Psychology Essays

Leadership Analysis: Dead Poet’s Society Leadership is defined as the ability to guide, direct or influence people, but it is much more than that. There are many ways to merely guide or direct. A leader is someone whose personality helps them to guide a group of people in a direction they believe is desirable. People […]

Abstract The intent of this paper is to discuss some of the current research and opinion concerning, and to compare and contrast the strengths and weaknesses of, one of the more common theories of motivation, the Equity theory. In addition, this paper will compare and contrast the Equity theory with another popular theory of motivation: […]

(Response to essay: “The Virtues of Growing Older” by Carol Siskin (The Longman Reader p. 343-347)] There Are Plusses to Aging In her essay, “The Virtues of Growing Older,” Carol Siskin analyzes the downside of being young, and the plusses of being old. Using examples from her own experiences, she compares and contrasts these two […]

Visualizing Iran It is debatable that most people of western societies especially here in the U. S share a common perspective about the country of Iran having a reputation for terrorism and Islamic fundamentalism. In the media today, Iran is accused of having nuclear weapons and various politicians have made references to its contribution to […]

In summary, Erik Erickson’s developmental stages outline the appropriate social progress for each age group. These eight stages include hope, willpower and determination, competence, commitment, love, care, and wisdom. The following text presents an overview of my current psychosocial development stage, which is based on Erik Erikson’s theory that encompasses eight stages from birth to […]

At Nintendo we are proud to be working for the leading company in our industry. We are strongly committed to producing and marketing the best products and support services available. We believe it is essential not only to provide products of the highest quality, but to treat every customer with attention, consideration and respect. By […]

“Ocean’s Eleven” Path-goal Theory In “Ocean’s Eleven” Steven Soderbergh did a great job as a director in keeping the audience interested throughout the whole movie time. Path-goal theory of leader effectiveness can be easily applied to the movie. The path-goal theory by Robert House holds that the leader can affect group’s performance, satisfaction and motivation […]

Introduction Personal growth and development as a group participant McDermott (2002) suggests that groups are defined by consisting of at least two persons, that share space and share a purpose. The interactions taking place amongst members may be important in the development of common goals, norms and roles, and some sense of belonging. Within the […]

Introduction The report will concentrate on my assessment of successful and effective leadership through personal observation and also through an interview of an individual that I believe is successful and effective as a leader. The results will be considered and discussed with an emphasis on my perceptions of the leader’s leadership style, values and behaviours […]

Situational Leadership in Hospitality If one look at the nature of the hospitality industry, it is serviced-base, it is labor-intensive, it is renowned for its high staff turnover and labor diversity in term of age, culture, and background; one may conclude that the industry is all about people. When people become the most valuable asset […]

1. Discuss how this case illustrates the contrasts between the administrative use and developmental use of appraisals. Using the developmental plan, managers were trained to hold regular meetings with their employees, focusing on a new “performance partnership”, at which time the manager and the employee would review performance goals and expectations. With the administrative use […]

Facing a Difficult Situation At the young age of 23, Jim Davis has a promising career at Hereford National Bank. In three months, he has been promoted to Business Development Manager, tasked with developing a new strategy for the bank. His first big initiative of selling bank services through branch managers is at risk due […]

Everyone is raised within a culture with a set of customs and morals handed down by those generations before them. Most individual’s view and experience identity in different ways. During history, different ethnic groups have struggled with finding their place within society. In the mid-nineteen hundreds, African Americans faced a great deal of political and […]

In hypothesizing the framework for the looking glass self, Cooley said, “the mind is mental” because “the human mind is social. ” Beginning as children, humans begin to define themselves within the context of their first social group, their family, and later within society at large. This is demonstrated in the manner a child learns […]

Case Study: Are Five Heads Better Than One? This case study involves an interactive team working for Advert marketing firm on a new ad campaign for one of the firm’s most important clients. The team of Evan, Conner, Alexis, Derek and Judy was picked by upper management based on their similar talents, personalities, and biographical […]

This paper will firstly provide two behavioural examples that support Bart’s trait and then analyse this from Jung’s Neo-Freudian, Eysenck’s Biological, and Bandura’s Social-Cognitive theoretical perspectives.Finally, an overall analysis will be provided in regards to Bart’s trait of aggressiveness, this will be achieved by drawing on all of the information from each of the different […]

What is organisational commitment? Explain the links between the various types of organisational commitment and job-related outcomes. Are committed employees necessarily more valuable to organisations than less committed employees? There are various definitions for the concept of organizational commitment but they all agree that it refers to a psychological state, which can be described as […]

Did one ever wonder why a person’s characteristics and behavior change when he or she experiences different stages of life? Also, can one predict what kind of life he or she will lead during the next stage, depending on his or her age? Just as the title of the passage suggests, Sheehy predicts different stages […]

Level Three Leadership is explained by James G. Clawson and through lectures in class as discovering the VABEs of the individuals you lead. Even though these individuals Values, Assumptions, Beliefs, and Expectations (VABEs) are unobservable, they are essential in knowing your employees’ behaviors. I have learned to indentify personal VABEs within my own experiences and […]

“The Case of Susan Shapiro” Susan’s Behaviour Susan is a Jewish girl who is brilliant but irate tempered, complaining and conclusive personality. Susan’s nature of expecting a predetermined behaviour from others, preconceived notions added to her conclusive attitude has become the cause of conflict in her personality. Susan is in ethical dilemma whether to leave […]

Expectancy Violation Theory Introduction “Expectancy violations exert significance on people’s interaction patterns, on their impressions of one another, and on the outcomes of their interactions” (Burgoon 1993:40). In other words, Judee Burgoon, founder of the expectancy violation theory, concluded from various experiments that people evaluate communication with others in a negative or positive regard, based […]

Emotions can be a source of strength or weakness that can affect someone’s behaviour in their social role. In “The Use of Force”, written by William Carlos Williams in 1938, the author displays how the use of force can cause violence when emotionally involved in a particular situation. This is demonstrated through the use of […]