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Young people’s wellbeing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Young people’s wellbeing

...psychological origin. Instead, the article places the development of anorexia within the varied contexts and settings of young people's lives. The authors focus on the ordinary experience of women and girls, not on the extraordinary ‘disorder’ which they claim is often the object of discussion. They see the key to understanding eating disorders in ‘the varied,...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
Children and violence: an introductory, international and interdisciplinary approach
Society, Politics & Law

Children and violence: an introductory, international and interdisciplinary approach

...psychological damage examine the various roles that children play in relation to violence, as victims, perpetrators, witnesses, colluders and peacemakers analyse the relationship between children as victims of violence and as perpetrators of violence analyse the role of children in armed conflicts and discuss why children are not only victims in war examine the ways in...
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Level 2: Intermediate 20 hrs
Emotions and emotional disorders
Health, Sports & Psychology

Emotions and emotional disorders

...psychological factors: ‘We’re ecologically privileged enough that we can invent social and psychological stress’ (Sapolsky, 1998). As we consider in the related OpenLearn course Understanding depression and anxiety, the effect of chronic stress can be very deleterious for some people...Emotions and emotional disorders: 2.7 Social competition, stress and...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Children’s rights
Society, Politics & Law

Children’s rights

...Psychology at Birkbeck College, University of London. Activity 1 Try to identify for yourself, and note down, the various arguments that Mary McLeod and Ann Phoenix make about children and childhood. The following questions will help you to structure your notes, and to make links with concepts of ‘welfare’, ‘power’ and ‘diversity’ and the theme of citizenship....
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Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr
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Science, Maths & Technology

Understanding autism

...psychological and physical conditions (sometimes known as co-morbidity). Epilepsy is fairly common, especially in those with ‘classic’ autism. Depression is also very common, as is dyslexia, although it is not clear if the incidence of these is greater than in the non-autistic population. Activity 4 Why is autism a spectrum? Timing: Allow about 15 minutes Now that you...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
What can Chinese students in Southampton teach us about going green?
Nature & Environment

What can Chinese students in Southampton teach us about going green?

...psychology. In China if everyone just throw litters around and you put it in your pocket, it’s weird. But here everyone put it in pocket, then you won’t throw it around. It’s much like we say ‘thanks’ or ‘sorry’ more frequently here. Big social environment is important.” Interestingly, we found that Chinese students studying in the UK did not show any...
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Article 5 mins
The Armistice in Fiction: Ford Madox Ford’s Parade’s End
History & The Arts

The Armistice in Fiction: Ford Madox Ford’s Parade’s End

...psychological suffering, and his loneliness, are what he most needs to talk to Valentine about. And so, perhaps we can conclude that, in this novel, the attention to the celebration of armistice is always balanced by attention to its silences – permanently encoded in the UK from 1919 in the two-minute silence – leading to a sense, overall, of the ambiguity of...
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Article 15 mins
Jonathan Edwards' giant world record leap – what can we learn from his long career?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Jonathan Edwards' giant world record leap – what can we learn from his long career?

...psychology in a way”. A further ingredient of success is rest and recovery. Edwards was forced to recuperate after contracting Epsterin Barr virus in 1994; it meant he was revived as he eased his way back into training. It also gave him time to think deeply about his jumping technique including a new two-arm swing skywards. The big jump The final ingredient in the mix...
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