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Definition: The Life Positions refers to the specific behavior towards others that an individual learns on the basis of certain assumptions made very early in the life. The life positions can be categorized as follows: I am O.K., You are O.K.: This life position shows that an individual has several O.K. experiences with others. This means, an individual encountered … [Read more...] about Life Positions

Definition: The Ego States are an important aspect of transactional analysis that talks about how a person feels, behave or think at any point of time. According to Dr Eric Berne, people usually interact with each other in terms of three psychological and behavioral patterns classified as parent ego, adult ego and child ego, often called as a PAC Model. This classification … [Read more...] about Ego States

Definition: The Johari Window is the psychological model developed by Joseph Luft and Harrington Ingham, that talks about the relationship and mutual understanding between the group members. In other words, a psychological tool that helps an individual to understand his relationship with himself and with other group members is called as a Johari Window. The objective behind … [Read more...] about Johari Window

Definition: The Transactional Analysis refers to the psychoanalytic process wherein the interpersonal behaviors are studied. In other words, a social psychological model that talks about the personal growth and personal change, i.e., identifying the ego states of each individual to understand their behaviors and altering them to solve the emotional problems. This model was … [Read more...] about Transactional Analysis

Definition: The Group Decision Making is the collective activity wherein several persons interact simultaneously to find out the solution to a given statement of a problem. In other words, group decision making is a participatory process wherein multiple individuals work together to analyze the problem and find out the optimum solution out of the available set of … [Read more...] about Group Decision Making

Definition: The Dialectic Decisions Method is a technique used to overcome the problem in the group-decision making, wherein the group members quickly agree to one alternative proposal and might overlook more promising solutions than the chosen one. Thus, it ensures a full consideration of alternatives. The reason behind such a quick converge on a single alternative may be, … [Read more...] about Dialectic Decisions Method

Definition: The Brainstorming is a technique to stimulate creative ideas and solutions through a group discussion. Simply, a process wherein a group attempts to find a solution for the specific problem by aggregating all the spontaneous opinions or suggestions given by each group member individually is called as brainstorming. In a brainstorming session, a group of 10-15 … [Read more...] about Brainstorming

Definition: The Delphi Technique refers to the systematic forecasting method used to gather opinions of the panel of experts on the problem being encountered, through the questionnaires, often sent through mail. In other words, a set of opinions pertaining to a specific problem, obtained in writing usually through questionnaires from several experts in the specific field is … [Read more...] about Delphi Technique

Definition: The Nominal Group Technique is a form of brainstorming, wherein a structured meeting is held among the group members where they are required to find solutions to the problem identified for the discussion. In other words, a systematic and an organized group meeting held among the members to facilitate decision making by properly identifying the problems and … [Read more...] about Nominal Group Technique

Definition: The Soft Landing is the economic condition, when the economy shifts from the rapid growth period to low growth or even flattens, but avoids the recession. In other words, the soft landing describes the rate of economic growth, such that, the economy must grow high enough to avoid the recession and must be slowed down enough to prevent high inflation. The soft … [Read more...] about Soft Landing