According to the Discussion of the Confirmation Bias in Deductive

question 25

Multiple Choice

According to the discussion of the confirmation bias in deductive reasoning,

• A) the confirmation bias slightly increases the accuracy of answers for novices.
• B) the confirmation bias typically occurs when people rely too strongly on the crystal-ball technique.
• C) the confirmation bias means that people prefer to demonstrate that a hypothesis is true, rather than to demonstrate that it is false.
• D) typically only about 10% of college students tend to show the confirmation bias.

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