Cognitive dissonance refers to any situation involving conflicting beliefs‚ attitudes‚ or behaviors. According to the text‚ A First Look at Communication Theory‚ cognitive dissonance is the distressing mental state that people feel when they find themselves doing things that don’t fit with what they know‚ or having opinions that do not fit with other opinions they hold. This produces a feeling of discomfort‚ which leads to a change in one of the beliefs‚ attitudes‚ or behaviors to reduce discomfort
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This week we read about behavior and cognitive interventions that are necessary for teaching students with emotional disabilities. We read about group therapy skills necessary for teaching students with emotional disabilities effectively. We also read about how effective collaboration is essential for successful educational planning for a student with emotional and behavioral disabilities. We read about cognitive behavior therapy‚ which is teaching students to manage their own behavior. I personally
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This reflective essay speaks about Educational Psychology‚ a good teacher‚ general principles of development‚ the brain and cognitive development‚ Piaget’s theory of cognitive development and Lev Vygotsky’s sociocultural perspective. Educational Psychology plays a very important role in our daily lives as it helps us to understand and develop strategies to improve the learning process. An effective teacher is one who is organized‚ not biased‚ patient‚ and flexible and knows how to teach medium
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an interesting class on the Three Approaches to Instruction. Each has its own advantages and disadvantages. In my opinion you cannot use one approach alone. For some younger age children the Humanistic and Cognitive approach have to be incorporated with the Behavioural. According to The Cognitive approach‚ one needs prior knowledge and experience. For example‚ to be able to teach a class of kindergartners or first graders a teacher can see that the students do not have much prior knowledge or experiences
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Cognitive Psychology Definition Paper Randy Strickland University of Phoenix PSY/360 Dione Johnson July 111‚ 2011 Cognitive Psychology Definition Paper Introduction Cognition is the “science” term for "the process of thought.” Its usage varies in different ways in accordance with different disciplines: For example‚ in psychology and cognitive science‚ it refers to an information processing view of an individual’s psychological makeup. It addresses the questions of how psychological/cognitive
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Theme: The loss of faith in God. Thesis: In Night‚ cognitive dissonance correlates with the theme‚ a loss of faith‚ by using words written by Elie Wiesel. Evidence 1: A general example of cognitive dissonance in religion is believing that God does exist and it is important to pray. Even though that person believes it‚ that person does not pray or even mention the existence of God. Analysis: Cognitive dissonance is having inconsistent thoughts with beliefs and attitudes. The person knows right
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Cognitive development: Counting- The children will count in meaningful ways during free play. The way(s) this will be accomplished: Through the circle activity that contains different numbers. The objective of the activity is to match the appropriate amount of ice-cream stickers to the corresponding number. The children will have to successfully place the correct number of ice-cream stickers in the corresponding spot. The ice-cream cone activity will also need counting skills as the children need
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META-COGNITIVE OBSERVATION The meta-cognitive observation was conducted to an 8 years old student in Grade II. Before asking the child to repeat the 10 words that I will say‚ I conducted an interview with the child. Usually‚ a child can not express their ideas easily. The most common words they use are “yes”‚ “no”‚ “I don’t know”. They also don’t do well in answering the question “why”. For example‚ when I asked the child question like “why do you like to read?” he answered “I don’t know‚ just
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problem solve‚ reflect on and evaluate results‚ and modify one’s approach as needed. It helps learners choose the right cognitive tool for the task and plays a critical role in successful learning. What Is Metacognition? Metacognition refers to awareness of one’s own knowledge: what one does and doesn’t know; and one’s ability to understand‚ control‚ and manipulate one’s cognitive processes (Meichenbaum‚ 1985). It includes knowing when and where to use particular strategies for learning and problem
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I find the approaches of psychodynamic‚ cognitive-behavioral‚ and person centered approaches to counseling fascinating. There are many different aspects to all three approaches that fit my personality. I do not believe that I would be able to pick one single approach and stick to it. I do however feel that if you have a client that would benefit from one single approach then that would be the responsible thing to do for the client. However‚ I am not sure if a persons (professional) human nature
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