Implicit Bias: Unconscious Influences on Social Decision Making

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Ms. Aishwarya Santosh In today’s society, people strive to be fair, just, and unbiased. However, even with the best intentions, biases can still influence our decisions and actions. Implicit bias, also known as unconscious bias, refers to the attitudes and stereotypes that affect our understanding, actions, and decisions in an unconscious manner. These biases can have a profound impact on …

Cognitive processing in problem solving : Unravelling the science of effective solutions

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Ms Priya Soni Problem solving as the name implies is the ability of an individual to overcome any challenges faced in life. It can be as small as putting a thread in a needle or as complex as dealing with international issues. Problem solving, the pinnacle of cognitive endeavours, is the process of identifying and formulating solutions to hurdles that …

Emotional Factors in Decision Making, The Role of Affect in Clinical Context

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Ms. Shreya. P Decision making, the process of making choices, which probably determines a great range of lifestyles. Well, when a man makes a decision he thinks in more than one dimension, situation, time, place, social status, purpose and much more! What about emotional context? Like, what about it? How does the mood of a person, an emotional reflection of …

Self-Control and Decision Making: Balancing Immediate Gratification with Long-term Goals

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Ms Gayathiri Sridharan Hope we all would have enjoyed watching the “Marshmallow Experiment” in YouTube. If you missed it somehow, watch it before reading further: https://youtu.be/QX_oy9614HQ. This Marshmallow experiment was carried out during 1960 by the Stanford professor Walter Mischel. The experiment tested the power of self-control in hundreds of kids ( aged around 4-5 years) against the instant gratification …

Workplace Bullying and Personality Traits

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Scenario 1:Harish mails the report to his boss before leaving the office and when he is about to make a move his boss calls him inside his cabin and says “You call this a report? How can you not present the data in excel even after these many years of experience? Scenario 2:Harish mails the report to his boss before …

The Influence of Anxiety Disorders on Work Performance

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“Mental illness is a disease and like any other medical condition individuals need support, interventions and continued care to address their symptoms”– Angeleena Francis. According to a global prediction provided by Forbes Health in an article titled “Mental Health Statistics,” there are expected to be 374 million cases of anxiety disorders worldwide in 2023, a 25% increase from the previous …

Psychology of Workplace Communication: Understanding Barriers and How to Overcome them

Team IIBP Anveshan, Business Psychology, Employee Engagement, Employee Health, General Psychology, Issue 37, Occupational Health, Organizational Culture, Organizational Development, Team Effectiveness, Training and Development, Volume 4

An organizational setting is one of the primary locations where individuals from diverse backgrounds come together, uniting their efforts to function as a unit. As people collaborate, effective workplace communication becomes inevitable. However, due to variations in background, culture, education, and other factors, being on the same page while engaging in conversations can be challenging. While communication primarily involves information …

Exploring the Dark Triad: Understanding Manipulative Personalities in the Office

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Over the last 20 years, there has been a growing fascination among scholars and aware human population in studying “Dark Behaviours”. Many individuals have put their mind in rumination in order to be cognisant about their dark personality and dark traits. One taxonomy of dark traits that has sparkled particular interest is the “Dark Triad”, which consists of three toxic …

The Puzzle of personality disorders: Understanding the Blueprint of dysfunction

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The ancient Greeks were among the first to elicit that certain personality traits are problematic. For instance, they described “melancholia” and “hysteria,” which can be seen as early descriptions of what we now know as personality disorders. Sigmund Freud and his psychoanalytic theory in the late 19th and early 20th centuries greatly influenced the understanding of personality disorders. Freud identified …

Managing a Remote/ Hybrid Work Lifestyle

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Managing a Remote/ Hybrid Work Lifestyle With remote/hybrid work environments, there is more time to enjoy a sip of our tea/coffee, spend that extra 10 minutes catching up on news/ social media, and an additional 15 minutes to be with our pets or children. And within a few minutes, we can quickly jump into a work meeting and shift context. …