Question

Rona believes that women make better elementary school teachers than men because women are more nurturing and less legalistic. When you present her with data that indicate male teachers perform just as well as women at the elementary level, she tries to discredit the information. She even goes as far as to say, "I don't care what those studies show. We all know that women are better teachers!" Rona is a victim of __________.

Answer 1

Belief Perseverance

Explanation:

Belief perseverance also called belief persistence. the people who are not able to change their belief even when they get the facts and getting new information contradicts or refute their beliefs. It is rigidness where a person sticks with his unusual beliefs and cant change even getting new information and contradiction of that irrational belief.

Belief perseverance in finance areas:

• Conservation bias
• Confirmation bias
• The illusion of control
• Hindsight bias