...Professor XXXXX Learning Personality Theories Personalities develop and learn from observing others, society, experiences, and the environment. Different theories have been created to explain how a person learns and develops. Three learning personality theories discussed here are the behavioral analysis theory, the social cognitive theory, and the cognitive social learning theory. The strengths and limitations of the three theories will be analyzed that will provide small, but noticeable edges on the other. A description of how each theory affects personality will be discussed. In closing, an explanation of how each learning theory proposes interpersonal relationships are influenced will be examined. Strengths and Limitations Behavioral Analysis Theory An advantage of the behavioral analysis theory is that it is based on observable evidence. This theory contains important concepts such as reinforcement, used as effective therapies to treat undesirable behaviors. Although proven to be an effective therapeutic theory it has many weaknesses. It does not account for learning that does not involve negative or positive reinforcement, nor does it explain adaptive behavior. Proponents of this theory also argue that this approach is too deterministic and cannot be accurate, as it does not account for free will or emotion (Feist & Feist, 2009). Social Cognitive Theory Much like behavioral analysis theory, the main advantage of the social cognitive theory is that it is based...
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...VARK Analysis Research 1 Individual Learning Styles Lori Mckernan Grand Canyon University: NRS-429V July 30, 2013 VARK Analysis Research 2 Styles of learning vary greatly from person to person. According to VARK there are four basic styles of learning, Visual, Aural, Reading and Written, and Kinesthetic. Using helpful tools like VARK, students are able to figure out what learning style fits those best and enhances their learning experience to the fullest. In order for students to learn and be interested in a topic it is critical to figure out the value and importance of the learning topic given to them. (Kizlik) Doing this allows students to fully understand and benefit what is being taught to them. For this to happen it’s important to figure out one’s learning style. When you attempt to figure out your learning style there are many different books and websites to gain information from. By filling out different questionnaires or taking certain tests you will be able to figure out what learning style fits you best. Are you a Visual learner, or perhaps an auditory learner, maybe a combination of both? Do you learn better when someone gives you directions to read and understand, or do you benefit from a more hands on approach? After all the questions and tests the conclusion is the Reading and writing learning style fits this student best. Some valuable tools to help her learn include lists, dictionaries, handouts, textbooks, notes and library readings. (VARK)...
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...Using Neural Networks to Forecast Stock Market Prices Abstract This paper is a survey on the application of neural networks in forecasting stock market prices. With their ability to discover patterns in nonlinear and chaotic systems, neural networks offer the ability to predict market directions more accurately than current techniques. Common market analysis techniques such as technical analysis, fundamental analysis, and regression are discussed and compared with neural network performance. Also, the Efficient Market Hypothesis (EMH) is presented and contrasted with chaos theory and neural networks. This paper refutes the EMH based on previous neural network work. Finally, future directions for applying neural networks to the financial markets are discussed. 1 Introduction From the beginning of time it has been man’s common goal to make his life easier. The prevailing notion in society is that wealth brings comfort and luxury, so it is not surprising that there has been so much work done on ways to predict the markets. Various technical, fundamental, and statistical indicators have been proposed and used with varying results. However, no one technique or combination of techniques has been successful enough to consistently "beat the market". With the development of neural networks, researchers and investors are hoping that the market mysteries can be unraveled. This paper is a survey of current market forecasting techniques with an emphasis on why they are insufficient...
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...Learning Style Analysis Kathie Kaiser Grand Canyon University: NRS-429V June 23, 2013 Learning Styles Analysis Everybody has their own way of learning, how they like to receive information, process it, and file it in their brain for future use either for their jobs or for formal education. The most common styles of learning are Visual, you like to see what you are learning, Aural, you like to hear what you are learning, Read/Write you like to see on paper in words what you are learning, Kinesthetic, you like a hands on approach to learning, and Multimodal you learn best using different styles. This writer completed the VARK questionnaire to discover her learning styles. The VARK questionnaire has 13 questions and indicates the preferences in which learning is taken in. It is not a definitive measure of learning, just a tool to discover learning preferences. VARK Questionnaire with scores From the profile generated from the VARK questionnaire, this writer confirmed that she enjoys a variety of learning styles, this is known as multimodal. The VARK learning scores were Visual=5, Aural (hearing) =10, R (read/write) =12, and K (Kinesthetic) =7 for a total score of 34 (Fleming). This is very close to what the writer already knew about her preferred learning styles. Preferred learning styles According to the VARK questionnaire this writers’ strongest learning preference is read/write. When listening to a lecture, writing notes and seeing a power point presentation...
