College Papers

I am frequently writing papers for college – and from time to time for extra-curricular projects -, so I thought I should make them public here, too. These essays are published under the same Creative Commons license as everything else on this page, even though I would not advise you to make use of that for your own college papers (this does not count for the papers co-authored with others). Order by field (not course/track): #

Communication #

Magic Bullets? Television Violence and Aggression in Children (A) #

Privacy, Free Speech, and Freedom of the Press: Challenges for Media Policy (A) #

ICT for Development #

“Mobiles Make the Market Now”: How Mobile Phone Technology Makes Markets In Developing Countries More Efficient (A) #

Information, Communication, and Power: Mobile Phones as a Tool for the Empowerment of Women in Sub-Saharan Africa (A+) #

Mathematics #

Periodic Cycle Length in the Sine Circle Map (with F. Brugués, E. Langhout, & I. Pişcã) (A+) #

Psychology #

Machiavellian Intelligence and Socio-Economic Status as Predictors of Political Preference (with A. Berendsen, M. Kaistra, & L. Snoek) (A+) #

Costly Punishment as a Decision-Making Problem: Evidence from Economic Experiments (A+) #

Looking at Linda: Is the Conjunction Fallacy Really a Fallacy? (with A. Berendsen & J. van Amersfoort) (A) #

Is Free Culture Viable? An Answer From Evolutionary Psychology. (A+) #

Investigating the effects of altered colour perception on mood (with J. van Amersfoort, S. Balvert, M. Härter, & F. Liu) (A) #

Tragic Evolution? An Evolutionary Psychology Examination of the ‘Tragedy of the Commons’ (A+) #

Who is Only About That Thing? Assessing Gender Differences in Promiscuity (with A. K. Huestis & Y. Al Salman) (A-) #

What Causes Schizophrenia? (With A. Kirov & T. Lampinen) (A+) #

Robotics #

Fast, Cheap, and Self-organized: How the Study of Social Insects Inspires Collective Robotics (A+) #

I am frequently writing papers for college - and from time to time for extra-curricular projects -, so I thought I should make them public here, too. These essays are published under the same Creative Commons license as everything else on this page, even though I would not advise you to make use of that for your own college papers (this does not count for the papers co-authored with others). Order by field (not course/track): Communication Magic Bullets? Television Violence and Aggression in Children (A) Privacy, Free Speech, and Freedom of the Press: Challenges for Media Policy (A) ICT for Development "Mobiles Make the Market Now": How Mobile Phone Technology Makes Markets In Developing Countries More Efficient (A) Information, Communication, and Power: Mobile Phones as a Tool for the Empowerment of Women in Sub-Saharan Africa (A+) Mathematics Periodic Cycle Length in the Sine Circle Map (with F. Brugués, E. Langhout, & I. Pişcã) (A+) Psychology Machiavellian Intelligence and Socio-Economic Status as Predictors of Political Preference (with A. Berendsen, M. Kaistra, & L. Snoek) (A+) Costly Punishment as a Decision-Making Problem: Evidence from Economic Experiments (A+) Looking at Linda: Is the Conjunction Fallacy Really a Fallacy? (with A. Berendsen & J. van Amersfoort) (A) Is Free Culture Viable? An Answer From Evolutionary Psychology. (A+) Investigating the effects of altered colour perception on mood (with J. van Amersfoort, S. Balvert, M. Härter, & F. Liu) (A) Tragic Evolution? An Evolutionary Psychology Examination of the 'Tragedy of the Commons' (A+) Who is Only About That Thing? Assessing Gender Differences in Promiscuity (with A. K. Huestis & Y. Al Salman) (A-) What Causes Schizophrenia? (With A. Kirov & T. Lampinen) (A+) Robotics Fast, Cheap, and Self-organized: How the Study of Social Insects Inspires Collective Robotics (A+)