Resistance to Belief Change

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.

• Preface Chapter 1 - The Nature of BeliefsChapter 2 - Introduction to ResistanceChapter 3 - The Relevance of Resistance to Everyday LifeChapter 4 - Resistance as DisagreementChapter 5 - Affective ResistanceChapter 6 - Cognitive AnchoringChapter 7 - Mechanisms of Cognitive InertiaChapter 8 - Social Influences on ResistanceChapter 9 - Biological ResistanceChapter 10 - Self-Directed LearningChapter 11 - Teaching Against Resistance

"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