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  • The Trait Theory and the Social Cognitive Theory

    The Trait Theory and the Social Cognitive Theory

    The Trait Theory and the Social- Cognitive Theory differ in several ways. The Trait Theory suggests that people are who they are born with certain traits or characteristics. Inherited traits determine who you are and what you are. There are five trait clusters that are used to categorize a person. This suggests that people belong to one of the personality types; however the traits are measured in different degrees. This all probably means that you

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    Essay Length: 334 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 26, 2009 By: Vika
  • Behaviorist Paradigm and the Cognitive Theory of Learning

    Behaviorist Paradigm and the Cognitive Theory of Learning

    Helping students learn more effectively is a major goal of every teacher. As a teacher of 9th grade High School students it is important to realize efficient teaching methods to better achieve this goal. To help accomplish this we look towards two philosophy methods; the Behaviorist Paradigm and the Cognitive Theory of learning. The Behaviorist Paradigm (or classical and operant conditioning) teaches us that we learn based on how we interact with our environment. The

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    Essay Length: 560 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 29, 2009 By: July
  • How Important Are Mental Representations in Cognitive Theories?

    How Important Are Mental Representations in Cognitive Theories?

    HOW IMPORTANT ARE MENTAL REPRESENTATIONS IN COGNITIVE THEORIES? How the world around us is represented mentally is the corner stone of cognitive architectures. It facilitates understanding of information received and perceived from our environment. The storage and retrieval of knowledge would be impossible without mental representations. Mental representations are the way in which we create ‘copies’ of the real things around us, which we perceive. A description of a representation is a symbol, sign, image

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    Essay Length: 1,731 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: January 14, 2010 By: Jon
  • Piaget’s Cognitive Theory

    Piaget’s Cognitive Theory

    Soraya S. Psychology PiagetЎ¦s Cognitive Theory Cognitive development is the development of thought processes, including remembering, problem solving, and decision-making, from childhood through adolescence to adulthood. Historically, the cognitive development of children has been studied in a variety of ways. The oldest is through intelligence tests. An example of this is the Stanford Binet Intelligence Quotient test. IQ scoring is based on the concept of mental age, according to which the scores of a child

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    Essay Length: 1,139 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: March 4, 2010 By: Fonta
  • Humanism, Behaviorism, and the Cognitive Theory

    Humanism, Behaviorism, and the Cognitive Theory

    Humanism, behaviorism, and the cognitive theory Depending on how you look at it humanists, behaviorists, and cognitivists can be very different or very much alike. When looking at the three side by side humanists are the least structured, behaviorists are the most structured, and cognitivists fall somewhere in between. Each theory has its own ideas and ways of learning. Humanism believes learning occurs primarily through reflection on personal experiences. Cognitivism thinks learning occurs primarily through

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    Submitted: March 14, 2010 By: Steve
  • Albert Bandura - Social Cognitive Theory

    Albert Bandura - Social Cognitive Theory

    Abstract 3 Introduction 4 Origins of Bandura's Social Cognitive Theory 5 Explantion of Bandura's Social Cognitive Theory 6 Applications of Bandura's Theory Social Cognitive Theory 9 Conclusion 11 References 12 Abstract Albert Bandura has been one of the most productive and influential psychologists of modern times. Beginning with his social learning theory in 1977 and refining it to introduce social cognitive theory in 1986, Bandura has had a major influence on modern psychology. Not stopping

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    Submitted: April 27, 2010 By: Tommy
  • Piaget’s Theory of Cognitive Development

    Piaget’s Theory of Cognitive Development

    Piaget’s Theory of Cognitive Development Jean Piaget was born on August9, 1896, in the French speaking part of Switzerland. At an early age he developed an interest in biology, and by the time he had graduated from high school he had already published a number of papers. After marrying in 1923, he had three children, whom he studied from infancy. Piaget is best known for organizing cognitive development into a series of stages- the levels

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    Essay Length: 1,415 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: November 26, 2009 By: Anna
  • Cognitive Developmental Theory

    Cognitive Developmental Theory

    Jean Piaget (1896-1980) was a biologist who originally studied molluscs (publishing twenty scientific papers on them by the time he was 21) but moved into the study of the development of children's understanding, through observing them and talking and listening to them while they worked on exercises he set. "Piaget's work on children's intellectual development owed much to his early studies of water snails" (Satterly, 1987:622) His view of how children's minds work and develop

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    Essay Length: 805 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: December 5, 2009 By: Jessica
  • Theory of Cognitive Development

    Theory of Cognitive Development

    Theory of Cognitive Development BY Jean Piaget No theory of cognitive development has had more impact than that of Jean Piaget's stages of cognitive thinking. Jean Piaget, Swiss psychologists identified four stages in which children develop cognitively. How we as human beings develop cognitively has been thoroughly researched. Theorists have suggested that children are incapable of understanding the world until they reach a particular stage of cognitive development. Piaget’s Theory of Cognitive Development is the

