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A potential source of irrationality is _____, the tendency to cling to beliefs in the face of contradictory evidence.

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Answer: Belief perseverance

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Belief perseverance is defined as the tendency in which a person holds onto their believe strongly even if contradictory statement and new facts are presented for it. The person does not want to change the believe in such case.

This tendency is is strong enough that no evidence can disconfirm the belief according to the person persisting it. Individual only support and consider their thinking and avoiding other information against it.It is also known as believe persistence.

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