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Why is Netball and other team sports so important for female sports participation?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why is Netball and other team sports so important for female sports participation?

...social relationships as an important constant factor. This craving for social interaction also impacts activity choice, for example, team membership has been identified as one of the most important reasons why women engage in netball. ‘I was running and I joined a gym but to me it’s not the same as kind of running round on a netball court and you don’t get that...
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How does online intergroup contact compare with face-to-face?
Health, Sports & Psychology

How does online intergroup contact compare with face-to-face?

...working to understand whether this changes the effectiveness of intergroup contact and the potential implications for a more harmonious society...This content is associated with The Open University's Psychology courses and qualifications. In 1954, Gordon Allport, a Harvard academic published ‘The Nature of Prejudice’. In one of the thirty-one chapters, he discussed...
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What is the haka and why is it performed at rugby matches?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What is the haka and why is it performed at rugby matches?

...social and cultural fabric of New Zealand. The haka is in the veins of every Kiwi – young and old. It makes up our Mauri (life) and ora (force). Inter-tribally, Māori people traditionally competed for control over land, or to use utu (exact revenge) to maintain a sense or tribal equilibrium. This competitive nature, although an important aspect of a tribe’s ability...
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Discovering development management
Money & Business

Discovering development management

...work? Has it achieved what was intended?) political (Who gains? Who loses?) ethical (Is it right? Or wrong?). I want you to ask, and find answers to, these sorts of questions about the ‘goodness’ of development management. This is because the ‘goodness’ – or otherwise – of development management matters. It matters, in some cases, in terms of life and death....
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Level 3: Advanced 3 hrs
LGBTQ youth and homelessness: We can all make a difference
Society, Politics & Law

LGBTQ youth and homelessness: We can all make a difference

...social progress in terms of the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender/trans and queer (LGBTQ) people including, for example, marriage equality in the United Kingdom (UK) and in many other Western countries. It would therefore be logical to assume that life has got considerably better for all LGBTQ individuals. Especially when considering that this social progress...
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The body: a phenomenological psychological perspective
Society, Politics & Law

The body: a phenomenological psychological perspective

...social nature of embodiment, placing embodied experience centre stage in all psychological understanding. This OpenLearn course provides a sample of level 3 study in Psychology...The body: A phenomenological psychological perspective: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: demonstrate an understanding of fundamental aspects of the theory...
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Level 3: Advanced 15 hrs
Open Minds - Diabetes and Depression: A Tale of Three Cities
Miscellaneous

Open Minds - Diabetes and Depression: A Tale of Three Cities

...Social Care at The Open University. She has an international reputation for research in the psychosocial field of diabetes. Her research interests have two overlapping strands. The first focuses on the relationship between diabetes and mental health and its impact on the individual and on health service provision. The second strand is her commitment to taking an inclusive...
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Making connections in end-of-life conversations: essential tips for professionals
Health, Sports & Psychology

Making connections in end-of-life conversations: essential tips for professionals

...social care professionals...Transcript It is widely accepted by health and social care professionals that clear, explicit and open communication is always the best, including in contexts about life-threatening illness, injury or at the end of life. But is open and explicit information always what patients and families want from health and social care professionals at...
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