1st Edition
Resistance to Belief Change Limits of Learning
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
Biography
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.
"Joe Lao draws from a remarkably broad array of sources in psychology and philosophy to carefully address one of the most critical questions of today: How do we know what to believe?" - Deanna Kuhn, Professor of Psychology and Education at Teachers College, Columbia University, USA
