INDIAN PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY: A VISION WITH ITS STRENGTH AND WEAKNESS Dr. A. SELVARAJ* ABSTRACT The future of Indian pharmaceutical sector looks extremely positive. Indian pharma companies are vying for the branded generic drug space to register their global presence. Several Indian pharmaceutical companies have acquired companies in the US and Europe and many others are raising funds to do so. The Indian Pharmaceutical industry
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Jean Piaget: The second theory I am going to investigate is Jean Piaget’s cognitive theory. Jean Piaget (1896 -1980) was the first psychologist to make a systematic of cognitive development‚ his theory of cognitive child development assistance “us” in understanding children of cognitive development. Piaget believed that babies are born with reflexes (innate schemas). For example‚ when the babies are born‚ they have a sucking reflex‚ they will suck a nipple‚ dummy or a finger. Similarly the grasping
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are several theories of criminal behavior and each of these theories have its own strengths and weakness. For instance‚ the strengths of psychological theory are they focused on the effects that childhood experience have on the developing personality‚ it takes both nature and nurture into account‚ this area has worked with other areas of psychology to produce the following: social learning theory‚ social cognition and artificial intelligence. But‚ the weakness of psychological theory is that it is
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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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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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Leon Festinger created the 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
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health and recovery field‚ where I currently work. I see a lot of Cognitive-Behavioral theory. At my work place we have a large poster on the wall with a list of safe coping skills. Since my job is a 24 hour temporary crisis stay we see many individuals daily in and out. I’m fairly new to the field and company. I’m coming up on my 1 year there on-call‚ but I do see many people at their worst of times and the Cognitive-Behavioral Theory comes to mind. As I read through the chapter I couldn’t help but
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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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representatives of social cognitive learning theories. He’s theory on observational learning (learning by observing behavior) is the single most important form of learning. He argues that people learn most of their behavior through observation and only a little through direct contact. The reason for this is the complexity of most behavior‚ and that this can’t be learned through verbal instructions. This essay will focus on the principles of observational learning‚ highlight the strength and weaknesses‚ and
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Psychology- Strengths and Weaknesses of the Learning Perspective Strengths: Determinism- Refers to the view that all our behaviour is caused by some environmental factor. Our behaviour is determined by outside factors; therefore it is not free will. Allows the study of nurturing. For example‚ Operation Head start was an enrichment programme in the US. It came about as a result of a political movement to help disadvantaged children. For example‚ those who lacked some of the early benefits‚ such
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