Changing Beliefs Maladaptive beliefs can be changed. Beliefs are formed on the basis of cognitive and affective information. Beliefs acquired through affective persuasion were easier to change through cognitive means. Beliefs acquired through cognitive persuasion were more resistant to change than beliefs acquired through affective means. Affective information may alter our beliefs even when we have no conscious awareness of this information.
Teachers plan instruction in ways that are consistent with their assumptions about class material.
Teachers' opinions about students . Teacher s own explicit beliefs about teaching. Everyone holds beliefs about intelligence and knowledge. Beliefs about intelligence and knowledge affect our behaviors. Beliefs about intelligence and knowledge affect the way we reason.