Resistance to Belief Change: Limits of Learning

by Jason Young and Joseph Lao

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: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138506346
• ISBN13: 9781138506343
• Release Date: October 2019
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 290 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"