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    Submitted: December 21, 2009 By: Yan
  • A Cognitive-Systemic Reconstruction of Maslow's Theory of Self-Actualization

    A Cognitive-Systemic Reconstruction of Maslow's Theory of Self-Actualization

    A COGNITIVE-SYSTEMIC RECONSTRUCTION OF MASLOW'S THEORY OF SELF-ACTUALIZATION by Francis Heylighen1 PESP, Free University of Brussels, Pleinlaan 2, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium Maslow's need hierarchy and model of the self-actualizing personality are reviewed and criticized. The definition of self-actualization is found to be confusing, and the gratification of all needs is concluded to be insufficient to explain self-actualization. Therefore the theory is reconstructed on the basis of a second-order, cognitive-systemic framework. A hierarchy of basic needs

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    Essay Length: 1,728 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: January 4, 2010 By: Jon
  • Piaget's Theory of Cognitive Development

    Piaget's Theory of Cognitive Development

    Piaget's Theory of Cognitive Development During the 1920s, a biologist named Jean Piaget proposed a theory of cognitive development of children. He caused a new revolution in thinking about how thinking develops. In 1984, Piaget observed that children understand concepts and reason differently at different stages. Piaget stated children's cognitive strategies which are used to solve problems, reflect an interaction BETWEEN THE CHILD'S CURRENT DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE AND experience in the world. Research on cognitive development

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    Essay Length: 1,612 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: January 19, 2010 By: Tommy
  • Piaget's Cognitive Developmental Theory

    Piaget's Cognitive Developmental Theory

    The American Heritage Dictionary defines the word cognition as; the mental process of knowing, including aspects such as awareness, perception, reasoning and judgment (Cognition). Piaget’s Cognitive Developmental theory was a unique concept at the time of its inception. It was the first in depth theory on the subject and remained the standard of the field for quite some time. Throughout this paper, Piaget’s theory will be broken down into its four stages and each will

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    Submitted: February 10, 2010 By: Victor
  • Cognitive Learning Theory’s Impact on Curriculum

    Cognitive Learning Theory’s Impact on Curriculum

    Nicole Phillips Learning Theory Paper Curr 558/Foundations of Curriculum and Instruction University of Phoenix Dr. Ginger Lewis Jacobs April 4, 2008 Cognitive Learning Theory Introduction Cognitivism focuses on an unobservable change in mental knowledge. Cognitivism came about as a rejection of the behaviorist views. Psychologists believed that mental events, or cognitivism, could no longer be ignored. According to Blanton (2007), there are many general assumptions of cognitive learning theories such as some learning processes being

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    Submitted: February 14, 2010 By: Bred
  • Aspects of Experiential and Cognitive-Behavioral Family Therapy Applied - Family Systems Theory

    Aspects of Experiential and Cognitive-Behavioral Family Therapy Applied - Family Systems Theory

    1 Aspects of Experiential and Cognitive-Behavioral Family Therapy Applied Godzilla Family Systems Theory Monster University 2 Aspects of Experiential and Cognitive-Behavioral Family Therapy Applied Family therapy has traversed a varied and undulating path, while being influence by a multitude of psychological models. Ally& Bacon (1998a) describe various aspects of psychodynamic and humanistic theory, other individual psychology approaches, marriage counseling, child guidance, social psychology, group dynamics, and more in-depth foci on family structures and processes. Two

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    Submitted: February 18, 2010 By: Edward
  • Piaget’s Cognitive Development Theory

    Piaget’s Cognitive Development Theory

    Developmental Profile #1 Children 0-2 Years Old Piaget’s Cognitive Development Theory Swiss Theorist Jean Piaget (1896-1980) was one of the most influential researchers in the area of developmental psychology during the 20th century. Piaget originally trained in the areas of biology and philosophy and considered himself a "genetic epistemologist." He was mainly interested in the biological influences on "how we come to know." He believed that what distinguishes human beings from other animals is

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    Submitted: March 24, 2010 By: Tommy
  • Piaget and Cognitive Development Theory

    Piaget and Cognitive Development Theory

    Evidence for Piaget and his cognitive-developmental stage theory Acquiring object permanence: AIM: Piaget wanted to find out at what age children acquire object permanence. METHOD: o Piaget hid a toy under a blanket whilst the child was watching, and observed whether or not the child searched for the hidden toy. o Searching for the hidden toy was evidence of object permanence. o Piaget assumed that that the child could only search for a hidden toy

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    Submitted: April 20, 2010 By: Jon
  • Theories of Personalityand Cognitive Development

