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Cognitive Mechanisms of Belief Change
Aaron C. T. Smith
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Description for Cognitive Mechanisms of Belief Change
Hardback. Num Pages: 282 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JMR; JMS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 222 x 21. Weight in Grams: 502.
Belief change lies at the heart of all human aspirations. From career progression, weight loss, spiritual commitment, and ideological passion, to love, grief, war, identity, and sport, beliefs guide our lives and to a great extent, determine our success, satisfaction and happiness. Cognitive Mechanisms of Belief Change is relevant to anyone interested in the machinations of how this occurs. It explains how certain ideas and concepts steal a place in the mind because they latch on to hardwired ways of thinking, experiencing, and behaving. Concepts throw light upon the mind's desires, which in turn casts a kaleidoscope of silhouettes against ... Read more
Belief change lies at the heart of all human aspirations. From career progression, weight loss, spiritual commitment, and ideological passion, to love, grief, war, identity, and sport, beliefs guide our lives and to a great extent, determine our success, satisfaction and happiness. Cognitive Mechanisms of Belief Change is relevant to anyone interested in the machinations of how this occurs. It explains how certain ideas and concepts steal a place in the mind because they latch on to hardwired ways of thinking, experiencing, and behaving. Concepts throw light upon the mind's desires, which in turn casts a kaleidoscope of silhouettes against ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
277
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137578945
SKU
V9781137578945
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99-15
About Aaron C. T. Smith
Aaron Smith is Professor in the Graduate School of Business and Law, College of Business at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) University, Australia. He has research interests in the management of psychological, organisational and policy change, has authored 16 books, over 100 articles, and consulted to more than 120 industry clients concerning these issues.
Reviews for Cognitive Mechanisms of Belief Change
The book's concepts of memory, perception, language and attention are permeated by an anthropological assessment that brings the main added value to the reading. ... a truly useful tool to those who have as their field of study, psychology, philosophy, anthropology, advertising, management and political science. All will be able to find original and thought-provoking ideas, structured in short sections ... Read more