Spiegeloog 421: Reflections Archives

Bacchus News & opinion Spiegeloog 421: Reflections

Bacchus: Friendship Makeovers

Anushka, one of our editors in chief, recommended an APA podcast on friendships. In the podcast, we learn that friendships come about when people engage…

Laura SpringerNovember 11, 2022

Ask the Expert People Spiegeloog 421: Reflections

Ask the Expert: What are the Benefits of Diversity?

David Amodio (Social Psychology) Astrid Homan (Work & Organisational Psychology) David Amodio's (Social Psychology) question: Dear Astrid, In recent years, the lack of diversity in…

Spiegeloog EditorsNovember 7, 2022

Society Spiegeloog 421: Reflections

Out of Sight, Out of Mind?

Punishing someone who has done something wrong seems natural in a just society. We cannot allow that person to continue to cause damages for the…

Christine LastovkaNovember 4, 2022

Ivory Tower People Spiegeloog 421: Reflections

Ivory Tower: Reflective Measurement

When we assess psychological attributes, like depression, intelligence, or attitudes, we commonly use sets of items that “measure” the construct in question. A sizable literature…

Denny BorsboomNovember 3, 2022

Art Affairs Culture Spiegeloog 421: Reflections

Art Affairs: Feel Enveloped in the Hug of a Swan

Nhu Hua Xuan. I'm home late, don't you care where I've been? Extract from the series 'Honey Baby', 2020. Nhu Xuan Hua, French-Vietnamese artist, features…

Anushka SabhanamNovember 2, 2022

Camera Obscura Culture Spiegeloog 421: Reflections

Camera Obscura: Inside Out

‘Do you ever look at someone and wonder what is going on inside their head?’ Pixar’s Inside Out follows the life of Riley, an 11-year-old…

Evita EgertNovember 1, 2022

Society Spiegeloog 421: Reflections

Trusting Science Doesn’t Make You Less of a Critical Thinker

Most of us trust science in one way or the other. We follow our doctor’s advice or agree with the school’s methods of teaching us…

Magda MatetoviciOctober 31, 2022

Society Spiegeloog 421: Reflections

What Your Sense of Fashion Says about You-…r Society?

Mirror mirror on the wall, what should I wear to impress them all? Clothes are often hypothesised to be a form of communication and self-expression,…

Anika KorobkovOctober 28, 2022

Office Hours Spiegeloog 421: Reflections

Office Hours: Dylan Molenaar

Dylan Molenaar is an assistant professor in the Psychological Methods department. He did his bachelor’s, research master’s, PhD, and Postdoc1 in Psychology at the UvA.…

Laura SpringerOctober 26, 2022

Society Spiegeloog 421: Reflections

Ikigai: Happiness to be Alive

How do you fill the existential void? When our lives are purely experiences, you start to wonder, what is the point of it all? The…

Sara Fontecha MorganOctober 25, 2022

News & opinion Spiegeloog 421: Reflections

Can You Platonically Fall in Love with Someone?

Is falling in love with someone only possible in romantic love? By reflecting on the relationship with my best friend I try to understand where…

Vadim MartschenkoOctober 21, 2022

Athena Spiegeloog 421: Reflections

Athena: We Make Our Choices Based on Free Will, Right?

Imagine you come out of a store in which you just bought yourself a book. If I would ask you who chose the book you…

Anne Sophie GiacobelloOctober 19, 2022

Culture Spiegeloog 421: Reflections

Dear Diary,

It often feels like each time I visit my extended family in India, something has inevitably changed since the previous trip: cousins growing taller than…

Avanti VijayOctober 17, 2022

Spiegeloog 421: Reflections

Spiegeloog: A Short History

Leave the past behind and look forward. According to social media, that is what we would most like to do. But once in a while,…

Quinty MarsOctober 14, 2022

Spiegeloog 421: Reflections Words to Start

Words to Start: Mirror by Sylvia Plath

I am silver and exact. I have no preconceptions. Whatever I see I swallow immediately Just as it is, unmisted by love or dislike. I…

Anushka SabhanamOctober 12, 2022

Spiegeloog 421: Reflections

Spiegeloog 421: ‘Reflections’ – Editorial

Dear readers, One month has already flown by as we settle into the new academic year. We have had a wonderful time putting together the…

Anushka Sabhanam and Evita EgertOctober 11, 2022