Cognitive Theory Essays and Term Papers
602 Essays on Cognitive Theory. Documents 301 - 325
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The Big Bang Theory
According to most astrophysicists, all the matter found in the universe today -- including the matter in people, plants, animals, the earth, stars, and galaxies -- was created at the very first moment of time, thought to be about 13 billion years ago. The universe began, scientists believe, with every speck of its energy jammed into a very tiny point. This extremely dense point exploded with unimaginable force, creating matter and propelling it outward to
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Russell’s Theory of Descriptions and Its Critics
The introduction to the "theory of descriptions" was written by Bertrand Russell in an article titled "On Denoting" in 1905 and is one of the most studied chapters in analytic philosophy. It is said, "...the choice of whether to accept or reject Russell's theory has had profound consequences for our philosophy of language, epistemology, and metaphysics." One of Russell's motivations for developing the "theory of descriptions" was his abandonment of his "theory of denoting concepts,"
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Communications Theory Application
Have you ever wondered if there was a devil side and an angel side to your personality? The devil side is telling you to be bad and have fun, while the angel side is telling you to be good and do what is right. This idea has to do with the I and ME theory of communications. The ME is like the angel side of your personality, telling you what is right and socially acceptable.
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Casullo's Fourth Version of the Bundle Theory
The bundle theory states that any thing is simply a complex of properties which all stand in a contingent relation, called co-instantiation, to one another. Basically an object is nothing more than a collection of its properties. The bundle theory is an alternative to other theories of particulars such as the substratum theory and the substance theory of particulars. James Van Cleve proposes a few objections that he considers to be severely damaging to the
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Organizational Theory
Communication is a major and essential part of any business relationships. In today's business world communication and miscommunication can make or break an organization. Recently, Standard and Poor (S&P) made a serious error in its calculations and communicated wrong information to the world in regards to 612 mortgage securities. "Standard & Poor's admitted to making a nearly $5 billion blunder in correcting its own estimate for subprime securities it is reviewing for ratings cuts" (CNN.COM).
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Tannnebaum & Schmidt’s Continuum of Leadership Theory (task, Followers, and Him/herself)
Review Tannenbaum & Schmidt’s theory and use it to explain why leaders should consider the task, the followers, and their own inclinations when selecting a leadership style. Tannenbaum and Schmidt’s continuum of leadership styles 3 factors must be taken into account before choosing a leadership style 1) TASK: Factors that should be considered when choosing the right leadership style: - Options available to perform the task i.e. only one best way to do it? Or
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Personality Theories
Personality Theories Psychodynamic theorists And Humanistic theories Table of Contents Freud Jung Adler Rogers Maslow Humanistic strengths and weakness Psychodynamic strengths and weakness Some similarities of both Web Resources Freud Biography Biography Sigmund Freud was born May 6, 1856, in a small town -- Freiberg -- in Moravia. His father was a wool merchant with a keen mind and a good sense of humor. His mother was a lively woman, her husband's second wife and
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Freud's Theory of Psychoanalysis
Psychoanalysis is a theory of personality and a method of psychotherapy developed by Sigmund Freud. Psychoanalysis is the first dynamic theory of personality that talks about displacing, repressing, denying, venting, and regressing; about the unconscious; and about the significance of dreams. With all of the new psychodynamic approaches out there today, there are many differences between them and the original psychoanalysis, however they generally share five of the same elements. The first is the emphasis
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Theory of Nursing
Theory of Nursing Before making the critical decision to enroll in a nursing program it is important to seek out information on nursing as a vocation. The program at this school is rigorous and time consuming and, therefore, should not be ventured into lightly. In this paper I will go through what I have discovered about nursing as a career, what nursing is, my definition of a good nurse, how I plan to provide care
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Accounting Theory
Accounting is in the current state of being an art. It is referred to as a social science, but the question that still remains in view today is should accounting be an art or should it actually be a science? Although the move to scientific based accounting would be desirable in today’s society it is not possible. When you consider the facts of this issue in a true debate style, the scientific based approach does
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Theory of Constraints
What is the Theory of Constraints? The Theory of Constraints is an organizational change method that is focused on profit improvement. The essential concept of TOC is that every organization must have at least one constraint. A constraint is any factor that limits the organization from getting more of whatever it strives for, which is usually profit. The Goal focuses on constraints as bottleneck processes in a job-shop manufacturing organization. However, many non-manufacturing constraints exist,
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Wittgenstein’s Theory of Meaning
Wittgenstein’s theory of meaning is a theory meant to abolish the long time-accepted referential theory of meaning. In his own theory, the meaning of words is not about pointing to its bearer or to its reference; it is about the use of a word in a sentence or the use of a word in a particular language game. He presented his theory in a manner of presenting counter-examples. With these simple yet solid examples, many
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Karl Marx: Conflict Theory
