Resistance to Belief Change: Limits of Learning

by Jason Young and Joseph R Lao

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This book examines the human proclivity to resist changing our beliefs. Drawing on psychological, neurological, and philosophical research, and integrating topics as wide ranging as emotion, cognition, social (and physical) context, and learning theory, Lao and Young explore why this resistance to change impedes our learning and progression. They also suggest that failure to adapt our beliefs to available and informed evidence can incur costs that...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:1138506338

ISBN13:9781138506336

Release Date:October 2019

Publisher:Routledge

Length:290 Pages

Weight:1.20 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.0" x 9.1"

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Psychology

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