PSYCHOLOGY CORNER
The Business Psychology Blog
Explaining the psychology of common workplace issues and how to avoid them, Hayoka explore how team management and coaching can create a successful work dynamic.
Lessons from Social Psychology that can be applied in the Workplace
Priming – techniques that can be used in order to subtly change the behaviour of another person by manipulating the environment.
The Power of Priming
Priming is a useful tool & can help you improve your chances of success.
Did you know?
Stanley Milgram conducted a famous & shocking psychology experiment in 1963 which showed how good people can do bad things?
Conformity Vs Obedience
On the surface they appear similar, when you examine them they actually have very different psychological explanations.
Social Loafing – what is it & how does it affect group behaviour?
Social loafing is the term that describes how people are likely to put in less effort when taking part in a group task, because they know others will complete it.
What is deindividuation & how does it impact our behaviour?
Diener (1976) investigated this with over 1000 children in Seattle on Halloween. Children were faced with a dilemma, whilst trick or treating they were offered a bowl of candy, with an adult telling them they could take one before leaving to go inside for something…
How the Small Things are Actually the Big Things…
Lynn & Mynier (1993) studied the impact of gestures on tipping behaviour in restaurants (Applebee’s) in the USA. Waiters & waitresses were told to stand up or to squat down to the customers level when taking orders…
When is it ok to question superiors?
Charles Hofling (1966) conducted a field experiment in which 22 nurses received a phone call from an unknown doctor, were asked to give a patient a drug they were not familiar with & were told to give twice the maximum dosage stated on the bottle…
