What is Conflict? Interpersonal conflict: the process that occurs when one person, group, or organizational subunit frustrates the goal attainment of another. Causes of Organizational Conflict? Group Identification and Intergroup Bias Intergroup bias occurs because of self-esteem. Identifying with the successes of one’s own group and disassociating oneself from outgroup failures boosts self-esteem and provides Full Article…
Introduction to Psychology
Hey everyone who is in introduction to psychology, here are the notes that will help you succeed!
Sexual Behavior
This post examines the behavioural characteristics that accompany sex traits, genes, and the relationship of hormonal activity on sexual behavior.
Organizational Strategies with Power (Part 2)
This post examines the architecture of organizational power, the hierarchies, and the consequences of such organizational bureaucracy.
Psychology of the Individual
To Allport, the most important structures of personality are those that permit description of the individual in terms of individual characteristics, and he called these individual structures personal dispositions.
Sleep Disorders
Many people suffer from undiagnosed and untreated sleep disorders that leave them to struggle through the day feeling unmotivated and exhausted.
Trait and Factor Theories & Cattell
Hans Eysenck and others have used factor analysis to identify traits, that is, relatively permanent dispositions of people.
Alfred Adler: Individual Psychology
This post examines the nature of Alfred Adler’s Individual Psychology through an analysis of the basic tenants of this psychotherapy
What is Communication (Part 2)
This post examines the negative characteristics of organizational communication, the kinds of unsaid communication tactics as well as cross-cultural communication difficulties.
Social Cognitive Theory – Bandura
Bandura’s social cognitive theory takes an agentic perspective, meaning that humans have some limited ability to control their lives.