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Blue Monday: An OpenLearn reading list
Health, Sports & Psychology

Blue Monday: An OpenLearn reading list

...motivation and the need to take action, and how long it was since people had broken New Year’s resolutions. The countries where Blue Monday applies aren’t specified. The equation still appears on his website, but what you cannot find is any published data to back it up. To be fair, Arnall himself has admitted that the equation is not particularly helpful. A lack of...
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Behind the camera
History & The Arts

Behind the camera

...motivations. On a psychological level, much use of film has come about to overcome the basic existential conundrum of life - why are we here, and if life is so transitory, how can we make a mark to let the future know we have passed by? One prominent strand of fine art – the portrait – had developed to ensure the immortality of those rich enough to commission their...
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From old English to modern English
History & The Arts

From old English to modern English

...motivations for change arising from the structure of the language itself. I will structure my discussion around the conventional division of the history of English into three main periods: Old, Middle and Modern English. The Old English (OE) period can be regarded as starting around AD 450, with the arrival of West Germanic settlers (Angles, Saxons and Jutes) in southern...
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Psychological profiling
Health, Sports & Psychology

Psychological profiling

...motivating factors. At a subconscious level is there some sense of personal satisfaction in the violent act? Does it in some way feed the desire for esteem and / or situational power or control? Trish Clelland DNA PROFILING Dear sir, I just caught the last 5 minutes of your programme on DNA profiling and wondered is anything being done about a national database? I would...
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Are you a secret hoarder?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Are you a secret hoarder?

...motives described by hoarders that prevent them from feeling able to discard: To avoid the guilt associated with discarding things that might have a value or a use one day. They feel 'prepared' in case they ever need it as that day 'might' come. Environmentalism and 'recycling' probably helps to endorse the feeling that discarding things is the same as 'wasting' them....
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Reframing Self-Limiting Beliefs
Health, Sports & Psychology

Reframing Self-Limiting Beliefs

...motivated and confident. Let’s think more about how we might identify the beliefs that hold us back, then challenge and reframe them. Observing negative thoughts As we are often not aware of, and so cannot recognise, our self-limiting negative thoughts, implementing the techniques below may result in some surprises! Negative thoughts often follow the same few patterns,...
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Compassion and care: staff experiences of death, the role of bereavement policies in higher education
Health, Sports & Psychology

Compassion and care: staff experiences of death, the role of bereavement policies in higher education

...et al., 2017). It sets out ‘Employment quality’ and ‘Work-life balance’ as two of the aspects of ‘good work’. As part of creating healthy workspaces, employers who are aware of the strains everyday life can place upon their paid employees can help by establishing clear policies for how common stressful situations may be contractually handled by the employer....
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What are your views about technologies to support and assess writing skills?
Education & Development

What are your views about technologies to support and assess writing skills?

...et al., 2009 Policies and educational resources for reducing cases of academic malpractice, as well as increasing effective writing skills in digital contexts, are critical for educational institutions, the publishing industry and the media. A key issue is how to prevent fraud, especially copyright violations, in order to ensure quality assurance with integrity. To foster...
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