    Theories of Personalityand Cognitive Development

    The moral development of Zack Mayo in the review of movie, “An Officer and a Gentleman” INTRODUCTION: This is my attempt to analyse the personality and personality development of the principal character in the movie, Zack Mayo, played by Richard Gere. I have explored the personality and personality development of the hero in this movie by looking at certain aspects such as: • Character traits and typology • • Cultural and environmental influences • Movie

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    Submitted: May 15, 2010 By: Andrew
  • The Cognitive Science of Religion: Themes, Theories and Methods

    The Cognitive Science of Religion: Themes, Theories and Methods

    THE COGNITIVE SCIENCE OF RELIGION: THEMES, THEORIES AND METHODS FINAL ESSAY 1) What does it mean to claim that religion is an aggregate phenomenon? People tend to sum up everything around them to make an initial order from the very beginning of human existence. However, that's a really difficult pursuit as there are things around us, which are either beyond our understanding or so complex as to the phenomenons, that there's no possibility to label

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    Submitted: November 9, 2015 By: alenkai
  • Jean Piaget's Theory of Cognitive Development

    Jean Piaget's Theory of Cognitive Development

    Halfacre JEAN PIAGET'S THEORY OF COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT Megan Halfacre Pensacola State College DEP 2004 – Human Growth and Development Jamie Russell, M.S. March 3, 2017 ________________ Jean Piaget, a Swiss clinical psychologist, known for his pioneering work in child development, is one of the most significant figures in the study of child development. He established his cognitive developmental theory based on the idea that children vigorously build knowledge as they discover and influence the world

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    Submitted: April 25, 2017 By: Megan Halfacre
  • Theory of Metal Passivation

    Theory of Metal Passivation

    Metal surface contacting with solution of electrolyte in some definite condition transformed to so called passive state. Study of this phenomena on the border of metal – electrolyte plays an important role, as they define the process of destruction of metal. And it is thermodynamically favourable for metal to dissolve as a result of these process. Such phenomenon was first observed by M. Faraday. This is one of the main factor of stability of metal

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    Submitted: December 9, 2008 By: Mike
  • Depression - Cognitive Therapy of Depression

    Depression - Cognitive Therapy of Depression

    Depression is a disorder characterized by depressed mood or loss of interest or pleasure in usual activities. Depression is a general term that has been used to describe transient feelings, a psychological disorder, and a health problem that is characterized by a group of related symptoms (Beeber, 1998). Depression is an alteration in mood probably treated more by nurse psychotherapists more frequently than any other symptom in clinical practice with the exception of anxiety (Drake,

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    Submitted: December 13, 2008 By: Monika
  • Is the Purpose of Advertising to Create Cognitive Dissonance

    Is the Purpose of Advertising to Create Cognitive Dissonance

    Advertising deals with people's feelings and emotions. It includes understanding of the psychology of the buyer, his motives, attitudes, as well as the influences on him such as his family and reference groups, social class and culture. In order to increase the advertisements persuasiveness, advertisers use many types of extensions of behavioural sciences to marketing and buying behaviour. One such extension is the theory of cognitive dissonance. The purpose of advertising can be to create

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    Submitted: March 11, 2009 By: July
  • Vietnam and Domino Theory

    Vietnam and Domino Theory

    The revolutionary worldwide spread of communism has always been a great fear to the USA. In the past, America has gone to many wars to psychologically protect its ideology against powerful nations. That the В‘domino theory' and the cold war mentality held by the USA, primarily justified their involvement in Vietnam. It was after World War Two that the USA's interest in Vietnam came about. Eisenhower and Dulles contrevsial В‘ domino theory' with the fear

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    Submitted: March 16, 2009 By: Wendy
  • Which Psychologist's Theory Best Describes Your Own Personality?

    Which Psychologist's Theory Best Describes Your Own Personality?

    Which psychologist's theory best describes your own personality? Personality can best be described as "personal qualities of an individual". No two people have the same personality, but yet all the different personalities in the world can be characterized into 4 main theories. The four psychologists that thought up the four theories are Sigmund Freud, Jean Piaget, Erik Erikson, and Abraham Maslow. (pg.64) Each man based his theory on a different part of a person's personality

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    Submitted: March 22, 2009 By: Fonta
  • Starbucks Management: Theory, Practice, and Application

    Starbucks Management: Theory, Practice, and Application

    Running head: MANAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIP Management and Leadership University of Phoenix Management: Theory, Practice, and Application MGT 330 Mar 02, 2007 Management and Leadership Starbucks’ leadership team is among the best in the business when it comes to leading Starbucks into the global market. The leadership team is responsible for making sure the management team gets everything needed to complete the tasks set before them. Starbucks is a company with Strong Leadership and Management teams,

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    Submitted: November 8, 2009 By: Max

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