implicit leadership theories

perceivers’ general assumptions about the traits, characteristics, and qualities that distinguish leaders from the people they lead. Like the leadership theories developed by psychologists, these cognitive frameworks tend to include lawlike generalities about leadership and more specific hypotheses about the types of qualities that characterize most leaders. However, unlike scientific theories, they are based on intuition and personal experience and are usually not stated openly. See also attribution theory of leadership; leader categorization theory; leader prototype.

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January 20th 2025

response cost

a procedure in operant conditioning in which certain responses result in loss of a valued commodity. The intent of such procedures is to produce punishment. See negative punishment.