Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU) • Psychologie

Lecture notes from Ontwikkelingspsychologie en Psychopathologie (P_BOWPPSY) at VU Amsterdam covering major depressive disorder and personality disorders. The document covers depression diagnosis criteria, epidemiology, risk factors, subtypes, differential diagnosis, and treatment frameworks, plus personality disorder classifications including OCPD vs. OCD distinctions. Essential study material for understanding mood disorders and personality pathology as taught in the developmental psychopatholo...

Lecture notes from Biological and Cognitive Psychology (P_BBIOCOG) at VU Amsterdam covering memory cognition. Topics include encoding, maintenance and retrieval processes, short-term vs. long-term memory, explicit and implicit memory systems, memory testing methods (free recall, recognition, word completion), encoding specificity, context-dependent memory, familiarity, the word superiority effect, and understanding texts through situation models and inferences. These notes provide a clear breakd...

Lecture notes from Biological and Cognitive Psychology (P_BBIOCOG) at VU Amsterdam covering the foundational theories and experiments that shaped modern psychology. The document covers key topics including Wilhelm Wundt's experimental psychology, behaviorism (Pavlov, Watson, Skinner), the cognitive revolution (Chomsky, Tolman), attention models (Broadbent), and perception including the inverse projection problem, object constancy, and multisensory integration. These notes are essential for un...

Tutorial preparation and notes for Arbeids- en Organisatiepsychologie (P_BARORPS) at VU Amsterdam, covering fundamental concepts in work and organizational psychology research methods. Topics include experimental vs. quasi-experimental vs. non-experimental designs, correlation and causation, validity and reliability, moderators and mediators, individual differences in work performance, multiple team membership, and the Job Demands-Resources model. These structured notes synthesize key learning m...

Lecture notes from Arbeids- en Organisatiepsychologie (P_BARORPS) at VU Amsterdam covering fairness, justice, and diversity in organizational settings. The document covers distributive, procedural, and interactional justice; diversity dynamics in work groups; managing diversity effectively; and multiple team membership consequences through social capital and role theory. Essential for understanding key organizational psychology concepts and ideal for exam preparation or assignments on workplace ...

Lecture notes from College 1 of Arbeids- en Organisatiepsychologie (P_BARORPS) at VU Amsterdam, covering the historical foundations and core theories of work and organizational psychology. Topics include classical theorists (Marx, Taylor), the Hawthorne Studies, motivation theory, human relations movement, workplace stress management, and violence at work including frustration-aggression and justice hypotheses. Essential study material that synthesizes key historical developments and contemporar...

Lecture notes from the course Samenspel van Genen en Omgeving (P_BSAGEOM) at VU Amsterdam covering Mendel's laws of inheritance and their exceptions. Topics include dominant and recessive alleles, Punnett squares, single-gene disorders (Huntington's disease, PKU, Scurvy), genetic linkage, and polygenic prediction methods. Essential study material for understanding classical and molecular genetics, with practical examples and ethical considerations in genetic research.

This is a research paper from the Meten en Diagnostiek 2 course at VU Amsterdam investigating the relationship between body attitude and loneliness among women, moderated by dating app usage. The study employs quantitative methods including self-report questionnaires (Body Attitude Test, UCLA Loneliness Scale) and ANCOVA analysis on 40 female participants, with findings on how body image and dating app use influence social isolation. This document is valuable for understanding empirical research...

Lecture notes from Psychofarmacologie (P_BPSYFAR) at VU Amsterdam covering the fundamentals of psychopharmacology. Topics include drug classification systems (ATC vs NbN nomenclature), psychotropic drug classes (antipsychotics, antidepressants, anxiolytics, mood stabilizers), and specific substances like alcohol and nicotine with their mechanisms of action and clinical effects. Essential reference material for understanding drug interactions with physiological processes and preparing for course ...

Lecture notes from Neuropsychologie van de Veroudering (P_BNPSOUD) at VU Amsterdam covering the introduction to why ageing is relevant for study. The document explores lifespan developmental perspectives, theoretical approaches to cognitive ageing (information-processing, biological, and integrative models), societal demographics of population ageing, and age-related intellectual impairment including dementia. These notes provide a solid foundation for understanding the course framework and are ...