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Racism and Cognitive Dissonance

into a state of psychological dissonance, which, in turn, produces an unpleasant tension (Rudolph, 2003). According to Festinger, ...

Festinger's Theory

There have been many important contributions to social psychology. Many scholars state that the most important theory in the field...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

Racism & Adolescent Development

favor "cooperation, discussion, a focus tied to people, hands-on activities, and whole-to-part learning," while white students are...

Making a Cognitive Dissonance Case

come back to haunt him in the future. They may also harm the company in the future at which time it is likely to then seek to plac...

Using the Cognitive Dissonance Theory to Evaluate the Decision of ER Doctor Elizabeth Corday

decide whether it was right to go against the law to do good. Many situations come up for individuals where they must decide what ...

Critically Analyzing Festinger's Cognitive Dissonance Theory

This paper consists of an eight page overview, analysis, critique, and current debates concerning Festinger's Cognitive Dissonance...

Cognitive Dissonance Theory and Departmental Reorganization

In three pages the cognitive dissonance theory of Festinger is applied to the opposition to a directive that demands departmental ...

Premarital Sex

outside of marriage. Chastity is the watchword of Christian ethics pertaining to sexual relations. Its teachings reflect t...

Racism in Colonial America

Racism has been part and parcel of American society since its inception, and the colonial period featured racism in its most virul...

Cognitive Psychology as a Neurological Framework

of cognitive neuropsychology finds its contemporary origins in the 1960s, there are famous cases in history that appear to substan...

Memory Development

of studies demonstrate the need for instruction in learning basic concepts during the early years. The investigations related to ...

Cognitive Therapy : Addiction & Trauma

specifically the division of artificial intelligence (Boeree, 2000). Some of the major players are Tolman, Piaget, Bandura, Chomsk...

Racism in Contemporary America

investigations that "successfully demonstrate the unfairness that only Affirmative Action can begin to redress" (Bradley 450). Spe...

Higher Education and the Problem of Racism

This research paper investigates Spanish/Hispanic racism within the context of the nation's institutions fo higher education. This...

Racism in the United States

This researech paper offers an overview of American racism, describing several famous incidents that portray the nature of racism ...

Racism, Imagination, and Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye

segments correlates with the seasons. The section about "See Jane," is really about Pecola, as opposite a presentation from the w...

Malcolm X's Autobiography

At first, Malcolm X viewed the living conditions in Roxbury as favorable, and perceived a shift in the social order towards more e...

Southern Baptist Church Burnings and Racism

In four pages this essay examines the KKK's role in burning Southern baptist churches in a consideration of how racism still exist...

African Americans and Racism

of the African Americans, up until just before the Second World War, the United States was also apparently guilty of trying to eng...

TwoTypes of Therapeutic Interventions

There is confusion when someone talks about cognitive therapy or behavioral therapy alone because since the 1960s, these have give...

The Case of Phineas Cage

it also has an effect on a persons personality. The posterior or back of the lobe is comprised of pre-motor and motor areas (Johns...

COGNITIVE ANALYSIS: VISUALIZING AND THINKING

The video dealt with a teacher, her second-grade students, and the importance of visualizing while writing and reading. In the vid...

Age, Declining Cognition, and Frontal Deterioration Hypothesis

from that environment. This involves both thinking and problem solving which in turn results in memory formation and learning. T...

Overview of Cognitive Development/The First 2 Years

can find a partially hidden object, and responds to the sound of his or her name (CDC, 2008). By a year, a baby can find hidden ob...

Kris Kringle's Personality

In five pages this paper analyzes Kris Kringle's personality in a consideration of delusions, hallucinations, and cognitive functi...