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Festinger and Carlsmith's Seminal Study

Many of us have experienced cognitive dissonance. It happens when we say or do something that is against our personal beliefs. Thi...

Bruner Piaget Vygotsky

steps (Bandura, 1999). His theory went against the prevalent theories of the day. One of the best known cognitive theorists is Je...

How to Retain Cognitive Abilities as We Age

This research paper presents a discussion of aging and how it affects cognitive function. The realities of cognitive aging are des...

Persuasive Argument Theories

are still being paid less than men for the same job and it is also true that men have been taught more negotiating skills than wom...

Educators and Cognitive Coaching

sufferers of anxiety become familiar with the cognitive processes that support their anxious behaviors, they can actively work to ...

Cognitive Learning Theories

information, linking new to old knowledge, schema, and scripts" (NSW HSC Online, n.d.). The major premise in the cognitive schoo...

Milestones in Cognitive Psychology

(University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, 2008). There are five common themes among cognitive psychologists: analysis is perceived as ...

COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY AND FACIAL EXPRESSIONS RESEARCH

This 6-page research provides a literature review about cognitive psychology and research on facial expressions. A discussion abou...

Bipolar Effect on Learning

& Adolescent Bipolar Foundation, 2007). The advanced imaging technologies have allowed scientists to scan the brains of bipolar p...

Saving Jews from the Holocaust examined in terms of cognitive dissonance theories.

A paper which considers cognitive dissonance with specific reference to saving Jews from the Nazi Holocaust. The writer takes the ...

Two theories relating to cognitive development: Case and Siegler

state to another, which could be considered the strategies used. In other words, there is something similar to a hierarchy and the...

Basis of Cognitive Psychology and Ecological Validity

psychology has paved the way for a paradigm change in science. The same paradigm shift that facilitated psychologys change in foc...

Festinger, Sternberg, and Seligman on Human Motivation

In four pages this paper considers human motivation in a discussion of the attribute changing ABCDE method by Seligman, the Triang...

Cognitive Research Similarities and Differences

which additional research will move forward. This (obviously) allows for the researcher to make the best use of all the informatio...

Approaches to Psychology

as cycle speed follows no set pattern and can overlap one another within the maturation process. "In early developmental theories...

Madness, Nature, and Cognitive Psychology

Erikson believed that environmental changes determine the conflict that arises, and that these stages are sequential in terms of o...

Corporate social responsibility, cognitive dissonance, and preserving the environment.

Inasmuch as "dissonance theory applies to all situations involving attitude formation and change" (Cognitive Dissonance #2), the m...

Summer camp activities to aid the cognitive development of children aged between three and seven

completely. As well, within the scope of learning there needs to be some semblance of order. Using guided discovery, educators...

Various Aspects of Child Development

for instance (Ginn, 2004). Piaget did allow for some flexibility in the age ranges for each stage but there is no flexibility in t...

Processes of Decision Making

and how to physically hurt another human being. The objective of the experiment was to try and determine under what circumstances...

Counseling Sessions and Content Influencing

scenario: a 28-year old man arrives at his counseling session. The first session is the interview during which time, the man expla...

William Glasser's Reality Counseling

(1999), people often disconnect from the world around them when things become too much of a challenge, with much of that disconnec...

Overview of Dolphin Therapy

dolphins could provide a piece to a perplexing medical puzzle that has long been missing. They can, these dolphin aficionados mai...

Examination of CAM Therapies

reduce discomfort following surgery (NCCAM, 2004). Use of CAM has been controversial in the medical community, especially...

Aspects of Family Therapy

to the position of trying to improve the clients ability to change and control themselves, self-organization also lined to circula...

ARDS and Prone Ventilation

The causes of ARDS are not fully understood, but there are two main types of injury which can cause it. In the first, there is a...

Osteoporosis Interventions

While it is important to address estrogen levels in osteoporosis, there are other considerations as well. Some women...

Overview of EMDR Therapy

EMDR therapists assert that the treatment is suitable for a wide range of disorders; that it is much quicker than other forms of...

Comparison of Intimacy Based and Conventional Sex Therapies

"do it right," all of their problems would disappear. The focus was, as is so often the case, on the "mechanical" functions of the...

Wound Closure: Vacuum Assisted Closure Therapy (V.A.C.)

a foam dressing, which is placed in the cavity of the wound (Medica, 2000). The other end of the tube is attached to a canister th...