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Giving and Receiving Powerful Feedback
Health, Sports & Psychology

Giving and Receiving Powerful Feedback

...psychological research into feedback, Valerie Shute defines feedback as information communicated with the intention of changing the other person’s behaviour or thinking to improve learning and performance. It is usually given to the person in response to behaviour, processes, or effectiveness: on the ‘how’ things have been done or ‘what’ has been done (Besieux,...
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British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy
Education & Development

British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy

...Psychology courses and qualifications So whether you're just starting out in private practice, need guidance on marketing your business or find yourself managing employees for the first time, you'll find a course designed to support you. [Logo for British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy] Why study an OpenLearn course? Easy to register online All courses are...
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I-SPY: Internet infidelity and its impact on couple relationships
Health, Sports & Psychology

I-SPY: Internet infidelity and its impact on couple relationships

...Psychology shows that relationship boundaries can be blurred online. This means that people in a relationship may be uncertain what online behaviours count as cheating. Their partners also may see things differently than they do. In addition to a lack of certainty about what online infidelity is, this and other research also suggests that it may be easier to cross...
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Shall I Compare Thee? Poetry, Education, Seduction - An OpenMinds talk
History & The Arts

Shall I Compare Thee? Poetry, Education, Seduction - An OpenMinds talk

...Psychology Event programme The lecture was given on Tuesday 6th June 2017, 6.00-7.00 at the Berrill Lecture Theatre, The Open University, Milton Keynes 17:30 Refreshments available (arrive early and enjoy our pre-event display and trailer video) 18.00 Opening 18.05 Talk commences 18:45 Q&A session 18:55 Close 19:00 Drinks reception and networking opportunity 20:30...
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Emotion: an introductory picture
History & The Arts

Emotion: an introductory picture

...psychological activity. (This need not imply that reasoning is an activity performed by an incorporeal mental entity. Perhaps mental activities are identical with processes that occur in the brain.) Our emotions, in contrast, are associated with changes that occur elsewhere in our bodies: sweating, changes in heart rate, decreased salivation and so on. In everyday talk,...
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Living with MS: Not just surviving but thriving (with a little canine care)
Health, Sports & Psychology

Living with MS: Not just surviving but thriving (with a little canine care)

...psychological support to manage her MS her way. Time passed and as my MS progressed I too became the owner of an assistance dog – Tori, a black Labrador with endless patience, a loud snore and a passion for fruit. Life is no longer about what I can’t do but about what we can do together. We are not waiting for a cure….we are far too busy for that. [Grainne...
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Supporting student-led research
Education & Development

Supporting student-led research

...psychology and geography require students to design, undertake and evaluate their own research projects. For many practitioners supporting these students this presents a number of challenges. Researchers from the Children’s Research Centre (CRC) developed a partnership with the Field Studies Council (FSC). The FSC is the leading provider of geography and biology...
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What is testosterone?
Nature & Environment

What is testosterone?

...psychological characteristics as well, and these include, greater aggression, more dominant behaviour, but also really interesting behaviour known as risk-taking. -End of video- In childhood, testosterone levels are low, with production increasing rapidly at puberty. Secreted from the cells of Leydig in the testes, it controls the development of secondary sexual...
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