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Should human conditions be classed as illnesses?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Should human conditions be classed as illnesses?

...psychology division of the British Psychological Society has come out against this medical approach, challenging the idea that such conditions can be classified as illnesses which should mainly be treated with drugs . These psychologists propose an alternative model in which challenging social and psychological factors are seen as causing mental health problems. From this...
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Scotland’s ‘not proven’ verdict helps juries communicate their belief of guilt when lack of evidence fails to convict
Society, Politics & Law

Scotland’s ‘not proven’ verdict helps juries communicate their belief of guilt when lack of evidence fails to convict

...forensic evidence that could link Auld to Amanda’s death, he received a “not proven” verdict, which meant the jury deemed there was insufficient evidence to prove his guilt. Despite this acquittal, Amanda’s parents sued Auld in the civil court, and he was ordered to pay £50,000. This third verdict, unique to Scots law, has long been controversial. High-profile...
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Get outdoors and get active
Health, Sports & Psychology

Get outdoors and get active

Designed to inspire outdoors activity while you carry on learning, our fun ideas cover a range of subjects from nature, psychology and astronomy, to health and wellbeing. Take a digital detox from screens and notifications with OpenLearn.
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Trust in the Workplace
Health, Sports & Psychology

Trust in the Workplace

...Psychology to Work hub we have many rescources to help you explore managing trust...The theme of trust at work presents one of the five main priorities in the Applying Psychology to Work hub. Our research highlighted that many organisations were contemplating actions that would potentially impact their employees’ wellbeing, job security and uncertainty about the future....
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Article 10 mins
Methods in Motion: A view from a train
Health, Sports & Psychology

Methods in Motion: A view from a train

...psychology? Paul Stenner, Professor of Social Psychology, investigates the history of movement in Physics, and considers what it means for Social Science...[A child observes the world through a window of a moving train] The key question to answer when thinking about method is ‘how do we know?’ But what has the idea of ‘being in motion’ got to do with knowledge and...
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Cannabis, Consciousness and the Imagination
Health, Sports & Psychology

Cannabis, Consciousness and the Imagination

...Psychology... Cannabis, consciousness and the imagination A short introduction to this album. Cannabis and consciousness Examining the affect of smoking cannabis on driving. How cannabis affects your body A look at an experiment that compares physiological and mental affects of cannabis. Experimenting with simulators Watching a cannabis smoker drive a car. What is...
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Developing resilience in sport
Health, Sports & Psychology

Developing resilience in sport

...psychological perspective....Session 1: Understanding resilience: Introduction - [Image of men and women helping each other to climb over a mud barrier in a challenge race] A Japanese proverb ‘Fall seven times, stand up eight’ effectively captures the essence of psychological resilience. We know that athletes will face highs and lows and will constantly withstand a...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Critical criminology and the social sciences
Society, Politics & Law

Critical criminology and the social sciences

...psychology, law, sociology and critical criminology. Using the global financial crisis of 2007-8 as a case study, the course will then provide you with an insight into how academics working in some of these different disciplinary backgrounds make sense of a similar topic in different ways. The course will conclude by considering the place of critical criminology within...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs