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Psychology
Undergraduate
Cognitive load theory holds that instructional design should minimise demands on working memory that do not contribute to learning. This essay examines the distinction between intrinsic, extraneous and germane load, reviews the worked-example and split-attention effects, and considers the expertise-reversal effect as a genuine constraint on the theory's prescriptions.
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Psychology
Undergraduate
Attachment theory's extension from infant caregiving to adult romance is one of the most productive analogies in modern psychology — and one of the most frequently overstated. This review distinguishes the claims that survive longitudinal testing from those that rest on cross-sectional self-report, and argues that attachment style is better modelled as relationship-specific than as a stable trait.
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Economics
Master's
In a small open economy the exchange-rate channel often dominates the interest-rate channel, inverting the textbook ordering of monetary transmission. This paper examines that inversion using evidence from inflation-targeting economies and considers what it implies for central banks whose mandates were written with a closed-economy model in mind.
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