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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Excuse making is part of your auto-pilot meta-programming. In fact‚ excuses are red flags‚ revealing what you TRULY believe‚ what your most closely held TRUTHS and beliefs are. The reason we make excuses is called cognitive dissonance in psychology. Cognitive dissonance is when our behavior and actions conflict with our attitudes and beliefs. According to Saul McLeod‚ in Simply Psychology‚ “It is the feeling of discomfort leading to an alteration in one of the attitudes‚ beliefs or behaviors to
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Cognitive Processes Paper Maggie Morrison PSY/560 December 3‚ 2013 Isabelle Three types of cognitive processes Subliminal perception is believed to be effected by its based finding of mind control‚ weather it’s one person or group of people. Mind control can be used on a group of people without their awareness. The perception of this idea is to get people to do things that would not normally do. For instance‚ during the 1950s there was a message that says Drink
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care for children’s social and/or cognitive development. Day care is a form of temporary care that is not given by family members or someone who is well known to the child‚ and usually takes place outside the home. This form of care is probably the most common situation in which infants and young children are separated from their primary attachment figure. The physical separation involved in day care may or may not affect a child’s social and cognitive development due to a lack of emotional care
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Edcelyn M. 11280190 MADEPOL ‘Development’ is a concept which is contested both theoretically and politically‚ and is inherently both complex and ambiguous. (Sumner and Tribe‚ 2008) The Development of Development The issue on how to achieve development had gained a huge arena of talk on the development field but it is not alone in the limelight‚ even the concept of ‘development’ had gained many significant issues and changes‚ as well. Defining ‘development’ from the beginning is a debate
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Marissa Boltz Kate Pickett Abnormal Psychology 280 April 17th‚ 2013 CBT CBT also known as cognitive-behavioral therapy “…helps individuals make changes not only in their overt behavior but also in their underlying thoughts‚ beliefs‚ and attitudes” (Nevid‚ 113). CBT helps you become aware of inaccurate or negative thinking‚ so you can view challenging situations more clearly and respond to them in a more effective way. It can be very useful to most people who are suffering from a mental illness
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mental 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
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Cognitive biases are tendencies to make decisions in ways that can lead to systematic deviations from a standard of rationality‚ good judgment or optimal outcomes‚ often resulting in the person being worst off. There an overwhelming amount of these biases researched and documented to be in effect during our decision making process by many experiments to confirm their validity. Cognitive biases are useful as mental shortcuts that help reduce mental efforts for faster judgments‚ solve problems‚ and
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treatment. Cognitive-behavioral therapy is one of the most tested treatment for rape victims‚ according to scientific literature. CBT interventions consist of techniques and cognitive exercises that helps a survivor deal with the aftermath of sexual trauma. The exposure technique is a common method that teaches coping techniques. “The exposure method guides the individual to experience memories of the trauma rather than resisting it (Jaycox‚ Zoellner‚ & Foa‚ 2002). It is suggested that the cognitive restructuring
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During this period of learning I came to better understand my learning in relation to the social cognitive theory of learning. From this‚ I started to piece together how I learn best. I have realised ways that I can apply this new understanding to my future learning. While learning sign language I found that how I learn relates to the social cognitive learning theory. One aspect of this theory that matches up with my learning is the idea of learning by observation and modelling. I found that I learn
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