'Overconfidence' Is a Bias That Leads People to Accept at Face

question 61

True/False

'Overconfidence' is a bias that leads people to accept at face value information that confirms their preconceived views and to be critical and sceptical of information that challenges these views.

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Definitions:

Constitutional Justification

The reasoning or basis in a constitution that supports a law, action, or policy.

Ex Post Facto Law

A law that retroactively changes the legal consequences (or status) of actions that were committed before the enactment of the law, which is generally prohibited by constitutional principles in many countries.

Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act

A 1996 U.S. federal law designed to combat terrorism, improve the effectiveness of the death penalty, and set limitations on appeals to hasten the execution process.

Right to Privacy

The concept that one's personal information is protected from public scrutiny, implicitly found in the Constitution's guarantees, as interpreted by the Supreme Court.