Key terms & definitions

A security incident involving personal data being lost, destroyed, improperly altered or disclosed to someone who should not receive it.

A system in which one leader dominates government and suppresses effective opposition.

A record of someone's experiences, thoughts or activities, such as a diary or personal journal.

A planned programme of exercise designed around an individual's needs and goals, which is monitored and evaluated.

A divine being with whom humans can have a relationship, who knows individuals and can communicate with them.

Practices that keep a food handler clean and reduce the transfer of harmful microorganisms and physical contaminants to food.

The audience need to explore, affirm or develop a sense of who they are through media.

A consequence for an individual, such as a change in their health or choices.

An individual’s inward acceptance of God’s rule, expressed through faith, attitudes and choices.

Healthcare selected or adjusted using information about an individual, including genetic information.

Choosing treatment, including a drug and its dose, using information about an individual's genetic make-up.

Assuming that something going wrong is entirely your fault, without sufficient evidence.

A person's characteristic patterns of thinking, feeling and behaving.

The relatively enduring characteristics that influence how a person typically thinks, feels and behaves.

The promotion of a leader as an exceptional, almost infallible figure who deserves personal devotion and obedience.

The organised glorification of a leader through praise, images, ceremonies and claims of exceptional wisdom or goodness.

A relatively enduring characteristic that influences how a person typically thinks, feels and behaves.

A system in which the monarch personally retains final authority over major government decisions.

Equipment worn or used to help protect a participant from injury, such as a cricket helmet or football shin guards.

Equipment worn to reduce exposure to a hazard, such as eye protection or protective gloves selected for a particular task.

Equipment worn to help protect a person from workplace hazards, such as safety goggles, visors and ear defenders.

Your own interpretation of a text, informed and supported by its details rather than based on unsupported opinion.

The period from 1629 to 1640 when Charles I governed England without calling Parliament.

The fulfilment an entrepreneur gains from running a business, pursuing an interest or achieving a goal.

Money saved by an owner and invested in their business.

The physical distance people prefer between themselves and others so that they feel comfortable.

A morally good quality of character that a person develops and expresses through their actions.

The status of being a person with moral rights, rather than merely being biologically alive.

Giving a non-human thing a human action, quality or feeling.

Describing something non-human as having human qualities or actions.