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#74-Teaching and Learning Critical Thinking—back to the basics—with Melanie Trecek-King

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Is There a Backfire Effect in Therapy?

If we try to argue somebody out of their beliefs, that it makes them even firmer in their beliefs. And I think the evidence points to the fact that we need to do something else. That's client-centered therapy or person-centered therapy. One of the biggest reasons we fall from political and affiliation rather than how they've been manipulated into thinking is because of our emotions.

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