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    Behaviors vs. Attitudes

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    Behaviors vs. Attitudes In this corner‚ we have Attitudes - defined by dictionary.com as a “manner‚ disposition‚ feeling‚ position‚ etc.‚ with regard to a person or thing; tendency or orientation‚ especially of the mind: a negative attitude; group attitudes.” The crowd is cheering for attitude. In the opposite corner‚ we have Behaviors - defined as an “action or reaction that occurs in response to an event or internal stimuli.” The cheers from the crowd lead me to believe they like behavior

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    The term ‘attitude’ has been referred to as social psychology’s most indispensable concept‚ and the study of attitudes has dominated social psychology since the 1920s (Allport‚ 1935‚ p. 798; McGuire‚ 1986). In the early 19th century‚ attitude research was considered to be of such fundamental importance to social psychology that both were thought to be one and the same‚ and each to be the definition of the other (Watson‚ 1930; Hogg & Vaughan‚ 2011‚ p. 148). While social psychologists’ interest in

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    September 2013 Social Control Theory vs. Self-Control Theory According to the idea of control theories‚ an individual who has for some reason or another cut ties with the “conventional order” so that he or she is now free to commit any criminal or deviant acts (Cullen & Agnew‚ 2011 P216). Travis Hirschi‚ in 1969‚ created the Social Bond Theory of crime‚ aka Social Control theory; two decades later he joined Michael Gottfredson to create the Self-Control Theory. It seems that‚ over time‚ Hirschi’s

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    fact that there was a discrepancy of how Darwin approached the scientific method in his experiments and published literatures‚ Francisco Ayala discussed the importance of a hypothesis. Inductionist cannons‚ such as Francis Bacon and John Stuart Mill‚ used observations without any predispositions to create a general statement‚ which influenced Darwin to perceive that his observations were used to contribute to his theory of natural selection rather than to have his theory affect the way he accumulated

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    Motivation

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    Motiv Emot DOI 10.1007/s11031-012-9336-z ORIGINAL PAPER Self-determination at work: Understanding the role of leader-member exchange Laura M. Graves • Margaret M. Luciano Ó Springer Science+Business Media New York 2012 Abstract Integrating self-determination theory (SDT) and leader-member exchange (LMX) theory‚ we explore the role of the leader in facilitating employee self-determination. We test a model of the linkages between employees’ leadermember exchanges‚ psychological need satisfaction

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    employees a direction in which they should go and management has a tool to use to see if they are moving in the direction the company wants to go. For each employee there are different theories that we can be applied to Maritza‚ Lisa and Gail. The theory to apply to Maritza is goal setting. Goal Setting is a “theory that says that specific and difficult goals‚ with feedback‚ lead to higher performance (Robbins & Judge‚ 2011‚ pg 215). Maritza is the employee that requires goal to be set and measured

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    Before coming to the main topic‚ we must be clear about the term “Attitude”‚ what the term means. ATTITUDE: “An attitude is a hypothetical construct that represents an individual’s degree of like or dislike for an item”. Attitudes are generally positive or negative views of a person‚ place‚ thing‚ or event-- this is often referred to as the attitude object. People can also be conflicted or ambivalent toward an object‚ meaning that they simultaneously possess both positive and negative attitudes

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    Mgt 311 motivation plan

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    characteristics. Indicate how you would leverage their employee evaluations to motivate each of the three employees. Describe one or more of the motivational theories and explain how the theories connect to each of your selected motivational strategies. Team Member Name Summary of Individual Characteristics Motivational Strategy and Action Plan Relevant Theory Rosana Roans is satisfied with her job and actively engaged. Rosana is content‚ moderately intense‚ and extremely intelligent with deliberate

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    PSY 301 Week 2 DQ1

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    This document of PSY 301 Week 2 Discussion Question 1 Attitude and Behavior includes: Reflect on the relationship between personal attitudes and resulting behaviors‚ using the Theory of Planned Behavior‚ Cognitive Dissonance Theory‚ and Self-Perception Theory as your references. If someone has a negative attitude toward a particular individual or group‚ for example‚ what are the potential implications of their behavior toward that individual or group? How do implicit and explicit attitudes differ

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    Motivational Action Plan

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    would leverage their employee evaluations to motivate each of the three employees. Describe one or more of the motivational theories and explain how the theories connect to each of your selected motivational strategies. |Team Member Name |Summary of Individual Characteristics |Motivational Strategy and Action Plan |Relevant Theory | | |Personal (gets along with the other employees). |

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