Cognitive Psychology Essays

The Parable of the Talents, as told by Jesus in the Bible, involves a man entrusting his servants with different amounts of wealth before leaving on a journey. The first servant received five talents, the second received two talents, and the third received one talent. When the man returned after a long time, he asked […]

Services by Student Perceptions of Students in MSA Courses “Perceptions of Administrative and Academic Support Services by Students Taking Courses in the Master of Science in Administration Program” Abstract The study analyzed data obtained through a survey conducted at Saint Michael’s College (SMC) located in Winooski, Vermont. The survey included responses from 95 students currently […]

In the book The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey, several paradigms, principles, and habits are explained and examined that give the reader insight into ways to adapt and modify their thinking patterns into ones that are more effective and efficient. What Covey is talking about is a lifestyle thinking change. Covey […]

The Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) is a projective personality test that was designed at Harvard in the 1930s by Christiana D. Morgan and Henry A. Murray. Along with the MMPI and the Rorschach, the TAT is one of the most widely used psychological tests. A projective test is one in which a person’s patterns of […]

ABSTRACT: How likely are subjects to notice something salient and potentially relevant that they do not expect? Recently, several new paradigms exploring this question have found that, quite often, unexpected objects fail to capture attention. This, phenomenon known as ‘inattentional blindness’ has been brought forth by Simon (2000) who raised the intriguing possibility that salient […]

“The innocent and the beautiful have no enemy but Time” – William Butler Yeats The movie “Twelve Angry Men” opens up with a sequence which justifies the above stated quote. The storyline follows the story of two random people chosen as jurors who have been asked to give a verdict on a murder case. The […]

Ambrose Bierce’s short story titled An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge is one of the classics of the art form. The story could be read from three different angles. First, the political angle provided by the American Civil War of the 1860s. Second is the cultural angle, whereby the unique flavors of the American South […]

Discuss the differences between the absolute threshold and the differential threshold. Which is more important to marketers? Explain your answer. For each of these products—chocolate bars and bottles of expensive perfume—describe how marketers can apply their knowledge of differential threshold to packaging, pricing, and promotional claims during periods of (a) rising ingredient and materials costs […]

I walk into a room in which light disseminates evenly throughout. The walls are covered with frames like patchwork, each fitting strangely into their oddly-shaped neighbors, but separated so that the perfectly white wall beneath creates seems around them. Somewhere within the borders of each canvas, there is a circle outlined in black. The circles have numbers in […]

I am a lucky person. I was raised by a very caring pair of parents with three very good siblings in an extremely affluent town. I attended the best grammar and high schools in the state, continued on to graduate from one of the best universities in the world, and had no idea what to […]

Coming to the case study in question, the observations made by Bill Conaty, former HR Manager at General Electric, are very pragmatic. Conaty is someone who believes in an equitable and compassionate mode of management. In this spirit, the difficult process of layoffs can be handled by upholding basic principles of fairness. These three steps […]

At the centre of Frank Jackson’s articulation of the Qualia Problem is the claim that “one can have all the physical information without having all the information there is to have”. In the case of sensory experience, for example, while all sorts of comprehensive data could be recorded in a said event, there is yet […]

Christianity and Judaism are major world religions which, though they worship the same God, have marked differences which have caused two thousand years of strife and animosity between the two religions. In his book We Jews and Jesus, Samuel Sandmel likens the link between Judaism and Christianity to a type of parent-child relationship, saying, “Early […]

How does the Psych of Religion resolve conflict between Science and Religion? In the past, both hard and soft sciences have been a link through which we could factually explain everything, down to the origins of life. Unfortunately, human behavior has proven itself to be far more complex than advocates of human sciences could imagine.

People in general and consumers in particular are very naïve. They accept things without questions and trust too easily. There are also people who would argue and have very strong opinions and would to their best that they are correct and others are not. People can also be obstinate who stand by only what they […]

Conflict – tension and extreme aggravation of contradictions, which leads to active action, complications, struggles, accompanied by complex conflicts; a situation in which each party tries to take a position incompatible with the interests of the other party. According to our textbook, there are two fundamental aspects are important in all conicts: communication behaviors the […]

Introduction According to Ger, Belk and Lascu (1993), advances in communications and information systems technology have shrunk distances, thereby linking markets through flows of information across markets. These trends enhance the management of global operations and drives up the need to deal effectively with global competition. As firms enter international markets, branding plays an important […]

Electronic communication plays a vital role within organisations, and more recently, is becoming a preferred method of social interactions between individuals. Unlike face-to-face communication, individuals rely on technology to channel their message which can create additional complexities uncommon in face-to-face interactions. Intrapersonal, interpersonal, semantic, and physical barriers are more likely to occur in electronic communication […]

The purpose of this study is to examine the functioning of online trade share markets and their capacity to meet the requirements of investors. It also aims to gain insight into how investors perceive trading in the share market online and pinpoint areas for service improvement. The findings from a survey conducted with 113 respondents […]

As technology becomes increasingly important in education, schools are prioritizing its integration into their curriculum. They recognize the role it plays in teaching and learning. While initially focusing on the impact of computer use on student achievement, schools now acknowledge that technology encompasses more than just computers and can enhance student learning in various ways. […]

Due to globalization, companies face new management demands that make traditional methods ineffective. The increasing number of staff and the growth of cross-cultural interaction in international business mean that efficient cross-cultural communication (CCC) is essential for all aspects of a company. In many cases, internationally active companies send part of their domestic workforce abroad to […]

Syntax and Morphological Analysis of the Poem “The Red Wheelbarrow” by William Carlos Williams Accordingly, the rhetoric idea learnt in writing poetry is found in the work of Williams. Analysts found that the author believes that localism aline may lead to culture. Ideally, the factor of imagism is well designed in The Red Wheelbarrow, giving […]