Organizational citizenship behavior

done, but the people who are involved are just as responsible. With technology giving us answers at the click of a button we have more access to all sorts of information. With this easily accessible information how does it negatively impact our behaviors on a daily basis, especially when it comes to social interact. OPPOSING VIEW Social networking creates new social connections and may rekindle old ones. You can literally look anyone up based on specific criteria. Had social media not been such…

Learning Theory To be comfortable is to have a sense of ease and relaxation physically and emotionally (Macmillian, 2009). Some people think to be an expert at any profession is to feel comfortable in what you are doing. I believe this to be false. For someone to perform highly in their careers, they have to be constantly on edge (Laureate., 2013a). Seeking out new techniques and strategies to improve their performance. Continuously observing and reflecting on their performances, so they can…

what she wanted to stop the tantrum. I removed it because she displayed a negative behavior. I replaced the IPad with two other objects for her to work for. When an object is too reinforcing, it can become a distraction from completing tasks instead of an objective to work for. We need to explain to the parents that there should always be alternative reinforcements. When a child is displaying a negative behavior, a child must then be redirected to continue the desired task. Redirecting…

Sociocultural is defined the combination or relationship between social and cultural elements or factors (Dictionary.com, 2014). It is the basis in society and culture in which we live, learn and develop as a whole and how we can contribute and affect differences among individuals. Growing up these days, the environment plays a vital role in the way that we develop as a whole. It aids in our understanding interacting with features that makes us an individual. As a child, forming social…

relationship. These three steps will completely eliminate the mental blocks that are causing this situations. Just being around talkative people will cause me to pick up their habits and revise my behavior. This will result in me becoming more outgoing around my roommate which in turn will end my unhealthy behavior once and for…

Main premises standing behind the science of psychology are an explanation and differentiation between a normal and abnormal behaviour. The way how a society perceived and described the abnormal behaviour has been evaluating throughout the years. Although, these days, two of the most popular models deserve a particular attention. The first one called the biological approach, believes that the abnormal behaviour has its source in a physical difficulties. Second one, the behaviourist approach…

The counselors are not informed on what kinds of punishment are good for the students and what good reinforcement are. The students are always being punished for things that are the way the child acts. “Students should never be punished for behaviors that they cannot help” (What every teacher, N.D.). This should be plastered on the walls here. The counselors are very quick to yell and punish children for the way their brain is wired. As an educator, I will have to remember this quote. As humans…

simple; find out why people do what they do. Social psychologists are curious about finding out why people function, and how they behave in different types of everyday situations and settings. Different situations bring out various reactions and behaviors in people. Some settings may bring forth a person to act with joy and excitement other settings may bring a person to act out in anger and violence. For example when most individuals are faced with outrage they respond with violence…

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is the third wave of behaviour therapy (Öst, 2008; Hayes, 2004), which has some different focal points from traditional behaviour therapy and cognitive behaviour therapy. Cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) focuses on discussing and changing an individual’s thoughts and the focal points also include the function of problematic cognition rather than the content of private experiences; whereas, traditional behaviour therapy focuses on observable and…

Operant Conditioning Theory (Operant Conditioning) – Callum Arnold The Operant conditioning theory is an example of a connectionist theory of learning, relying upon the connection between a stimulus and a response. These may also be known as a S-R theories. This theory states that we become conditioned to give a particular response to a particular stimulus; that we have learned to act in a certain way given a certain stimulus. The likelihood of the response is dependent upon the strength of the…