Socio-Psychological Research On College Environments

Socio-Technical Influences on Virtual Research Environments

A number of socio-technical aspects that influence interorganizational research collaboration are embedded in local work contexts. Thus, they should be a main concern for the design of virtual research environments. A review of forty papers from different research fields provided an understanding of the influence of eleven socio-technical aspects grouped according to the following categories: n...

Socio-psychological simulation

Psychological research on retirement.

Retirement as a research topic has become increasingly prominent in the psychology literature. This article provides a review of both theoretical development and empirical findings in this literature in the past two decades. We first discuss psychological conceptualizations of retirement and empirical operationalizations of retirement status. We then review three psychological models for unders...

On Psychological Aspects of Learning Environments Design

Psycho-pedagogical theories provide a valuable input for learning. Our goal is to identify requirements for learning environments, conceptually evaluate them, and integrate them into a psycho-pedagogically sound framework as a basis for the development of a highly responsive open learning platform. In this paper we first describe how personal learning processes are conceptualized in our Psycho-...

Psychological Research on Disaster Response

Dr. Weiss has asked that we develop one-or twopage vignettes or case studies explaining specific areas of psychological research that pertain to various aspects of disaster preparedness and recovery. These need to be written for the non-psychologists and they should explain why this research may help inform policy. These vignettes should also provide a summary of data and a brief history of the...