cognitive

(adjective)

the part of mental function that deals with logic, as opposed to affective which deals with emotions

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Examples of cognitive in the following topics:

  • Psychological Pricing

    • In this field, a professional practitioner or researcher is called a psychologist, and can be classified as a social, behavioral, or cognitive scientist.
    • Psychologists attempt to understand the role of mental functions in individual and social behavior, while also exploring the physiological and neurobiological processes that underlie certain cognitive functions and behaviors.

  • Battling the illusion of control

    • A frame is a method used to get people to behave or think a certain way by using sophisticated messages that resonate or take advantage of cognitive biases (such as placing a message in a financial context rather than an environmental context).
    • Nudges, on the other hand, direct the intended recipients toward a preferred action and are designed to follow frames by structuring choices so that cognitive shortcomings don't drive desired actions off course.

  • Introduction to Motivation

    • There are many approaches to motivation: physiological, behavioral, cognitive, and social.

  • Informed Decisions

    • Decision making can be regarded as the mental processes (cognitive processes) resulting in the selection of a course of action among several alternative scenarios.

  • Goal-Setting Theory

    • Cognition: Goals can lead individuals to develop and change their behavior.
    • Task complexity - more difficult goals require more cognitive strategies and well-developed skills.

  • Analyzing the Options

    • ") and then craft potential cognitive interventions aimed at improving decision-making outcomes.

  • Reinforcement Theory

    • In short, it downplays the role of cognition in human behavior.

  • The illusion of control

    • ., ‘When the Stakes are High: A Limit to the Illusion of Control Effect', Social Cognition) Most people will also value a lottery ticket more if they choose it rather than if one is chosen for them at random.

  • Current approaches to job design

    • This theory posits that there is a distinction between empowering practices and cognitive motivational states.

  • Observation: Framing the Problem

    • Taylor, human beings are by nature "cognitive misers," meaning they prefer to do as little thinking as possible.
    • Extrinsic control over the cognitive distinctions (between risk tolerance and reward anticipation), adopted by decision makers, can occur through altering the presentation of relative risks and absolute benefits.