Joseph Lao, Jason Young

Resistance to Belief Change

Limits of Learning

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book analyzes the fundamental, yet greatly underestimated, human proclivity to be resistant to changing beliefs.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 290
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Oktober 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 408g
• ISBN-13: 9781138506343
• ISBN-10: 1138506346
• Artikelnr.: 57941204

Autorenporträt

Joseph R. Lao earned his Ph.D. in the field of cognitive development from Teachers College, Columbia University. As an Adjunct Associate Professor of Psychology and Education at Teachers College, and a full-time Senior Lecturer at Hunter College, in the City University of New York, and elsewhere, Dr. Lao has taught undergraduate and graduate courses in Experimental Psychology, Human Development, Learning, and Cognitive Development for more than 20 years. Jason Young earned his Ph.D. in social psychology from the University of Minnesota. As a full-time Associate Professor at Hunter College, in the City University of New York, and elsewhere, Professor Young has taught undergraduate and graduate courses in social psychology over the past 30 years, including Introduction to Social Psychology, Research Methods in Social Psychology, the Psychology of Prediction, and The Psychology of Attitudes and Persuasion.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Chapter 1
The Nature of Beliefs Chapter 2
Introduction to Resistance Chapter 3
The Relevance of Resistance to Everyday Life Chapter 4
Resistance as Disagreement Chapter 5
Affective Resistance Chapter 6
Cognitive Anchoring Chapter 7
Mechanisms of Cognitive Inertia Chapter 8
Social Influences on Resistance Chapter 9
Biological Resistance Chapter 10
Self
Directed Learning Chapter 11
Teaching Against Resistance