Cognitive psychology is a relatively new branch of psychology that focuses on mental processes such as the way people learn, perceive, think, and remember. ... In the year 1967, Ulric Neisser, who was an American psychologist, published his book Cognitive Psychology making him the first person to use the term "cognitive psychology." ... From this definition, it is evident that cognition is involved in every human being's thought and actions. ... However, cognitive psychology focuses on internal mental states that characterize an action (Sternberg, 2008). ... In fact, the world is perce...

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Much of the literature on political psychology presents compelling evidence in favor of the notion that people subscribe to either liberal or conservative political ideologies because they think or process information along different psychosocial dimensions. ... According to Napier et al., in Political Ideology:
Its Structure, Functions, and Elective Affinities, these psychological preferences translate into policy in terms of maintaining the status quo and the tolerance of inequality due to a perception of a hierarchically configured society (309-311). ... As one would expect, in terms of c...

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Whilst paying tribute to Tajfel and Turner's paper on cognitive aspects of conflict (1979 cited in Brown 2007) Billig (2002 cited in Brown 2007) suggests that categories cannot be explained in terms of cognitive psychological theories as we actively construct meanings using the language that happens between us and around us thus making categories flexible and dynamic and open to change. In order to assess Billig's evaluation and critique of social identity theory it is important to understand exactly what Tajfel and Turner proposed as one of the most influential theories in modern E...

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