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What can Chinese students in Southampton teach us about going green?
Nature & Environment

What can Chinese students in Southampton teach us about going green?

...studying in the UK explores whether studying overseas can change people's behaviour...Much academic literature has been written about behaviour change. The traditional, ‘common-sense’ view is that attitudes precede behaviours, as stated in Azjen’s Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB). This model has influenced policy-makers to seek to change citizens’ behaviour by...
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For older people, the storms might abate but the harm persists
Health, Sports & Psychology

For older people, the storms might abate but the harm persists

...study, we show that older adults are affected by disasters well after storms or other threats have passed. Disaster response planning for communities and health care systems focuses on the immediate surge after the event, which varies with every disaster but typically lasts hours to days. Planners need to be aware that for older adults, effects are longer-lasting....
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Beginners’ Italian: food and drink
Languages

Beginners’ Italian: food and drink

...skills. This OpenLearn course provides a taster for studying other Italian short courses at The Open University’s Open Centre for Languages and Cultures. Some activities in this course use an audio-recording tool. This may not work correctly in the Safari browser on Apple Mac computers. Please try another browser such as Google Chrome to run this...Beginners’ Italian:...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Social psychology: sense-making in crises
Society, Politics & Law

Social psychology: sense-making in crises

...study from the perspective of sense-making. This OpenLearn course is an adapted extract from the Open University course D360 Social psychology for the 21st century. You can find out more about Open University courses and qualifications, tuition fees and funding options by visiting our online prospectus...Social psychology: sense-making in crises: Learning outcomes - After...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Tokyo 2020 in 2021: Do the best things come to those who wait?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Tokyo 2020 in 2021: Do the best things come to those who wait?

...skills such as resilience. Tokyo: The games of the resilient athlete? [Gymnast athlete on rings] Resilience is considered to be an important quality in athletes, and those who have come through a pandemic and successfully qualified for the delayed games have certainly had the opportunity to demonstrate resilience. It will perhaps be the athletes who have the best skills...
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Identifying Values – Finding the Things that Matter the Most to You for the Way You Live and Work
Health, Sports & Psychology

Identifying Values – Finding the Things that Matter the Most to You for the Way You Live and Work

...skills, character or life experience Self-Control act by my own ideals Sensuality create, explore and enjoy experiences that stimulate the five senses Sexuality explore or express my sexuality Spirituality connect with things bigger than myself Skilfulness continually practice and improve my skills, and apply myself fully when using them Supportiveness be supportive,...
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Success in Interviews - How to Use Psychology to Gain that Job!
Health, Sports & Psychology

Success in Interviews - How to Use Psychology to Gain that Job!

...studies have shown that 65% to 93% consist of nonverbal cues (e.g., Bonaccio et al., 2016). Therefore, vocal elements, such as tone, plus facial expressions, eye contact, attentiveness and posture have much more of an impact than we may consciously realise. Moreover, nonverbal communication can influence interview outcomes, even if these are very discrete. For example, in...
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Children’s wellbeing and creativity
Health, Sports & Psychology

Children’s wellbeing and creativity

...studying this course, you should be able to: analyse what is meant by children and young people’s wellbeing analyse the relationship between creativity and wellbeing evaluate different types of creative activities and how these can help support wellbeing...Children’s wellbeing and creativity: 1 What is wellbeing? - Wellbeing is a commonly used term which also connects...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs