Aliefs are beliefs, a personal set of attitudes made up about different concepts, which are either habitual in nature or automatic. Aliefs become known to a person either consciously or unconsciously after being exposed to a situation that goes against prior beliefs. These aliefs are usually made up of a thought process through linked association. The example the article used was the drinking out of a bed pan. Based on what bed pans are used for, most people associate them with being dirty or germy. So, the person asked to drink from one automatically thinks of this association and cringes at the thought of drinking from one even though it is brand new. Another example, not mentioned in the article, is procrastination. Everyone knows procrastination