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...Vark Analysis Lisa Summa Grand Canyon University Family Centered Health Promotion NRS-429V Marit Lervik February 28, 2014 VARK Analysis One of the most common models of learning styles is VARK, which was developed by Neil Fleming initially in 1987. Learning styles in the VARK model are broken down into four categories, which is what VARK stands for: visual, aural/auditory, read/writing and kinesthetic (Kagan, 2010, p.26). VARK is a questionnaire which asks sixteen questions that provides users with a profile of their individual learning styles. There are many theories on thinking and learning and that students all learn in different ways and it is believed by teachers that students will learn more quickly and easily if they were aware and able to utilize their preferred style (Robertson, Smellie, Wilson, Cox, 2011). Everyone has different ways of learning, from how we take in that information, process and recall it. This paper will discuss the writers individual learning styles and discuss different learning modalities. This nursing students learning style is multimodal based on the results of the questionnaire. The results were VAR, which stands for visual, aural/auditory and reading and writing. This type of learning style gives three choices to use for learning and interaction with others and this type has multiple preferences which is found in about 60% of the population. Multimodal means that a person has multiple strong points in areas such as reading, writing...
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...My Learning Style Learning styles are part of a mental map that when dissected and analyzed, will help people to understand their learning anatomy, and hopefully will guide their future learning experiences to make the best use of their big and strong learning musculature. To start, the learning analysis and this writer learning styles and strategies will be introduced. Second, a comparison of my own and Vark’s analysis of strategies will be presented, and finally, an assessment of changes on study habits for this writer will be offered. First, our focus here will be the Styles included on the VARK analysis which questions are focus on the way we take-in and give-out information. These Learning styles are Visual, Aural, Red/Write, and Kinesthetic. My learning style is Multimodal (three model) with strongest points on the visual mode which was 12, kinesthetic 10, read/write 10, and Aural 4. As seen by the numbers, none of the three styles stands out. Translating this, it might take longer for this writer to feel confident about the understanding and retaining of the information because involves not only seen something, but , getting examples, pictures about it, writing about it and also having some practice or hands-on, that help to get the best of the learning endeavor. However this allows for flexibility of choosing the best styles for the specific learning experience. Definitely Aural learning style is not a great part of this student learning anatomy because she gets...
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...finance relies on accounting reports and data base. The future depends on past events as pointers. The principles of accounting organize and prepare financial statements for an organization (Cleverly, 2011). The success to any business is critical from both accounting and finance. Accounting is knowledge and finance is the know what to do with that knowledge. Viability is about being able to generate sufficient income to meet the commitments, debts, payments, and where applicable, to all or growth while maintaining service levels in a health Care organization. Both accounting and finance are different; however, they have a close relationship to each other. Accounting involves the preparation of a balance sheet, which at a certain date will reflect on the financial position of an organization (Let’s learn finance, n.d.). Accounting shows the profit or loss of an organization during the year with concerns of recording of business transactions of a company, then presenting it in a profit and loss account. On the broader end of this concept, finance makes use of all the data which is presented in the profit and loss accounting. This could be the balance sheet or the cash flow statement. Decisions related to the finance statements can help in raising money for future projects, utilizing resources of an organization to effectively and efficiently produce goods or services in order for the organization to make a profit. The study of accounting is the...
