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Leadership Traits: 15 Characteristics of Great Leaders

August 29, 2018 Kendra Cherry Comments Off on Leadership Traits: 15 Characteristics of Great Leaders

What qualities do you need to be a great leader? Do certain personality traits help people become better leaders? According to the trait theory of leadership, people who posses certain leadership traits tend to be better […]

Robbers Cave Experiment
Social Psychology

The Robbers Cave Experiment: Realistic Conflict Theory

February 28, 2018 Kendra Cherry Comments Off on The Robbers Cave Experiment: Realistic Conflict Theory

During the summer of 1954, 22 boys between the ages of 11 and 12 arrived at a 200 acre camp at the Robbers Cave State Park in Oklahoma for what they believed was just a […]

Milgram experiment
Social Psychology

The Milgram Experiment: A Look at the Controversial Experiments Then and Now

September 8, 2017 Kendra Cherry Comments Off on The Milgram Experiment: A Look at the Controversial Experiments Then and Now

The Milgram experiment focused on the power of obedience to authority. There have been many controversial experiments in psychology history, including Milgram’s classic obedience experiment. The experiment was considered so controversial, in fact, that most […]

Leadership styles
Psychology Dictionary

Leadership Styles: 5 Major Styles of Leadership

August 4, 2017 Kendra Cherry 1

Leadership styles can be defined as a person’s way of governing, directing, and motivating followers. Over the last 50 or so years, researchers have proposed a number of different leadership styles characterized by those in […]

Social Psychology

Who Was Kitty Genovese?

May 26, 2017 Kendra Cherry 1

Kitty Genovese was the victim of a terrible crime that ultimately ended her life and led to her inadvertently becoming one of the most famous cases in psychology. Learn more about this young woman and […]

Scarcity principle
Social Psychology

What Is the Scarcity Principle?

February 4, 2017 Kendra Cherry 1

In social psychology, the scarcity principle refers to the tendency to place a higher value on things that are perceived as rare while devaluing things that are seen as common or abundant. Learn more about […]

Contingency theory of leadership
Social Psychology

What Is the Contingency Theory of Leadership?

January 30, 2017 Kendra Cherry Comments Off on What Is the Contingency Theory of Leadership?

“Effective leadership is finding a good fit between behaviour, context, and need.” – White & Hodgson, 2003 What is it exactly that makes a leader effective? According to one theory of leadership that became prominent […]

Ingroup Bias
Psychology Dictionary

What Is the Ingroup Bias?

August 30, 2016 Kendra Cherry 4

The ingroup bias is the tendency that people have to favor their own group above that of others. This bias can have a powerful influence on both individual and group behavior. It may be as […]

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