The Importance Of Belief Perserverance

One of the most satisfying things to me, is to have an idea you have formed of something to in fact be true. It is so satisfying that sometimes even when we are presented facts that knock down our idea we continue to stay in that state of mind, and ignore the latter information. This makes perfect sense for us as humans to want to preserve the original concept we have of a person, situation, or idea. The truth can be hurtful, dissapointing, embarrassing, and even incriminating. It can also take a turn for the good. The truth can diminish a bad reputation or an atrocious lie. It 's all in the way you see it. None the less, I believe this type of preservation of ideas is absolutley a common encounter for most individuals. Belief perserverance is the tendency to hold on to an initial belief, even when given information that diminishes that belief or proves it to be untrue. Once someone has made up their mind and has a specific belief it becomes significant and important to them and many tend to undermine and ignore any evidince that contradicts their way of thinking. People want to belive in the …show more content…
One type is manily involved with self impressions and beliefs about oneself. I can speak with great understanding about this type and I think many other 's can as well. Another type is social impressions and the beliefs you have of other people, which can be understood by myself and generally everyone else to some extent. A lot of times these beloefs are held for people that we are very close to and have strong feelings for, like a family member or significant other. Finally the last type is naive theories which involves ones beliefs on how the world works. Naive theories also focus on social theories involving stereotypes given by race, age and gender. This is nothing new to the general population and people will find themselves forming naive theiories on a daily basis without giving any