This is the first of a series of four articles on psychological foundations from an applied psychological perspective. To begin with, the psychology of give and take, which is contradictory in its application, like many basic psychological mechanisms: sometimes emphasized, sometimes denied. In this first …

This article is about Inner Development Goals (IDGs), that were created in Sweden from 2019 as a necessary addition to the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs: no more poverty, good education for all, etc.) formulated by the UN in 2015 to achieve a sustainable world by 2030. The idea behind this initiative …

Om de groei en ontwikkeling van lectoraten en kenniscentra in Nederland te realiseren stijgt de behoefte om financieringsmogelijkheden te verkennen. Hogescholen en universiteiten ontvangen van het Rijk budget om onderwijs te geven en onderzoek uit te voeren. Deze rijksbijdrage is voor het hbo de grootste …

Geachte etc.We waarderen het zeer dat we in staat gesteld worden om een impactrijk project te laten zien: Tijd voor Toekomst. De aanleiding van dit project is geworteld in een intergenerationele overdracht van armoede, gebrek aan welbevinden, ongezonde leefstijl en een beperkt arbeidsmarktperspectief. …

Older technologies, such as violins and computers, differ from newer technologies (Internet search engines, robots, chatbots, etc.). Older technologies are primarily tools for achieving our own stated goals, while new technologies are often used by third parties, whereby we ourselves are sometimes used …

Every well intentioned innovation is eventually completely assimilated within the dominant imperative. For example, in VR glasses it has been devised to follow the eye movements, so that the image quality in the centre of your image field (the fovea centralis) is rendered high and low in the periphery. …

Self-determination theory is hugely popular in peer reviewed psychology, while it is both a very general theory, and in nature common sense. However, it seems to be, as John Maynard Keynes argues. that “It is better to be roughly right than precisely wrong.” Psychology can hardly be blamed for being …

It is argued that, as a result of modern communication techniques, a displacement took place; the internet made it possible to increase the distance between living and working because people could also work from home (answer emails, prepare lessons, etc.). As a result, the number of workplaces has been …