RUNNING HEAD: UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX The Apollo Group‚ Inc. (University of Phoenix) Case Study #45 JacQueline E. Smalls Capella University Table of Contents Abstract……………………………………………..…..……………..……………………Page 3 Planning Strategically for Domestic and Global Environments……..………….………….Page 5 Strengths‚ Weaknesses‚ Opportunities‚ and Threats…..…..………….………………..……Page 7 Solving Problems……………………………………..………..………….……………..….Page 8 Creating Value………………………………………………..………………..……………Page 9
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Cognitive Psychology Margaret Dollarhide PSY/360 August 16‚ 2013 Ida Fogle Cognitive Psychology Psychology is a wide world. In this paper we will discuss only one area of psychology‚ cognitive psychology. Students will learn what cognitive psychology is and how it affects a person. It will discuss the four key milestones in the development of cognitive psychology as a discipline and the importance of behavioral observation in cognitive psychology. According to Dr. Lawrence W. Smith‚ “Psychology
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Motivational Strategies and Productivity Cynthia Henry PSY 320 June 4‚ 2012 Sandra Branton‚ EdD Motivational Strategies and Productivity Introduction Recent research by Gallup and Harris Interactive polling shows that ninety percent of managers are either disengaged or distracted from key priorities and only ten percent are focused on what matters most to their organizations. More discouraging are the findings regarding employees. Poll results showed that only twenty nine percent of all
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Foundations of Psychology Cristina de l’Aigle-Barnett PSY 300 – General Psychology October 27‚ 2014 Berish Lindsay-Strother Foundations of Psychology Psychology is the process of understanding ones mental processes such as how and why one thinks‚ feels‚ and behaves the way they do. Psychology is the process by which the scientific method is used to better understand and test these processes (Allport‚ 1985). Psychology was established as a means to blends these two differing schools of thought into
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Cognitive Psychology Kathryn Hardcastle PSY/360 Matthew Pearcy Cognitive Psychology Cognitive psychology is the branch of psychology that studies mental processes including how people think‚ perceive‚ remember‚ and learn (Cherry‚ n.d.). This is a fairly new branch of psychology; however it has started to become one of the more popular subfields. In 1879 Wilhelm Wundt converted a laboratory into the first institute for research in experimental psychology (Galotti‚ 2014). Some of the
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Human motivational theories propounded by Maslow‚ Herzberg ‚ McClelland and Vroom Motivation is a term that refers to a process that controls‚ and sustains certain behaviours. For instance: An individual has not eaten‚ he or she feels hungry‚ and as a response he or she eats and decreases feelings of hunger. According to various theories‚ motivation may be rooted in a basic need to minimize physical pain and maximize pleasure‚ or it may include specific needs such as eating and resting‚ or a desired
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The Psychology of Human Misjudgment by Charles T. Munger Selections from three of Charlie Munger’s talks‚ combined into one talk never made‚ after revisions by Charlie in 2005 that included considerable new material. The three talks were: (1) The Bray Lecture at the Caltech Faculty Club‚ February 2‚ 1992; (2) Talk under the Sponsorship of the Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies at the Harvard Faculty Club‚ October 6‚ 1994; and the extensive revision by Charlie in 2005‚ made from memory unassisted
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Running head: MOTIVATIONAL PLAN Motivational Plan Essay Douglas C. Soles Grand Canyon University: EDA 575 January 12‚ 2011 There are five basic theories of motivation. 1) Self-determination theory states that people have three basic needs. 2) Attribution theory wants to know why things happen. 3) Expectancy-value theory is interested in a person’s beliefs about abilities. 4) Social cognitive theory states that human behavior comes from their attributes. 5) Goal orientation theory
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Human Growth and Development Name: Institution Affiliation: Human Growth and Development Introduction According to Jean Piaget’s theory of Cognitive Development children’s cognitive development formal operations is established at the cognitive development stage of about age 12 to 15 years. This is reflected in the child’s ability to reason adolescence hypothetically and independently on concrete states of affairs‚ with the structures represented by the logical combination systems. The rates
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RUNNING HEAD: Impacts of Human Behavior on the Environment 1 Impacts of Human Behavior on the Environment Psy 460 Impacts of Human Behavior on the Environment 2 Environmental psychology is the study of the link between human behavior‚ the direct impact on the environment‚ and the psychology of humans. The physical or manmade environment such as building houses or workplaces‚ and natural environments
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