WVU 2026 Expert Verifed Ace
the Test
People aspects of management - ANSWER ✔✔individual behavior,
teams, motivation, leadership, communication
Reasons for understanding behavior - ANSWER ✔✔explain, predict,
direct,
Behavioral View - ANSWER ✔✔Behavior is shaped and controlled by
one's environment. Emphasizes the study of observable behavior and
the effects of learning; stresses the influence of external rewards and
, punishments; neutral, scientific, somewhat mechanistic view of human
nature.
Cognitive View - ANSWER ✔✔The psychological perspective
emphasizing mental processes, such as learning, memory, perception,
and thinking, as forms of information processing.
Classical Conditioning - ANSWER ✔✔a type of learning in which one
learns to link two or more stimuli and anticipate events
Operant Conditioning - ANSWER ✔✔a type of learning in which
behavior is strengthened if followed by a reinforcer or diminished if
followed by a punisher
Reinforcement Theory - ANSWER ✔✔attempts to explain behavior
change by suggesting that behavior with positive consequences tends to
be repeated, whereas behavior with negative consequences tends not to
be repeated
Social Cognitive Theory - ANSWER ✔✔emphasize behavior,
environment, and cognition as the key factors in development
Perception - ANSWER ✔✔the process of interpreting one's
environment