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Job Change and the Grief Cycle: The effects of losing our job or changing work role
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Job Change and the Grief Cycle: The effects of losing our job or changing work role

...Psychology courses and qualifications Psychological contract When we go to work, we have a set of expectations about how and what our employment relationship will be with our employer and colleagues, added to our employment contract. This is what psychologists call a psychological contract (Rousseau and Tijoriwala, 1998). These unwritten expectations form the...
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Privileged and Overconfident but Full Steam Ahead!
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Privileged and Overconfident but Full Steam Ahead!

...psychology of Brexit and contemporary politics by Volker Patent...[Young people in formal suits and dresses on bumper cars, challenging each other] A common stereotype of contemporary politicians is that they are Oxbridge-educated members of an elite, millionaire set. David Cameron’s Cabinet was notably composed of members of the ‘Bullingdon club’– the infamous...
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Further uses of genetic testing
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Further uses of genetic testing

...forensic testing. In this process, a suspect’s unique DNA profile is compared to DNA found at a crime scene, looking for matches which may implicate or rule them out. As we inherit our DNA from our parents, we are more likely to share similarities in our DNA profiles with members of our family. Genetic testing can use this to work out how two people are related to each...
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Resilience: The magic ingredient for Olympians?
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Resilience: The magic ingredient for Olympians?

...psychological characteristics that athletes high in resilience possessed and that were integral to the athletes withstanding pressure. The five characteristics were: Positive personality Motivation Confidence Focus Perceived social support. Athletes with these characteristics were able to positively evaluate a stressor (and their own thoughts about it) and perceive that...
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The evolution of sports medicine over the last 50 Years: From the wet sponge to holistic care
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The evolution of sports medicine over the last 50 Years: From the wet sponge to holistic care

...psychological and sociological aspects of injury and their interaction (Alonso, 2004). This approach recognises that it is not just physiological treatment that happens in the treatment room. A sports medicine professional, such as a physiotherapist, for example might take the sociological cause of an injury (e.g. an overuse injury caused by a ‘no pain no gain’...
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Want to achieve your goal? Try our Personal Best tool
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Want to achieve your goal? Try our Personal Best tool

...psychology to tackle your own everyday goals. This tool will allow you to set a simple measurable goal such as exercising 3 times a week, or saving £500 in 6 weeks. When you set your target, the tool will calculate what you have to accomplish each week in order to achieve it. You need to be able to quantify your goal making sure that it is specific, measurable,...
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Key Ideas in Therapy
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Key Ideas in Therapy

...Psychology at the Open University, and Damn Fine Media. Beyond Individual Therapy Originally most forms of psychotherapy focused on the individual client and their individual problems. However later researchers stressed the importance of looking beyond the individual - to their relationships and to the wider social systems they live in. The ‘systemic view’ is...
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DNA Profiling
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DNA Profiling

...forensic science can be essential for proving the identity of both victim and killer. Some killers have wrongly assumed that the absence of a complete body, or the removal of distinguishing features such as fingerprints, would prevent the identification of a victim. The combination of different types of forensic science, in particular dentistry, pathology and entomology,...
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