COGNITION
THINKING AND LANGUAGE
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Question
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Your belief remains intact even inthe face of evidence to the contrary
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You refuse to listen to arguments counter toyour beliefs
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You tend to become flustered and angered whenyour beliefs are refuted
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You tend to search for information thatsupports your beliefs
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-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: -Heuristics can be mental shortcuts that ease the cognitive load of making a decision. Examples that employ heuristics include using trial and error, a rule of thumb or an educated guess.
Detailed explanation-4: -Overconfidence influences our decisions and judgments by making us overestimate the accuracy of our decisions and judgments. Belief perseverance influences our decisions and judgments by making us tend to believe our beliefs even when evidence contradicts them.