Cognitive Development Essays

Ask five or ten different people for a definition of strategic planning or decision making or even planning and you will probably receive five or ten different answers. Most agree that strategic planning is a way to identify long-term goals and to direct your company toward fulfilling those goals. Most …

Informed choice is a voluntary, well-considered decision that an individual makes on the basis of options, information, and understanding. The decision making process should result in a free and informed decision by the individual about whether or not he or she chooses or wishes to accept these options. To make …

There are many barriers that may influence critical thinking. One barrier that influences my critical thinking is an over reliance on my personal feelings. When it comes to certain discussions, my personal feelings often get in the way. One example of a topic in which my feelings can be very …

The SIMTRAY exercise was a different learning but reinforcing and refreshing some of the topics of this class (such as privacy laws, ethics, anonymity, hackers, and piracy) but also a bit confusing. At first I did not know if the time would permit to complete the whole exercise and I …

In this particular study I will focus on two articles namely Cognitive dissonance, how women justify staying with a controlling partner by Claire Murphy and Domestic Violence by Continuing Psychology Education. Cognitive dissonance, how women justify staying with a controlling partner by Claire Murphy In relation to the first article …

Perception is a fundamental process in all interpersonal communication encounters. This essay will describe perception and the role it has in interpersonal communication. It will focus on the perceptual process of stereotyping and I will explore some of my experiences with stereotyping. The process through which individuals receive and interpret …

Making ethical decisions requires an individual to consider many factors. Morals are important because any critical decision requires the decision maker to consider their own beliefs to some extent to make an accurate and effective decision. Other factors to consider is what is wrong or right, good or bad, and …

In “Simplicity” from On Writing Well, William Zinsser believes that writing tight and clear is the only way to tackle clutter and complexity in American writing. Most forms of writing are inflated with unnecessary and complex words to look significant. Zinsser believes that for a message to be conveyed clearly …

Amy Tan considers language a thought-provoking and powerful tool. Her mother, an Asian American, speaks “Chinglish” all her life, which exerts a huge impact on Tan’s language ability. Despite all the misunderstanding and limitation of her mother’s language, Tan perceives it as natural, intimate and meaningful. When Tan gave a …

Michael Argyle’s theory formed in 1972, he considered social communication as a skill, which could be advanced by learning and practising it. The cycle was formed to understand and explain how communication works between two people. He believed there were just six basic stages to the cycle- Stage one: an …