According to the Research on the Confirmation Bias

question 4

Multiple Choice

According to the research on the confirmation bias,

• A) people would rather focus on the antecedent than on the consequent.
• B) people would rather think in terms of what is not true than in terms of what is true.
• C) people would rather confirm a hypothesis than disprove it.
• D) people would rather deny the consequent than affirm the antecedent.

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