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You struggle to change your mind despite evidence.
Belief persistence describes the psychological tendency to maintain an initial belief even after the evidence supporting it is proven false.
In a 1975 study, participants were given fabricated feedback, and even when told it was false, they continued to use that feedback to judge their future performance. Your brain holds onto initial information as a foundation for your internal narrative.
You find it easier to discard evidence than to discard your beliefs.
Where this comes from
- Study
- Ross, Lepper, and Hubbard, 1975
- What the check found
- While the provided reference material lacks the specific citation, the study (Ross, Lepper, and Hubbard, 1975) is a seminal work in social psychology that explicitly defines the belief perseverance effect as described.
- Confidence
- Well replicated
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One of these every day, and every one names the study it came from. When a finding is contested, it says so.