am a second semester student of the ‘Mass Communication & Journalism’ department. Although it is very early‚ I have learnt lots of things about communication & related to communication from our classes. One of the things is ‘Cognitive Dissonance’. COGNITIVE DISSONANCE Aesop tells a story (‘The Fox & the Grapes’; the source of the phrase ‘sour grapes’) about a fox that tried in vain to reach a cluster of grapes hanging from a vine high above his head. The fox jumped high to grasp the
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A Life Changing Accident I was twelve years old enjoying my summer after fifth grade. My two cousins‚ Blake and Lacy‚ my aunt ’s boyfriend‚ Chris‚ and his daughter‚ Emily‚ and I hopped in Chris ’s old ford truck. All of us kids had been bulldozing down trees in the forest behind the house all day and decided that we wanted to build a tree house. We were headed to town to buy supplies for the tree house. As we were all getting in the truck there was no room in the front for all of us‚ so Blake
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Cognitive psychology is the study of mental processes such as how people think‚ perceive information‚ and learn (Willingham‚ 2007). This area of psychology mainly concentrates on the way people acquire‚ process‚ and store information. It has practical uses because it can enhance a person’s ability to learn by improving memory and advancing a person’s ability to make decisions. There are four milestones in the development of cognitive psychology as a discipline. The research conducted by Dr. Alfred
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to predict potential behavior. This essay shall discuss how learning affects personality development whilst paying particular attention to the role of cognition and‚ in particular‚ Albert Bandura ’s Social Cognitive Theory. Bandura ’s Social Cognitive Theory stipulates that learning is a cognitive aspect‚ and as such it involves a variety of mental processes such as memory and perception‚ as well as controlling processes that influence decision making and problem solving. It centres around the principle
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Cognitive Dissonance How do human beings make decisions? What triggers a person to take action at any given point? These are all questions that I will attempt to answer with my theoretical research into Leon Festinger’s theory of cognitive dissonance‚ as well as many of the other related theories. We often do not realize the psychological events that take place in our everyday lives. It is important to take notice of theories‚ such as the balance theory‚ the congruency theory and the cognitive
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Piaget’s theory of cognitive development consists of four evident phases. The first is referred to as the sensorimotor stage. This stage typically occurs between birth and two years of age. During the sensorimotor stage children at first rely solely on the reflexes (sucking and rooting for example) that they were born with. Intelligence manifests itself through motor activities‚ for example children learn to crawl and walk during this stage. Most of the knowledge acquired during this stage is through
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Cognitive dissonance refers to a situation involving conflicting attitudes‚ beliefs or behaviors. This situation produces a feeling of discomfort or dissonance leading to an alteration in one of the attitudes‚ beliefs or behaviors to reduce the discomfort and restore balance etc. For example‚ when someone is forced to do something publicly that they privately really don’t want to do‚ dissonance is created between their cognition (I didn’t want to do this) and their behavior (I did it). The term
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The Brain and Cognitive Functions Centuries of philosophy and science have been dedicated to unraveling the mystery behind how cognition occurs‚ how it maps to areas of the brain‚ and to what degree cognition is dependant upon these various areas in which cognitive activities are located. Modern neuroscience has helped tremendously to provide some answers as have tests on brain trama patients such as Phineas Gage which revealed startling changes in individual behavior that can be linked to damage
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Cognitive dissonance is a cognitive-behavioral theory of communication that insists that people are motivated to seek consonance if they are faced with conflicting cognitions. To understand this better‚ I will first define cognition as any belief‚ opinion‚ attitude‚ perception‚ or piece of knowledge about anything – about other persons‚ objects‚ issues‚ or oneself (Kowol) and dissonance is an inconsistency or conflict. Avoiding dissonance is just as important as needs such as safety or hunger so
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Cognitive Styles and Learning Styles Cognitive styles describe how the individual acquires knowledge (cognition) and processes information (conceptualization). Cognitive styles are related to mental behaviors which individuals apply habitually when they are solving problems. In general‚ they affect the way in which information is obtained‚ sorted‚ and utilized. Cognitive style is usually described as a stable and persistent personality dimension which influences attitudes‚ values‚ and social
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