Editorial - February 2008

On the media examination of the mental health of political figures

Wouldn’t it be great if we could identify and help people at risk of serious mental health problems before the onset of illness? In fact the British Medical Journal has reported on President George W Bush’s proposal to screen the American population for mental illness (Lenzer, 2004). (more...)

 

Editorial - August 2007

Implicit organizational behavior: What employees aren’t aware of may be important!

Have you ever lacked an explanation for why you thought or did something? Compelling findings from research conducted by social-cognitive psychologists suggests that human attitudes and behaviors sometimes occur implicitly. That is, they occur outside people’s awareness and control. For example, seeing an elderly person automatically elicits stereotypic attitudes (e.g., forgetfulness) and behaviors (e.g., slower motor movements) associated with old age (Bargh, Chen, & Burrows, 1996). (more...)

 

Editorial - May 2007

Taking the Pulse of Global Psychology

One of the first assumptions any reader might have when first visiting the EJOP web-page is that of finding a journal focused on European psychological research. Since our first numbers we took pride in promoting European authors and in launching a special column, “Europe’s ImPulse”, dedicated to studies concerning the European Union or articles presenting mainly European psychological events. At the same time Europe’s Journal of Psychology has presented itself as a journal that is opened for both psychologists and psychology students worldwide, a journal that has an international Scientific Committee and Editorial Board formed by renowned professionals and researchers. (more...)

 

Editorial - February 2007

Ethics and Psychology

The psychologists are talking every day about diversity and universality in psychology. Is diversity a hindrance or an element which helps the development of psychology? But what is, in fact, the ideal of psychology? Psychology is a science who proposes to discover the entire human diversity and to integrate this diversity into its own methods. But for this, there must be founded the causes of these differences between human beings. And these causes derive not only from the differences between the singular identity of each human being, from the professional or social identity, but also from the cultural identity. (more...)

 

Editorial - November 2006

Second Anniversary

“The difficult things of this world must once have been easy; the great things of this world must once have been small. Set about difficult things while they are still easy; do great things while they are still small. The Sage never affects to do anything great, and therefore he is able to achieve his great results.” (The Sayings of Lao-Tzu, Lionel Giles translation [1905], Miscellaneous sayings and precepts) (more...)

 

Editorial - August 2006

The Power of Diversity

I remember one of my lecturers telling me a few years ago that psychology is different from sciences such as physics. Not just because of the ‘is psychology a science?’ debate. But more importantly, because the field of psychology is so diverse that psychologists working in different fields simply cannot properly understand one another. (more...)

 

Editorial - May 2006

Electronic publishing: The future is here

So, you’ve completed your research, you’ve written up your article and now you’re ready to submit it to a peer review journal. You send your manuscript to the editor of the journal, the editor forwards your manuscript for review to other scientists in your field, and, based on the feedback from reviewers, he/she decides whether your work will be published or not. (more...)

 

Editorial - May 2006

WWU Researcher Explores 'Trust' in Internet Consumerism

Drew Weidenbacher at (360) 393-9266 or dweidenbacher@qwest.net; George Cvetkovich, (360) 650-3544, or George.Cvetkovich@wwu.edu May 23, 2006 BELLINGHAM – Using his own experience on Wall Street along with mentoring by one of the nation's leading experts on "trust," Western Washington University... (more...)

 

Editorial - February 2006

Looking forward to the future at first anniversary

There is a passage in one of Coelhio’s books which says: “That which happens once, will happen again for sure…”. We do hope that this would also be true for EJOP. We have already made one year of constant publishing to happen and we wish this to be only the beginning of a long success story. Looking back on our activity, we can find plenty of reasons to rejoice, but also many occasions to envisage ways to embetter what at first looked like an almost impossible project. 2005 was a prolific year for our small team of editors from Bucharest. In February we launched Europe’s Journal of Psychology in the city of contrasts, formerly known in the interwar period as “The Little Paris”. (more...)

 

Editorial - February 2006

The Rise of Ethics Fundamentalism in the UK: A Warning to Europe

"Research is unethical if it is without scientific merit... student projects do not usually have this potential” (Doyal 2004, section 4.1). The above quote sounds as if it has come straight from Heller’s Catch 22, but is in fact from the official draft proposal for guidelines on the regulation of student projects in Britain. You have just entered the crazy world of medical ethics in the UK. If you think this doesn’t apply to you because you are a cognitive psychologist & don’t intend to set foot in a hospital until you are ill, you might be shocked. And if you should find yourself ever daring approach a hospital patient, hospital staff, or even setting foot on hospital grounds with a questionnaire, read on and pay close attention. (more...)

 

Editorial - November 2005

Bravery, Courage, and Honour

These characteristics are embedded in the Maltese Cross, a symbol worn by fire-fighters, specifically in the United States. Fire-fighters hold a particular status and earn respect because they demonstrate these characteristics each day protecting the community. In some places these men and women are under attack. (more...)