Objective of the Research

9 the world around us. “They help us to make sense of that world, and they determine how we think and how we act” pp. 68-69. Beliefs determine how people view their world, and then it gives a big influence on their future action and behavior. Moreover, Richardson 1996 says that attitude, knowledge, and belief are able to drive what person does. Though based on the theory both belief and knowledge are able to influence people ’s action, there are some basic differences between those both. Pajares 1992 and Borg 2001 mention some points that make belief and knowledge different. Pajares 1992 states that there are four points to be considered in distinguishing belief and knowledge, as follow: First, compared to knowledge, the evaluative and affective components of belief are more powerful and stronger. It means that knowledge can be developed and improved. Second, it is still related to the first point. Stronger affective and evaluative components make belief more influential in a person ’s behavior than knowledge. Third, it deals with a process in interpreting and perceiving new phenomena or information absorbed. A belief is considered as a better filter for the information obtained than knowledge. Fourth, in adulthood, changing belief is more impossible and rather than knowledge. Moreover, Borg 2001 gives four other features of how to make both different. First, knowledge is seen as a true thing in a number of external senses while belief is accepted as a true by the internal or individual holding it. Second, belief is considered as a guide that can affect the way people think and act. Third, people sometimes are not conscious about their belief. Fourth, Borg agrees with Pajares 1992 that belief has a strong evaluative aspect. By reviewing those claims on beliefs, it can be concluded that beliefs are like a strong filter for someone in defining their world and beliefs itself can be indicated or identified from their attitudes, expectation, or assumption.