Locus of Control
Locus of control is the degree to which an individual believes that his or her behavior has direct impact on the consequences of that behavior....
Foundations of Human Skills
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Personality Formation
The personality formation of an individual starts at birth and continues throughout his life. Three major types of factors play important roles in personality formation,...
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Definition of Personality
Personality is a complex, multi-dimensional construct and there is no simple definition of what personality is. Maddi defines personality as, “A stable set of characteristics...
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Operant Conditioning of Learning Theory
An operant is defined as a behavior that produces effects. Operant conditioning, basically a product of Skinnerian psychology, suggests that individuals emit responses that are...
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Classical Conditioning of Learning Theory
The work of the famous Russian physiologist Ivan Pavlov demonstrated the classical conditioning process. When Pavlov presented a piece of meat to the dog in...
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Learning Theory and Organizational Behavior
The relevance of the learning theories for explaining and predicting of organizational behavior is marginal. This does not mean that learning theories are totally irrelevant....
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Observational and Cognitive learning
Observational learning results from watching the behavior of another person and appraising the consequences of that behavior. It does not require an overt response. When...
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Components of Learning Process
The components of learning process are: drive, cue stimuli, response, reinforcement and retention. Drive Learning frequently occurs in the presence of drive – any strong...
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Definition of Learning
Learning is an important psychological process that-determines human behavior. Learning can be defined as “relatively permanent change in behavior that occurs as a result of...
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Employee Impression Management Strategies
There are two basic strategies of impression management that employees can use. If employees are trying to minimize responsibility for some negative event or to...
