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Tactics to Improve Electronic Communications
This video provides a list of tactics that can be effective in improving communications carried out over information technology or done electronically.
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Traits Associated with Personality
What are the primary Traits Associated with Personality? he Big 5 personality traits are extraversion (also often spelled extroversion), agreeableness, openness, conscientiousness, and neuroticism.
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Collective Efficacy Belief
What is Collective Efficacy belief? Collective efficacy refers to the shared belief that through their collective action, educators can influence student outcomes and increase achievement for all students.
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Cohen Bradford Influence Model
The Influence Model, also known as the Cohen-Bradford Influence Model, is based on the law of reciprocity – the belief that all of the positive and negative things we do for (or to) others will be paid back over time.
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Cognitive Dissonance
What is Cognitive Dissonance? In the field of psychology, cognitive dissonance is the perception of contradictory information and the mental toll of it. Relevant items of information include a person's actions, feelings, ideas, beliefs,...
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Cultural School of Strategy
The Cultural School of Strategic Formulation assumes that culture has important influence on strategy and that strategies are most likely to succeed when aligned with organizational culture. The school introduces ideas of collective...
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House's Path Goal Theory (Situational Leadership)
What is House's Path Goal Theory (Situational Leadership)? Robert J. House, founder of Path-Goal theory, believes that a leader's behavior is contingent to employee satisfaction, employee motivation and employee performance. Path-Goal...
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Hindsight Bias
What is Hindsight Bias? Hindsight bias, also known as the knew-it-all-along phenomenon or creeping determinism, is the common tendency for people to perceive past events as having been more predictable than they were.
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Groupthink
What is Groupthink? Groupthink is a psychological phenomenon that occurs within a group of people in which the desire for harmony or conformity in the group results in an irrational or dysfunctional decision-making outcome.
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Global Perspective (Business)
What is the Global Perspective of a Business? A global management perspective is an attitude that a leader has toward global applications of their position and business. No matter the size of a business, all companies compete on a global...
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Bandwagon Effect
The bandwagon effect is the tendency for people to adopt certain behaviors, styles, or attitudes simply because others are doing so. More specifically, it is a cognitive bias by which public opinion or behaviours can alter due to...
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Abilene Paradox
What is the Abilene Paradox? The Abilene paradox is a collective fallacy, in which a group of people collectively decide on a course of action that is counter to the preferences of most or all individuals in the group, while each...
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6 Principles of Influence
Cialdini's 6 Principles of Influence are reciprocity, commitment or consistency, consensus or social proof, authority, liking, and scarcity. More than three decades after the book's publication, its six principles have been adapted to...
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The Power of Determination: Discovering the Building Blocks of Success
This video explores the concept of determination and its various components, such as self-motivation, self-awareness, belief, and bravery. It highlights the importance of having a strong belief in something and the need for inner...
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The Cult I Grew Up In | British Israelism Debunked
I grew up in the Worldwide Church of God cult, founded by Herbert W. Armstrong. In this video, I discuss one of the cult's main beliefs - British Israelism - and why it is wrong.
Science ABC
Why Is It 'mportant To Stay Awake When Injured?
The belief that one should keep a critically ill/wounded patient awake is mostly a non-medical concept. In other words, this belief/practice doesn’t really have concrete scientific backing; it’s just a thing that has crept into our...
Great Big Story
In search of bigfoot, a journey of hope and belief
Explore the camaraderie and adventure on Oregon's Bigfoot Highway, where belief in the unknown brings people together.
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Organic molecule
Generally refers to a compound that contains carbon bonded to hydrogen and is usually associated with the carbon molecules made by living organisms. A Twig Science Glossary Film. Key scientific terms defined in just 60 seconds using...
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Irrational Numbers: Pythagoras
Beside the now-famous theorem which bears his name, discover the bizarre life of Pythagoras and his Brotherhood, in which maths was the language of the Gods and irrational numbers were heretical. Maths - History Of Maths A Twig Math...
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Epistemology Part 1: Quine, Sellars, Gettier, and Putnam
Having gotten a sense of the continental and analytic traditions in contemporary philosophy, we are ready to examine advancements in the field of epistemology that occurred around that time. Let's see how Willard Quine, Wilfrid Sellars,...
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Galileo's Discoveries: Debunking Geocentrism and Unveiling Heliocentrism
Join us as we delve into Galileo's revolutionary discoveries that shattered the prevailing belief of a geocentric universe. Witness how he proved the moon's imperfections, the sun's spots, and the distinct movements of celestial bodies....