In this essay I have chosen to compare two opposing theories‚ Immanuel Kant ’s absolutist deontological ethics and Joseph Fletchers relativist situation ethics. The deontological ethics focuses on actions made according to duty and the categorical imperative - which shows how acts are intrinsically good or bad. The situation ethics state that no act is intrinsically good or bad‚ and that actions should b made according to love. From this perspective it looks as thought Kant ’s views were less personal
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Cognitive Dissonance is a psychological discomfort caused by inconsistency among a person’s belief‚ attitudes‚ and or actions. There are three hypotheses that explain the theory. The first hypothesis is selective exposure which is the tendency to avoid information inconsistent with one’s belief and attitudes. One only accepts information that is consistent with their own thoughts. Hypothesis two is post-decision dissonance; which are close call decisions and can affect a decision one makes. And
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the psychology world was this subject looked at as its own. With the help of psychologist such as Freud and Erickson developmental theories were able to help understand this type of development. Children are ever changing and growing with the combination of these three theories; psychoanalytical‚ learning‚ and cognitive theories‚ they are able to develop. These theories help children become part of society and someday become functioning adults. The psychoanalytic perspective is the “View of human
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the continence of your informative post. It is true as you stated that “Cognitive dissonance is the inability to maintain cognitive consistency because of two thoughts.” When an individual is squeezed in the middle of two different thoughts opposing each other‚ he then becomes confused‚ and may undertake a state of discomfort. At that point his internal and external body factors become most important to control his personality. Most of the time individuals are pretty consistent with what they believe
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Saad Bennani Social Cognitive Theory Application Report a. Description of your theory Originally coined from the social learning theory‚ the social cognitive theory (SCT)‚ evolved to better suit the knowledge of the time of “human information processing capacities”‚ and “biases that influence learning from experience‚ observation‚ and symbolic communication.” SCT can be divided into five sub-category constructs‚ which group the key concepts. (a) Psychological Determinants of Behavior: This
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COGNITIVE LEARNING THEORY COGNITIVE LEARNING: Cognitive learning is defined as the acquisition of knowledge and skill by mental or cognitive processes‚ the procedures we have for manipulating information ’in our heads’. Cognitive processes include creating mental representations of physical objects and events‚ and other forms of information processing. But what does it mean? To most people probably very little. Essentially what ’cognition’ means is ’to know’‚ gaining knowledge through thought
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Cognitive Theory Paper Cognitive Therapy Ngina Hardy University of North Texas at Dallas COUN 5710- Counseling Theories November 12‚ 2012 Dr. Jennifer Baggerly Cognitive Therapy "The greatest discovery of my generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind." William James (Whitbourne‚ 2011) When we hear the word cognitive‚ several words come to mind such as‚ reasoning
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Theories of cognitive development: Jean Piaget. Jean Piaget (1896-1980) was actually not a psychologist at first; he dedicated his time to mollusc research. In fact‚ by the time he was 21 he’d already published twenty scientific papers on them! He soon moved to Paris‚ and got a job interviewing mental patients. Before long‚ he was working for Alfred Binet‚ and refining Burt’s reasoning test. During his time working at Binet’s lab‚ he studied the way that children reasoned. After two years of working
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There is a variety of psychological theories that could explain Tanya’s case‚ one being the psychoanalytic theory which is a subdivision of the psychodynamic theory. Freud established psychoanalysis where he based this theory on the principal of all behaviours being stemmed from the unconscious. Freud defined this phenomenon as a person’s defence mechanisms no longer being useful as they become harmful to the individual‚ this is known as the neurotic paradox. Freudians would argue that Tanya suffers
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Personality Theories Matrix THEORY Psychoanalytic Neo-Freudian Trait Biological Humanistic Behavioral/ Social Cognitive Personality “Self: id‚ ego‚ superego‚ thanatos; defense mechanisms.” Personlaity structureis made up of 3 major systems: the id‚ the ego and the superego. Each has its own function properties‚ components‚ operating principles‚ and mechanisms‚ the systems interact so closely with one another that it is difficult to disentangle their effects
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