What happens when we change our mind? And what exactly does it take for a person to change her mind and begin to act on the basis of this shift? These question have engaged my own curiosity: I thought about them as a psychological researcher, while realizing that some aspects of mind changing are likely to remain an art for foreseeable future, The answer are present as follows;
Minds, of course, are hard to change. Yet so many aspects of our lives are oriented toward doing just that-convincing a colleague to approach a task in a new way, trying to eradicate one of our own prejudices. Some of us, even, are involved professionally in the business of changing people's mind: the therapist who affects the patient's self-concept; the teacher who introduces students to new ways of thinking about a familiar topic; the salesperson or advertiser who convinces the consumers to switch brands. Leader almost by definition are people who change minds-be they leaders of a nation, a corporation, or a nonprofit institution.
Basically, here are the different contents of mind
Ideas. Most of us use the word idea to denote any mental content- and that's perfectly appropriate. There are many kinds of ideas.
Concept. The most elementary unit, is an umbrella term that refers to any set of closely related entities. Even children knows hundreds of concepts-ranging from automobile to zebra-though they may not delineate the boundaries between concepts-say "dog" and "cat"- in the same way the grown ups do. Grown-ups also have more abstract concepts-gravity, democracy, photosynthesis, pride-which elude young children.
Stories. Are narratives that describe events that unfold overtime. At a minimum, stories consist of a main character or protagonist, ongoing activities aimed toward a goal, a crisis, and a resolution, or at least an attempt at a resolution.
Theories. Are relatively formal explanation of processes in the world. A theory takes the form "X has occurred because of A,B,C" or "There are three kinds of Y, and they differ in the following ways" or "I predict that either Z will happen or Y will happen, depending on condition of D."
Skills. Consist of procedures that individuals know how to carry out, whether or not they choose to-or even can-put them into words. Skills will range from the mundane-eating a banana or catching a ball-to the complex-playing a Bach sonata on the violin or solving differential equations by hand.
-Howard Gardner
Changing Minds
Minds, of course, are hard to change. Yet so many aspects of our lives are oriented toward doing just that-convincing a colleague to approach a task in a new way, trying to eradicate one of our own prejudices. Some of us, even, are involved professionally in the business of changing people's mind: the therapist who affects the patient's self-concept; the teacher who introduces students to new ways of thinking about a familiar topic; the salesperson or advertiser who convinces the consumers to switch brands. Leader almost by definition are people who change minds-be they leaders of a nation, a corporation, or a nonprofit institution.
Basically, here are the different contents of mind
Ideas. Most of us use the word idea to denote any mental content- and that's perfectly appropriate. There are many kinds of ideas.
Concept. The most elementary unit, is an umbrella term that refers to any set of closely related entities. Even children knows hundreds of concepts-ranging from automobile to zebra-though they may not delineate the boundaries between concepts-say "dog" and "cat"- in the same way the grown ups do. Grown-ups also have more abstract concepts-gravity, democracy, photosynthesis, pride-which elude young children.
Stories. Are narratives that describe events that unfold overtime. At a minimum, stories consist of a main character or protagonist, ongoing activities aimed toward a goal, a crisis, and a resolution, or at least an attempt at a resolution.
Theories. Are relatively formal explanation of processes in the world. A theory takes the form "X has occurred because of A,B,C" or "There are three kinds of Y, and they differ in the following ways" or "I predict that either Z will happen or Y will happen, depending on condition of D."
Skills. Consist of procedures that individuals know how to carry out, whether or not they choose to-or even can-put them into words. Skills will range from the mundane-eating a banana or catching a ball-to the complex-playing a Bach sonata on the violin or solving differential equations by hand.
-Howard Gardner
Changing Minds
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