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Taking a Fresh Look at Managing Employee Engagement and Wellbeing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Taking a Fresh Look at Managing Employee Engagement and Wellbeing

...psychological or physical state of being. It is not a management activity, where something is ‘done’ to employees to ‘make’ them engaged (although management is a factor that influences engagement), nor is it job satisfaction (which may contribute to or result from engagement, but is distinct). Employee engagement is much more about a two-way commitment and...
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Article 10 mins
Stress and anxiety in the digital age: the dark side of technology
Health, Sports & Psychology

Stress and anxiety in the digital age: the dark side of technology

...Psychology, 9, 44-49. Chang, A. M., Aeschbach, D., Duffy, J. F., & Czeisler, C. A. (2015). Evening use of light-emitting eReaders negatively affects sleep, circadian timing, and next-morning alertness. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 112(4), 1232-1237. Cheever, N. A., Rosen, L. D., Carrier, L. M., & Chavez, A. (2014). Out of sight is not out of mind: The...
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Article 10 mins
Cognition and gender development
Education & Development

Cognition and gender development

...Psychology, 22, pp. 481–6. Bussey, K. and Bandura, A. (1992) ‘Self-regulatory mechanisms governing gender development’, Child Development, 63, pp. 1236–50. Bussey, K. and Bandura, A. (1999) ‘Social cognitive theory of gender development and differentiation’, Psychological Review, 106, pp. 676–713. Huston, A. C. (1983) ‘Sex-typing’, in Hetherington, E. M....
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Article 15 mins
Mindfulness in mental health and prison settings
Health, Sports & Psychology

Mindfulness in mental health and prison settings

...psychology: investigating crime and therapy. [Described image] Figure 1 ‘Seeing the light’ by Sue Cheval...Mindfulness in mental health and prison settings: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: define mindfulness practise mindfulness in daily life understand how mindfulness can help clients with mental health difficulties describe how...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Attachment in the early years
Education & Development

Attachment in the early years

...Psychology of childhood and youth...Attachment in the early years: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: describe attachment classifications and how they are assessed describe the features of caregiving that influence attachment, and the significance of attachment for lifespan development discuss why the attachment system is an adapted and...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
‘Where do you really come from?’ How this enquiry can add insult to injury
Education & Development

‘Where do you really come from?’ How this enquiry can add insult to injury

...psychology, I explore the backdrop to these divided perspectives. I draw on knowledge gained in professional training as well as my own personal experience in the hope that insider perspective can illustrate the points and assist reflection. Racism rows reach royalty [King Charles]King Charles IIIPerhaps the most widely reported incidents around this topic involve the...
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Article 5 mins
The social nature of being human
Society, Politics & Law

The social nature of being human

...psychological inquiry. The topics and the general approach of this short course will give you a taster of this Open University course...The social nature of being human: Learning outcomes - By the end of this course, you should be able to: understand popular representations of crowds understand the relationship between identity and crowds understand examples of the role...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Sure, I know how to talk to people!
Money & Business

Sure, I know how to talk to people!

...psychological model to understand and respond to interpersonal behaviour, helping you communicate more effectively in everyday interactions...This free course is one in a series focusing on leadership, decision-making and communication in the context of policing within the community. This particular session focuses on communication skills and specifically looks at how to...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs