Psychology Recent Posts
Decision-making – why we make bad decisions?
The Four Features of Uncertainty in Decision Making Imagine that a friend takes a coin from her pocket and offers you the following gamble. If she tosses and the coin lands heads you get £110.
Psychological Paradigms – what they are an explanation
There are many different ways of categorizing paradigms. Have a think about the similarities and differences between different categorizations – for example the Alvesson & Deetz version compared to Guba & Lincoln – does the Guba & Lincoln constructivist paradigm perhaps include what Alvesson & Deetz term interpretive – so is it a much broader category.
Social Media in Teaching and Learning
Universities responding to social media Students are using Social Media to choose a University, and most Universities are responding in a big way by communicating their values and successes on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn etc. But
Bees show the way to make good decisions
Scouting leads to better decision making I read with interest an article in the Sunday paper a few weeks ago on the assertion that Bees ‘Decision Making Strategy’ could help the business world to come
Weak ties and the new Covid neighbourhood #weak-ties
We are all experiencing higher levels of anxiety due to Covid, and a sense of belonging is an important part of reducing anxiety. Indeed a lack of belonging increases anxiety further. Many can no longer feel that sense of belonging through going to the workplace, and even those that can, are likely to feel a stronger sense of community than previously with their neighbours.
Making a decision by using the Buriden’s Ass method
The Buriden’s Ass ‘method’ of decision making is used when two or more equally attractive alternatives exist and it is difficult to make a choice. It is of course based on the old fable of Buriden’s Ass, who starved to death because he was tethered halfway between two equally large and succulent piles of hay
Just sleep on it and make better decisions
Just sleep on it and the solution will come I suppose many have read about recent research led by a leading expert on the benefits of napping at the University of California that suggests that
Means-Ends Problem Solving Technique
How to tackle a Means-Ends analysis MEA (Means-Ends Analysis) is an an approach that puts together aspects of both forward and backward reasoning in that both the condition and action portions of rules are considered
Forced change in when you have to act quickly
Forced Change in an Outsourcing – guidelines for communicating to reduce resistance Change Managers will assume that if the rationale for change is made clear to the people affected then change management is unproblematic and
