The current review evaluates the status hypothesis, which states that that the desire for
status is a fundamental motive. Status is defined as the respect, admiration, and voluntary …

Psychologists have posited two types of motivation theories. Dualistic theories divide
motivation into two types: intrinsic and extrinsic. Multifaceted theories, in contrast, recognize …

This paper introduces a design-focused typology of psychological human needs that
includes 13 fundamental needs and 52 sub-needs (four for each fundamental need). The …

In his book" In the blink of an eye" Walter Murch, the Oscar-awarded editor of The English
Patient, Apocalypse Now, and many other outstanding movies, devises the Rule of Six--six …

Subsumed under the umbrella of User Experience (UX), practitioners and academics of
Human–Computer Interaction look for ways to broaden their understanding of what …

Die Herausforderung: Mitarbeiter verbringen zwischen einem Drittel und der Hälfte ihrer
Arbeitszeit unproduktiv. Nur bei ca. 15% von ihnen gibt es entsprechende Maßnahmen, um …

The number of nonreligious people has increased dramatically over the past several
decades, yet scholarship on the nonreligious is severely lacking. In response to this critical …

It would give us some comfort if we could only forget a past that we cannot change. If we
could only choose to forget the cruelest moments, we could, as time goes on, free ourselves …

proposed that certain motives, such as curiosity, autonomy, and play (called intrinsic
motives, or IMs), have common characteristics that distinguish them from drives. The …

Anxiety sensitivity (AS) is the fear of anxiety sensations which arises from beliefs that these
sensations have harmful somatic, social, or psychological consequences. Over the past …