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...MGMT 20124: Preparing a Report for a Case Study In addition to the correct format of your report there are content issues you need to consider. It is useful to read through the case a couple of times and get a feel as to what you will need to find before you go searching for articles. This is always problematic, but you do need to summarise the articles for support in your report, using the content, findings and conclusions. Therefore it is important that the articles are used in the detailed analysis, and argument in development of alternatives. The ‘knowledge & understanding, as well as “research skills” can be satisfied by finding arguments (through the literature) for and against, the issues that are raised within the facts of the case. That is, how well you critically analyze the facts and refer to theories, models and concepts. It will also have a bearing on how well the recommendation/s put forward will have the predictive likelihood of success. To get to that point means that you will have to put forward a range of options and on balanced argument make your decision as to what you recommend and why. Essentially it falls under what can be termed as, triangulation. (see the diagram below.) Your “Guide for Students” also gives good advice re this format. There is no “right or wrong” answer here. The marks to be gained will rise or fall based on the decision (recommendation) you make, as in the real world, and the quality of your ‘reasoned’ argument. Always...
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...Case Study: Janet Name College Case Study: Janet A case study is an in-depth analysis of a person, event, decision, period, project, policy, institution, or other system that is studied holistically by one or more methods. By gathering data and variety of sources and using these different methods, researchers can use scientific methods and perspectives to relate with various patterns and causes for behavior. In the field of psychology, case studies are widely known to help Psychologist’s and researchers with the assistance to help understand and overcome a person’s illness. While examining the “Case Study: Janet’, the use of psychology’s four goals and the modern perspectives were used to help determine the interpretation of the cause. Description Janet was a young girl that grew up in an abusive household that was beaten by her father as a part of a discipline process. Her father never explained why he used such drastic measures, so she grew up thinking that this was acceptable. She presumed that the only way to earn his love and respect was to do better. There was only one positive influence in her life; an aunt, who was rarely around because of the distance between them. Janet learned early to associate love with fear and trying with failure. As Janet grew older, she began to learn that her father might have been wrong. She began to see the regret coming from those actions, and soon realized that she had control. Janet started to guilt her father into...
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...Case Study Method in Management Management education is mainly aimed at developing managerial skills in students. Amongst the various methods adopted in teaching management and management functions, the case study method developed in 1910 in U.S.A. and is now being propagated during the last decade or so, providing opportunities to both the teacher and the taught to promote managerial I understanding and competence, since it helps in contemplation and discussion of an actual situation. It is a wrong notion that the case studies are confined to management students. Cases may pertain lo any discipline, where skills for solving complex unstructured problems or preparing plans are required. The origin of case study methods itself can be traced to Harward Lawyers. Cases may describe problems facing individuals, groups, institutions or even Nations. Through a case study one learns a broad range of skills and has many alternatives. Case studies encourage the practice and attainment of analytical and communicative skills. Case studies allow a different kind of learning. It is close to the learn by doing' approach. Cases are intended to stimulate the reality of the manager's job. The material in the case provides data for analysis and decision-making. Cases require the student to make decisions about the situations presented and to defend those decisions. In real decision-making the student will have lo persuade superiors that his analysis and solutions are the best and hence the...
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...technology, I have to learn and explore more about the environment and sustainability topic to have a better understanding on the issue of sustainable food production. Thus, I decide to pursue a higher education through a Ph.D. program to enable me to do more. Food sustainability has been a trending discussion in the past years, but my in-depth encounter with this term, sustainable eating for exact, was during a lecture that was presented by Elinor Hallström. She presented the concept and some findings of her doctorate thesis on how the change of diet and food amount that is eaten could have a significant impact on the environment. Another study shows that the replacement of 25-50% animal derived foods with plant-based foods in the EU will be able to reduce 20-40% EU’s GHG emissions. [4]. This fact really struck me and made me want to know more about food and sustainability. I have been doing some readings on the studies about food, nutrition, and the environment. I studied some reports and papers that focus on the environmental impact analysis, such as Life Cycle Analysis (LCA). I also came across some papers by Prof. Mathys and colleagues on the LCA of meat alternatives and study on the insect as an emerging sustainable food source. Furthermore, the focus of the Sustainable Food Processing group is fit right into my study interests. A collaboration with Prof. Mathys and the team would be a great opportunity for me to increase my research skills and also to learn more about the food...
