Extraneous cognitive load

beliefs largely determine how we interpret events” (p. 346). Therefore what someone may find stressful someone else may not. According to the text “the cognitive approaches offer specific strategies to clients for challenging and changing self-defeating cognition and for developing sound thinking that leads to less stressful living” (p. 346). The cognitive approach offers a different way of thinking. For individuals to view there stress in a different way. I feel that we are our own worst enemy,…

It has become common today to dismiss the idea that the internet is diminishing our train of thought. In discussions of the internet, one controversial issue has been about how the internet affects how we learn, think and even how we act. On the one hand, critics like Kevin Kelly would agree that it simply gives us information faster without the delay of reading. On the other hand, Nicholas Carr, Marshall McLuhan, and Stanley Kubrick would contend that it is making us simple minded. Although I…

performance of tasks is associated with age. For example, older children will perform at higher levels compared to their younger counterparts. The key aspects that developmental psychology focuses on include personality, motor skills, identity formation, cognitive development, emotional development, moral understanding, social change, language acquisition and self-concept. Hence, this paper has shown that human development begins from conception and is influenced by biological, social and…

The argument employed in Reading and Thought by Dwight MacDonald is an attack on the new culture of writing embedded into Time magazine. MacDonald goes on to describe the writing to be largely “massed” with many topics, however, these topics simply serve as an outlet to fulfill your curiosity with no other true function. He also goes on to state that the majority of the writing is useless because it does not cause action to be stirred up in a reader to cause them to “make more money, take some…

For many years, psychologists, scientists and behavior annalists have lived with the controversy of whether Distributed practice or Massed practice produces better learning. Many discoveries about the mind from cognitive scientist prove that there are certain techniques that improve the memory more than others. A group of rookie scientists decided to ask Dr. Sean Kang which is an assistant Professor and also Director of “Cognition and Education Lab located at Dartmouth College, about which is…

Interpersonal Communication Assignment 1: Essay A+ = Situations are perceptively explained. Appropriate theories are defined well and applied accurately to the situations discussed. Analysis shows abstract thinking and insight. Clear evidence and specific examples given that show that the student has drawn original conclusions from their reflections. Self-evaluation shows that the student has extracted and internalised the personal significance of their reflections. Includes a wide range…

Cognitive dissonance is a situation involving conflicting attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors. This leads to discomfort which leads to the changing of one 's attitudes, beliefs, or behaviors to reduce discomfort and restore balance. For example pre-marital sex. Being raised with Christian values but wanting to have sex even though it 's morally wrong. People tend to seek consistency in their life. So when they come to a problem, such as sex before marriage, they stumble upon an inconsistency…

under the supervision of his parents and the puppy caregiver. Although this video is eight minutes long, the part that I observed ran from 3:29-6:24. He interacts verbally and physically with the puppies. The adults are facilitating learning and cognitive development through their body language, speech and interactions with the child (textbook, p 155). My video is found at the link attached: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2luLTiygQM. I will be evaluating this video from Vygotsky’s (and…

Cognitive dissonance (Festinger, 1957) is an uncomfortable feeling created by a situation that involves conflicting behaviors or ideas. In the example given in class (Festinger, L., Riecken, H. W., & Schachter, S., 1956) aliens would come and rescue a group of “Seekers” from a flood on December 21,1954 at midnight. When the aliens did not come, this created cognitive dissonance. They believed that aliens were coming; aliens did not show up. There are five ways to bring back cognitive…

Education should aim to emphasis the freedom of the learner to explore different ways of developing their uniqueness and lead them to a greater understanding of themselves. In my personal philosophy of education, I believe that an individual should be learning in all aspects of life and therefore education should aim to provide direction for them to think critical and have self-knowledge. I believe that if individuals are equipped with the type of knowledge which allows them to think about…