Public justification theorists typically radically idealize in response to the weaknesses of justificatory populism, that is, they alter belief-value sets to rid them of inconsistencies and ignorance.
In situations of cognitive dissonance, where behavior contradicts belief, humans are known to alter beliefs to match behavior (24).
Put simply, verbal persuasion alone does not usually alter beliefs about the importance of change or enhance mastery over efforts to change the consultation itself.
Many recent phenomena in the moral reasoning literature demonstrate coherence-based reasoning, among them, the construction of morally culpable agents, the construction of victims and harms, and altered beliefs about the effectiveness and consequences of policies with moral implications.
Altering treatment beliefs are vital in altering behaviour [ 19, 23, 25, 27, 36] and more important than altering beliefs about causation and prognosis, and improvement in physiological variables [ 22].
The South African Stepping Stones program successfully altered beliefs about gender and HIV risk, particularly among men, by offering viable alternative normative behaviors (Hayes, 2008).
It will be possible to test whether the interventions, especially that based on the CSM, are successful in altering beliefs about diabetes, and whether the interventions were delivered with fidelity to their theoretical basis.
"The shocks of the recent past shouldn't alter investors' belief in the future," he said.
In fact, millions of Gagas will not even have the ability to alter our belief," he said.
The axiomization of causal irrelevance is contrasted with the axiomization of informational irrelevance, as in "Finding X will not alter our belief in Y, once we know Z".
Following Lortie, Pajares (1992) asserts that it is generally difficult for teachers to alter their belief systems and to teach in a way that is different from how they were taught.
