BWGELA & Noba Psychology

Psychology

Short modules for a curious mind

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Attention
Cognition and LanguagePY101

Attention

Why is it that we can follow one conversation at a crowded party yet cannot listen to two people speaking simultaneously? Why do we sometimes fail to...

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Adolescent Development
DevelopmentPY201

Adolescent Development

Adolescence is the developmental period spanning the transition from childhood into adulthood, typically occurring between ages ten and twenty. It beg...

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Attraction and Beauty
SocialPY301

Attraction and Beauty

Attraction shapes human interaction from our first glance. When we encounter a physically attractive person, we do not simply note their appearance an...

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Self-Efficacy
PersonalityPY401

Self-Efficacy

Self-efficacy represents one of the most influential concepts in personality psychology, yet it remains frequently misunderstood. Introduced by Albert...

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Culture and Emotion
Emotion and MotivationPY501

Culture and Emotion

When you smile at a stranger in a foreign city and they smile back, it is tempting to conclude that human feelings are fundamentally the same everywhe...

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Biochemistry of Love
Biological Basis of BehaviourPY601

Biochemistry of Love

What is love, really? It is easy to think of it as something purely poetic or ineffable, a force that resists explanation. Yet science has begun to pe...

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