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Human Behavior (Autosaved)
Human Behavior (Autosaved)
Human Behavior (Autosaved)
ORGANIZATIONAL
BEHAVIOR
Human Behavior
Human behavior is the potential and expressed
capacity (mentally, physically, and socially) of
human individuals or groups to respond to
internal and external stimuli throughout their life.
It is studied by the social sciences, which
includes psychology, sociology, economics, and
anthropology)
Strongly rooted in psychology and
Importance of sociology, studies of human behavior
give us an academic understanding
Understanding
of motivations, productivity, and
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how teams work. In turn, these
Behavior insights can help make workplaces or
any group setting more productive.
1. Classical Conditioning
Occurs when someone comes to
associate specific stimuli with various
Theories of outcomes. It encourages people to
Human behave in ways which will bring them
Behavior joy and pleasure.
2. Operant Conditioning
Controls human behavior via positive and
negative reinforcement.
Theories of
Human 3. Cognition
Behavior Maintains that human behavior is
determined by an individual’s thoughts,
inner judgement, personal motivations
and others
1. Personality Based
How people behave is largely impacted
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by their personality. Some individuals
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may be patient and easygoing, while
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others are impatient and hot-headed.
2. Interest Based
A person’s level of interest significantly
Types of plays a role in their human behavior.
Human Interest can determine whether or not
Behavior someone behaves in a way which is not
consistent with who they are.
3. Attitude Based
Like personality and interest, individual
Types of attitude also deeply affects human
Human behavior. Attitudes can be right or wrong,
Behavior by one’s development or by outside
influence.
4. Emotion Based
Emotions are deeply relevant when it
Types of pertains to human behavior.
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