title: Understanding Cognitive Processes Underlying Belief Polarization and Function-Learning: Experimental and Modeling Approaches
creator: Said, Nadia
subject: 150
subject: 150 Psychology
description: The beliefs we hold not only influence how we seek out and perceive new information but also influence whether we take action and thus have far reaching impact on decision-making.  The main goal of the present research is twofold: First, to contribute to the understanding of propagation and polarization of beliefs from a cognitive perspective by  integrating experimental findings regarding confidence in climate change knowledge and cognitive modeling approaches into an agent-based belief model. Second, to outline how an implementation of a function-learning model in a cognitive architecture, based on two experiments, can contribute to a better understanding of cognitive processes underlying the understanding of non-linear functions.
date: 2019
type: Dissertation
type: info:eu-repo/semantics/doctoralThesis
type: NonPeerReviewed
format: application/pdf
identifier: https://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/volltextserverhttps://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/volltextserver/27528/1/Dissertation_NadiaSaid2019.pdf
identifier: DOI:10.11588/heidok.00027528
identifier: urn:nbn:de:bsz:16-heidok-275284
identifier:   Said, Nadia  (2019) Understanding Cognitive Processes Underlying Belief Polarization and Function-Learning: Experimental and Modeling Approaches.  [Dissertation]     
relation: https://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/volltextserver/27528/
rights: info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
rights: http://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/volltextserver/help/license_urhg.html
language: eng