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What is Meant by Fairness in Testing

In five pages this paper defines fairness and unfairness in testing and considers gender distinctions with regard to differences i...

Children, Prejudice Development, and Social Cognition

In fourteen pages this research paper presents a review of current literature on how prejudice in children is developed through pr...

Situated Cognition According to Zenon Pylyshyn

The FINST model and other theories developed by Zenon Pylyshyn regarding situated infant cognition are examined in twelve pages. ...

The Process of Short Term Memory

This research proposal examines memory and how the speech code affects cognition. This paper has six pages and six sources in the...

Comprehension, Reading, and Cognition

In seven pages the cognitive process is examined generally befor the focus shifts to how comprehension and reading pertains to cog...

Images, Ideas, and Belief According to Rene Descartes

his previous beliefs had rested, since he intends to analyse philosophically whether these beliefs are in fact valid, and if they ...

Criminals and Psychological Cognition

AND CLASS Authors Messner and Rosenfeld strive to demonstrate the inherent relationship between crime and the manner in which soc...

Overview of MDM

same process can be utilized to support memory achievement through the use of techniques that impact the affective state, includin...

Herbert Blumer and George Herbert Mead's Theories of Sociology

on the most essential points of his sociological theory, only differing in subtle distinctions regarding the importance of interac...

Impulse Response, Cognitive Performance, and the Influence of Personality and Alcohol

as how cognition is affected in respect to personality. Embretson & Prenovost (2000) provides a study which examines the structu...

Corporate social responsibility, cognitive dissonance, and preserving the environment.

Inasmuch as "dissonance theory applies to all situations involving attitude formation and change" (Cognitive Dissonance #2), the m...

The Evolution of Language

a variety of human factors have all served as a focus for study and research in a number of areas. Because language is one of th...

Animal Cognition and Intelligence

Those misgivings largely fell away with Griffins studies into the communication systems of bees. He used that work to prove anima...

Perception, Language, Cognition and Consciousness in Classic Indian Philosophy

modification, which dispels ignorance" (Mohanty, 2001). When we cognize we abate ignorance....

Learning Styles and Cognition

the disciplines necessary for training learners in the concepts of sustainable development, which involves knowledge of mathematic...

Society, Communication, and Music

information not only about how human beings communicate, but also how musical communication works within the context of societal f...

Senior Citizens, Cognition, and Hip Fractures

Roland, 1996). Langjolois, et al (1998) showed that weight loss was a factor in hip fracture in older men and found that lower men...

Gendered Interpretations and Development of Language Relating to Childhood Cognitive Development

century, psychologists, social theorists and educators have considered the notion of cognitive development and the progression of ...

Rhetoric, Thought, and Language

than just discourse designed to persuade. Since the 1970s, scholars from a variety of academic fields have placed metaphor at the ...

Poetry, Art, and Music Creativity

conceptions of himself, his fellowmen and his universe" (Fleming, 1974, p. 1). The visages that art can take are many and varied, ...

Erikson and Vygotsky Theories on Life History

stages and Vygotskys social cognition theory indicates how Louises various crises directly associated with each point in her life ...

Learning and the Human Brain

operate a bit differently from each other, with the two main differences being logic resides on the left and creativity is control...

Africa and Cognitive Development

participating in both family and social life in cognitive development (Sternberg and Kaufman, 1998; Sternberg, 2004). The Baoule p...

Overview of Sleep Apnea

symptoms (Zepf, 2003). The "gold standard" for diagnosing sleep apnea is to use polysomnography in a sleep laboratory (Zepf, 2003)...

Ambiguous Meanings Long-Term Memory

This essay discusses several issues that have to do with cognition and memory. Attention and Memory are two of the issues, texting...

Advancements Since Gage: How the Brain Supports Cognitive Function

conception that thoughts and reason came from the brain, while emotions came from the heart, or in some cultures, "the gut". Moder...

The Brain and the Future of the Child

early and these structures becomes the foundation from which cognitive development and memory encoding develop. These researchers...

Intrapersonal Communication and Self-Talk

performance both academically and professionally. This paragraph helps the student begin to explore the concept of self-talk in p...

Memory and the Aging Process

the memories that people recall is attached to certain phases and stages of life. Some people have difficulty recalling childhood ...

Altered Cognition and the Reading of Fiction

Prior to the reading of the story, each student was asked to fill out the psychological tests, and various measurements of their p...