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...Synthesizing Leadership, Training, and Learning from Experiences; Sustaining Strategies, Controlled Employees Emotions For the Organizational Success Suneela Ejaz suneelaejaz@gmail.com University of Central Punjab, Lahore ABSTRACT On the basis of quantitative study and by integrating the Leadership Role, Training of employees and Learning from experiences, a model have suggested a model that would lead an organization to construct strategies to sustain, control the emotions of employees to keep them motivated and more productive, here change-oriented leadership role at midle level managers or supervisors is tested because here resistance is found at its highest level. Continuous organizational success is our main focus here which is tested to be achieved by minimizing the negative emotions of employees and maximizing their positive emotions towards their innovation and creativity in job and high commitment for the organization. This study will help organizations to ensure continuous organizational success by adopting a proactive approach. After testing a sample of 250 supervisors, our findings shows that there is a significant and positive relation between change oriented leadership role and learning from experiences with organizational success. Here a significant value is shown by employees emotions mediating between the two variables. Where as insignificat relationship is shown between traing employees and organizational success. Key Words: Change oriented Leader...
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...Measuring Customer Satisfaction at American Express American Express is a world wide travel related service company. American Express works with both consumers and business with their financial planning as well as offers numerous amounts of credit card products and travel assistance. They have many products and services that are used throughout the world by consumers and businesses. As American Express moves towards the future, like most credit card companies, they want to be competitive and responsive to the needs of the consumer. American Express sends out customer service surveys to the card members that call in to the telephone service center. The surveys are sent out randomly with a coding on the bottom of the survey so that the results and comments are given back to the correct employee. The employees are aware that any card member that they speak to could receive a survey. With this said, each employee goes through extensive training on the telephone behaviors that must be demonstrated while speaking to card members. The employees also go through extensive training on the policies and procedures that each card product and service has. This training is to ensure that each card member is handled with the most utmost professional behavior and their issues are handled correctly. Once the surveys are returned to the company, they are returned to the Customer Satisfaction Action Team. This team reviews the surveys, separates them by employee and then by the...
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...classmates that needs to be clarified? During week ones discussion board assignment, we discussed the different types of health insurance billing and reimbursement methods. This discussion board assignment required taking the time to research the history of health insurance and how it has evolved over the years to the system that we know it as today. By utilizing the discussion board portion of this class, I was able to learn many things from my classmates’ postings. I learned the many different methods of healthcare reimbursement that is still currently used today. I learned the history of health insurance, and why it was developed for the patients in the first place. I also learned many different views and opinions of my classmates that allowed me to reconsider and further educate myself on the views of the future of the healthcare industry. The most compelling points that I absorbed from reading my classmates postings was reading every ones ideas and opinions regarding the future of the healthcare insurance industry. It was interesting to me to learn the different aspects of the universal health care plan that is in motion right now that I never would have considered before this assignment. By participating in this discussion board...
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...Before the interview: • • • • Do your research and learn everything you can about the organization Review your accomplishment list and your résumé Review and understand the job description Wear appropriate attire for the interview During the interview: • • • • • • • • • Remember that a job interview begins the minute you walk through the door. Treat everyone you meet professionally and with respect Turn off all electronic devices Be aware of your body language Smile and encourage casual conversation with your interviewer Be confident in your skills and abilities Take a moment to compile your thoughts before you answer Ask for clarification if you don’t understand a question Sell yourself – your skills, abilities, and the value you will bring to the employer Be yourself and try to relax! Common interview mistakes: • • • • • • • Chewing gum Not knowing enough about the organization Arriving late Misrepresenting yourself or stretching the truth Making negative remarks about a previous manager or co-worker Rambling on and on…what was the question again? Making inappropriate remarks Types of interviews The screening interview • • • • • Usually occurs with someone from Human Resources Can be over the phone or in person HR will try to verify the information on the résumé and find out if you meet the minimum requirements for the position Take this interview as seriously as an in-person interview If you pass this phase, you will be asked to meet with a Hiring...
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