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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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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Colleen Rinaldi Theories of Learning: Cognitive PSY331: Psychology of Learning Cоgnitivе dеvеlоpmеnt rеfеrѕ tо thе wаy аn infаnt pеrcеivеѕ‚ thinkѕ‚ аnd gаinѕ аn undеrѕtаnding оf hiѕ/hеr wоrld thrоugh thе intеrаctiоn оf gеnеtic аnd lеаrnеd fаctоrѕ likе prоcеѕѕing‚ rеаѕоning‚ lаnguаgе dеvеlоpmеnt‚ аnd mеmоry (Wagner‚ 2009). Thiѕ theory hаѕ bееn ѕtudiеd by mаny thеоriѕtѕ such as Еrickѕоn‚ Piаgеt and Vygоtѕky in vаriоuѕ wаyѕ thаt аll cоntributе tо оur undеrѕtаnding оf
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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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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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The cognitive dissonance theory states that if there is a discrepancy – an aversive emotional state – between our beliefs and behaviors‚ we are likely to experience inconsistency between these two cognitions. For instance‚ if you smoke‚ despite knowing that smoking is harmful‚ then this may result in cognitive dissonance. Furthermore‚ the college students who put themselves through hazing to join a fraternity could be another example. These students also most likely to experience cognitive 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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Review Prior Research and Theory Research on whether childcare experiences affect children’s early language and cognitive development has also become increasingly common in the last 50 years. Past studies have focused on the differences found amongst different childcare settings in quality of care. Studying the impact of high or low quality conditions on cognitive development is important‚ and emphasis on how different aspects of childcare could be altered to better aid children may lead to improvements
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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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Workplace Motivational Theory James Roberts PSY/320 January 21‚ 2010 Dr. Sarah Christensen Workplace Motivational Theory Assembling theories about how motivational processes work transpire through research on motivation and emotion and elude personal insights (Reeve‚ 2009). In assessing the scientific merit of motivational theories‚ hypothesis can spawn and put to objective empirical testing (Reeve‚ 2009). Motivational concepts one chooses should be meticulously chosen‚ and continuously
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