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Reframing Self-Limiting Beliefs
Health, Sports & Psychology

Reframing Self-Limiting Beliefs

...become self-limiting beliefs, lowering our self-regard? Where do they come from and what can we do about them? Rudman (2004) suggests that these unconscious attitudes come from the (often forgotten) past, while verbalised self-concept comes from more recent learning and experiences. Other research, such as Olson and Fazio (2002), found that these often reflect childhood...
Are you a secret hoarder?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Are you a secret hoarder?

...become unhealthy for them as well as families and friends. Many of us have wardrobes full of clothes we haven't worn for years, books we rarely read and belongings from our and our children's childhoods we cannot part with. When these hoards start to get out of control - for example, when we can no longer fit into new clothes into our wardrobe, most people will have a...
Extending and developing your thinking skills
Education & Development

Extending and developing your thinking skills

...become university students? What do you see as the purpose of higher education? How do you think your answer(s) to the previous question would be different from the answers that the government, employers or university teaching staff might give? Discussion There are, of course, no set answers to questions of this sort. People and organisations have their own reasons and...
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Money & Business

Internships and other work experiences

...becomes clear that Gemma thinks that every student should undertake an internship in a bank or similar institution in order to impress future employers, regardless of their sector. She doesn’t realise that she would benefit much more from gaining experience relevant to design and that her course placements are essentially internships under a different name. Gemma’s...
How does the human body fight a viral infection?
Science, Maths & Technology

How does the human body fight a viral infection?

...become more abundant. Even though lymphocytes proliferate quickly it still takes several days before there are sufficient cells available to fight back against the infection. During this period the virus may also be spreading rapidly, so there is a race between the virus and the immune system that may determine the final outcome, in terms of recovery. In the early phase...
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Money & Business

Exploring career mentoring and coaching

...students, currently studying with The Open University – http://www.open.ac.uk/ choose/ ou/ open-content 2. Enjoyed this? Find out more about this topic or browse all our free course materials on OpenLearn – http://www.open.edu/ openlearn/ 3. Outside the UK? We have students in over a hundred countries studying online qualifications – http://www.openuniversity.edu/...
‘Making Food Allergies Your Business’ Podcast Series on safer dining
Health, Sports & Psychology

‘Making Food Allergies Your Business’ Podcast Series on safer dining

...become crucial. This research and knowledge exchange project educates on what food allergies are and how they can severely affect health and wellbeing, and restrict social freedoms such as eating out of the home...While food allergies were once thought to be more common in children, they are now more prevalent in adults. With 1 in 20 adults in the UK with a confirmed food...
Nuclear power: friend or foe?
Society, Politics & Law

Nuclear power: friend or foe?

...students. But to do this exercise within the time suggested you will just need to grasp the key points. The important thing is that you think about the questions and about your reaction to them...Nuclear power: friend or foe?: 3 Discussion - To help you focus on the debate, here is a summary of some of the arguments. Remember that your task is to put the case for and...
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