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Psychological profiling
Health, Sports & Psychology

Psychological profiling

...psychological profiler. He has helped police solve some of the country's most shocking crimes. How did he get started?...[Paul Britton] "Unless I help to get it right then someone who is hurting people might very well stay out there, continuing to hurt them." "I had a telephone call from the head of CID in Leicestershire, explaining that they had a murder that they hadn't...
Starting with psychology
Health, Sports & Psychology

Starting with psychology

...psychology, makes a start...The most 'important and greatest puzzle' we face as humans is ourselves (Boring, 1950, p. 56). Humans are a puzzle, one that is complex, subtle and multi-layered, and it gets even more complicated as we evolve over time and change within different contexts. When answering the question 'what makes us who we are?' psychologists put forward a...
Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
What is forensic science?
Science, Maths & Technology

What is forensic science?

...forensic science? Martin Bootman explains...Find out about The Open University's Law courses. [Image of forensic scientists working in a lab. ] Forensic science, or forensics, is the application of science to establish how historical events occurred and thereby provide impartial evidence that can be used in a court of law. Science can be defined as the collection of...
Forensic science and fingerprints
Health, Sports & Psychology

Forensic science and fingerprints

...Forensic science and fingerprints, covers how science can make fingerprints easier to study, how they are used in court and some of the questions about the extent to which fingerprint identification is sound and scientific. Students will learn the principles used in classifying and matching fingerprints (often called marks)...This free course, Forensic science and...
Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Introduction to child psychology
Education & Development

Introduction to child psychology

...forensic psychologist) all give their views about child psychology. Listen to the audio and think about the questions that follow. Nathalia Gjersoe Hello, I’m Nathalia Gjerso from the Faculty of Education and Language Studies at The Open University. In this audio, I’ll be looking at some examples of what developmental psychologists do to understand how children...
Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
What is Indigenous Psychology?
Education & Development

What is Indigenous Psychology?

...psychology are closely related. Dr Manfusa Shams explains the link in this article...There has been increasing interest in how psychological knowledge is constructed. The contribution of ecological issues and local context to the development of psychological knowledge with particular reference to localised psychological knowledge, i.e., indigenous psychology, is ......
Critically exploring psychology
Health, Sports & Psychology

Critically exploring psychology

...psychology. As you work your way through the course you will learn what critical thinking is, and why it is important to use in the study of psychology. In particular, it will help you to think about how to use it when doing independent research. This OpenLearn course is an adapted extract from the Open University course D810 Critically exploring psychology 1 and D811...