interactions within it face a significant challenge. In order to help make sense of it

29 Jan 2019: Weapon 1: Authority. The first tool which can be used to persuade people is authority. We naturally feel compelled to. listen and follow orders from those in a position of power. There are many reasons for this – for. example, not listening to

29 Jan 2019: Weapon 3: Liking. “People prefer to say ‘yes’ to those they know and like” (Cialdini, 1984). Do you always buy the same cereal? Or do you like to try new things every time you go to the. supermarket? Most people prefer to stick to the things

14 Feb 2019: Activity 1. Aim: reflect critically on your own childhood reading. This activity introduces some of the key debates in children’s literature criticism, including. the difficulties associated with defining children’s literature and the problems

28 May 2019: Resource 2 – Applications of Rational Decision-Making. Theories of rational decision-making are very relevant to a number of different areas of the economy. As the following section will demonstrate, we can move beyond the standard application of

24 Apr 2019: Peekaboo! If I close my eyes I can’t see you and that means you’re gone! Or does it? Babies are not told how physics work. Even if. we told them, they don’t understand language. yet, so they wouldn’t learn anything anyway. The. task is not

29 Jan 2019: That’s why using ‘plain Janes’ in adverts (especially for household cleaning items), rather than. celebrities, works so well. We’re not likely to identify with a celebrity (I totally have the same. problems as Angelina Jolie…not), but we

24 Apr 2019: Some have put forward even braver hypotheses – infants as young as 15-months might be able to pass. the false belief task, based on their gaze. A version of the Sally-Anne task was developed for infants –. someone looked at a toy being put into

14 Feb 2019: Activity 4. Aim: carry out a close comparative reading of food details/scenes from contemporary. children's literature. This activity provides an overview of some common themes of food symbolism in children’s. literature along with a sample