Schemas Can Lead to Memory Errors Through the Confirmation Bias

question 133

Multiple Choice

Schemas can lead to memory errors through the confirmation bias and stereotyping because we

• A)fail to consider how an individual differs in important ways from a group stereotype.
• B)consciously distort information so it will be consistent with our prior beliefs.
• C)only consider the most distinctive information about the person instead of all of the relevant information.
• D)prefer to hold erroneous or distorted beliefs rather than truly seeing reality as it is.