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  2. Behaviorism - Wikipedia

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    Behaviorism is a systematic approach to understand the behavior of humans and other animals. [1] [2] It assumes that behavior is either a reflex elicited by the pairing of certain antecedent stimuli in the environment, or a consequence of that individual's history, including especially reinforcement and punishment contingencies, together with the individual's current motivational state and ...

  3. Rigidity (psychology) - Wikipedia

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    Rigidity can be a learned behavioral trait; for example, if the subject has a parent, boss, or teacher who demonstrated the same form of behavior towards them. [citation needed] Rigidity also has a genetic component and is commonly associated with autism. [16]

  4. Self-control - Wikipedia

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    Self-control occurs through top-down inhibition of the premotor cortex, [50] which essentially means using perception and mental effort to reign in behavior and action as opposed to allowing emotions or sensory experience to control and drive behavior. There is some debate about the mechanism of self-control and how it emerges.

  5. Diffusion of responsibility - Wikipedia

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    Many individuals in a group assume those with a greater level of power are held accountable for more and assume they take on a greater level of responsibility. The association of level of expertise or role and the amount of work required can cause people to feel varying levels of responsibility and accountability for their own contributions.

  6. Organizational culture - Wikipedia

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    Rituals (myths, stories, and sagas) are artifacts that convey organizational history and influence member understanding of values and beliefs. Values direct individual behavior such as loyalty and customer orientation. Acceptance of stated values underlies impressions about trustworthiness and supportiveness, while also informing member behavior.

  7. Understanding - Wikipedia

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    To understand something implies abilities and dispositions with respect to an object of knowledge that are sufficient to support intelligent behavior. [15] Understanding could therefore be less demanding than knowledge, because it seems that someone can have understanding of a subject even though they might have been mistaken about that subject.

  8. Degrees of freedom problem - Wikipedia

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    The study of motor control historically breaks down into two broad areas: "Western" neurophysiological studies, and "Bernsteinian" functional analysis of movement. The latter has become predominant in motor control, as Bernstein's theories have held up well and are considered founding principles of the field as it exists today.

  9. Milgram experiment - Wikipedia

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    The behavior of the participants' peers strongly affected the results. In Experiment 17, when two additional teachers refused to comply, only four of 40 participants continued in the experiment. In Experiment 18, the participant performed a subsidiary task (reading the questions via microphone or recording the learner's answers) with another ...