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  • Hydrogen

    Hydrogen is the chemical element with the symbol H and atomic number 1. It is the lightest and most abundant element in the universe, making up about 75% of its elemental mass. Hydrogen is a colorless, odorless, and highly flammable gas at standard temperature and pressure. Key Characteristics of Hydrogen: Atomic Structure: Hydrogen consists of…

  • Dmitri Mendeleev

    Dmitri Mendeleev (1834-1907) was a Russian chemist and inventor who is best known for his development of the periodic table of elements. He is considered one of the most influential scientists in the field of chemistry and made significant contributions to our understanding of the elements and their organization. Key Contributions and Achievements of Dmitri…

  • Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

    Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646-1716) was a German philosopher, mathematician, and polymath who made significant contributions to various fields, including mathematics, philosophy, logic, and metaphysics. He is recognized as one of the most important intellectuals of the 17th century and is often regarded as a counterpart to Isaac Newton in the development of calculus. Key Contributions…

  • Isaac Newton

    Isaac Newton (1643-1727) was an English physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and natural philosopher who is widely recognized as one of the most influential scientists in history. His groundbreaking contributions to physics and mathematics laid the foundation for modern science and revolutionized our understanding of the natural world. Key Contributions and Achievements of Isaac Newton: Laws of…

  • The confidence/significance level implies a certain cost ratio between type I error and type II error: For a stronger focus on decision theory in psychological assessment

    Psychological assessment often requires concrete decisions, e.g. whether a person is “below the norm” in some psychological domain. It is still common that practitioners directly compare the test score with some theoretical norm value (e.g., one standard deviation below the mean). In a literature review, we show that all German textbooks on Psychological Assessment recommend…

  • Critical psychologies and climate change

    This article is a review of recent contributions in critical psychology, and its close cousins, critical social psychology, critical community psychology and liberation psychology, to understandings of the human response to climate change. It contrasts critical psychology with mainstream psychology in general terms, before introducing a critical psychological perspective on climate change. Central to this…

  • Beyond a Dream: The Practical Foundations of Disconnected Psychology

    Disconnected psychology is a form of psychological science in which researchers ground their work upon the main principles of psychological methods but are detached from a “field” consisting of other psychologists that comprise connected psychology. It has previously been proposed that combining the two forms of psychology would result in the most significant advancement of…

  • Scientific replication in the study of social animals

    This chapter is written to help undergraduate students better understand the role of replication in psychology and how it applies to the study of social behavior. We briefly review various replication initiatives in psychology and the events that preceded our renewed focus on replication. We then discuss challenges in interpreting the low rate of replication…

  • An Inclusive Existential Positive Psychology: A Commentary

    This is a commentary to dr. Paul T.P. Wong’s article Existential Positive Psychology (PP 2.0) and global wellbeing: Why it is Necessary During the Age of COVID-19, published in the International Journal of Existential Positive Psychology. Publication can be found at https://www.meaning.ca/ijepp-article/vol10-no1/an-inclusive-existential-positive-psychology-a-commentary/ Jans-Beken, L. (2021, February 14). An Inclusive Existential Positive Psychology: A Commentary. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/np7wm

  • Handbook of Positive Psychology, Religion, and Spirituality

    This handbook aims to bridge the gap between the fields of positive psychology and the psychology of religion and spirituality. It is the authoritative guide to the intersections among religion, spirituality, and positive psychology and includes the following sections: (1) historical and theoretical considerations, (2) methodological considerations, (3) cultural considerations, (4) developmental considerations, (5) empirical…

  • Book Review: Filsafat Manusia Untuk Psikologi (Human Philosophy For Psychology)

    The book focuses on developing human philosophical perspectives in psychology which analyzed and reflected on scientific references related to philosophy, human philosophy, and Indonesian psychology development based on Indonesian human philosophy. This book is intended for anyone from any circle who wants to study human philosophy from a psychological perspective, designed for the psychology and…

  • “Oh, the Places You Can Go” Gen Z Psychology Students’ Perceived Career Options and Interests

    Brian Collisson, Brian E. Eck Background: Career options available to psychology graduates are often underestimated despite psychology being a marketable and versatile degree with hundreds of career options. Objective: This article identifies which career options students perceive as available to psychology graduates and assesses student interest in psychology-related careers. Method: In Study 1, 12 focus…