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Assignment #14: Values and Application of Cognitive Psychology

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COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY 2

Introduction

Knowledge acquired in cognitive psychology also applies to many other aspects of

practical life and personal growth, such as ethics and diversity or the building of critical thinking

skills. Specifically, one should value and respect research work, learn to live with uncertainty,

exercise ethical decision-making, and appreciate one's societal role. In this essay, the author will

describe how content-area knowledge in cognitive psychology is relevant to these features.

Relevance to Ethical Behavior

According to Stanovich and West (2008), Critical thinking and openness are key lessons

in how confirmation bias and fundamental attribution errors work. For example, understanding

that one has confirmation bias, which means a tendency to use evidence as support of the opinion

one has made, contributes to ethical decision-making as it ensures that all information is

scrutinized before arriving at a decision. This understanding helps cultivate an appreciation of

the virtues of righteousness and ethical practices in one’s own and other’s behaviors and actions

among the citizens and business entities and how these aspects translate to personal and business

practices.

Appreciation for Diversity

Cognitive psychology helps to value diversity since it explains how different cultures

affect cognitive processes. The work on linguistic relativity, which investigates how language

imposes a certain way of thinking, is also diverse. These differences are recognized and help

people embrace and understand that people think and behave differently, increasing social

harmony and inclusion.

Development of Skepticism
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Considering that such course content stimulates a critical approach to the unbeliever, the

course content fosters skepticism by emphasizing empirical data when explaining cognitive

events. Understanding science and the centrality of the scientific method with its strict rules of

research helps nurture a critical attitude to mere beliefs and ideas that haven’t received the proper

scientific attention and voltage yet. Such a critical approach is crucial, especially in

contemporary society where anybody can serve fake information as their truth.

Conclusion

Consequently, the information from cognitive psychology courses has a rather top-notch

effect on ethical conduct, diversity complexity, and skepticism. These principles of

conservatism, awareness of cognitive biases and tendencies, and cultural influence on cognition

enable the students to act in a proper moral way and become the reliable pillar of society. This

connection with Goal #5 shows how cognitive psychology applies to the real world of people’s

lives.
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Reference

Stanovich, K. E., & West, R. F. (2008). On the relative independence of thinking biases and

cognitive ability. Journal of personality and social psychology, 94(4), 672.

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