Effective Managers Focus More on Minimizing Employees' Weaknesses Than on Building

question 47

True/False

Effective managers focus more on minimizing employees' weaknesses than on building their strengths.

Differentiate between observational and experimental data.

Explain the concepts of learned helplessness and learned optimism as defined by Seligman.

Apply Seligman's concepts of learned helplessness, learned optimism, and explanatory style to analyze individual behaviors.

Discuss the relation between Seligman's psychological theories and health, including mental health (e.g., depression) and physical health (e.g., relation to heart disease).

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Definitions:

Consistency

The uniformity or coherence in texture, pattern, or design.

Placebo

A substance with no therapeutic effect, used as a control in testing new drugs or used to elicit a psychological benefit.

Eating Disorder

Mental disorders characterized by abnormal or disturbed eating habits, such as anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa.

Predictive Validity

The extent to which a score on a scale or test predicts future performance on a related outcome.