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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"false beliefs"”.
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Falsche Überzeugungen verstehen : begriffliche und methodische Überlegungen zur Erforschung der alltagspsychologischen Praxis
The cognitive basis of attributing false beliefs in folk psychology is investigated. It is argued that this competence cannot be accounted for by the application of tacit psychological theories. A simulation-theory of reasoning processes is developed, and it is shown how it can be tested.
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Self-deception and Responsibility
… This leads to the formation of the self-deceived false belief. Part II of the thesis looks at the moral responsibility of self-deceivers for harmful actions based on their self-deceived false beliefs. The central argument is that individuals can be held morally responsible for harms based on …
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An interdisciplinary approach to belief formation and resistance to change
… the most remarked on, and perplexing, aspects of beliefs is their resistance to change as discussed by researchers such as Frijda, Mesquita, Manstead and Bern, amongst others. This is especially the case for false beliefs. The thesis examines the many influences on belief formation in general, but …
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How motivated reasoning leads to tolerance of false claims: Three experimental tests of mechanisms
… electoral events have been characterised by false claims which, despite abundant fact-checking, were often widely believed. This led to much talk about a ’post-truth’ politics. Meanwhile, an extensive literature confirms that false beliefs voters have about political issues are of- ten highly …
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Self-respect and The Obligation to Resist Oppression
… for the oppressed to affirm the oppressors' false beliefs. Affirming the oppressor's false belief causes the oppressed person to disrespect themself. In order to understand why we must first understand what things contribute to our self-respect. Our ability to respect ourselves depends on …
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Truth, Knowledge, and the Value of False Belief in Plato
… beneficial for non-philosophers. On my reading, false beliefs and defective forms of reasoning can benefit everyone in two ways. First, there are commitments--to care for the health of your soul, to care for the well-being of other human beings--that a person needs to have in order to live well, …
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Atitudes lingüísticas de alunos de escolas públicas de Juiz de Fora MG
… during the school activities. One test of beliefs (direct measure), was also used to verify whether the students beliefs are connected with the teacher s ones, and whether students difficulties in developing their abilities in standard language uses are connected with the teacher s beliefs. …
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Paradigmatic Self-Deception
… use of attentional capacities to sustain their false beliefs and that the intentions under which these capacities are deployed are relevant to self-deception in a way that makes the overall activity of self-deception intentional. Finally, in the last chapter I claim that paradigmatic cases …
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Decoding Minds: Mentalistic Inference in Autism Spectrum Disorders and ChatGPT Models
… about an agent’s intentions, desires, and beliefs. This thesis considers perspectives from Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs) and large language models, specifically GPT models. Individuals with ASDs struggle to read intentions from movements, but the mechanisms underlying these difficulties …
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Disinformation, Science Communication and Trust: Food Rumours in Thailand
Abstract False information on the internet is one of the important global agendas. It becomes much more intensive since the rise of social media uses. The information leads people to have false beliefs and actions. There are many types of false information on the Internet. However, the food rumour …
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Salience Perspectives
… be sufficient to activate substantive cultural beliefs or ideologies associated with that content. Where those beliefs and ideologies have epistemic and moral problems, we have grounds for criticising the salience perspective that causally produced them. Besides this instrumental harm, I also …
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Bayesian computational models for inferring preferences
… A person's choices are a function of their beliefs and plans, as well as their preferences. If they have inaccurate beliefs or make inefficient plans, then it will generally be more difficult to infer their preferences from choices. It is also more difficult if some of their beliefs might be …
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The effects of a pain management training program on nurse pain assessment accuracy and patient satisfaction
… it was not as effective in changing some of the false beliefs and preconceived notions about pain held by the nurses. Implications for practice and further research are discussed.
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Beta EEG as a Correlate of Belief-Reasoning in Preschoolers
Reasoning about beliefs is difficult, especially when others hold beliefs that conflict with one’s own. A milestone in Theory of Mind development is understanding false beliefs: the realization that others may hold representations of the world that differ from one’s own perspective (Wellman & …
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FATORES CRÍTICOS DE SUCESSO NO USO DE EARNED VALUE MANAGEMENT EM PROJETOS DE DESENVOLVIMENTO DE SOFTWARE E A RELAÇÃO COM A QUALIDADE PERCEBIDA
… of the conjectures or the elimination of false beliefs. With this approach, seven potential critical success factors were elaborated, in the use of EVM for software projects, based on the prognostics of the PLC introduction phase by Porter (components of the first hypothesis research). …
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Private and public discrepancy : the anatomy of valuation in market
… delusion of individual participants who have false beliefs of fundamental values. An emerging institutionalist approach of research, in contrast, argues that bubbles can be produced even if rational investors collectively have the resources to correct mispricing, implying that market price …
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Aging and the Truth Effect in Validity Judgment
… familiarity to credibility could be checked for false statements. Subjects were asked to rate statements for validity, and feedback as to the actual truth value of some of the items was given in the first session. Subjects rated repeated and new items in the second session for validity, as well …
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Bringing long-haul destinations closer: the role of music in destination promotional videos
… of a destination, due to stereotypes and false beliefs, the dissertation posits music as an alternative to bring long-haul destinations closer. As a persuasive element of destination promotional videos music should not be underestimated.
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Language-specificity and young preschoolers' social-cognitive development
… of social understanding, in particular false-belief understanding (e.g., Carlson & Moses, 2001; Sabbagh, Xu, Carlson, Moses, & Lee, 2006). However, research on Korean children did not support the view on the general development between the two cognitive skills (e.g., Oh & Lewis; 2008). …