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Encourage students to explore biases and stereotypes with this sixth series of ABC News "What Would You Do?" segments. Each scenario puts actors into exchanges with unwitting bystanders, generating a wide range of responses-from overt hostility towards other races and cultures to acts of genuine compassion. Topics explored include race and ethnicity, gender, disability, homelessness, age, and more.

In today's world, looks count--especially with the popularity of social media. In this episode, Dr. Michael Mosley invites ten singles to the country house on a dating weekend with a difference. He strips down the dating game to animal attraction and puts their very basic instincts to the test. With the help of behavioral psychologist Tracey Cox and dating expert Emma Kenny, we unravel the rules of attraction. We meet Grace, who would like to find...

Fire-breathing, scale-flashing, wing-flapping, and tail-lashing - how do people from different cultures all have similar depictions of a fantastic reptilian monster which never existed? That is, if the dragon is pure imagination how do we account for the universality of its appearance and characteristics from Africa, to Europe, to Asia. So, why does a dragon look like a dragon the world over? David Jones finds the answer by searching for the biological...

This book examines Freud's changing views of human instincts, exploring the moral and social implications. Part One investigates Freud's concept of instinct and discusses the phases of his ongoing attempt to classify the instincts. In Part Two the author argues that Freud's instinct theory leads to a moral philosophy, and he relates this philosophy to Freud's views on group psychology.

The Dinka have a connoisseur's appreciation of the patterns and colours of the markings on their cattle. The Japanese tea ceremony is regarded as a performance art. Some cultures produce carving but no drawing; others specialize in poetry. Yet despite the rich variety of artistic expression to be found across many cultures, we all share a deep sense of aesthetic pleasure. The need to create art of some form is found in every human society. In this...

The codirector of the MIT Center for Cognitive Science explains how language works, how it differs from thought, why adults have difficulty learning foreign languages, and why computers cannot learn human language.

Discusses the failure of America's political elites to recognize how group identities drive politics both at home and abroad, and outlines recommendations for reversing the country's foreign policy failures and overcoming destructive political tribalism at home. "Humans are tribal. We need to belong to groups. In many parts of the world, the group identities that matter most--the ones that people will kill and die for--are ethnic, religious, sectarian,...

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