GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD
COGNITION AND EMOTIONS
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Question
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Continuing to believe in something despite obvious opposition
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Clinging to an established belief even when information is incorrect
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The attempt to convince the other side of one’s beliefs using a variety of persuasive tactics
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The ability to focus intently on one’s beliefs and fully integrate them into their lifestyle
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -Belief perseverance, also known as belief persistence, is the inability of people to change their own belief even upon receiving new information or facts that contradict or refute that belief. In other words, belief perseverance is the tendency of individuals to hold on to their beliefs even when they should not.
Detailed explanation-3: -There are three kinds of belief perseverance: self-impressions, social impressions, and social theories. Belief perseverance is difficult to overcome, but learning about the existence of this bias and thinking of explanations that support an opposing belief can help reduce it.
Detailed explanation-4: -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-5: -Belief Perseverance bias occurs when a person has clear evidence against, they still hold on to their previous belief. Many people in the skeptic community are often frustrated when, after they have laid out so many sound arguments based on clear reasoning, they still can’t seem to change what someone believes.