Essays on Cognitive Psychology

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The Relevance of Aronson's Theory for The Present State of Society

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Cognitive Dissonance In 1959, the Cognitive Dissonance Theory was introduced in an attempt to explain the discomfort one experiences when they hold two or more contradictory beliefs, ideas, or values. It’s a blend of cognition and motivation, and as Elliot Aronson tried to explain, “It’s...

Cognitive Dissonance

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An Analysis of Hermann Ebbinghaus’s Introduction to Cognitive Psychology

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Psychologist Hermann Ebbinghaus was the pioneer of Cognitive Psychology, which has a long past with a very short history. The part of human thinking has always been an elemental focus of interest. An Even ancient philosopher such as Aristotle was interested in understanding the mechanics...

Growth Mindset Perception

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Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Growth Regulation

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Introduction Should artificial intelligence be regulated? Can it be regulated? And if so, what should those regulations look like? These are difficult questions to answer for any technology still in the development stages. More mainstream regulations, like those on the food, pharmaceutical, automobile, and airline...

Artificial Intelligence Intelligence

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Researchers Who Introduced General Intelligence Or "G" Factor

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Spearman (1904) was one of the first researchers to introduce general intelligence, commonly known as “g” factor. Spearman (1904) had thought that the “g” factor was the reason behind performance on mental ability tests. Spearman (1904) had also claimed that individuals who perform well in...

Employment Intelligence

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Priming Theory for Subliminal Influence

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Subliminal influence has been a recurrent topic of debate in both scientific and popular communities since Vicary (in a press conference held in 1957) claimed (even if he finally admitted it was a hoax) that subliminal exposure to short sentences, such as “Drink coke” or...

Consciousness Impact Social Psychology

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Bitmap Vs Vector Images

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Bitmap Images Bitmap images are made up of pixels positioned in vertical and horizontal rows to form a grid. They are same sized tiny squares of individual colour and brightness and they come together and make up what you see on your screen. Most computer...

Computer Graphics Intelligence

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The Main Concept of a Programming Model

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The main concept of a programming model is to give guidelines for programmers on how to design and how to structure the software. Usually there are two different ways in IoT operating systems, either to build it as an event-driven or as a multi-threaded system....

Computer Programming Intelligence

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The Role of Professional Experiences in Building Resilience

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In a research by Le Cornu (2009), she examined the role that professional experiences (practicum) can play in building resilience in pre-service teachers. In particular, it focused on a learning communities model of professional experience with its emphasis on relationships and its attention to the...

Internship Resilience

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Taking Action - a Superior Way to Solve Conflict

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It’s a Saturday afternoon, when a drunk man tries to destroy a Lamborghini’s windows with an axe. It’s a Monday night, and your TV suddenly stopped working and Monday Night Football is on. Both of these examples are times of conflict. When in times of...

Conflict Resolution Problem Solving

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Two Theories on The Nature of Intelligence

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In the last decade of the nineteenth century, a French physician named Alfred Binet was commissioned by the school system to developa way to differentiate those students who were uneducable, or severely mentally handicapped, from the other students. He developedan intelligence test to do so....

Educational Psychology Intelligence

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Ted Talks: Brain Power

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A lot of us wish there was an easy fix to “brain power’. Imagine eating certain foods or even following a different meal schedule would guarantee an increase in our intelligence – we’d all be doing it! But this idea of what we eat and...

Intelligence

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Intelligence: Comparing that One of Humans' and Animals'

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Introduction The difference between humans and animals have long been a subject of fascination and study. While humans have often asserted their dominance over the animal kingdom, it is essential to recognize that intelligence comes in various forms, and animals possess unique abilities that set...

Animal Intelligence Animals Intelligence

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Literary Analysis of Consciousness Explained by Daniel Dennett

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Introduction What I want to do here is just itemize the points Dennett brought up, and then briefly describe each. This reading is one that ventures into a lot of areas regarding the idea of self. A discussion about this usually yields good clarity in...

Consciousness

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The Use of Social Media by Students for Problem Solving Or Emotional Support on an Academic Basis in The Article Academic Help Seeking

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Academic Help Seeking: A Framework for Conceptualizing Facebook Use for Higher Education Support Research Article Assignment The name of the article I read is Academic Help Seeking: a Framework for Conceptualizing Facebook Use for Higher Education Support. The article was posted in TechTrends for the...

Problem Solving

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The Admirable Resilience of Sony Through Changing Times

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When it comes to the technology industry, Sony has always kept up with the times, and is often one step ahead of other companies. Ever since the company was founded, it has always funded and developed new technologies, pushing in entertainment industry further than most...

Resilience Sony

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The Rightmyer's Strategy of Democratic Guidance in The Classroom

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In Democratic Discipline in Your Classroom, Rightmyer explains to us through a personal example of her own how children can be led to play and learn together in peace in a classroom. In her example, the classroom becomes a democracy, and children take an active...

Problem Solving

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Noah's Road to Resistance and Resilience in War Chest, an Episode of Underground

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In elementary school, students are only told briefly about the history of slavery. In high school, we are shown a new perspective that only highlights the violence and numerous deaths that went on during the transatlantic slave period. While my mind was reminiscing about the...

Resilience

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Application and Usefulness of Theories of Intelligence in Assessment

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Research into the concept and assessment of intelligence, clearly indicates that no universal consensus exists. On the contrary, many theories and much research have emerged with understanding continuing to be investigated and debated. Despite the breadth and depth of research there still exists no standard...

Intelligence Mind

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The Significance of a Growth Mindset

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Each individual is constituent of their own unique qualities which help distinguish the extent of our capabilities. Our limits can be clearly defined by the predetermined mindset associated with the action carried out, for a fixed mindset, it considers the construct of fixed limits that...

Growth Mindset