Assignment 2: Joe Salatino, President of Great Northern American BUS 520 4/29/2012 It seems like Great Northern American has done a decent job of using learning concepts to improve salesperson performance they have been going at it for 35 years, after all, and are still competitive in the marketplace. It would appear that Joe Salatino has proven techniques that help incentivize people to generate sales for the company. The case mentioned that the company was faced with stiff competition from
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Environmental Psychology Crystal Sperduto PSY460 The field of environmental psychology is a new demographic to the world of psychology. Environmental psychology is the effects the environment around one has on the said individual as well as the effect the individual has on the environment in return. There are more individuals that are aware as well as conscious the environment has, as well see what the effect they have on the environment as vice versa. In this paper, the major theoretical approaches
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such as fear. An alternative theory which also relies heavily on the socialisation and life experiences of children is social learning theory. Vicarious learning means that you learn through a model, in most cases for young children, like Anna, it will be their mother or guardian (a live model). Unlike with classical conditioning this involves the child becoming more active in their learning through observation, a strength in this theory as it means children are learning to process and consider information
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Implications For Online Learning Organized by Learning Theory Behaviorism Learners should be told the explicit outcomes of the learning so they can set 1.expectations and judge for themselves whether or not they have achieved the outcome of the online lesson. Learners must be tested to determine whether or not they have achieved the 2.learning outcome. Online testing or other forms of testing and assessment should be integrated into the learning sequence to check individual learner’s
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framework provided by the counselor, social worker or therapist based on the needs of the client(s). Developing a theoretical orientation is essential in practicing because it acts as a guide in the therapeutic process; it helps to make a decision on what theory is most useful. While working with individuals,treatment groups and families having a theoretical orientation can be very useful when decisions are being made about what treatment or intervention to use to provided services to the client(s). It also
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importance of understanding how people form perceptions and make attributions about others with his employees. 2. Evaluate which learning theory (either operant conditioning, social learning theory, or the learning theory you researched in Week 3) would be most appropriate for Joe to apply in this situation and explain why. 3. Discuss ways that Joe could apply the learning theory you selected to improve employees’ performance. 4. Determine how Joe could leverage an understanding of the value of self-efficacy
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chapter two the author is explaining what the characteristics of culture are and the other essentials that go along with it. It also explains the different types of theories in anthropology. How can this chapter on these theories and characteristics be understood? The first theory explained in this chapter is the Anthropological Theory which is a set of propositions about which aspects of culture. I think this means that there is an order where the aspects in culture can be expressed in different
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Portfolio Purpose The purpose of this assessment is for you to understand consumer behaviour by applying theories to your own behaviour. In this assessment, you will submit three (3) out of six (6) tutorial worksheets as part of a portfolio. You must submit worksheet 1 and then choose any two (2) from worksheet 2 to 6. The tutorial program has been designed to assist your learning and is directly linked to this assessment. You should aim to attend most of the tutorials if you seek a good
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Social Networking: Learning Theory in Action * By Ruth Reynard * 05/21/08 ##AUTHORSPLIT##<---> There has been a lot of recent debate on the benefits of social networking tools and software in education. While there are good points on either side of the debate, there remains the essential difference in theoretical positioning. Most conventional educational environments are "Objectivist" in nature and highly structured in terms of students progress and choice. Social networking essentially
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interview? “Most: Question: To be effective on your job, what is the most important thing? Answer: How to support people in learning in the context of their job.” During the interview, Dr. Teasdale stated that more instructional design is moving from focusing on formal learning to informal. This is an interesting statement because what it says to me is that we know that learning will take place either inside a classroom or outside of the classroom, but as a designer you have to be able to understand
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