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Organizational Behaviour
Study of the impact of individuals and groups on behaviour within organizations.
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Perception
Process of organizing and interpreting sensory impressions in order to understand external environment.
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Halo Effect
Drawing a general impression about an individual based on a single characteristic.
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Cognition
Mental processes involved in gaining knowledge and comprehension - including thinking, remembering, judging, and problem solving.
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Stereotyping
judging someone on the basis of perception of the group to which a person on belongs
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Ethics
Study of moral values or principles - determining right from wrong
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Attribution Theory
Observation of another person's behaviour to determine whether it is internally or externally caused.
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Contrast Effects
A person's evaluation is affected by comparisons with another individual's evaluation.
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Emotional Intelligence
Non-cognitive skills, capabilities, and competencies that influence a person's ability to succeed in coping with environmental demands.
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Self-Esteem
Individuals degree of liking or disliking themselves
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Psychology
Science that seeks to measure, explain, and change the behaviour of humans and other animals.
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Fundamental Attribution Error VIP
Judgement of others that underestimates the influence of external factors and overestimates internal factors.
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Projection
Attributing one's own characteristics to other people. (you respond well to negative feedback and you believe others will too)
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Narcissism
Tendency to be arrogant
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Self-Monitoring
personality trait that measures an individual's ability to adjust to behaviour to external situational factors.
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Sociology
The study of people in relation to other people .
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Self Serving Bias
Tendency for individuals to attribute their own successes to internal factors and blame failures on external factors.
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Emotional Labor
When an employee expresses organizationally desired emotions during interpersonal interactions in order to be successful.
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Locus of Control
Degree to which people believe they are in control of their own fate
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Personality Definition
stable patterns of behaviour and consistent internal states that determine how an individual reacts with others.
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Anthropology
Study of humans and their activities
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Context
Part of a text or statement that surrounds a particular word or passage that determines meaning.
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Personality Definition
The stable patterns of behaviour and consistent internal states that determine how an individual reacts with others.
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Machiavellianism
degree to which an individual maintains emotional distance
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Selective Perception
selective interpretation of what people see based on their own interests.
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