Recruitment, Selection, and Training in Organizations
Recruitment and Selection
Types of Interview Questions
Behavioral questions: These questions explore past behavior to predict future performance. Candidates should provide specific examples of how they handled past experiences.
Situational questions: These questions present hypothetical scenarios to assess problem-solving and decision-making skills for potential future situations. They are often used for candidates with limited experience.
Recruitment Campaign Strategies
Target audience: Identify the
Read MoreChild Personality Development: Stages, Conflicts, and Influencing Factors
Child Personality Development
1. The Development of Personality Traits
Personality development involves the intertwined growth of cognitive, affective, and social aspects that define an individual. Maturation plays a crucial role, influenced by both inheritance and external factors like learning and social interactions.
Key Stages:
- Body Awareness: Children discover their bodies and differentiate themselves from others.
- Language Development: Speech acquisition enhances communication and self-expression.
Understanding Phobias and Conditioning in Psychology
Sensation, perception, learning, memory
People actively construct interpretations of the world, illusions occur because your mind is actively constructing an interpretation of the whole scene
Boundary extension: People extend the boundary of a picture when reconstructed from memory
Behaviorists: Believed that psychology should be the study of observable behavior and not unobservable. Believed that all human behaviors can be explained by studying lab animals
Sigmund Freud believed that human behavior
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Understanding Leadership in Groups
Myths and Realities of Leadership
Contrary to popular belief, leadership is not about exerting power over group members. Effective leaders inspire and influence, rather than dominate. While personality traits can contribute to leadership potential, it’s not solely an innate quality. Research suggests that only 30% of leadership tendencies are hereditary, highlighting the role of experience and development.
Leadership is not always present in every group, but as groups
Read MoreComprehensive Sex Education: Unit 10
Sexuality is a complex reality
Biopsychosocial comprises 2 fields:
- Everything in our body is sexed, not just the genitals
- Our psyche, social, and cultural organization are sexed and affect our lives
From birth, we are sexual beings and must be educated integrally. Questions around sexuality must consider the 3 areas: biopsychological, psychological, and sociocultural.
Responsibilities and Education
- Parents are responsible, but educators should also be included in the programming
- Encourage a climate of
Introduction to Psychology: Key Concepts and Theories
Anxiety Disorders
These are clinical disorders that cause fear or nervousness. Avoidance of these uneasy feelings can lead to other clinical disorders.
Phobic Disorders
A type of anxiety disorder relating to having extreme fear or dislike to something or someone.
Agoraphobia
Fear of open or public places where help or escape might not be available. Examples include fear of crossing a bridge.
Specific Phobia
Fear of specific objects or situations. Examples include fear of mascots or water.
Social Phobia
Fear
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