Cognitive dissonance

When comparing the results of my first quiz to my last one I noticed that they were a little different but not by much. To my surprise I actually scored slightly lower the second time, I think that as the semester went on I realized that I wasn’t as good at communication as thought. Taking this Intro to communication course I was able to have a new insight and view on what it means to communicate. Even though my score was slightly lower I feel as though some aspects of my communication have…

Walking has been thought to be an autonomically regulated motor function until studies showed a large amount of cognitive input involved in walking, (Malcolm, B., Foxe, J., Butler, J., & Sanctis, P. 2015). In our everyday lives while walking we are balancing between the constant input we are receiving from our external environment while at simultaneously maintaining our gait. The more attention demanding the input is while walking, such as texting or talking requires more cortical resources.…

belt and jobs that have moved off shore. Our cities seem to be stagnated by urban decay. Is this really the America that our forefathers dreamed of? As a Psychology Instructor and Counselor, I often see problems differently, from a cognitive approach. A cognitive approach is that instead of only looking at the prima facial behaviors, I tend to…

Before I take a meditation class, I haven’t thought about the meditation. Now, I know it changed me many things, so I wanted to tell my family about it. My mother have a insomnia. She sleep about 3~4 hours at night and about one hours in the afternoon. She used said she sleep well but she always walk around in house all night. By Chinese zodiac sign, she is the year of the dag. That’s why she cannot sleep and take care of a house. I am the year of the mouse, so I like to get out and walk…

As a learning method, I enter each course of an open mind. This learning modality allows me to focus on each objective and its manifestations. I observed this process during my Master’s program and I kept note through discernment and consciousness in my daily journey. During the prelude, the title is what attracted me to apprehend this course had something to do change. When trying to complete and absorb my assignments, I had a bit of trouble, until week three. Throughout this time, a lot of the…

Cognitive psychology is a branch of psychology with mental processes such as perception, thinking, learning, and memory. The first recognition of the field of cognitive psychology was George Mandler, in 1964 upon creating a facility known as the Center for Human Information Processing (Kiderra, 2016). The “cognitive revolution” fifty years ago sparked new ideas about the way people thought about the mind. Without cognitive psychology, psychologists would still believe the brain was a random mass…

4. According to the cognitive model, depression can be influenced by biology, biochemistry, or behavior (reading). Each one of these components is treated as a different level of analysis. Depression is learned, but it can be unlearned; that is, according to Aaron Beck’s cognitive model, depression can be produced through your negative thought processes about the self, future and the world. We refer to this as the “cognitive triad of depression” (reading). These negative biases can lead to…

Crash, a film about how people’s misperceptions shape their reality had me focus on the character Farhad, a Persian store owner. He experiences people racially profiling him and his behavior is effected from people’s misperceptions. Through Farhad’s story we can see the different stages of perception, attribution biases, and the effects of misperceiving. Perception is how an individual filters information, interprets it, and then creates a meaning for their views. How people perceive, and…

submit different kind of written assignment with different requirements. Much is depending the type of subject, course study and what is the requirement of the instructor. In my human development study, I was asked to write an essay about physical, cognitive, social and personality development of children from birth to infancy. The instructor limited our source to Chapter 3-6 of our course book, Development Across the Life Span. Outside sources were specifically strictly prohibited. In compare…

RSA ANIMATE-CHANGING EDUCATION PARADIGMS Ken Robinson: Changing Education Paradigms with RSA animate sheds the light on overview of history and development of public education in United States, as well as critical analysis of fundamental issues within the system. The presentation generates the idea that the importance of public education is mainly for two aspects are economic and cultural. Economic requires education because the current children can assume the future trend of the economy. Its…