Sentences with phrase «one's prior beliefs»

Most current reform programs acknowledge the importance of prior beliefs of the participants.

It was a case of confirmation bias at work: New information consistent with prior beliefs strengthened those beliefs; new information conflicting with existing beliefs led people to discredit the message as a way to hold on to their original position.

«Learning provides the foundation for acquiring new skills and updating prior beliefs in light of new knowledge and experience,» said study leader Aron Barbey, a professor of psychology.

Indeed, the eager belief in all sorts of inanities in the name of «truth» has been such a fixture of the human condition that it's hard to believe that anyone would cite prior belief as grounds for continued belief, as Christians constantly do.

It also provides a background for prior belief in God's existence and activity as a basis for understanding the significance of Jesus as the Christ for Christian faith.

Yet, the promise and hope of eternal life in Christ challenged prior beliefs about the meaning of life in «the world» for Christians with roots in the Jewish tradition.

Add to it some pretty serious prior beliefs about birth, and it just seems like a recipe for trauma...

The study, conducted during the U.S. presidential primaries for the 2016 election, uses a series of statements by President Donald J. Trump — then one of many candidates in the Republican field — to see how partisanship and prior beliefs interact with evaluations of objective fact.

Effective teachers are eager to understand their students» existing beliefs so that they (the teachers) can use prior beliefs and understanding to develop new knowledge.

Joshua, isn't that what Dan's research is showing is that it is a battlefield where prior beliefs, positions, etc indicate the presence of a bias?

If the meaning signal is culturally congenial, however, then ordinary individuals will give it open - minded consideration even if it is contrary to their culturally grounded prior beliefs.

The analysis formally incorporates prior beliefs about the interventions, characterizing the results in terms of the distribution of possible effects, and generally confirms the earlier published findings.

Each group distorted the information to align with prior beliefs.

Adlerian values clarification allows one to look at prior beliefs in a new way that encourages positive change.

My focus will be on my reconciling my prior beliefs with my new experiences.

Rather, my primary mistake was my failure to properly update those prior beliefs in response to the steady stream of disconfirmation that kept coming in.

This interpretation is greatly influenced by one's prior beliefs.

If he chooses to live, then he's recognizing the error in his prior beliefs.

On balance we should incline to accept the argument of Irenaeus and to assume that it was intended to confirm a prior belief rather than to introduce a new hypothesis.

And luckily, the prior beliefs of other people will probably protect them from B.o.B's flat - Earth ideas.

Lesson 1: Children should learn about the importance of prior beliefs and how they affect a world - view and how a range of people tackle the perceived conflict between science and religion.

Until I see results that show that SIG worked, I won't change my prior belief that SIG funds would have been better spent on high - quality charter growth.

Some readers might be tempted to read only one of these books — whichever one aligns with their prior beliefs.

The behavioral finance explanation for this equity factor's outperformance, on the other hand, has to do with analysts and investors putting too much weight on their prior beliefs at the expense of new information, leading to slow dissemination of firm - specific information, delayed price reactions to news and price continuation.

Investors tend over-react to information that confirms their prior beliefs and under - react to information that contradicts those beliefs.

We don't yet have a full synthesis (but people are working on it), but for you to automatically assume the answer says more about prior beliefs than it does about the evidence.

However, because of culturally biased information search and culturally biased assimilation (Kahan et al. 2009), she is likely to attend to the information in a way that reinforces her prior beliefs and affective orientation (Jenkins - Smith 2001).

She might resolve to evaluate the strength of contrary evidence without reference to her prior beliefs.

Whether people are interested depends on their prior beliefs.

The effort they'll go to before they give up depends on how important they think it is to get the answer right, versus how confident they are in their prior belief.

When people's reasoning reflects motivated reasoning, their ideological commitments shape both their prior beliefs and the likelihood ratio they attach to new evidence.