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Psychological research, obedience and ethics
Society, Politics & Law

Psychological research, obedience and ethics

...research, obedience and ethics: 2.5 Summary - Psychologists have a duty of care towards participants and must ensure that their wellbeing is preserved throughout a study. Participants must be asked to give informed consent before taking part in research and have a right to withdraw at any point. Milgram’s obedience studies kick-started an ethics debate in psychology and highlighted the need for the ......
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
What are the benefits of creative play at home?
Education & Development

What are the benefits of creative play at home?

...adults to let children take the lead, stand back when help is not required and have confidence that creative thinking is important to children’s learning and development. For any creativity to emerge there needs to be a nourishing and nurturing environment, promoting a culture of openness to new concepts and a tolerance for ambiguity.Creative play can also reveal...
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Article 10 mins
Play families: Using toys to open up communication with your child
Education & Development

Play families: Using toys to open up communication with your child

...adults we can easily forget that some of the ways in which we share our ideas and feelings, like talking or writing, are not natural for children. Most children have vivid imaginations and acting out their thoughts and feelings through imaginative play is very natural for them. They call it playing! What is the point of this game? You may have heard about experts using...
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Activity 10 mins
Is trick-or-treating legal or not?
Society, Politics & Law

Is trick-or-treating legal or not?

...adult supervision. Again, it is the responsibility of parents to make the decision for their own children about appropriate supervision. There is equally no restriction on the timing of Halloween activities, although again, for children it is the parents who decide when their child can go out to celebrate Halloween, and this will usually be closely related to the age of...
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Article 5 mins
Why asking what causes autism is the wrong question
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why asking what causes autism is the wrong question

...and to value autistic children and the families they live in. Asking what causes autism is asking the wrong question. Asking how we as a society value the skills, abilities and qualities of autistic children and adults is a much better one.[The Conversation] This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article....
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Article 5 mins
Ten tips for students starting university
Education & Development

Ten tips for students starting university

...adults 2: Learn how to prepare some healthy meals [Four lunchboxes with healthy food] It’s easy to order duck pancakes from the sofa or grab a kebab on the way home from a night out, but healthy eating will impact your overall health and wellbeing. Learn more about nutrition and the science behind it with this free course... The science of nutrition and healthy eating...
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Article 5 mins
Childhood in the Digital Age
OpenLearn Ireland

Childhood in the Digital Age

...adults keep up? Does screen time lead to increased distractibility, obesity and loneliness? Or does it offer opportunities for autonomy and experimentation beyond anything imagined when I was growing up? Childhood is a time of rapid change. Dr Socialising - Childhood in the Digital Age (#3/5) How is digital technology changing children’s relationships and shaping their...
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Video 15 mins
Emotions and emotional disorders
Health, Sports & Psychology

Emotions and emotional disorders

...adults between the ages of 16 and 64 years met the clinical diagnostic criteria for at least one emotional disorder (or common mental disorder; McManus et al., 2009). Of these, depression and anxiety (or a mix of the two, called ‘mixed anxiety and depression’ or MAD) were by far the most common, as Figure 1 shows. Note that the term prevalence is a scientific term...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs