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Behavioral strategy refers to the application of insights from psychology and behavioral economics to the research and practice of strategic management. In one definition of the field, "Behavioral strategy merges cognitive and social psychology with strategic management theory and practice. Behavioral strategy aims to bring realistic ...
Self-regulated learning ( SRL) is one of the domains of self-regulation, and is aligned most closely with educational aims. [ 1] Broadly speaking, it refers to learning that is guided by metacognition (thinking about one's thinking), strategic action (planning, monitoring, and evaluating personal progress against a standard), and motivation to ...
Behavioral game theory seeks to examine how people's strategic decision-making behavior is shaped by social preferences, social utility and other psychological factors. [ 1] Behavioral game theory analyzes interactive strategic decisions and behavior using the methods of game theory, [ 2] experimental economics, and experimental psychology.
Metacognition. Metacognition is an awareness of one's thought processes and an understanding of the patterns behind them. The term comes from the root word meta, meaning "beyond", or "on top of". [ 1] Metacognition can take many forms, such as reflecting on one's ways of thinking, and knowing when and how oneself and others use particular ...
Implementation intention. An implementation intention is a self-regulatory strategy in the form of if-then-plans that can lead to better goal attainment, as well as create useful habits and modify problematic behaviors. It is subordinate to goal intentions as it specifies the when, where and how portions of goal-directed behavior.
Goal setting involves the development of an action plan designed in order to motivate and guide a person or group toward a goal. [ 1] Goals are more deliberate than desires and momentary intentions. Therefore, setting goals means that a person has committed thought, emotion, and behavior towards attaining the goal.
Strategic thinking is a mental or thinking process applied by an individual in the context of achieving a goal or set of goals. As a cognitive activity, it produces thought . When applied in an organizational strategic management process, strategic thinking involves the generation and application of unique business insights and opportunities ...
Planning fallacy. The planning fallacy is a phenomenon in which predictions about how much time will be needed to complete a future task display an optimism bias and underestimate the time needed. This phenomenon sometimes occurs regardless of the individual's knowledge that past tasks of a similar nature have taken longer to complete than ...