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belief perseverance
Asch conformity experiments – Study of if and how individuals yielded to or defied a majority group
Cognitive dissonance – Stress from contradictory beliefs
cognitive inertia – Tendency for a particular orientation in how an individual thinks about an issue, belief or strategy to endure or resist change
Confirmation bias – Tendency of people to favor information that confirms their beliefs or values
Conservatism (belief revision)
denialism – Person's choice to deny reality, as a way to avoid a psychologically uncomfortable truth
Idée fixe – Idea that preoccupies an individual and that he is unwilling to give up despite evidence to the contrary
Stanley Milgram – American social psychologist
Paradigm shift – Fundamental change in concepts
True-believer syndrome – Continued belief in a debunked theory
Trumpism – American political movement