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Cognitive dissonance- cognitive dissonance is when someone does or say something that is wrong but tries to convince themselves that what they are doing is good. Usually it’s someone trying to convince mostly themself that what they are doing is “ok”. In the sentence above Stella uses cognitive dissonance when she is starting her project the week is this due, this is because she convinced herself that what she is doing is okay although it’s not because now she is most likely stressing. Diffusion of responsibility- Diffusion of responsibility is when usually someone does not take the blame for something, when other people are around the usually blame the other person. This is mostly because the person who responsible does not believe they are and instead blames someone else. In the sentence above Stella uses Diffusion of responsibility when she might blame her …show more content…

The frontal lobe is important because it controls important things in the body, cognitive things. In the sentence above Stella failed to use Frontal lobe when she should have planned and have been responsible for doing her project. Instead now she is most likely using her emotions and is very stressed, she also might be lashing out because she is stressed and scared that she might not finish her project. Conscientiousness (Big 5 Traits)- Conscientiousness (Big 5 Traits) is when someone is organized, punctual, achievement oriented, reliable ,and systematic. People who use the Conscientiousness (Big 5 Traits) tend to be very responsible and mature, they know what they need to do and they get it done on time. In the sentence above Stella fails to use the Conscientiousness (Big 5 Traits) because instead of being oriented, reliable, organized, and punctual she was messy, lazy, disorganized, and not trustworthy this is mostly because she saved all her work for the last week, knowing she had to do

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