Festinger (1957) describes cognitive dissonance as the internal need for consistency between beliefs‚ attitudes‚ behaviors and actions also known as cognitions. When cognitions are misaligned a dissonance is created and human nature warrants the restoration of a harmonious balance.
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Theories‚ models and perspectives - Cheat sheet for field instructors Major Theories – Used in Social Work Practice Systems Theory Psychodynamic Social Learning Conflict Developmental Theories Theories of moral reasoning (Kohlberg‚ Gilligan) Theories of cognition (Piaget) Transpersonal theories of human development (Transpersonal – means beyond or through the persona or mask. Going beyond identity rooted in the individual body or ego to include spiritual experience or higher levels
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Theories of Ethnocentrism: Social Dominance Theory and Social Identity Perspective Compare and Contrast critically evaluate in light of relevant research and theoretical reasoning A major focus of psychology is in understanding why group conflict‚ inequality and ethnocentrism occur. Many researchers have developed theories and presented evidence to try and explain these issues and two predominant approaches have emerged. The first approach focuses on the relatively stable personality differences
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Limitations of the Study One of the reasons why dance movement therapy [DMT] is not more widely used to treat psychological disorders‚ is due to the lack of substantial research. Firstly‚ there is a lack of evidence-based research that shows that DMT works beyond its holistic therapeutic qualities. In order to sufficiently prove this‚ further quantitative data is needed. Next‚ the majority of the research used a small sample size and gender and ethnicity did not vary. Palo-Bengtsson & Ekman (2002)
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In the study of learning‚ learning theories are categorized into paradigms or schools of thought based on viewpoints shared by scientists that provide a framework for research. Three of the major paradigms of learning theories include the cognitive paradigm‚ the neurophysiological paradigm and the evolutionary paradigm. The first paradigm is referred to as cognitive because theorists place their emphasis on the cognitive nature of learning. According to Hergenhahn and Olson (2005)‚ the second paradigm
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Theories and Models in Social Marketing Reference: Lefebvre‚ RC (2000). In PN Bloom & GT Gundlach (Eds.)‚ Handbook of Marketing and Society‚ Newbury Park‚ CA: Sage Publications. Theories and models for social marketing abound‚ with little formal consensus on which types of models for what types of social problems in what kinds of situations are most appropriate. In defining what social marketing is‚ many authors include the notion of exchange theory to link it to its marketing roots (e.g.‚ Kotler
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Rebecca Sullivan Evaluate theories of cognitive development and learning There are a range of psychological approaches linked to the study of education. The development of cognitive theories and behaviourist theories are used to evaluate and explain the learning process and how these can be linked to education. Piaget’s (1952) theory of cognitive development‚ suggests that children think in different ways to adults‚ due to cognitive development and the stages individuals develop at. Piaget (1952)
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Behavioral Finance Behavioral finance attempts to explain what‚ why‚ and how of finance and investing from a human perspective. More specifically‚ behavioral finance integrates psychology and economics into the study of human judgment and biases in decision making under conditions of uncertainty. (David‚ 2004) In order to clearly define and explain the origin of behavioral finance‚ it is important to first define finance‚ which is the foundation of behavioral finance. Finance is a field
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LEARNING THEORIES BASED ON BEHAVIORAL PERSPECTIVES Behaviorism is a school of thought in psychology based on the assumption that learning occurs through interactions with the environment (Cherry‚2011). Two other assumptions of this theory are that the environment shapes behaviour and that taking internal mental states into consideration is useless in explaining behaviour. Ivan Pavlov‚ a Russian physiologist discovered the classical conditioning in the 1920s. Classical conditioning focuses on
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Observational and social theory According to Lefrancois‚ Social cognitive theory is a label for Bandura’s theory‚ which explains social learning through imitation using the principles of operant conditioning while recognizing the importance of cognitive activities such as imagining‚ symbolizing and anticipating (Lefrancois‚ p.386). Bandura’s theory was based on Skinners operant conditioning. If you recall Skinner believed in “free will” Therefore‚ Skinner believed that we have a mind‚ but due to
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