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Social Sciences at @JumeirahCollege, offering outstanding education for children aged 11-18.

[Social Sciences | Jumeirah College @JCD_SocialSci]

This situation is going to result in a huge amount of totally novel research into pandemics, the effects of isolation and conformity. Should be mega interesting

[BPS Research Digest @ResearchDigest]

How psychology researchers are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic
https://t.co/zzhtXJDdNM

[BPS Research Digest @ResearchDigest]

People who watch more TV find thinner women more attractive, even in remote Nicaraguan communities: @EmmaELYoung covers a new study looking at how recent access to Western media has influenced body image https://t.co/zIOJdX7fLy

[Social Sciences | Jumeirah College @JCD_SocialSci]

Great for GCSE Perception and Gregory revision!

[Derren Brown @DerrenBrown]

A great overview of Dan D’s seminal work about consciousness. And contains one of the best optical illusions you’ll ever see (all the balls are the same colour. Yes they are).

[A Level Psychology @ALevelPsy]

Descriptive statistics in as few words as possible
Central tendency:
Mean- Add up scores & divide by number of entries
Median- Scores in order & choose middle one
Mode- Most common score
Dispersion:
Range- Biggest score minus smallest
Standard deviation- Average spread from mean

[BPS Research Digest @ResearchDigest]

Kids like learning from confident adults — but only if their confidence is justified: @EmmaELYoung digests a recent @PLOSONE study from Susan Birch at @UBCPsych & colleagues

https://t.co/xPcOte4RTZ

[A Level Psychology @ALevelPsy]

Footstep Illusion:

These two blocks appear almost like two feet, taking it in turns to step forward. However, when you remove the striped background you realise they are not stepping at all, nor taking it in turns, but moving smoothly and in time.

#psychology #footstepillusion

[Social Sciences | Jumeirah College @JCD_SocialSci]

Some interesting discussions today regarding Elizabeth Loftus sharing her research on EWT in the Weinstein trial #sociallysensitiveresearch

[Los Angeles Times @latimes]

Harvey Weinstein trial: Memory expert and UC Irvine professor Elizabeth Loftus testifies for defense https://t.co/jSND4mFbW8

[BPS Research Digest @ResearchDigest]

Why might feeling sad make it harder to stop smoking? What do preschoolers make of gender imbalances in power? And do emotion words mean the same thing in different languages?

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[Social Sciences | Jumeirah College @JCD_SocialSci]

Relevant reading for all competitors at today’s Sports Day 💪🏼 https://t.co/Zc6TQ8B2SX

[Social Sciences | Jumeirah College @JCD_SocialSci]

Today y12 students have been solving a murder using their understanding of eyewitness testimony research #whodunnit

[A Level Psychology @ALevelPsy]

Hollow Mask Illusion:
As the mask rotates & you start to see the inside of the mask, suddenly it appears as if it’s sticking out towards you (and rotating in the opposite direction) before you see the front again and the effect disappears.

[Social Sciences | Jumeirah College @JCD_SocialSci]

Y13 students have been researching the effect of anonymity on aggression today 🙈

[Alexandra Miller @alexpsych20]

Loved reading about the relationship between early exposure to man's best friend and the risk of developing certain psychiatric disorders #Umassdev20 #week2 https://t.co/3JpptBhqdi

[PsyPost.org @PsyPost]

Selfie-posting frequency can be predicted by grandiose narcissism, study finds https://t.co/XLEzHLmqSN

[KHDA | هيئة المعرفة والتنمية البشرية بدبي @KHDA]

"Later school start times lead to improved academic attainment & improved wellbeing for teenagers" - do you agree with this latest article from @DeloitteME? https://t.co/h1NEUhTH4L

[Social Sciences | Jumeirah College @JCD_SocialSci]

Renata and Harsh in Y10 will be reading David Eagleman’s ‘The Brain’ over the festive break 🎄

[Social Sciences | Jumeirah College @JCD_SocialSci]

Nash is currently reading Mr. Farnan’s favourite book, ‘Bad Science’ by Dr. Ben Goldacre

[Vaughan Bell @vaughanbell]

Fascinating paper on gender and brain injury. How boxers were identified as suffering brain damage, but victims of domestic violence had 'emotional problems' https://t.co/Ym55oPDHuy from @TheNeuroTimes and Kelly O'Donnell

[Social Sciences | Jumeirah College @JCD_SocialSci]

Renata and Haizea in year 10 have set themselves the challenge of reading ‘The man who couldn’t stop’ (OCD) and ‘Man (dis)connected’ (Gender) before the end of the winter break 📚

[Aurélien Allard @AllardThuriot]

Quick and dirty personal view / summary of classic social psych experiments and effects:

Asch & Milgram: some caveats, but still great

Bystander effect: over-hyped, but still valid (1/n)