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Making a Cognitive Dissonance Case

come back to haunt him in the future. They may also harm the company in the future at which time it is likely to then seek to plac...

Festinger's Theory

There have been many important contributions to social psychology. Many scholars state that the most important theory in the field...

Festinger and Carlsmith's Seminal Study

Many of us have experienced cognitive dissonance. It happens when we say or do something that is against our personal beliefs. Thi...

Saving Jews from the Holocaust examined in terms of cognitive dissonance theories.

A paper which considers cognitive dissonance with specific reference to saving Jews from the Nazi Holocaust. The writer takes the ...

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...

Festinger, Sternberg, and Seligman on Human Motivation

In four pages this paper considers human motivation in a discussion of the attribute changing ABCDE method by Seligman, the Triang...

Persuasive Argument Theories

are still being paid less than men for the same job and it is also true that men have been taught more negotiating skills than wom...

The Case of Phineas Cage

it also has an effect on a persons personality. The posterior or back of the lobe is comprised of pre-motor and motor areas (Johns...

Premarital Sex

outside of marriage. Chastity is the watchword of Christian ethics pertaining to sexual relations. Its teachings reflect t...

Cognitive Dissonance Theory and Departmental Reorganization

In three pages the cognitive dissonance theory of Festinger is applied to the opposition to a directive that demands departmental ...

Critically Analyzing Festinger's Cognitive Dissonance Theory

This paper consists of an eight page overview, analysis, critique, and current debates concerning Festinger's Cognitive Dissonance...

Racism and Cognitive Dissonance

into a state of psychological dissonance, which, in turn, produces an unpleasant tension (Rudolph, 2003). According to Festinger, ...

Using the Cognitive Dissonance Theory to Evaluate the Decision of ER Doctor Elizabeth Corday

decide whether it was right to go against the law to do good. Many situations come up for individuals where they must decide what ...

Two theories relating to cognitive development: Case and Siegler

state to another, which could be considered the strategies used. In other words, there is something similar to a hierarchy and the...

Business Decision Making and Account Uses

sales are still falling short on the budgeted figures, This may lead the individual to believe that the long term nature of Septem...

Case Study on Medical Ethics

disseminated across electronic media can make it comparatively easy for unauthorised personnel to access such data. Health care wo...

Cognitive Psychology as a Neurological Framework

of cognitive neuropsychology finds its contemporary origins in the 1960s, there are famous cases in history that appear to substan...

Memory Development

of studies demonstrate the need for instruction in learning basic concepts during the early years. The investigations related to ...

Cognitive Therapy : Addiction & Trauma

specifically the division of artificial intelligence (Boeree, 2000). Some of the major players are Tolman, Piaget, Bandura, Chomsk...

Processes of Decision Making

and how to physically hurt another human being. The objective of the experiment was to try and determine under what circumstances...

Early Language Acquisition

Cognitive development is about information processing, reasoning, intelligence, memory, and language development. It is about the ...

Investigator and Ineffective Interviews

Not all investigators conduct effective interviews. In the case discussed, the interviewer made many mistakes which are identified...

Interventions for Patients

This essay provides information and insight on different psychotherapeutic interventions for different mental illnesses. Psychodyn...

Birth Defects and Vitamin A Overuse

In five pages this paper discusses how birth defects including those involving the cranial neural crest and retinal issues can be ...

3 Views on Psychology of Foreign Policy

to investigate the relationship between crisis factors and the "cognitive aspect of decision making."1 In accomplishing this task,...

TwoTypes of Therapeutic Interventions

There is confusion when someone talks about cognitive therapy or behavioral therapy alone because since the 1960s, these have give...

Overview of Cognitive Development/The First 2 Years

can find a partially hidden object, and responds to the sound of his or her name (CDC, 2008). By a year, a baby can find hidden ob...

COGNITIVE ANALYSIS: VISUALIZING AND THINKING

The video dealt with a teacher, her second-grade students, and the importance of visualizing while writing and reading. In the vid...

Observation and Self Definition in Women's Studies

that "ladder of success," or does that mean that they are not on the rung that they would like to be. Since they are the ones who...

Ethics and Making Decisions

to be stopped by the police following a fight then it is easier to make the decision to report him, rather than if the explanation...