Big 5 Theory of Personality
Big 5 theory of personality is one of the widely popular personality theories. It serves as an integrated system and represents personality description. Moreover, doing so in a common framework instead
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What is Stroop Effect Experiment ?
Introduction Of Stroop Effect Experiment The ‘Stroop Effect’ was named after John Ridley Stroop who discovered this occurrence in the 1930s. Stroop created three classic experimental research theories, while conducting
What is Attention? It’s Definitions, History, Process, Types, etc
May I have your Attention please!!! A large number of stimuli hit upon our sense organs simultaneously, but we do not notice all of them at the same time. Only
Fiedler’s Contingency Leadership Theory
Contingency/ Situational Theories- Sometimes the success of a leader does not depend upon the qualities, traits and behaviour of a leader alone. The context in which a leader exhibits her/his
History of leadership
A. The Iowa Leadership Studies by Kurt Lewin (University of Iowa,1930) A series of pioneering leadership studies by Ronald Lippitt and Ralph K. White under Lewin Kurt Lewin is recognized
Definitions of Leadership
Meaning of Leadership leadership is the art of motivating a group of people to act towards achieving a common goal. In business, leadership is linked to performance. Leadership is a
General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB) and Its 9 Important Sub-Tests
What is Aptitude Assessment? Suppose that two persons of equal intelligence have the same opportunities to learn a job or develop a skill. They attend the same on-the-job training or
What is Competency Mapping? Methods of Competency Mapping
To study Competency Mapping, we need to understand what is Competency? The basic meaning of competency is as follows- What is Competency? The ability to do something successfully or efficiently.
What is Self Efficacy Theory?
Cambridge Dictionary meaning of .self’ is ‘the set of someone’s characteristics, such as personality and ability, that are not physical and make that person different from other people.’ Meaning of ‘efficacy’ is the ability to achieve something or produce
Research Methods to study Cognitive Psychology
Following are the best Methods to study cognitive psychology. Naturalistic Observation Introspection or Self Report Experiments or Laboratory/ Controlled Observation Quasi-Experiments Neuropsychological tools Let’s see Methods to study cognitive psychology
Fascinating History of Cognitive Psychology!
Why we need to study History of Cognitive Psychology? Two things- First, there are various schools of psychology like Structuralism, Functionalism, Psychoanalysis, Behaviorism etc, still this school of psychology emerge
Introduction of Cognitive Psychology
Introduction of Cognitive psychology Cognitive psychology is the branch of psychology. Moreover, it studies mental processes including how people think, perceive, remember and learn. However, as part of the larger