Cognitive Dissonance in Religion Cognitive Dissonance in Religion and Spirituality Chew Hock Kee Student ID: B1102483 Department of Psychology MC-502 Dr. Goh Chee Leong 27 Feb 2012 1 Cognitive Dissonance in Religion Cognitive dissonance theory was developed by Leon Festinger more than fifty years ago as the most influential consistency theory of attitudes (Fanzoi‚ 2009). This theory argues that we often justify and rationalise our behavior in order to maintain cognitive consistency (Franzoi)
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The Three Communication Paradigms Bias is the prejudice in favor against something or someone based on unfair assumptions. This commonly discussed and researched communication topic seems simple enough to investigate. However‚ depending on which paradigm a researcher chooses to explore the topic‚ the tactics used and information gained on the matter would vary. First‚ lets say that a communication scholar looking into bias is a using the social science approach. The goal of this individual would
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Psychology 285 week 9 final Everyone has asked at point in their lives; who am I? Everyone will go through great lengths to figure out exactly that answer. Because of that no topic in psychology today is more heavily researched than self (Myers‚ D.G.‚ 2012). These feelings come about for a number of reasons. We develop a number of feelings for reasons that are related to group dynamics‚ genetics perhaps‚ and social influence. There are so many influences on the relationships that we develop.
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today‚ one from a liberal’s point of view and one from a conservatives point of view. Fist let me iterate my position that I think each source of news media will have some level of bias in it‚ whether it be
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adjustment to the anchoring bias of 15% downsizing target and examined the list of criteria that Stevens’ laid out in the light of sustained growth. Healthy growth requires people who are competent in their current job as well as people with potential. Consequently the group should have avoided using criteria such as lack of future potential in competent people or seniority for downsizing. Stevens’ suggestion for reviewing people’s potential and seniority‚ put in an anchoring bias that could well have been
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Spin bias is a style of propaganda‚ it’s commonly known as providing a biased interpretation of an event to persuade public opinion of an issue. It occurs when the story has only one interpretation of an event or policy to the exclusion of the other and it can
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convergence makes advertising much easier‚ which brings in more money‚ which in turn helps companies grow and create employment opportunities. What are some of the issues that result from dependency on modern media? Describe at least three issues. Media bias on issues and candidates. If the local media is heavily stacked in favor of say the liberal agenda then most of the things that are published or aired will be pro liberal on the issues and candidates. Conversely they will down play anything positive
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Attribution is defined as how people interpret and explain causal relationships in the social world. It is designating an outcome to one or more external factors. There are two errors in attribution: The fundamental attribution error and the self- serving bias. The definition of the fundamental attribution error is when people tend to aggrandize the role of dispositional factors (something to do with personal or internal factors) and disparage the situational (something to do with external or external
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nation could be sent into anarchy. With no means to slow the speed at which the media can spread information‚ fraudulent news can quickly influence the public. A similar scenario is possible if the media neglects to pursue objectivity and denounce bias. Therefore‚ the media is in fact a problem in modern society and should be expected to strive to be as objective as possible in order to halt its influence on bad policy making‚
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Bias in the Media - Fox v.s. CBS Fox News‚ officially known as Fox News Channel‚ is an American cable news channel‚ that is owned by Fox Entertainment Group‚ a branch of 21st Century Fox. The channel broadcasts primarily from studios at 1211 Avenue of the Americas‚ New York City‚ New York. It was founded by Rupert Murdoch on October 7th‚ 1996‚ who hired former Republican Party media consultant Roger Ailes as its founding CEO. Growing during the late 1990s and 2000s‚ Fox News has become one of the
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