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Evaluation of the Influence of Personality Types on Performance of Shared Tasks in a Collaborative Environment
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Human Nature and Economic Institutions Instinct Psychology, Behaviorism and the Development of
"... institutional economics between the early XXc and the 1940s. The first part deals with the rise and fall of instinct psychology. Inspired by Veblen’s taxonomy of instinctive behavior, several American economists attempted to build a viable alternative to psychological hedonism of neoclassical econom ..."
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institutional economics between the early XXc and the 1940s. The first part deals with the rise and fall of instinct psychology. Inspired by Veblen’s taxonomy of instinctive behavior, several American economists attempted to build a viable alternative to psychological hedonism of neoclassical economics then only at its infancy. In this debate we show how instinct theory came to be applied to the field now as industrial psychology. The second part discusses some of the reasons why this methodological approach began to lose momentum among leading American institutionalists. In this section we also present the emergence of behaviorism in 1930s American economics and the different impact which it gained also within neoclassical economists. This paper particularly dwells upon the contributions of C. Parker, L. Edie, M. Copeland and F. Knight.
BEHAVIOURISM? COGNITIVE THEORY? HUMANISTIC PSYCHOLOGY? — TO HULL WITH THEM ALL! 1
"... Some curious features of the current psychological scene are briefly examined. They include the notion that psychology is undergoing a paradigm shift and that the paradigm due for suppression can be identified with "behaviourism". It is suggested that, although a return to Hull's behaviour theory co ..."
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Some curious features of the current psychological scene are briefly examined. They include the notion that psychology is undergoing a paradigm shift and that the paradigm due for suppression can be identified with "behaviourism". It is suggested that, although a return to Hull's behaviour theory con scarcely be advocated, some characteristics of Hull's approach which have now been widely abondoned, could with advantage be revived. These are (a) the objective of integration, (b) attention to motivational problems and (c) the recognition of the important contrasts, as well as continuities, between behaviour controlled by symbolic processes and behaviour not so controlled. These might enable us to avoid opposite shortcomings of contemporary Skinnerian and neo-cognitivist positions. RESUME Examen rapide de quelques caracteristiques de la situation actuelle en psychologie. On y retrouve notamment I'idee que la psychologie est en voie de changer de modele et que le modele appele a disparaitre peut s'identifier au "behaviorisme".
What is a Systems Approach?
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"... What is a systems approach? The first step towards answering this question is an understanding of the history of the systems movement, which includes a survey of contemporary systems discourse. In particular, I examine how systems researchers differentiated their contribution from mechanistic scienc ..."
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What is a systems approach? The first step towards answering this question is an understanding of the history of the systems movement, which includes a survey of contemporary systems discourse. In particular, I examine how systems researchers differentiated their contribution from mechanistic science – but also from holistic doctrines; and identify the similarities and sharpest differences between complex systems and other systems approaches. Having set the scene, the second step involves developing a definition of ‘system ’ consistent with the spirit of the systems approach. 1.1
