It has often been shown that contro

It has often been shown that controversial material is more readily learnt if it fits in with existing beliefs and attitudes. For example, pro-communist students learnt more readily than anti-communist students a list of statements favourable to the U.S.S.R. That material is most easily learnt which conforms to existing opinions. The recall of controversial material may also be selective: for instance, theistic students remembered better than atheistic students statements favourable to religion and vice versa. This suggests some resistance to learning and retaining material which is not acceptable to us. Conversely we are very ready to learn from certain sources to which we are favourably inclined, such as a political weekly or a particular author whose work we admire. Even in factual subjects, in which there may not seem to be much room for controversy, there may be parts of the subject which you regard as old-fashioned or dead wood. Once you begin to develop enthusiasms for certain approaches to your subject, as every active and spirited person does, it becomes rather too easy to dismiss other approaches as worth-less and not to bother to learn about them. The hard fact is, however, that if you have to cover a syllabus, you probably cannot afford to neglect any part of it because you think it is unimportant or because you don't like the way it is taught.
How to Study, Maddox (Pan)

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它经常被证明是有争议的材料更容易学会如果它符合现有的信念和态度。例如，亲共学生学到的比反共产主义的学生语句列表有利于苏联，材料是最容易学的，符合现有的意见更容易。有争议的材料也可以选择性的回忆：例如，有神论的学生比记住无神论学生陈述有利于宗教，反之亦然。这表明，学习和保持材料，这是我们不能接受的一些阻力。相反，我们是从某些渠道，我们倾向于学习很好，如政治周刊或某一作家的著作我们钦佩。即使在实际的人，这似乎也没多少争论余地，有可能是主体的你认为是老式的或死木配件。一旦你开始发展你的主题的方法的热情，为每一个积极和热情的人，也不太容易排除其他方法值得较少，不必去了解他们。事实是，然而，如果你要盖一个大纲，你可能不能忽视它的任何部分，因为你认为它是不重要的或是你不喜欢它的授课方式。
如何研究，马多克斯（PAN）