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Books International Classroom People Spiegeloog 408: Consequences

International Classroom: Eric-Jan Wagenmakers about Bayesian Thinking for Toddlers

Eric-Jan Wagenmakers is a professor in neurocognitive modelling at UvA’s Psychological Methods Department. He recently published a book with the remarkable title Bayesian Thinking for…

Julius DullaertNovember 19, 2020

Bacchus News & opinion People Spiegeloog 407: Motivation

Bacchus: Tales and Tools of Motivation

From some perspective, I am a motivational failure. Every day is filled with opportunities that I could take and with tasks that I have to…

Valentin WeberNovember 4, 2020

Office Hours People Spiegeloog 407: Motivation

Office Hours: UvA’s Regional SPS-NIP Board

With a new academic year comes a new Regional Board of the UvA Section Psychology Students (SPS) of the Dutch Association of Psychologists (NIP). Spiegeloog…

Lydia TianOctober 16, 2020

People Spiegeloog 407: Motivation What is it like?

What is it like: Mala Iyer

Mala Iyer What is it like to be a Psychology student? Three questions for Mala Iyer (bachelor, second year). What is the most useful thing…

Laura SpringerOctober 9, 2020

Bacchus News & opinion People Spiegeloog 406: The Unknown

Bacchus: A Silver Lining

So far, this year has been everything I did not expect. I expected 2020 to be about flying cars and upgrading our brains to X-ray…

Quinty MarsSeptember 25, 2020

People Spiegeloog 406: The Unknown What is it like?

What is it like: Maxi Maier

Maxi Maier What is it like to be a Psychology student? Three questions for Maxi Maier (master : Research Methods). What is the most useful…

Milena KaprálováSeptember 11, 2020

Office Hours People Spiegeloog 406: The Unknown

Office Hours: Lotte Lebbink

For this month’s office hours, Spiegeloog talked to Lotte Lebbink, a tutorial teacher in Psychology at the UvA. She obtained both her bachelor’s and master’s…

Milena KaprálováSeptember 4, 2020

Bacchus News & opinion People Spiegeloog 405: Together

Bacchus: Driven Apart Together

In these times of strict measures to stop the spread of the coronavirus, I find it hard to determine whether people are being driven apart…

Julius DullaertJune 26, 2020

People Post-Psychologie Spiegeloog 405: Together

Post-Psychologie: Het nieuwe abnormaal

Vroeger stond ik wel eens in een drukke winkelstraat als er iemand per ongeluk tegen me opbotste. We wierpen elkaar een kleine, haast verlegen, glimlach…

Jihane ChaaraJune 24, 2020

Ask the Expert People Science Spiegeloog 405: Together

Ask the Expert: A Population Trend in Autism

Annemie Ploeger's (Developmental Psychology) question Dear Hilde, I remember a lecture (probably given by you) in which data were shown that were pretty remarkable. The…

Spiegeloog EditorsJune 17, 2020

People Spiegeloog 405: Together What is it like?

What is it like: Miriam Idris

Miriam Idris What is it like to be a Psychology student? Three questions for Miriam Idris (bachelor, second year). What’s the most useful thing you’ve…

Lydia TianJune 15, 2020

Office Hours People Spiegeloog 405: Together

Office Hours: Reinout Wiers

Reinout Wiers, a former Spiegeloog writer from his student years, is a professor of Developmental Psychopathology and heads the Addiction Development and Psychopathology (ADAPT) Lab.…

Nitya ShahJune 12, 2020

Bacchus News & opinion People Spiegeloog 404: Experience

Bacchus: Reconciling Experiences and Textbooks

Psychology has had a pretty long journey. The study of the human mind and behavior started more than two millennia ago. Greek philosophers had arguments…

Néstor Narbona ChulviMay 31, 2020

People Post-Psychologie Spiegeloog 404: Experience

Post-Psychologie: Experience

Het is april 2020 en daarmee de vierde week die Nederland grotendeels thuis doorbrengt. Voor het schrijven van deze column heb ik eens lang en…

Jihane ChaaraMay 27, 2020

Ask the Expert People Science Spiegeloog 404: Experience

Ask the Expert: Children Sharing Food

Bastiaan Rutjens’ (Social Psychology) question: Dear Annemie, I recently noticed an interesting behavior that my 16-months old daughter displays on a regular basis. She appears…

Spiegeloog EditorsMay 18, 2020

Pandēmus People Society Spiegeloog 404: Experience

Pandēmus: The Fear of Not Doing Enough

It’s Saturday night. After a long day of doing the bare minimum (watching YouTube videos of people building Sims houses, binging another Netflix show and…

Quinty MarsMay 16, 2020

People Spiegeloog 404: Experience

What is it like: Marim Lambalk

Marim Lambalk What is it like to be a Psychology student? Three questions for Marim Lambalk (bachelor, developmental psychology). What is the most useful thing that…

Lisanne van der VeldenMay 13, 2020

Office Hours People Spiegeloog 404: Experience

Office Hours: de Advieswinkel

For this month’s office hours, Spiegeloog talked to De Advieswinkel, a non-profit organisation that offers free and open-ended conversations for everyone wishing to talk or…

Julius DullaertMay 11, 2020

Bacchus News & opinion People Spiegeloog 403: Global

Bacchus: Third Culture Kids

For the longest time, I thought I would never find people who understood what it’s like knowing, living in and embodying more than one culture.…

Lydia TianMay 1, 2020

People Post-Psychologie Spiegeloog 403: Global

Post-Psychologie: Global

We zijn allemaal zulke bijzondere en unieke individuen. Sommige ervaringen lijken zelfs zo bijzonder en uniek te zijn dat ik even veronderstel dat ik misschien…

Jihane ChaaraApril 29, 2020

Ask the Expert People Science Spiegeloog 403: Global

Ask the Expert: The Recognition of Creative Ideas

Matthijs Baas' (Work and Organizational Psychology) question: Dear Bastiaan, Highly creative ideas are often rejected and ridiculed. Kodak rejected the digital camera when it was…

Spiegeloog EditorsApril 27, 2020

People Spiegeloog 403: Global

Travel blog: ‘Koselig’

While enjoying the view of a snow-covered mountain and adjusting to the strange letters on my Norwegian-installed keyboard, I cannot help but think about how…