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Adam Peaty: the family behind the athlete
Health, Sports & Psychology

Adam Peaty: the family behind the athlete

...psychology, 11 (1), 122-159. Carette, B. Anseel, F. and Van Yperen, N.W. (2011) ‘Born to learn or born to win? Birth order effects on achievement goals’, Journal of Research in Personality, 45, pp. 500–503. Côté, J. (1999) ‘The influence of the family in the development of talent in sport’, The sport psychologist, 13 (4), pp.395-417. Dagkas, S. and Stathi, A....
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Raising awareness and support for men
Health, Sports & Psychology

Raising awareness and support for men

...psychological therapies when compared with women. Men are far more likely to go missing, sleep rough, and become dependent on alcohol and drugs. While these facts represent a gloomy outlook, help and support are available. This can be found at the bottom of this article (Mental Health Foundation, 2022). Why is it that some men don’t talk about how they feel? Ideas about...
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Can we overcome cyber-fatigue to secure ourselves online?
Digital & Computing

Can we overcome cyber-fatigue to secure ourselves online?

...psychology, sociology and other aspects of the human condition, and how to communicate effectively with people. Technology is so ingrained in modern life that analyzing its security issues exclusively from an engineering perspective, or treating it as something different or somehow removed from people and society, is folly. Moreover, putting cybersecurity-related concerns...
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People-centred designing
Science, Maths & Technology

People-centred designing

...psychology get baffled by everyday objects. Here is a short extract from The Design of Everyday Things by Professor Donald Norman. If I were placed in the cockpit of a modern jet airliner, my inability to perform gracefully and smoothly would neither surprise nor bother me. But I shouldn't have trouble with doors and switches, water faucets [taps] and stoves. ‘Doors?’...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Exploring issues in women's health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring issues in women's health

...psychological, and behavioral dimensions of illness’ (1977, p. 196). But this model clearly needs to be expanded to encompass a broader, more holistic approach to treatment and care. Although holism considers ‘the complete woman’ by looking, for example, for social and emotional explanations for their disease and symptoms (Henderson, 2014), the social model of...
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Level 2: Intermediate 3 hrs
Doping: a contemporary sports issue case study
Health, Sports & Psychology

Doping: a contemporary sports issue case study

...psychology) or the social context (sociology) that influences them, or the moral arguments behind anti-doping and any sanctions imposed. When studying doping it can be helpful to gain some historical perspective, which you will now go on to do...Doping: a contemporary sports issue case study: 2 What does history tell us? - Looking back through history can help tell us how...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Will piloting juryless trials for rape cases in Scotland lead to a reduction in bias?
Society, Politics & Law

Will piloting juryless trials for rape cases in Scotland lead to a reduction in bias?

...psychological shorthand of rape mythology and set complainants directly against defendants. Thus, the burden of proof lies with the complainant whereby their testimony may be distorted and prohibited by defence counsel (Russell, 2017). Research has shown that rape myths are prevalent among jurors and can impact the delivery of justice in sexual assault cases (Willmott,...
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Who are we? A project about art, migration, politics and identity
History & The Arts

Who are we? A project about art, migration, politics and identity

...Psychology, OU, shares findings from her research on migration, mobility and citizenship. Placing Ourselves began in 2008 and is a cross-European collaborative programme, which examines categories of belonging, integration and citizenship within the European Union context. It aims to inform dialogue between citizens and their governments on vexed questions such as...
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Article 15 mins