COG366 Classwork

An example of this would be trying to convince somebody to change their political stance, let's say from Republican to Democratic, or vice versa. A belief change is hard in this case because it took quite a period of time to develop one's stance, hence of course changing it takes quite a bit of effort to change it.
There are a lots of factors that may cause the belief revision, and they all have different weights. For instance, a minor policy change may not matter as much as a big political scandal of a candidate. Also, depending on how strong one's beliefs are, it may require multiple attempts for an actual change.