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...research tools and approaches...This free course, Making sense of ourselves, introduces you to well-known psychological topics by asking and answering everyday questions, such as Why don’t we like one another? Why would I hang around with you? Do you see what I see? What’s the point of childhood? You’ll learn how psychologists can go about addressing these questions...

...research on parental influences on children’s physical activity behaviours in order to establish any gaps in the research and to identify the direction for future research. The overall aim of the research is to improve current child physical activity intervention programmes. The majority of studies found a strong sex difference in physical activity ......

...research project, which aims to give a platform to non-speaking autistic people, who may communicate independently online. ...This content is associated with The Open University's Psychology courses and qualifications. Let’s start with our terminology regarding autistic individuals. Many autistic self-advocates insist on an ‘identity first’ definition of their...

...children and adolescents, much more extensive research has been carried out. The data suggest that prevalence rates of the condition for this age group vary across the world as shown in Figure 1. [This is a map of the world with each continent shown in a different colour. Prevalence estimates are: North America 6-7% from 32 studies; South America 4-19% from 32 studies;...