AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Belief perseverance is the tendency to maintain one’s beliefs even in the face of evidence that contradicts them. We see this tendency with all kinds of beliefs, including those about the self and others, as well as beliefs about the way the world works, including prejudices and stereotypes.

Detailed explanation-2: -Belief perseverance (also known as conceptual conservatism) is maintaining a belief despite new information that firmly contradicts it. Such beliefs may even be strengthened when others attempt to present evidence debunking them, a phenomenon known as the backfire effect (compare boomerang effect).

Detailed explanation-3: -An example of belief perseverance is a person who believes that smoking does not cause cancer despite the abundance of evidence that shows that smoking does cause cancer.

Detailed explanation-4: -Belief perseverance, on the other hand, influences our decision making by maintaining a belief that has been proved as false and untrue. This disconnects ourselves with reality and will lead to poor decisions.

Detailed explanation-5: -the tendency to maintain a belief even after the information that originally gave rise to it has been refuted or otherwise shown to be inaccurate.