Essays about: "behavioural psychology"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 27 essays containing the words behavioural psychology.

1. 16. QUANTIFYING THE BIASED EXCHANGE OF MONEY AND TIME - How monetary and social factors influence decisions

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för psykologi

   Author : Kristoffer Bergram; Karan Luthra; [2016]
   Keywords : behavioural economics; decision-making; consumer psychology; prospect theory; anchoring effect; contrast effect; construal level theory. social distance; relative bias measurement; decision congruency; Social Sciences; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : This study investigated whether anchored prices induced biased choices and time estimations for the pursuit of an equal discount and if different degrees of social distance influenced these biases. A new measurement for quantifying the relative degree of bias was also proposed. READ MORE

3. 17. Identifying Norms and Normative Expectations in an Organisational Hierarchy: A Study of Social Norms within Human Resources

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Mikael Szalay; [2016]
   Keywords : Keywords: social norms; behavioural economics; human resources; organisational psychology; economics; management; normative expectations; normative beliefs; personal norms; ethically; socially; coordination game; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : This study will investigate and understand the social norms that resides within a globally operating organisation. Within this organisation, this study targeted the Human Resource department for its unique role and close bond to the company policy which can provoke ethical dilemmas that require a collective understanding among the employees and managers to resolve. READ MORE

4. 18. En knuff i rätt riktning : om beteendepåverkan och nudging för mer hållbara personresor

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of People and Society

   Author : Sara Linder; [2015]
   Keywords : nudging; beteendepåverkan; transportvanor; resebeteende; miljöpsykologi; hållbart resande;

   Abstract : För att komma tillrätta med de allt tydligare problem som bilen orsakar i våra städer och skapa nya transportvanor räcker det inte att enbart förändra den fysiska miljön. Människors beteende måste också förändras. På senare tid har trafikplanerare börjar arbeta allt mer med beteendepåverkan. READ MORE

5. 19. A Comparative Study of the My Lai and Bialystok Massacres : The Social Mechanisms of Perpetration and their Causal Determinants

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Hugo Valentin-centrum

   Author : Emil Kjerte; [2015]
   Keywords : Holocaust and Genocide Studies; War Crimes; Social Psychology; Perpetrator Research;

   Abstract : This  thesis  offers  a  comparative  study  of  the  My  Lai  massacre  perpetrated  by  American soldiers during the Vietnam in War and the  massacre in Bialystok  carried out by a police unit operating  under the Nazi regime. Using theories from social  psychology in combination witha  careful  scrutiny  of  sources  from  criminal  investigations,  it  seeks  to  elucidate  the  social mechanisms  of  perpetration  in  the  two  cases  and  explores  how  their  divergent  macro-level contexts facilitated  distinctions in the perpetrator’s behavioural patterns and motivations. READ MORE

6. 20. Chapter 1: In Search of Innate Leadership : Discovering, Evaluating and Understanding Innateness

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för organisation och entreprenörskap (OE)

   Author : Erica Morra; Lisa Zenker; [2014]
   Keywords : genetic inheritability; gene expression; genetic determination; gene mutation; case study; innatism; traits; leadership; behaviour; brain development; brain function; neural pathway; neural coding; SNP variation; connectomics; genomics; heritability; leadership theory; DNA; competencies; environment; education; behavioural psychology; genetics; trait theory; nature vs nurture; dopamine; neurotransmitters; polygenetic traits; Google; Hitler; personality; innate leadership; Morra; Zenker;

   Abstract : Every individual is born with different natural competencies that can be honed by both voluntary and involuntary environmental stimuli. The response our genotype decides to make, if any, towards those stimuli, determines how well our competencies develop. READ MORE