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Systems explained: Sir Geoffrey Vickers
Money & Business

Systems explained: Sir Geoffrey Vickers

...psychological, ecological, socio -political, cultural or what have you. Now my interest is at the far end of this spectrum, having been a lawyer and an administrator. I'm interested in Systems from the personal up to the very large, human, social systems. I'm also interested in systems of concepts and values through which we see all the others which I call appreciative...
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What do we need to know about our memory?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What do we need to know about our memory?

...psychological flexibility is an important part of executive functioning. Notice 5 items and try different strategies to remember them over the course of a walk. Use a mnemonic which is a tool that helps us remember certain facts or large amounts of information. Use location to jog memory, such as trying to remember one item per section of the park and then replaying the...
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Stress and Burnout in Aviation
Health, Sports & Psychology

Stress and Burnout in Aviation

...psychological, and emotional response that we experience when we feel threatened or under pressure. Stress can be cumulative, for example a stressor can feel more stressful if you already have a lot of other stressors you are dealing with. A stressor is the stimulus which causes the experience of stress (e.g., an engine failure, last-minute operational changes, or 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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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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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