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Obesity: balanced diets and treatment
Science, Maths & Technology

Obesity: balanced diets and treatment

...Psychological hypotheses about the causation of anorexia nervosa fall into three broad categories: Emotional. Theorists have proposed that some adolescent girls past puberty are trying to regain their childhood body form; anorexic women fail to start to menstruate or cease menstruation with onset of the disorder. Depression and anxiety are common amongst people with...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
Introducing consciousness
History & The Arts

Introducing consciousness

...psychology and so on. Strong naturalists need not deny the legitimacy or usefulness of these other types of explanation, though they will claim that there are reductive explanations of why they hold.) Here is an activity to reinforce the points just made. Activity 8 Which of the following claims would strong naturalists endorse? Everything that exists is natural....
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
Accessibility of eLearning
Education & Development

Accessibility of eLearning

...psychological losses which are assumed to arise from disability. (Oliver, 1990) In the medical model the barriers exist because of people’s impairments. In contrast, the social model describes disability as … … all the things that impose restrictions on disabled people; ranging from individual prejudice to institutional discrimination, from inaccessible public...
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Level 3: Advanced 15 hrs
Introducing healthcare improvement
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing healthcare improvement

...psychological, societal and cultural factors that may affect the individual and their healthcare journey. Activity 5 Watch this video about person-centred care. [MUSIC PLAYING] What is person-centered care? Person-centered care is where health and care professionals work collaboratively with people using their services and their communities. What does that actually mean?...
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Level 3: Advanced 3 hrs
Introducing social care and social work
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing social care and social work

...Psychological Service, Orrell Lodge, Orrell Mount, Orrell, Wigan 12th July 1984 Dear Mr. Mackey, Lemn Sissay (D.O.B. 21.5.67) Thank you for asking me to see this young man whose behaviour at Oaklands and general hostility have led to a placement at Wood End. I have chosen to write to you rather than to do a conventional report as I have no psychological test results to...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Scottish courts and the law Badge icon
Society, Politics & Law

Scottish courts and the law

...forensic and other evidence before a decision to prosecute is taken. S/He will then make a report to Crown Counsel to take a decision on whether to prosecute. Alternatives to prosecution In some less serious cases, although the Procurator Fiscal may consider that it is in the public interest to take action, prosecution may not be the most appropriate course of action. In...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
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Money & Business

Working in teams

...psychology when she was 18. After completing her degree she worked as an usher in the local magistrates’ court. In this job she worked on the reception desk, meeting and greeting court users and visitors, and keeping parties informed of changes to hearing times. She only worked in this role for a year before becoming pregnant with her first child. In the future, Jane...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Applying your community engagement skills
Society, Politics & Law

Applying your community engagement skills

...psychological tool that helps explain why we experience various reactions when engaging with people. Interpersonal plotting tool While it is important to think about various adaptive and maladaptive behaviours and your responses to them, the real value of the interpersonal circle is felt when you are able to consider how you might response to real people in real...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs