Cognitive Functioning PSY/475 April 22‚ 2013 Cognitive Functioning Sternberg’s Triarchic Theory *Componential *Metacomponents *Performance *Knowledge-acquisition Speaker Notes: Sternberg’s Triarchic theory was first introduced around 1985 and has been widely used since. Sternberg believed that that intelligence has three facets to help understand the human mind (Hogan‚ 2007). There are many different sub-divisions and then some of those have subparts to them as well. The first is componential
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Critically evaluate Piaget ’s theory of cognitive development Piaget has been described as the father of cognitive psychology (Shaffer‚ 1988) and his stage theory as the foundation of developmental cognitive psychology (Lutz & Sternberg‚ 2002). It is not possible to describe Piaget ’s empirical findings and theory in only 1‚500 words. Instead‚ I will briefly review the theory ’s scope‚ comprehensiveness‚ parsimony‚ applicability‚ heuristic value and methodological underpinning. I will then evaluate
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Caregiver burden refers to the effects of fatigue‚stress and other distressing psychological symptoms that parents‚ siblings‚other family members‚or even friends of an individual in need of care face as non-professional caregivers. The burden experienced is subjective in nature and can often signal negative outcomes in a caregiving situation‚ for both the caregiver and the person being cared for.
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SOCIAL COGNITIVE THEORY OF GENDER DEVELOPMENT AND DIFFERENTIATION Kay Bussey Macquarie University Albert Bandura Stanford University Abstract Human differentiation on the basis of gender is a fundamental phenomenon that affects virtually every aspect of people’s daily lives. This article presents the social cognitive theory of gender-role development and functioning. It specifies how gender conceptions are constructed from the complex mix of experiences and how they operate in concert with motivational
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Speech Act Theory and the Speech Situation Etsuko Oishi Esercizi Filosofici 1‚ 2006‚ pp. 1-14 ISSN 1970-0164 link: http://www.univ.trieste.it/~eserfilo/art106/oishi106.pdf AUSTIN’S SPEECH ACT THEORY AND THE SPEECH SITUATION Etsuko Oishi The talk starts with a question‚ why do we discuss Austin now? While answering the question‚ I will (I) present an interpretation of Austin’s speech act theory‚ (II) discuss speech act theory after Austin‚ and (III) extend Austin’s speech act theory by developing
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Transactional Analysis: Transactional analysis is a social psychology developed by Eric Berne during the 1960s‚ which has further evolved over the past four decades to include applications to psychotherapy‚ counseling‚ education and organizational development. Transactional Analysis (or TA as it is often called) is a model of people and relationships and is based on two notions: first that we have three parts or ’ego-states’ to our ’personality. The other assumption is that these converse with one
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Transformational Leadership & Transactional Leadership “Leadership without perspective and point of view isn’t leadership-and of course it must be your own perspective‚ your own point of view. You cannot borrow a point of view any more than you can borrow someone else’s eyes. It must be authentic‚ and if it is‚ it will be original‚ because you are original”. (Bennis‚ 1992‚ p.122) Introduction This paper assesses two popular leadership theories: Transformational Leadership & Transactional Leadership. It further
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social situations‚ often because they are uncomfortable and lonely. Many people with Schizoid Personality Disorder would rather be alone rather than being in social settings. Batman is an example of a person with Schizoid Personality Disorder. Batman is not
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Matthew J The Social Developmental Value of Theatre Arts 07/01/2013 Applied Theatre is an umbrella term used to describe theatre and drama based practices with the aim of social development. The topics can range from targets of community building‚ protest‚ cultural awareness and sensitivities‚ harm reduction‚ religion‚ health‚ socio-economic representation‚ and educational purposes. Within Applied Theatre‚ there are no set traditional theatrical methods but a preference towards innovative
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Stress Health Psychology University of West Alabama According to Taylor (2012)‚ stress is a negative emotional experience accompanied by predictable biochemical‚ physiological‚ cognitive‚ and behavioral changes that are directed either toward altering the stressful event or accommodating to its effects (p. 139). There are two types of stress; distress and eustress. Eustress is considered positive stress and motivates a person and is short-term. Distress is considered negative
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