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Is there a term to refer to humans' automatic belief of encountered information?
While perhaps not of the seriousness sought, an apparently related term is truthiness. From Wikipedia:
Truthiness is the belief or assertion that a particular statement is true based on the intuition ...
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Can our beliefs change without reassessment or new evidence?
Anyone can choose to change their beliefs without reassessment or new evidence at any time.
These choices can be made without reasons, assessment and reassessment but at the same time, they can ...
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Why do people believe what they believe?
This is a good question, but keep in mind that when you ask a broad question, you typically get a broad answer - ie, I won't go into much detail.
First Impressions
In general, belief and attitude ...
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Is there a technical term for acting as though you have a belief that you do not genuinely hold?
I think you may be thinking of "conformity".
In the well-known Asch conformity experiments, participants were shown stimuli in a group setting. Unbeknownst to them, the rest of the group ...
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Which area of psychology studies false beliefs?
These are typically called cognitive distortions and are a mainstay of CBT, but are equally likely to be addressed by any cognitive psychotherapist. This is usually done by building skills to ...
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