1. Cognitive dissonance is a state where someone is being confronted by something that is against his beliefs (doing an action that he / she does not like‚ etc.)‚ and then he / she tries to balance the inconsistency that he experienced by changing his view on that inconsistency (to reduce the dissonance by justifying it). People want to be consistent in their attitudes and rationalizing irrational things that they did is what cognitive dissonance makes them do. For example‚ in Festinger’s experiments
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work that I was presenting. I began to make excuses for the decisions that I made when deciding not to take the AP exam and when deciding to focus more on my other classes. I began making more consonant decisions and thoughts in order to lower the dissonance that I was feeling. I had created new consonant cognitions when deciding that it was a college level class and deciding that it was ok if I didn’t do well in the class at that time. My actions reflect ways to reduce cognitive
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Altanzaya Ganzorigt ( Zaya) Difference between America and Mongolia All people are similar to each other by physically; eventhough‚ we are different from each other by where you born. Indeed‚ the US and Mongolia are located far from each other ; they have many similarities. For example‚ both US and Mongolia have huge land and many varies of climate and landscape. Due to large size‚ varies across the large country from tropical beaches to Alaska while Mongolia have many different places from Gobi
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every member of a society and thus‚ culture is learnt and transmitted to others. Differences between people within any given nation or culture are much greater than differences between groups. Polish people and British‚ although have a lot of common in terms of historical inheritance‚ they vary in many aspects of social life and these differences naturally affect the behaviour and culture. Much of the differences in culture have to do with superstitions. Many of today’s traditions and superstitions
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European Christians and Middle Eastern Muslims shared a common cultural heritage from the Judeo-Christian past. In the classical period Islam‚ Muslims learned about Christianity from the Christians they met in conquered territories‚ from the Old and New Testaments‚ from Jews‚ and from Jews and Christians who converted to Islam. Before 1500 a wide spectrum of Muslim opinion about Jesus and Christians existed. At the time of the Crusades and of the Christian recon quest of Muslim Spain‚ polemical anti-views
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my time and stress management skills as well as effective communication‚ and make up for my lack of direct experience in Marketing and English. There are some differences in workplace culture between Canada and Vietnam I have noticed when I have studied and worked at Vancouver Island University as a Marketing intern. The first difference is how people communicate. Vietnamese people would prefer to speak indirectly while Canadians would like to get straight to the point. Secondly‚ appearances
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America is a combination of people who has different colors of skin‚ diverse languages and various cultures. It makes diversification become the biggest feature of the United States ‚ however‚ everything is like a double-edged sword for it also brings trouble on communication with each other‚ especially the cooperation. Americans pay attention to teamwork‚ so they have to communicate or work with people from other countries and regions‚ but this has become a stumbling block for everyone to realize
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Afghan and Australian cultures differ from each other to quite an extent. They can be thought of as opposite sides of a coin which share no direct similarities or are in any way related. The Australian view of correct etiquette and decorum contrasts significantly with that of the Afghan society which is based and derived from their religion‚ Islam. Religion is the major reason for the incompatibility between Afghan and Australian cultures. In Afghanistan all decisions are dominated by religious
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México and Japan‚ two countries rich in culture and tradition‚ are well known for their trade agreements and business relations. Mexico is located in North America‚ the primary language is Spanish‚ the currency is known as “PESO” and the capital city is Mexico City. On the other side Japan is located in Asia‚ their primary language is Japanese and there currency is known as “YEN”. The capital city of japan is Tokyo‚ which is one of the leading cities in technology and innovation. It is important
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of their rough lives in the past it make it difficult for them to feel comfortable and not want to open up to anyone. Rose and Dina have similarities such as being an outcast‚ secluded and suffering from a troubled past. However‚ they also have difference Rose-Johnny is polite‚ quiet and generous and Dina is angry‚ loud and straightforward. Rose Johnny is an outcast where she is lives; most of people in town start rumors that she a lesbian because of her appearance.
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