Psychology 2660A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Overlearning, Conscientiousness, Job Performance
23 Mar 2015
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Formal procedures used by the organization to facilitate employee learning and behavior change that will serve the organizations goals. Training is not for new comers but cycles through your entire career. Active learning vs passive learning: active has the advantage. Higher retention rates: most classrooms settings are mostly passive, active learning is more time consuming but worth it. Distributive vs massed practice: distributing your studying over many days helps. All learning not just academic: massed practice (all at one time) Making up questions, explaining why your answers are correct: some people acquire knowledge and skills differently than others. Training readiness: what mindset are you in, how prepared are you for the training in your mind. Conscientiousness: do better at the acquisition of knowledge. Proactivity using: very similar to conscientiousness, organized, looking for ways to apply the material you"re. Hypothesis: training (cid:224) positive outcomes: is it worth it to spend the time and money in training.
