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Summary of The Dunning-Kruger Effect

  The Dunning-Kruger effect is a cognitive bias in which individuals with low ability or expertise in a particular domain tend to overestimate their competence and mistakenly believe that they possess above-average skills. This effect was first described in a 1999 study conducted by psychologists David …

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Applying Expectancy Theory in Ministry

By Michael Mooney, Exec. Elder Expectancy Theory is the concept that people are motivated by expectations (V. Vroom).  When people are expecting something, they also consider the implications of it coming to pass.  Natural questions that follow expectancy are: What is required to see the outcome?  …

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Social Learning Theory in Ministry National Association of Christian Ministers

Social Learning Theory in Ministry

By Michael Mooney, NACM Exec. Elder There is an old quotes that says, “the behavior that is rewarded gets repeated”. Proposed by C. Montgomery, the Social Learning Theory is the concept that people learn their behaviors through the influences of rewards and or punishments. In other …

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Mooney’s Smart Discipleship Model

Mooney’s Smart Discipleship Model Using Smartphones to Make Disciples in the 21st Century Abstract This work advances the scientific body of knowledge surrounding three domains of communication: 1) transformational leadership; 2) Christian discipleship; and 3) smartphone/social media interaction. Its aim is to develop an online training …

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The False Consensus Effect

By Michael Mooney, NACM Exec. Elder “You can bend it and twist it… You can misuse and abuse it… But even God cannot change the Truth.” -Michael Levy The false consensus effect is the over or underestimation of our ideas about what others think of our …

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