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Rio 2016: A Caster Semenya reading list
Health, Sports & Psychology

Rio 2016: A Caster Semenya reading list

...psychological aptitude, and respiratory and cardiac functions, to name just a few. We don’t disqualify athletes with these types of predispositions. We celebrate them. Read at The Conversation: So what if some female Olympians have high testosterone? Note: This article originally stated that Caster Semenya has been diagnosed with hyperadrogenism; although several...
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Mashing up the Union Jack
Society, Politics & Law

Mashing up the Union Jack

...Psychology, a consortium of scholars published transnational research on the ways in which historical, political and cultural power relations are associated with emotions and perceptions that people resort to in relation to national flags. Taking into account imperial histories and devolving struggles, these range between egalitarianism and dominance, openness and...
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Measure the Pulfrich Effect
Science, Maths & Technology

Measure the Pulfrich Effect

...will be the time, in seconds, by which the slow eye lags the faster, bright eye. You will find that it is a rather small figure. You will need to carry out the same calculation for each of the experiments you do. Transcript Find out more Demonstration of Pulfrich Effect at the State Fair How to make your own Pulfrich Effect video Study psychology with The Open University...
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Rheoli amser ac astudio
Health, Sports & Psychology

Rheoli amser ac astudio

...gwybodaeth a chyngor wedi deillio a’u hail-bwrpasu o’r sefydliadau hyn: Y Gwasanaeth Iechyd Gwladol (GIG), Y Brifysgol Agored a Psychology Today. Mae’r adnodd hwn yn rhan o ‘Gasgliad Llesiant ac Iechyd Meddwl’ wedi ei greu gan y Brifysgol Agored yng Nghymru. Gallwch ddysgu mwy a dod o hyd i gyrsiau, erthyglau a gweithgareddau eraill ar dudalen hafan y casgliad....
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Article 10 mins
Engaging with children and young people
Money & Business

Engaging with children and young people

...psychological ill health. And they're also at a higher risk of adopting health-harming behaviours. So for example, people with four or more ACEs were six times more likely to smoke cigarettes, four times more likely to be a high-risk drinker, 11 times more likely to smoke cannabis, 16 times more likely to have used crack cocaine or heroin, and 20 times more likely to be...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Panic attacks: what they are and what to do about them
Health, Sports & Psychology

Panic attacks: what they are and what to do about them

...psychological therapy, I compare it to water building up behind a dam. The water rises bit by bit over the months, and the pressure mounts all the time. At a certain point, the pressure becomes too much, and the dam suddenly gives way. Huge columns of water burst through the fractured dam, causing devastation to the land beyond. Panic is like this: sudden and devastating....
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Level 2: Intermediate 3 hrs
Children and young people: food and food marketing
Education & Development

Children and young people: food and food marketing

...Psychology to challenge the rhetoric of 'healthy choices' and consider why it's essential to go beyond the individual to understand systems and environments that currently fail children and their health. The following video explores the concepts covered in this course....Children and young people: food and food marketing: Introduction - This free course, Children and...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Reading for pleasure: exploring the concept
Education & Development

Reading for pleasure: exploring the concept

...Psychology 23(2), 67-86 Schiefele, U., Schaffner, E., Moller, J., & Wigfield, A. (2012) ‘Dimensions of Reading Motivation and Their Relation to Reading Behavior and Competence’ Reading Research Quarterly 47(4), 427-463 Schugar, H. R., & Dreher, M. J. (2017). U.S. fourth graders’ informational text comprehension: Indicators from NAEP. International Electronic Journal...
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Article 5 mins