Many Poorly Performing Upper Echelon Leaders Continue to Keep Their

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True/False

Many poorly performing upper echelon leaders continue to keep their jobs in spite of poor performance.

Understanding the concept of operant conditioning and its applications.

Differentiating between types of reinforcements (positive, negative) and punishments (positive, negative).

Identifying effective strategies for modifying behavior using operant conditioning.

Recognizing the significance of discriminative stimuli in operant conditioning.

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Definitions:

Neurotic Competitiveness

An indiscriminate need to win at all costs.

Hyper-Competitive

An intense and excessive desire to win and be more successful than others in every situation.

Horney

Refers to Karen Horney, a psychoanalytic psychologist known for her theories on neurotic personality development and the concept of "basic anxiety."

Self-Realization

The process of fully understanding and realizing one's own potential and abilities.