An aberrant belief is extreme or unusual in nature. In the most serious cases these beliefs cause emotional distress in those who hold them, and typify the core symptoms of psychological disorders. Each of the chapters in this volume seeks to examine the role that biases in reasoning can play in the formation of aberrant beliefs. The chapters consider several conjectures about the role of reasoning in aberrant belief, including the role of the jumping to conclusion bias in delusional beliefs, the probabilistic bias in paranormal beliefs, the role of danger confirming reasoning in phobias, and t.
Publisher:London : Psychology Press, Taylor and Francis, 2015.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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6 Paranormal believers' proneness to probabilistic reasoning biases: a review of the empirical literature7 Danger-confirming reasoning and the persistence of phobic beliefs; 8 Non-pharmacological treatment targeting cognitive biases underlying delusions in schizophrenia: metacognitive training and therapy; Index.