Karl Marx: Conflict Theory The most influential socialist thinker from the 19th century is Karl Marx. Karl Marx can be considered a great philosopher, social scientist, historian or revolutionary. Marx proposed what is known as the conflict theory. The conflict theory looks at how certain social interactions occur through conflict. People engage in conflict everyday to gain more power then others in society. Karl Marx is known for studying the conflicts that occur between different
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Summary of Durkheim’s Sociological Theory
Emile Durkheim is one of the major leaders in the delineation of sociology. Durkheim set out on a mission to define how sociology should be considered and how the method of sociology should be used. Although Durkheim’s writing does touch upon certain moral, political organization, and intellectual issues, overall, Durkheim sets out to provide a theoretical construction for the study of sociology. Durkheim desires to understand societal life through various social constructs. His agenda entails
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Narrative Theory
The person never is the problem. The person has a problem. A problem is something you have, not something you are. You don’t have to change your nature. You have to fight the influence of the problem on your life. All of us need to select from the huge amount of information the world throws at us all the time. We need to organise what we see, hear, feel and remember into a meaningful ‘story’
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Metaphorically Programmed Cognition
Metaphorically Programmed Cognition In Metaphors We Live By George Lakoff, a linguist, and Mark Johnson, a philosopher, suggest that metaphors not only make our thoughts more vivid and interesting but that they actually structure our perceptions and understanding. According to Lakoff and Johnson, "the essence of metaphor is understanding and experiencing one kind of thing in terms of another." However, "metaphor is not just a matter of language, that is, of mere words… On the
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Prospect Theory
Summary of the learning points (ranked by importance to you) Today’s class discussed the mental accounting for money management. 1. Prospect theory. The theory can be represented by a value function, as shown below. The value function starts from a reference point, and is normally concave for gains, and convex for losses. It is also steeper for losses than for gains. The theory intends to explain why people behave irrationally when making choices. 2. Framing
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Dependency Theory
DEPENDENCY THEORY Dependency theory is the body of social science theories which suggests that the wealthy nations of the world need a peripheral group of poorer states in order to remain wealthy. Dependency theory states that the poverty of the countries in the periphery is not because they are not integrated into the world system, but because of how they are integrated into the world system. THE PREMISES OF DEPENDENCY THEORY ARE: 1) Poor nations
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Information Theory
1. Introduction Information theory is the mathematical theory of data communication and storage generally considered to have been founded in 1948 by Claude E. Shannon. The central paradigm of classic information theory is the engineering problem of the transmission of information over a noisy channel. The main result of this theory is Shannon's noisy-channel coding theorem, which states that reliable communication is possible over unreliable channels. It is possible to surround a noisy channel with
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Cognitive Dissonance
“Your best friend is having a beer bash tonight. Everyone you talk to indicated their positive intentions of going to the best beer bash of the millennium. However, you have a Psyc 135 final next morning that you haven't studied for. Your midterm scores have been low going into the final, but everyone claims that the final is easy every semester. Should you stay home and study for the final or go to this millennium
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How Can the Theories and Models in Leadership and Motivation Help a Manager to Do His or Her Job More Effectively?
How can the theories and models in leadership and motivation help a manager to do his or her job more effectively? Two powerful tools a manager can use are displaying good leadership skills, and being able to motivate those around them. A highly motivated workforce is vital for an organisation seeking good results. Leadership and management although being seen as synonymous do differ, not every manager is a leader and vice versa. The emphasis of
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Personality Theories Paper
Personality Theories Paper Abraham Maslow (1908-1970) started his interest in psychology while attending the University of Wisconsin. Maslow received his bachelors in 1930, his masters in 1931 and three years after that he received his PhD in 1934. Maslow’s theory showed up during his work with monkeys. He noticed that certain needs took precedence over others such as the need of liquids over food, breathing over liquids and so forth, hence the theory of Maslow’s
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Evaluate Freuds Psychodynamic Theory
Evaluate Freud’s psychodynamic theory. The godfather of psychology….as he has often been termed. Perhaps he was in his time. Sigmund Freud. Born in Freiberg, Morovia, to a poor family in the year 1856. His mother was 21 at the time of his birth, his father was 20 years her senior. Attitudes towards sex and women were very different at this time. Sex was very much taboo, women were treated as second class and children
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Theories in Evaluating Personality
I always stumble upon one particular question over and over again- what do I think of myself? To be frank, I can never actually answer the question because I am still quite ignorant about who I really am. However, I got feedbacks from various people about what they think of me and the most repetitive characteristic is my jovial personality. May times people wonder why I am constantly smiling. They also find it amusing
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Management Theoris
The Many Theories of Management For hundreds of years there has been a mystery on how managers can receive the best performance from their employees. Many "management experts" have based their careers on developing, researching, and testing the theories related to management. To properly define management a person needs to look at the origin of the word which is manage. Manage is defined as "to exercise executive, administrative, and supervisory direction of a business." (Merriam-Webster)
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