Bozeman Science
The Rate Law
Paul Andersen explains how the rate law can be used to determined the speed of a reaction over time. Zeroth-order, first-order and second-order reactions are described as well as the overall rate law of a reaction. The rate of a...
SciShow
Taboos of Science
Hank discusses some of the taboos which have plagued scientific inquiry in the past and a few that still exist today.
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: How does alcohol cause hangovers? | Judy Grisel
The molecule responsible for hangovers is ethanol, which we colloquially refer to as alcohol. Ethanol is present in all alcoholic beverages, and generally speaking, the more ethanol, the greater the potential for a hangover. So, how...
Curated Video
Leadership Behaviors: Task and Relationship Focus
In the middle of the 20th Century, researchers turned their attention from how leaders are, to what to what they do. With a suitable behavioral theory of leadership, we can more easily train leaders. They found the key concepts are task...
Curated Video
Social Learning Theory: Bandura’s Bobo Beatdown Experiments
The video discusses psychologist Albert Bandura's social learning theory and his Bobo doll experiments, which proved that children can learn by observing others. The experiments showed that children often imitate the behavior of adults,...
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Behavioral Approach to Leadership
What is Behavioral Approach to Leadership? The behavioral leadership theory focuses on how leaders behave, and assumes that these traits can be copied by other leaders. Sometimes called the style theory, it suggests that leaders aren't...
Curated Video
Blood Pressure Regulation (Lecture)
How is Blood pressure regulated? How do cardiac output and peripheral resistance fit into the equation? What are the negative effects of hypertension (high blood pressure). I explore these concepts and more in this video
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Institutional Theory
What is Institutional Theory? In sociology and organizational studies, institutional theory is a theory on the deeper and more resilient aspects of social structure. It considers the processes by which structures, including schemes,...
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House's Path Goal Theory (Situational Leadership)
What is House's Path Goal Theory (Situational Leadership)? Robert J. House, founder of Path-Goal theory, believes that a leader's behavior is contingent to employee satisfaction, employee motivation and employee performance. Path-Goal...
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Attribution Theory
What is Attribution Theory? Attribution is a term used in psychology which deals with how individuals perceive the causes of everyday experience, as being either external or internal. Models to explain this process are called Attribution...
Mister Simplify
Attribution Theory and Social Psychology Explained with Examples - Simplest explanation ever
As we all know, human beings tend to judge people based on their actions and tend to draw conclusions on people's personalities and inner character. Attribution theory delves into this tendency and the process we follow when we connect...
Psychology Unlocked
Social Learning Theory in 4 Minutes 👨👧👦 How people learn from others 👨👧👦 Psychology
Social Learning Theory suggests that we learn not just by way of reward and punishment for actions, but instead we learn by observing others and imitating their behaviours. We watch, we copy, we practise. And one of the intriguing claims...
Curated Video
Work Orientation Theory: John Goldthorpe and How Attitudes affect Motivation
John Goldthorpe and his colleagues offer us a sociological model of workplace motivation: Work Orientation Theory. Goldthorpe's theory is culturally rooted in 1960s Britain. But I do think the principles underpinning it are worth bearing...
The Art Assignment
Art Trip: Venice Biennale | The Art Assignment | PBS Digital Studios
Behold the 2017 Venice Biennale. Called the "olympics of the art world," the exhibition invades historic (and tourist clogged) Venice, Italy, every two years, and has since 1895. Contemporary art abounds, with installations and...
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Social Choice Theory
What is Social Choice Theory? Social choice theory or social choice is a theoretical framework for analysis of combining individual opinions, preferences, interests, or welfares to reach a collective decision or social welfare in some...
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Enactment Theory
What is Enactment Theory? Enactment theory goes be- yond the conventional scope of theories of action by acknowledging tiordances in the environment, needs of individuals and organizations, decision and preparation, motivation, planning...
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Socio-Psychological Theory (Neo-Freudian)
What is Socio-Psychological Theory? What is Neo-Freudian theory? These theorists, referred to as neo-Freudians, generally agreed with Freud that childhood experiences matter, but deemphasized sex, focusing more on the social environment...
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Conflict Theory
What is Conflict Theory? Conflict theories are perspectives in sociology and social psychology that emphasize a materialist interpretation of history, dialectical method of analysis, a critical stance toward existing social arrangements,...
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Balance Theory (Cognitive Balance)
What is Balance Theory, also known as Cognitive Balance? Cognitive balance theory was devised by Heider (1946, 1958) to explain how people resolve inconsistencies in their interpersonal affects. For example, if a person p likes another...
Professor Dave Explains
Kinetic Molecular Theory and its Postulates
We learned about ideal gases and the ideal gas laws, and we briefly touched on kinetic molecular theory, which puts these laws in context. But let's now go through this theory more rigorously, analyzing each postulate one at a time.
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Ambiguity Theory
What is the Ambiguity Theory? Ambiguity theory assumes that turbulence and unpredictability are dominant features of organizations. That is, the organization is marked by uncertainty and unpredictability.
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Gestalt Theory
What is Gestalt Theory? Gestalt psychology, gestaltism, or configurationism is a school of psychology that emerged in the early twentieth century in Austria and Germany as a theory of perception that was a rejection of basic principles...
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Elements of Human Relations Theory
Dr. Kyle Huff explains what are the Elements of Human Relations Theory
Crash Course
Behavioral Economics: Crash Course Economics
Why do people buy the stuff they buy? In classical economics, most models assume that consumers behave rationally. As you've probably noticed in your real life, in case after case, people don't actually make rational decisions. There can...