PAUL VAN SCHAIK
Biographic Data
| ID | 6180988 |
|---|---|
| NAME | PAUL VAN SCHAIK |
| GIVEN NAMES | PAUL |
| FAMILY NAME | VAN SCHAIK |
| SIGNATURE | VAN SCHAIK P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Teesside University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5322-6554 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 16 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1970 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Moral decision-making ‘on the fly’
Over a century of research has focused on the consistency and inconsistency of human moral decision preferences. We proposed and found that moral decision preferences are flexible and shift towards newly learned moral rules when their application leads to utilitarian choices. Hence, decision-makers’ psychological concept of morality is continually under construction (on the fly); based on learning, informed by changes in moral rules and specific …
Just transitions and sociotechnical innovation in the social housing sector
Creating low-carbon pathways for domestic electricity and heating is a core aspect of the UK Government's housing strategy. Understanding issues of energy justice and the socio-technical dynamics of low-carbon innovation are vital for successfully implementing new technologies and retrofit measures across diverse communities and different housing types. The social housing sector is particularly important in the study of just domestic low-carbon t…
To what extent does time perspective predict online security behaviour
This research uniquely examines time perspective (TP) predictors of online security behaviour. Participants (N = 121) completed questionnaires assessing computer security use, security behaviour intentions, and time perspective. Stepwise multiple regression analysis revealed computer security use was positively by predicted by Future TP. Device Securement was positively predicted from Carpe Diem TP. Updating was positively predicted from a Carpe …
How false feedback influences decision‐makers' risk preferences
Recent decision‐making research provides empirical evidence that human risk preferences are constructed “on the fly” during risk elicitation, influenced by the decision‐making context and the method of risk elicitation (Kusev et al., 2020). In this article, we explore the lability of human risk preferences and argue that the most recent choices guide decision‐making. Accordingly, our novel proposal and experimental method provide a psychological …
Using behavioural insights to reduce sugar in primary school children's packed lunches in derby; A cluster randomised controlled trial
Leisure and Work, Good and Bad
Recent research suggests that psychological needs such as competence and relatedness are involved in users’ experience with technology and are related to the perception of a product's hedonic and pragmatic quality. This line of research, however, predominately focuses on positive leisure experiences, and it is unclear whether need fulfillment plays a similar role in negative experiences or in other activity domains such as work. Therefore, this s…
An Experimental Analysis of Experiential and Cognitive Variables in Web Navigation
Cognitive and experiential factors in human–computer interaction have been the focus of significant recent attention, but there is a lack of a much needed integrated approach to these issues. The current article proposes such an approach and applies this, combined with the person–task–artifact model (Finneran & Zhang, 2003), to the modeling of web navigation. In an experiment, artifact complexity and task complexity were manipulated. The effects …
A grounded theory approach to sex and relationship education in British families
A modified grounded theory approach was used to explore the factors that influence communication of sexual issues within British families. The data gathered from 20 semi-structured interviews allowed for a systematic and rigorous process to occur explaining the phenomena in order for theory to be developed. The findings revealed that the facilitators which aided communication were parents spending time with their children and children perceiving …
The Contextual Benchmark Method
Outdoor environments for people with dementia
Few studies have investigated how outdoor environments might disable people with dementia. The issue is rarely considered in planning and design guidelines and not at all in regulations, despite dementia being within the scope of disability discrimination legislation in the United Kingdom and other countries. This article reports a study that involved older people with mild to moderate dementias taking two walks, one in a real town centre and one…
Learning spaces, tasks and metrics for effective communication in Second Life within the context of programming Lego NXT MindstormsTM robots
Science education is concerned with the meaningful pursuit of comprehension, knowledge and understanding of scientific concepts and processes. In Vygotskian social‐constructivist learning, personal interpretation, decision-making and community cooperation fosters long‐term understanding and transference of learned concepts. In short, the construction of knowledge requires learners to be actively involved in the process of learning. For effective …
The Contextual Benchmark Method
Outdoor environments for people with dementia
Few studies have investigated how outdoor environments might disable people with dementia. The issue is rarely considered in planning and design guidelines and not at all in regulations, despite dementia being within the scope of disability discrimination legislation in the United Kingdom and other countries. This article reports a study that involved older people with mild to moderate dementias taking two walks, one in a real town centre and one…
Just transitions and sociotechnical innovation in the social housing sector
