viewed through the lens of the theories and concepts developed in the course in order to gain insight into group processes and human behaviour. The report starts with analysing and breaking down human cognitive processes and social interactions through the tripartite attitudes model, cognitive dissonance theory and human perception biases. This gives a better understanding as to how intergroup dynamics can be improved in the future. The exertion and possession of power within the group is then analysed
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Cognitive Dissonance Anna Parks PSY/400 10-13-14 Mrs. Bunke Cognitive Dissonance People can display themselves outwardly in a certain manner although on the inside be completely different. A person’s attitude and behavior can influence each other; a person’s surrounds will also have an impact on how the person is. An example of this can be seen in a person committing a crime such as shoplifting, the person knows this is illegal and not moral but in the right situation the person may forget
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Cognitive Dissonance Theory Introduction: “Knowing that drinking alcohol is harmful, I like to drink more.” Cognitive dissonance refers to a situation conflicting attitudes, beliefs or behaviors. The above example depicts a conflicting cognition where I know that drinking is harmful to my health but I like to drink more. This is cognitive dissonance. A story about a fox that tried in vain to reach a cluster of grapes that dangled from a vine above his head. The fox leapt high to grasp the
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Attitude Theories Your attitude is your positive or negative evaluation about an object. There is more than one theory about how a person’s attitude is formed through cognitive, behavioral, and affective processes. This paper will outline two theories of how a person’s attitude is formed. Self Perception Theory Fazio stated that self perception theory argued that attitudes stem from the observation of one’s behavior. (Fazio, 1987, p. 129) A person’s attitude toward something is formed after that
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were Dinah, the only thing differently I would have done was take the folder file to Mr. Leed once I learned that it was not reported to him. This way MagRec Organization still has the chance to address it and resolve what had happened. 3. Using cognitive
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The act of disengagement can occur in different forms. For instance like the act of retiring from something, which can be seen as a loss in terms of income, a lifestyle, and/or status (Hochschild, 562). Retirement is a good example of an individual disengaging from society because they become freed from an economic and social responsibility. Disengagement theorists argue that this process is natural and must occur in order to bring the younger generation into the workforce (Powell, 20). This act
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Although Jamal was angry during his confrontation with Professor Crawford he was very calm and displayed emotional dissonance. Emotional dissonance is an inconsistency between the emotions we feel and those we try to project. Instead of completely freaking out, Jamal was very calm and collected during this confrontation, even though he was actually very angry. I believe this scene displayed more of a brief emotion than a mood. An emotion is a strong positive or negative feeling directed towards
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emotion) People search the immediate environment for emotional relevant clues to label and interpret unexplained physiological arousal, leading to misattribution. Cognitive dissonance: mental discomfort that arises when we are confronted with actions, situations, or feelings that go against our morals values. we seek reduce this dissonance Conformity : a change in ones behavior due to the real or imagined influence of other people Two factor theory of emotion -misattribution. Katniss is “falling
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A. What is the self? -General characteristics of the self -illusions of the self - collectivist, individualists, self-construal B. What is the self? -An organism collected of concepts and schemas that define how we perceive our selves -Self concepts are the concepts of the self and determined what we believe and how we feel about our selves -self schemas mental structures that affect how we organizes and process information. (computers processes= self schemas); (Computer files=self concepts)
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to overestimate out ability to have foreseen the outcome | | | | External Attribution | An attribution that locates the cause of an event to factors external to the person, such as luck, or other people, or the situation. | | | | Cognitive Dissonance | A feeling of discomfort caused by performing an action that is inconsistent with one’s attitudes. | | | | Media Persuasion | The process of consciously attempting to change attitudes through the transmission of some message. | | |
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