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Zoe Walkington
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Zoë is a Professor of Psychology and has worked as a full time psychology lecturer since 2003. She started working with the Open University as an Associate Lecturer in 2004. In 2013 she obtained her PhD in Forensic Psychology at the ...
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Graham Pike
(Department of Psychology)
Graham Pike is Professor of Forensic Cognition at The Open University. Since coming to The Open University in 2000 he has worked on a range of undergraduate and postgraduate courses. His research has centred mainly on forensic ...
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Siobhan Campbell
Siobhan Campbell is a poet, and she researches creative writing as social practice. She has developed multiple Creative Writing Interventions for post-conflict cultural recovery and in support of frontline healthcare workers and ...
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Introducing the psychology of our relationships with fictional villains

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2.2 Self-expansion and fictional friends

In the video that follows in the next section Lin Anderson will give an example of how a form of self-expansion might happen in our relationships with fictional characters.

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