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What are Work-Life Competencies in the 21st Century?
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New Competencies Wanted For A New Century. Medical Apps and gadgets are already replacing trainers, nutritionists, and/or even doctors and nurses. According to an intriguing article on changing workplace skills. Work in this century is dramatically changing with technological advances, crowd sourcing, and population needs. What new competencies are needed to live and work in the 21st century? Where information and even knowledge is so easily accessible? Psychologists who specialize in assessment recogniz...
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Psychologist Unique Understanding of Investing and Money
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Since the stock market collapse of 2007, investors seem to have lost their equilibrium. The days of risk-taking tendencies exhibited by high sensation seekers seem to be over. Investors appear more wary, less optimistic and certainly less financially secure. How have these emotions impacted investing philosophies? There are those who believe that cognitive ability and personality traits can predict economic outcomes especially with regard to investing. Investor, Know Thyself! June 11th, 2015.
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Guest, Author at Psychology 21c
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This author has not yet filled in any details. So far Guest has created 6 blog entries. Game Transfer Phenomena: Echoes of Extended Gameplay. Tags: game transfer phenomena (GTP). Out of Our Hands? Part Two – Leadership, Teams, and Guarding Against Virtual Proximity. Out of Our Hands? Leadership, Goals, and Bureaucratic Constraints. In two blog posts, Ryan Ewers noted a tension existing between goals and progress as well as important interconnections between leadership and trust. While my summary is s...
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Self-knowledge to improve investing decision-making
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Investor, Know Thyself! For decades, economists and social scientists have debated economic decision-making. Economists argue that people are rational and selfish and that human behavior is driven by rational decision-making that increases utility and maximizes returns. Emotions are not part of rational decision-making equations applied to making optimal financial decisions. Behavioral economists, on the other hand, passionately argue that emotions and irrational behaviors drive many purchase...Reallocat...
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Ryan Ewers, Author at Psychology 21c
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Leadership and Goal Setting: Destined to Fail? 8211; Part 2. What leadership styles resonate best with teams at various stages? How can we shift mindsets as the team evolves? And, where does goal setting fit in? These are just some of the questions my colleagues and I strive to understand. Often, we look for answers that spring from cutting-edge research in quantum mechanics. Innovation: Calling All Wild Spirits. What does it mean to be innovative in the 21st century? Thomas Kuhn wrote of the paradigm sh...
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Consciousness Research for a 21st century World
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According to quantum theorist Roger Penrose and colleague Stuart Hameroff the mind is like a sophisticated computer running software that accomplishes tasks and varied operations with ease. Accordingly, these tasks/operations (the interaction of cells and synapses within the nervous system) are what lead to consciousness. Is raising one’s energy vibration a function of religious dogma or quantum physics? Join us as we attempt to probe these issues and more. June 8th, 2015.
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Psychologists' Contribution to Big Data meaning
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While physicists, mathematicians, computer scientists and others contribute to our understanding of Big Data, psychologists and behavioral scientists have yet to fully apply their understanding of cognitive and behavioral dynamics. Behind the data sets are human emotions and not just statistics. Consequently, there are stories to be explored and told. How can they ensure that algorithms measuring performance do not obscure the human component? Big Data and Psychology Future Partners in the Making.
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Modern Psychology in 21st century Life
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Game Transfer Phenomena: Echoes of Extended Gameplay. Special thanks to our Guest Blogger Dr. Angelica B. Ortiz de Gortari who wrote this. Out of Our Hands? Part Two – Leadership, Teams, and Guarding Against Virtual Proximity. This post is a follow up dovetailing another insightful post by Ryan Ewers concerning the. 21st Century Suicide: Preventive Benefits of New Technologies. Psychology21C is focused on lessening the gap between psychology and the 21st century. Our mission. Out of Our Hands? Part 1: Le...
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Leadership and Quantum principles in Organizations
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If we acknowledge that all people are leaders in their own unique worlds, then we can accept that we bring beliefs, passions and identities to the workplace that must be embraced and included, even loved. And, what impacts one, impacts us all. So, how can psychologists apply quantum principles such as entanglement to teach us about leadership, collaboration and working toward goals with teams in the 21st century? How should psychologists help us align our personal goals with those of the organization?
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