El Dorado Springs High School put on Shrek The Musical last week (under the direction of Nicole Smith)‚ an adaptation of DreamWorks Shrek the children’s cartoon movie. The actors weren’t really given a very good stage to perform on as well as a good backstage. The cast and crew of Shrek the musical did a good job of using of what they had. For such a small stage and a small school the production wasn’t bad as a whole. The set did a sufficient job at letting us know where we’re at and what’s going
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The movie Shrek which starts like any other fairy tale with a once upon a time. But once we see whom the hero of the story is it is made obvious that this is not a typical fairy tale. Each character symbolizes something in general. The four main characters are Princess Fiona (Cameron Diaz)‚ Shrek (Mike Myers)‚ Donkey (Eddie Murphy) and Lord Farquaad (John Lithgow). The other characters include the old fairy tale creatures from stories of childhood‚ which are brought to life‚ and this is the tale
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Hero’s Journey (12 Stages) The Ordinary World- (The hero’s normal world before the story begins.) In the beginning of the movie you see shrek doing his daily behaviors‚ brushing his teeth with slug juice‚ eating eyeballs as food and setting a fire by burping on a matchstick. Shrek’s ordinary world would be his swamp‚ where he lives peacefully without any worries. Shrek has sign saying “stay out” which indicates he likes being alone. The Call to Adventure- (The hero is presented with a challenge adventure
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Cognitive dissonance can fall into just about any situation involving things from conflicting attitudes to other people’s beliefs and behaviors. What cognitive dissonance involves is the mix emotions and feelings of discomfort that leads to the change in someone’s attitude and behaviors. According to Festinger cognitive dissonance theory‚ Festinger suggest that people have an inner drive to hold all their attitudes and their own beliefs in harmony with out disturbance. Every individual compares themselves
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cognitive dissonance theory states that if there is a discrepancy – an aversive emotional state – between our beliefs and behaviors‚ we are likely to experience inconsistency between these two cognitions. For instance‚ if you smoke‚ despite knowing that smoking is harmful‚ then this may result in cognitive dissonance. Furthermore‚ the college students who put themselves through hazing to join a fraternity could be another example. These students also most likely to experience cognitive dissonance. I noticed
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cognitive dissonance theory as an attempt to explain why people desire to have consistency between their behaviors and actions. Cognitive dissonance is the distressing mental state 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 (Festinger‚ 1957; as cited in Griffin‚ 2009). Thus‚ people are motivated to change either their behavior or their belief when feelings of dissonance arise. Dissonance is reduced
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The theory of Cognitive Dissonance states that when individuals are presented with information that implies we act in a way that contradicts our moral standards‚ we experience discomfort (Aronson‚ Wilson‚ and Akert‚ 1998‚ P. 191). This is considered Cognitive Dissonance‚ A psychological term used to describe mental conflict that occurs when beliefs or assumptions are contradicted by new information; arouses unease or tension; relieved by one of several defensive maneuvers: rejecting‚ explaining
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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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I truly enjoyed exploring 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
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According to cognitive dissonance theory‚ there is a tendency for individuals to seek consistency among their cognitions (beliefs‚ expectations‚ or opinions of a particular individual). When inconsistency does exist between these beliefs or attitudes‚ psychological tension (dissonance) occurs and must be resolved through some action. This tension most often results when an individual must choose between two incompatible beliefs or actions and is heightened when alternatives are equally attractive
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