Creating low-carbon pathways for domestic electricity and heating is a core aspect of the UK Government's housing strategy. Understanding issues of energy justice and the socio-technical dynamics of low-carbon innovation are vital for successfully implementing new technologies and retrofit measures across diverse communities and different housing types. The social housing sector is particularly important in the study of just domestic low-carbon t…
How false feedback influences decision‐makers' risk preferences
Recent decision‐making research provides empirical evidence that human risk preferences are constructed “on the fly” during risk elicitation, influenced by the decision‐making context and the method of risk elicitation (Kusev et al., 2020). In this article, we explore the lability of human risk preferences and argue that the most recent choices guide decision‐making. Accordingly, our novel proposal and experimental method provide a psychological …
Learning spaces, tasks and metrics for effective communication in Second Life within the context of programming Lego NXT MindstormsTM robots
Science education is concerned with the meaningful pursuit of comprehension, knowledge and understanding of scientific concepts and processes. In Vygotskian social‐constructivist learning, personal interpretation, decision-making and community cooperation fosters long‐term understanding and transference of learned concepts. In short, the construction of knowledge requires learners to be actively involved in the process of learning. For effective …
Outdoor environments for people with dementia
Few studies have investigated how outdoor environments might disable people with dementia. The issue is rarely considered in planning and design guidelines and not at all in regulations, despite dementia being within the scope of disability discrimination legislation in the United Kingdom and other countries. This article reports a study that involved older people with mild to moderate dementias taking two walks, one in a real town centre and one…
The Contextual Benchmark Method
A grounded theory approach to sex and relationship education in British families
A modified grounded theory approach was used to explore the factors that influence communication of sexual issues within British families. The data gathered from 20 semi-structured interviews allowed for a systematic and rigorous process to occur explaining the phenomena in order for theory to be developed. The findings revealed that the facilitators which aided communication were parents spending time with their children and children perceiving …
An Experimental Analysis of Experiential and Cognitive Variables in Web Navigation
Cognitive and experiential factors in human–computer interaction have been the focus of significant recent attention, but there is a lack of a much needed integrated approach to these issues. The current article proposes such an approach and applies this, combined with the person–task–artifact model (Finneran & Zhang, 2003), to the modeling of web navigation. In an experiment, artifact complexity and task complexity were manipulated. The effects …
Leisure and Work, Good and Bad
Recent research suggests that psychological needs such as competence and relatedness are involved in users’ experience with technology and are related to the perception of a product's hedonic and pragmatic quality. This line of research, however, predominately focuses on positive leisure experiences, and it is unclear whether need fulfillment plays a similar role in negative experiences or in other activity domains such as work. Therefore, this s…
Using behavioural insights to reduce sugar in primary school children's packed lunches in derby; A cluster randomised controlled trial
How false feedback influences decision‐makers' risk preferences
Recent decision‐making research provides empirical evidence that human risk preferences are constructed “on the fly” during risk elicitation, influenced by the decision‐making context and the method of risk elicitation (Kusev et al., 2020). In this article, we explore the lability of human risk preferences and argue that the most recent choices guide decision‐making. Accordingly, our novel proposal and experimental method provide a psychological …
To what extent does time perspective predict online security behaviour
This research uniquely examines time perspective (TP) predictors of online security behaviour. Participants (N = 121) completed questionnaires assessing computer security use, security behaviour intentions, and time perspective. Stepwise multiple regression analysis revealed computer security use was positively by predicted by Future TP. Device Securement was positively predicted from Carpe Diem TP. Updating was positively predicted from a Carpe …
Just transitions and sociotechnical innovation in the social housing sector
Creating low-carbon pathways for domestic electricity and heating is a core aspect of the UK Government's housing strategy. Understanding issues of energy justice and the socio-technical dynamics of low-carbon innovation are vital for successfully implementing new technologies and retrofit measures across diverse communities and different housing types. The social housing sector is particularly important in the study of just domestic low-carbon t…
Moral decision-making ‘on the fly’
Over a century of research has focused on the consistency and inconsistency of human moral decision preferences. We proposed and found that moral decision preferences are flexible and shift towards newly learned moral rules when their application leads to utilitarian choices. Hence, decision-makers’ psychological concept of morality is continually under construction (on the fly); based on learning, informed by changes in moral rules and specific …
Psychology (9 works) · Computer Science (8 works) · Artificial Intelligence (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Business (3 works) · Economics (3 works) · Human–computer interaction (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Behavioral Health and Interventions (2 works)